Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1844-08-03
For ASSESSOR.
JOHN w. PATTON.
F A Y E Il II Il:
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1914.

G-On Monday next the People of Howard
will DO called upon TO select agents to, attend to
their interests in legislative capacity. 1t is the
right and duty OF every qualified eector to vote
and it is no less his duty than his right, when he
goes to the polls, to vote for men who are honest
and cspable-who are faithful to the constitution
OF their country.
There are two sets OF candidates before the
people, from which an election will have to be
made. The wings have not been in the ascen.
dancy in this State, and consequently cannot
point to what they haze done, as an argument
in favor Of their election. The wing candidates,
however, are well known-their characters as
citizens are established, and their felow.citizens,
in voting for them, we'll know, that in enrusting
their interests to their hands, they confde in men
who are CAPABLE and HONEST, and who will do
their duty regardless of consequences, and heed.
less OF the dictation OF any man or set OF men.
The locolocos have long been in power, and
BY their ACTS let them be judged. What, them
haue they done, and ,chat haze they not done?
They have involved the State largely in debt
without comforting any benefit on the people
They have passed laws, which, instead OF bene
fitting and assisting the people, have OPPRESSED
and DISTRESSED them
They have taxed the people to pay an exorbi.
tant interest on money which they have squan.
dered-
They have attempted-and will attempt AGAR
-topass laws to put man, woman or child IN
JAIL, for receiving or passing FIVE or three
dollar speciepaying bank bill
They passed vilanous Tax Law, by which
hundreds Of honest, worthy citizens, and widow:
and orPhans have been defrauded out of their ius
and legal rights, and reduced to want and beg
gary
They have set the laws of the country at de
hance, and trampled that sacred and blood bough
instrument the Constitution, under foot
They gIeedily snatched donation OF lanG
from the General Government, and refused to re.
ceive large fund in money, as much the proper
,y Of the citizens of the State as the land
They defrauded the populous counties Of their
Just proportion Of the School Fund, by giving
TO the small counties Of two or three hundred in
habitants an equal portion with the larger coun
ties Of two or three thousand Inhabitants
They have, and will oppose equal representa-
ton Tor party purposes
They have, and will oppose districting the
State, notwithstanding a large majority Of the
people are in favor of that measure
They have, in short, in the language of the
good book, left undone those things thew should
haze done, and done those things they should not
haze done.
And these are the men, fellow.ciligens, who
are seeking your sufrages, to reinstate them il
the places they have held so long, with such dis
credit and disgrace to your State. 1t is for yot
to decide whether they shall be reinsated, o.
whether their places shall be filled by those who
have the capacity and honesty to enact wise anC
wholesome laws for your government, and who
will pay decent regard to the laws OF the coun
try, and who look upon The Constitution as an
instrument TOO sacred TO DO trampcd under foot