The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-08-20

using these words. Senator Wilson
was opposed to 1.-The code" and conse
quently declined the challenge. He
sent word to his challenger, however,
that he was ready to defend himself
whenever assailed. But some one had
10 come to the front for the sake of the
state that honored Sumner Arson
Burlingame was the man. He was aft
erward, as nearly every one knows.
the American minister to China and
the author of the agreement known as
the Burlingame treaty. He was at the
time of the attack upon Sumner rep
resentative in congress from Massa-
chusetts He made a speech in which
he said that Brooks entered the senate
chamber and smote Sumner as Cain
smote his brother Abel. Mr.. Brooks
sought some explanation concerning
parts of Burlingame's speech, but the
Massachusetts man said he would al
low his remarks to interpret them
selves, and Mr. Brooks sent him
note-a very polite note-which read
as follows:
Sir-You will do me the kindness to in
dictate Some place outside of this District
where 1t will be convenient for you to ne
gotiate in reference to the differences be-
tween us.
On the same day Mr.. Burlingame an
swered as follows:
sir-Your note Of this date was placed
In my hands by General Lane this after
noon. In reply have to say / will be at
the Clifton House, Canada side Of Mag
ara falls. Saturday next at 10 g. m. to
negotiate in reference to any differ
ence between u.s. which. In your judg-
ment, may require settlement outside Of
this District
This expected duel was another that
did not materialize. 1t was prevented
by some means. The minions of the
law got In their work, and the gentle
men were put under heavy bonds not
to violate the statutes.
During the discussions upon the Le-
compton measure the Kansas-Nebras-
compromise measure there was more
acrimony in congress than in any
other era in its eXistence-that Is,
when folks began to call the house
bear garden. 1t was almost as bad in
the senate. 1t was during a debate on
the Kansas Nebraska act In the senate
Senator Douglas of Illinois and Sem
ator Green of Missouri poor old Jim
Green, who is never spoken Of by those
who knew him but with pity for the
unfortunate drinking habit that occa-
stoned his downfalD had trouble.
Green in his speech said that Doug
las did not dare to controvert him. 1t
was debate In which Jefferson Davis
got mixed up, and there were personal
tiles all around. There was some move
ment toward a duel at that time be-
tween Douglas and Green. Notes had
passed, and everybody expected there
would be something going on at Bla-
densburg, but friends interviewed and
prevented hostile meeting.
Then there comes to mind that ia
nous Pryor Potter trouble, which
grew out of charge that Potter, who
was Wisconsin man, had interpolated
the manuscript of the house reporter.
The quarrel that began over that re-
suited in Mr.. Pryor, who represented
the Richmond (Va.) district, sending
Potter a challenge. Potter, while dis
claiming allegiance to the code, said he
would fight Pryor indoors OF out in the
District with bowie knives. Pryor de-
clined to fight in this way on the
ground that the weapons were barba-
rous, inhuman and not used among
gentlemen. Then General Lander,
who was Potter's friend, offered to
fight Pryor In any way, but his offer
was declined on the ground that he
pryor had had no quarrel with Lam
der.
There were other duels expected in
Washington in the dueling days that
never took place, but those cited here
are about the most important of the
episodes Post.