Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-04-08
Governor King.

His Excellenoy passed down the river a
few days since, on his way TO Jefferson City,
| from the Galatin convention, where he was
defeated in the Congressional nomination for
the Platte District. lie was in no very
pleasant mood, and looked and talked like
deeply wounded or terribly disappointed
man. He denounces the action of the con-
venton in no honeyed terms, and declares
grosser fraud or more unprincipled trick
never was played in any political gathering.
1t seems when the Convention assembled,
every one conceded the Governor had the
"dead wood" on the Judge; and the Antics
seeing this, took the start, by getting one
of their own men, Jno. Graves, Of Living
f ston, in the chair, who appointed commit
tee to report permanent officers for the
meeting, and establish the basis of voting.
, An Anti was put in the Chair, and it was
agreed to take as basis for voting, the vote
Of the different counties for President, in the
last campaign, majority of the delegates
, from each county to cast the vote, except in
the case of Buchanan, (King's strongest
county,) which they equally divided be-
f tween the two. Norton being withdrawn,
f and a majority of the delegates from Platte
going against King, and dividing Buchanan,
gave Birch majority of votes. King was
the second choice of Platte, but the antics
L. having majority of delegates present, in
the organization, they were little too fast
t for the Bentontes, in permitting the major.
, ity of delegates from each county TO cast
the vote.
: All accounts concur in setting il down as
an exceedingly rich affair. Governor King
, "appeals"-as did Benton, and as did Birch
t when he ran against Hall, four years ago
and is going to show up the "foul fraud
| in "every county in the District" as viii
be seen by the following card, which has
f been published in all the papers in the
f DISTRICT
} .GREssloNAL DISTRICT.
1t is known 10 YOU that q Convention has
recently been held, and that James II. Birch
, was, by the convention, declared TO be the
f nominee.
l only await the publication of the journals
Of the convention, TO enable ne TO lay before
5 You and the people Of the district, the deep.
est laid scheme of political corruption, which
hes ever disgraced the annals of any party
When the journals are published, | shall
lay the whole facts before yon in an address
to the voters of the District, and will alsc
visit every county in the District with the
full purpose of laying before the people the
e frauds and corruptions practiced by the
convention TO defeat me, and to nominate one
who did not have in the convention, dele.
, gates enough willingly to give him bu
little over one half enough votes necessary
| to make a nomination. Whole countie:
, were disfranchised- were parcellet
4 out by resolutions of the convention, instead
S of allowing delegates from the counties e
cast them as they pleased; and by an accu
4 rate calculation, carried out by resolutions
just so many votes were taken out of tn,
y hands Of delegates, who came to the con
r vention to cast them for me, as would secur,
f the nomination Of Birch.
: Upon consultation with my friends i'm
:. mediatcly after the preparation of thes,
G frauds, | felt it due TO myself, and TO the pu
+, rily and integrity of purpose, which l know
Y will always govern the Democratic party
to announce myself as candidate for Con
@ gress. If / were governed solely by per
sonal considerations, | would never hav
# imposed upon myself the task which is be
d fore me, but it is due toyou and to that higl
G toned sense of political morality by which
o know you are governed that the corrup
n lions of the convention should be exposed.
p have no desire TO be a candidate contrar,
: to the will and wish of the Democratic party
and sincerely hope that you will take i
q into your own hands, the interests, tn,
honor, the purity and integrity of the party
d and as late as the first of July send up del
egates, chosen by yourselves, to vindicat'
It those principles, which as Democrats YOU
d have always held sacred, and there make
e nomination. ask not that it shall be I, j
= it be thought that you can be better scrvec
S by another. If you should take this step
e you have my unconditional pledge in advance
5, TO abide the decision ofyour delegates.
: AUSTIN A. KING.
c March 26th, 1862.
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