The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-10-19


gives the following origin Of the difficulty
between Senator Broderick and Jud 20
Terry.
David 5. Terry wns candidate for re-
nomination before the Lecompton STATE
Convention: he failed to receive. the5rcqui-
.sitcyote, and ". ". Cope WAS chosen in
bis stead. After the nominations were
were complete, several persons weie called
On for speeches, and among others, j tdge
/ Terry, who made n brief speech, pc lying
! himself to the support Of the ticket, eulo-
gizing the party. and using the following
anon:ge, which excited considerable an
ger among those who belonged to the An
ti-Leeomptan PARTY:
t,.l "Wtso are.ouF opponents! a perry
bdsad on no principles, except the abuse
Of one section Of tire country aud the ag-
gran.iizrmciit 'cf tli,, ether; having no eXf
s.ence in fifteen states of tie Confedsrf-
ltv. Whatoothet! 4 Ipiserab,e remnant
ydfa fnctt,e sailing ppder false celors, try
ag.ts -ptta.u votes under false pretenccs,
.aad they have 10 distinction mil IRE en-
tit!ad t. noii% Z Trey arc the followers of
lo,.e n!a;f; ti,e persGnaia cisatteis qf 3 sin
e,'e ia,'ipiSIEa!wAqmb ltheey are s ashamed q
J Of. :4.I -.,. .b,,,.o- 49,.
They be!5ng.. hort AMI sohi, BODY and
Greachc$ to Btol.r;tk, and they are yet
ashamed t'se Acknowledges the;r master,
and calling ii,ainseiygs foTFQoth, DopglaS
| nethoeratsc ,whea it Is known IS wei to
them Us to Is, that the gallant senator
from Illinois. Hiioso y6:ge has aiHays
: tacnhrard in advocacy at Democratic
l,riacithe<, has no feeling in cpmmon with
them. Perhaps, Nr. Presi1eq. and gen
t,,clncr, ain mislake,l IN their rght to
claim DcuE,as - tfa.. Ieaidr; pcihaps
thav do SAT- under The flag Of Douglas :
but it is the banner Of ;he Back Douglas
whose na.De is Freder'ck anl not sic
phea.1 ns - -
! day or two subsequent to the above
snc 81, Mr.. Bro.lcrick, wliiIe ut breakfast
az Tire international !Iotei. happened to
be seated near Dayid w PERCY, q devo-
til frielpl of Judge Terry. b o3erc ok,
from reading report Of the speech, broke
out in violent language, VII ca was deem
I Ell grossly insulting towards Judge Ter
rev, delivered with bitter On .,ha.is, and
directly a dressed to. Mr, Pcrlcy, wko
soon intcriorcd in defense of his absent
friend. An alteration between hin and
Brodcrirk followed, which soon took such
= personal turn that Pcrley Withdrew
from the table, and subsequent y sent Mr..
+ Broaeric'I challenge t. MORTAL combat,
! which, rs is well known, IVES declined and
iutimations given that such matters would
. he attended to after tie canvass. On the
: election tlav, Terry, in company with
Perley, left Sacramento for San Francis
! co, the Judge having first resigned his
! oh.ce. q. 1t was we'll known on the beat
co;ng that Terry intended TO challenge
: Broder:ck.' Arriving Mt San Francisco,
/ hcscpt Bro lcr;ck ? perempo y Il lenge.
Byoderick, through his friends, desired to
know what particular offence he had Civ
J err, to which Hiswor was returned that it
+ had no direct reference to the Perlcy mat
+ ter, but to language used about that time
/ by Broderick, expressing regret that the
| Vigilance Committee had not hung the
Judge, to which Brodericll replied, tina;
while he spoke this in q moment Of ex-
element such were not his sen inents
i he did not wish to have that body hing
any man; and that i,o was wiling to ac-
F. knowledge this publicly; bat as it was
occas;oned hy what judy Terry had
+ sail of B ier;ck at the Convention, Ter
rv should a'so Withdraw his remarks on
occasion; this he perelnptorily refused to
/ do; h nee there was liz course but to
i5ht.