The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-05-02
Correspondence Of the Liv,ns-ton Republican

This city for the last week has been filling uI
with the delegates and outsiders on their way q
the Charleston Convention. No one who is moi
familiar with the character of that class # poll
ticans, can form any idea of the amount of baC
whisky and tobacco they consume-Of the fOu
manners and touler language which these mel
everywhere exhibit. The Northern men thai
come here from Republican States are nearly al
for Douglas, and if bullying and threatening vii
accomplish anything, he will certainly be nomin
ated, aud if success depended on the groc
shops, the brothels, the gambling hells, and the
thbusters generally, then, if Douglas should bs
nominated, he would be sure to succeed, foI
for these vile classes all look upon him "a thei
leader But, thank Heaven, these vile classe.
cannot rule our country. Every year the influ
ence of the School House and the Church il
gaining upon them. An enlightened press i:
doing great work-truth is subduing error
virtue is overcoming vice, and right is conquer
ing wrong. Let them nominate Douglas if they
choose; the danger of his election, instead o.
dispiriting, viii inspire the hosts of freedom
with renewed ardor
/ referred in INV last Ia the speech of NJ.
Lovejoy. ! trust you will find space TO give
it to your readers, with all the Interruptions
vulgarity and blasphemy which the Southern
was uttered. IL will give your Democratic read
ers faint idea of their associates-of the men
who Otiicate as Oversecrs of the Democratic
party-of the Oligarchy that controls this Gov.
eminent, and is looking to the Northern Democ
| racy for aid TO perpetuate its power.
Well the speech liked To have been the cause
of a duel, ard that has been the town talk for
the last few days. Virginia, the State that pro-
duced Washington, and Jefferson, and Patrick
Henry, and Madison, and Clay, now boasts of a
dapper, smooth-faced, long haired represents
tive, by the name OF Pryor, who has been try ing
to distinguish himself by displaying his irnpu.
dence, his insolence, aud his defiant braggar;
manner. The night after the speech he went to
the Globe Office, and perpetrated what vas little
less than forgery, by striking out Of the Off.
cial report the remarks of Mr.. Potter, of Wiscon-
sin. Mr.. Potter, upon discovering it, insisted
on the report being correctly printed. There.
upon, Pryor the next day called Mr. Potter's at
tention to the report, and asked him if it was
correct. Mr.. p. replied that his language wa.
correctly reported, and that he stood BE- It.
ThereupOn Mr.. Pryor sends challenge for a
fight. In sending the challenge, Mr.. Pryor
thought he should win brave laurels very cheap
but he caught Tartar, or, in other words, he
found himself with very large elephant on bis
hands, and without any hay to feed him.
Mr.. Potter, the Representative from Wiscon-
sin is about 50 years old, of fine physical pro-
portions, compact, well built and strong, resem-
bling very much Mr. Hiram Paddock, Of Brigh.
ton, gentle in his manners, of kind disposition,
always brave, and when excited would Just as
soon pitch in for fight as not. To Mr.. Pryor's
horror, he accepted the challenge, and proposed
TO fight with bowie-knives. Pryor could not
think Of such thing, it was uartarous. The
distinction was nice; but Pryor insisted there
was difference between having your head pier
ced with bullet, and having its blood drawn
with an ugly knife. One was barbarous, the
other refined. But Potter, brought I'd on the
banks of the Mississippi, in Western Wisconsin,
was too obtuse to see it. He thought
Strange there should such difference BE-,
'T~1t tweeile DUN and twc-il- dee"
He insisted upon the right of the challenged
party to select weapons, and insisted On the
bowie-knife. Thereupon, Mr.. Pryor had to back
down. Bot tie poor fellow was destined to still
greater humiliation. Mr.. Lander, the second of
Mr.. Potter. offered 70 take the place o.. his prn-
cips, and fight Pryor with any weapon he chose
But by that time his courage had all oozed out
and he he didn't want 10 fight at all
If ever silly, vain-glorious braggadocio had
his comb cut, and displayed white feather, it
was Pryor. Your readers will undoubtedly
agree With me, that Potter ought not to have
accepted the challenge, for dueIling is one Of
the triple relics If barbsrism; but it must be
said in excavation, that the insolence OF these
braggsrds has become almost uncomfortable
They have assaulted Hickman and Van WICK,
they have threatened to attack Lovejoy, and
nearly every man who dared 10 speak bis mind,
and TO Mr.. Potter il seemed necessary that
some Northern man should put himself in the
breach, and learn them to curb their insolence
think much better manners viii prevail here
after.