Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-10-22
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In y II IS. the hirlw Know
swept rHoyja California. It
destroyed tho existing political
and general breaking -np-of tho
political fabric was the consequence. A new
thdadtdtd6Gl y pcclAll11 s{3eRsna9 V@a
had never been heard Of before, rose up to
thu surface. Fhe-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 Nothingism was nailed rs
% honest man and rstiormer. Thus men
wlf4 9ppinats 81 Ie3svatsd Podt1qf, of
whom nothi::aig Wis ssver helrd & sk6dwh.
adss!sinoin.thsnsllilserPa ss,the
ch.sae,er. and ability, Of; men were better
underwood. would never have been thought
Of IS entitled Is my position above that Of
judge Of ! hoiae race or dealer ofaaro!! Is
- The most notable and disastrous instance
Of the sudden elevation, Of o. man, .o5 this
character that occor.sd during that -unfor-
eanate period, was the election Of One pav-
ids. Terry tn the, position Of Judge Of the
Supreme court. Il Probably had California,
been raked over from one extreme to the
other With !. EsYolying horse rake, another
man 90 unfit 10 the position 81 Judge could
mot have' been found among those Claiming
Ito b. lawyers. .5..siI
He vas : man without education, and with
To- little knowledge OF, the general principles
|of hM a. would be required in other coul-
tries to qualify him for Justice Of the Peace.
He had one quality, that he possessed in
common with the bull dog, and being I
man Of powerful frame, and great SKIN Ia
the use Of weapons, he always vas regarded
lbs dangerous man. HSua' lal o5 I!,3f'
y But bld.as he was, and unfit IS The was
for the position, the people elected him ia
the high odiee If Judge oi.the Supreme
Court. He, held that position. until recent
|ly he resigned in order to fight duel with
and kill, Senator Broderick. Since The
death 81 Judge Murry, rs has beetnn Chic
Justice, and has been distingyished in tia,
position bfi the extreme brsvity of his opin.
ions. 90 Esd STA ,,;asu haaheI 3il
Daringthe season Of ths vigilance com.
mittee' excitement, he attained his greatest
|notoriety BY IN, attempt to kill ., man who
had been detailed BY that committee TO ar.
rest one Reuben Malo1eyss The history, O.
the affair IS familiar to al that We need no,
|FecapjtuIate the circumstances attending IL
He WIS not ha1geds Is others have been
but was alter long imprisonment, released
to take his'seat iagain on the Bench, 81 dis
|pense Justice, and see that the laws are fair.
" and honestly administered. an ,,,Ei4t
} !. Alter hes Was let off by the Vigilance
Committee he "a was constrained By the
wholesome lesson then taught him, 10 re.
fain from his customary ,quarrels and as.
|saults; and we will do him Justice I'd say
that since be was loose by the vigilance
committee, he has not attacked an zedito,
stabbed anybody in Court, or done any act
Of open violence. 3s.j4Uz 4:iiYaI.,E} OH
|ai When the late Lecompton convention as.
|sembled. Judge Terry was q candidate foz
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 low polit
ical hayangue, going out Of his way to make
= gross, updignifed, malignant and uncal
led for attack on. Senator Broderick. Whe.
Mr.. Broderick heard Of this attack upon
him, he denounced Judge Terry IN severe
terms, and ID the presence Of q friend o.
the latter. The other circumstances inter.
vening up to the time Of the duel are known
Ito our readeas.asil 9&iia31 % -na8g ooj