Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-10-22
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In lie yAr IT'S, the hirlwd offsKnow
Noth&sisn, swept .Aoydi CalibrniS. 1t
destroyed the existing political
and . general breaking up of tho
political fabric was the consequence. A new
lid6f ds t6G1A pcclAdSd,s New man VhQ
had never been heard Of before, rose up to
the surface. The excited and bubbling
cauldron threw to the top any amount Of re-
fuse dross and worthless scum. People
were madly excited. They cried out for
reform. and whoever shouted reform and
protested Know Nothingisu. was nailed as
an honest man and rsiormer. Thus men
w?re 9opinatef s:sr elevated positions, of
whom noth;:taig was ever heArd Or Known,
SSno i'm the older pestiessa-xhere The
character. and ability, Of men were better
understood, would never have been thought
Of IS entitled to any position above that Of
judge Of 4 horse race or dealer oftaro. -
The most notable and disastrous instance
Of the sudden elevation of q man OF this
character that occurred during that unfor-
tunate period; was the election Of one Dav-
id s.. Terry tn the position Of Judge Of the
Supreme court. q Probably had California,
been raked over from one extreme to the
other with .. revolving horse-r rake, another
man 50 unfit for the position Of Judge could
not have been found among those Claiming
to be- lawyers. ISL
. little knowledge Of the general principles
of law IS would be required in other coun-
tries to qualify him for, Justice Of the Peace.
He had one quality that he possessed in
common with the bull dog, and being =
man Of powerful frame, and great skin in
the use Of weapons, he always was regarded
lbs dangerous man. .'S'''' !!;i oi ,t.'fl f
f But hid as be was, and unfit as he was
for the position, the people elected him to
the high office Of Judge Of the Supreme
Court. He held that position until recent
y he resigned in order to fight q duel with
and, kill Senator Broderick. Since the
death Of Judge hurry, he has been Chief
Justice, and has been distinguished in that
position for the extreme brevity Of his opin.
ions. 81 'si'' y@i ,tsso hauEai y.l#
During the season Of the vigilance com
mittee excitement, he; attained his, greatest
notoriety by an attempt to kill . man who
had been detailed by that committee to ar
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the affair is familiar to all that we need not
|recapitulate the circumstances attending it.
He was not hanged as others have been,
but was after long Imprisonment, released,
to take his seat again on the Bench, dis
pense justice, and see that the laws are fair
~ and honestly administered. ,-g !a;I.l
!. Alter he, was let off by the Vigilance
Committee. he e was constrained by the
wholesome lesson then taught him, to re-
frain from his customary quarrels and as.
saults; and we will do him justice t., say
that since he was let loose by the vigilance
he has not attacked an editor
stabbed anybody in Court, or done any act
Of open violence. a rs',1 4:!fyaI.h ~
~ When the late Lecompton convention as
sembled, Judge Terry was candidate for
He did not succeed. strange
as it may seem when the character Of the
Convention is considered. But after the
Convention had to . great extent concluded,
and when the successful or unsuccessful
candidates were trotted out to show their
paris, this man, the Chief Justice of the
State, came forward and made a low polit-
ical harangue, going out Of, his way to make
q gross, undignifed, malignant and uncal-
led for attack on Senator Frederick. When
Mr.. Broderick heard Of this attack upon
him, he denounced Judge Terry in severe
terms, and in the presence Of friend OF
the latter. The other circumstances inter-
vening up to the time Of the duel are known
to our readers.'n!il u. tGyr a. e..f....y..,.,