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Show A SENSIBLE GOVERNOR, Senator Thomas (J McfJreery, of Kentucky, has, it appears by the dispatches, dis-patches, chal'enged Governor John V. Stevenson of that state to the duello. That a man holding the high position of U. S. Senator, should, in this year nf grace, 1370, challenge another man to mortal combat, and willfully place two valuable lives iu deadly peiil, fur the gratification of private pique or personal provocation, is almost incre-ditable! incre-ditable! "The honor of a gentleman" that cannot be satisfied with anything less than this, is a very barbarous and un-''gentle"-manly honor, and the sooner soon-er Mr. McCreery gains the moral fearlessness of true manhood, the honor of a true gentleman, and the snse common to his race and age saying nothing ofthe dignity of a senator sen-ator the quickerwill he earnt he respect res-pect and esteem of those whose esteem is worth having. Governor Stevenson's Steven-son's reply is such ashefits a man of moral courage, a christian and the chief magistrate of an important state. |
