Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-01-30


stimulate them to stand by the President, in his
opposition to their wicked and unholy purposes"
By another resolution which it is unne-
cessary to copy at length, Hampton l..
Boon was appointed one of the delegates
from this county to the biennial State con-
vention, its object being to divide the State
and federal patronage among the hungry
partizans of the administration.
In the month of July, of the same year,
Mr.. Benton was here in the course of his
State tour, and as he has been looked to as
the source of all power, State and National,
Messrs. Sebree and Boon managed to asso-
ciate themselves with others, to offer the
empty honor of public dinner, the real
object being to laud Benton, Van Buren,,
and the Sub-Treasury, and abuse the Wings
in the letter of invitation, and furnish him
an opportunity in reply, of letting off a
few columns of falsehood and SANDER
The letter of invitation, with the names of
the Register and Receiver attached, and
the reply of Benton, can be found in the
Democrat of July 10, 1889, and to them
we particularly refer those of our readers
who are curious to revive in their feelings
portion of the machinery so artfully used
to cheat and deceive the people about that
period.
The State convention assembled, we be-
lieve, on the sth of October, at Jefferson
City, and for the purpose Of showing the
Importance of our Register, appointed by
the Receiver to represent the county, we
copy the following paragraphs from the
official report of the proceedings, the whole
appearing in the Democrat of November 6,
1889:
"Thomas Reynolds, of Howard, was then put
in nomination for Governor, by H. l.. Boom" and
was nominated by the convention.
1.-THE Hon. John Miller was then nominated by
H. L. Boon, and was unanimously elected a can
dldate"
"On motion of Hugh O'Ne the nomination of
Lieutenant Governor then taken up, and on
motion of H. l.. Boon, NJ. NJ. Marmaduke, of Sa-
line, was unanimously nominated"
And the convention, being composed of
office holders and office hunters, felt it their
duty to adopt the following among other
resolutions which pointed directly to the
throne.
Resolved, That we do approve of the independ-
ent Treasury system, as one tending to reduce the
government to its original simplicity"
This brings as to the most important act
in the drama, and if our object was COM
mentary rather than record, we could enlarge
greatly to the prejudice of Major sEBREE,
but we promised to permit our readers to
draw their own conclusions, and therefore
direct their serious attention to the follow
ing outrageous paragraph:
From the Democrat, June "A, 1910.
The report is rife throughout the upper country
that Major Sebree has gone so far as to say that
'if he cannot vote for Gen. Harrison he at least
will not vote against him." On learning that the
deceacy party had placed him in this awkward pre-
dicament, Maj. Sebl ee AUTHORIZED as to contradict
The report in the most emphatic manner; that NO con-
SHERATON WHATEVER could induce him to support
Gen. Harrison for any political Office, and that he
could not do so without great sacrifice of principle
on his part With those who know Mai Sebree
personally, this refutatiOn is entirely supethuous
but there may be persons a. distance who, not
he is made, may be inclined to give to the mis-
cradle SANDER. Maj Sebree's opinion of Gen. Har-
riSOn is WELL KNOWN to his friends he not only
considers him AN INEFFICIENT GENERAL, but
ENTIRELY DISQUALIFIED in point of tai.
ENTS and MORAL FIRMNESS, to occupy the
station to which he aspires."
Most certainly the perusal of this para
graph will leave Gen. HARRISON under no
misapprehension as to the opinion of Ma
jor SEBREE in relation to himself, and to
what extent he will permit public officer
to depart from the courtesy which is due
to exalted character, and thereby mislead
public opinion in an underhand effort to
provide for his own emolumcnt, time must
determine. For ourselves, we cannot doubt
the result.
On the 18th of July last, the Office hold
crs had kind of political Notification at
Rocheport, and the Register of the Land
Office, not wishing to be behind the Re-
ceivor, in personal taunt and insult to Gen.
Harrison, gave the following toast, which.
we copy from the Democrat Of July 8,
1910.
by II, l. Boon. The true issue before the
country: Democracy, with Van Buren, and hard
sense, or federali IN with Harrison and hard cider.
Let the country dscids betw them"
This brings us to the period of the Au-
gust elections in the western States, TIE
results Of which were of character so
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