The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1859-08-31

Pr Ne Eastern Cow
Letter from Smith County.


Letter from Smith County.
Ep. CLARION: On last Saturday, the Goth
inst, there was considerable gathering
ot the citizens at the Court House. to hear
the political topics Of the day discussed
DR.. QrtN, our. candidate for the state Sen
ate. accompanied by NJ. NJ. SNITH. Esq,
has been canvassins our county, and pre-
-enting their views from the stump. You
are doubtless aware that Maj. BLAcEWrLL
j. the opposition candidate, bat in consc-
quencc 81 indisposition. the Major did not
meet the Doctor at any point. but a. Mr..
smith save. sent mouth No. !, lDick
Cooper and mouth No.2," Bob Lowry
The question, embraced in the discus
sion were the Congo question: the Gulf
and Ship Island Railroad. the annexation
Of Cuba, and what would be the proper
course for the South to pursue in the cmcr-
gency that a Black Republican should be
elected to- the Presidency Of the United
state. Il would be- unnecessary 90 review
the positions taken by the several speak
crs ON these grave and important questions.
as they have already been reported. Suf-
hcc q g. say that Dr. Quin, though he came
into our county perfect stranger left il
chccrcd bv the most iattcring prospects
ct succcss, having given satisfactory cvi.
drnrc to the people ct this county of the
CORRECTNESS of his position. his superior
worth and merit. and uuluchinr hon
or and integrity OF purpose tia, actuatcs
him IN all his undertakings. Ici, amgn
ct fine appearance, pleasing and atithlc in
his manners, and generous to q fault
With all those qualification, 20 RECON-
mend him. /; would certainly be- q sal and
unfortunate mis-tcp for the voter, of Ran
Rim and smith not t. elect him. We
could not learn from the opposition speak
crs what they were driving at They
presented no policy either state or ir,lrr-
al, aud accepted no issues rendered. The
prin,i ,lal string on which they harp i.-rr-
rsrfags. ~ you perceive there will Jcno
race az all w thi, district IT that 3, the
only issue. ior the people have too much
sense and patriotism TO vote against a man
worthy and meritorious land as conceive,
Of far superior ability to his worthy op-
poncnt.J just because he is endorsed by
convention They have too much sense
thu, 70 be gulIcd into disregard Of merit
and talent Besides. we DO not consider
Or. Qdin any more the nominee Of eau.
cJs than Mai Blackwell. for the Major
lays IL was the solicitation az many friends
that induced him 20 run. Now. what j.
the difference. DR.. GAINS friends met
together "a. Pulkyil~ from the two cnll-
lies. and openly and publicly solicited .v.
20 run. NJ o. Blackwell friends "a,
cd him O. run. when and whal.
know, r'g do We --pro-" az. '..s
los. Whether the, got 'rg-t.,. o. ..v
'1fm Of q uugl, and solicited him or not
Is one OF the Know Nothing -arrrt- ,h5
democrats are not entrusted with. but 10
matters not: the difference Is. Br. pun
'r,s rirt-i pShrly and Hrj. H'1-t,esH y--
r1f.'r.
Mr.. GAsQrr. our candidate for Repre-
sentative. j. a'siduou-ly at work, present
ing hi- claims for the support az the peo-
PIE. III to Saturday last, he had the race
alone But to the utter a-tunishment of
many, after the regular speakers had con-
cluded. Dr. Roman W. llrry. was called
for by some, when h. appeared before the
crowd, and announced himself a candidate
for the Legislature against Mr.. Gasque.-
lie said he was recently down i'm Jones
couutv-that It wa, a mighty }. rfy county
krp OF long ,traw'd tail pines down
there and that they iJi frs candidates for
I ne LgFy'6hrf. ant nr-r.rf. lac thought
Nah ought 10 have two. That he had
been called a f1,fcrnff democrat, but that
IL was not so. lie had ever been q demo
crat and was vet
| don't think. Doctor any body ever
doubted your democrlcy-for every body
certainly knows that YOU have never had
any democracy about you-that YOU never
have been either part or parcel of the
Democratic party. We take YOU by what
YOU do. not hv what YOU sav-wc Judge
your faith by your works. Now what
doc- YOUR record say: Ii SAYS Doctor.
that YOU have been standing candidate
in opposition to the Democratic party for
the last ten years. to back to the good
old times when that c>timablc gentleman
and talented legislator. Mai. NOZZLE. re-
presented this county, and where were
YOU then! You were engaged i'm a war
iare-war 10 the knife and the knife to
the hilt-against him. Yet, he was the
chosen champion ct the Democratic par
tv. And where were YOU vhen MCMILLNN
was run by the democratic party. Drlr-
~ y'rTrs rth DtrA CuorTR to soc which
should come down 80 ~ to enable the 0bfr
10 defeat the Democratic party. Where
were Won when ~NvuEL kEoWN was NOM
mated hy the largest convention ever ueId
IN Smith county. and when old JOHNNY
2. Martin and Col. Fred. Carr were on the
committee that nominated Mr.. keown
Why, you were in,tanter candidate
against him. Now these are facts in the
political history Of Smith county, and Won
dare not deny them.
We have no objection TO your running.
but we do object 90 YOUR running a. a
Democrat for IL j. n pcrvorsion Of Ian
guage-a contradiction Of facts. II you
have no other reason for running than the
one asSigned-"that Jone, has five Caudi
date, and smith ought % have two"
think YOU might console yourself with the
, TACT that you have the advantage of evcry
. randdIte IN Junc~--vou have run hal
= dozen or more times and been defeated
, nearly as oiten-ani therefore should any
b one complain Of you for not running anC
;; trying 70 keep Smith up with Jones. yor
7, could have good cxcu-c-"L hI-s lsS'
4 bsI'sa t9 o0H." GLOSTER.
n Smith County. Aug. Goth. l~j9