Des Arc citizen., 1860-06-02
DAVIES HAND BILL s
 OTICEn sc
VIM P. PRESTON.


 NOTICED. &r.
 FELLOW CITIZENS: In the last issue of the Des Are Citizen you find long article W It. ten by my opponent. John c. Davie ir which he thinks proper to lnsinuate hard thugs against me. which he no doubt hatters hln- self is cutting to the red and considers the whole document as mastery production. as he has had very large amount of hand0Ills containing it p inted and distributed over the coIntrs, as well as lnse ted In the Des Arc 1 Citizen; and am told it is to be published 1 in he Prairie Democrat. and that office to st, ike moe bills. He says he has never at- tempted uncaled and unsolicited, to obtrude l himself upon the peopIe-that he might truly say that office had sought him. | 1t is we'll known to the people of Prairie county that did not desire to be endorsed by caucus have been bitterly opposed to them OH account of their unfairness and dictaor oriai spirit, seriously affecting, by their quarrel some disposition over the spells, the flattering hopes of genuine Democracy, and disgusting the people win their proceedings. came out. as all free American citizens have right to do and offered my services to represent | Prairie county in the next General Assembly 1 believing the voters of Prairie county would exercise their own judgement in selecting d man to represent them ] still believe they are capable of self-goeernment, and will sparn the Idea of being dictated to by any clique or set of men desiring to rule the country My claims are still before the people, not before e any folloWeis of the caucus system. not befo e those that would spurn the idea Gas my oppo- nent does) of man coming out, before the people, independent of caucus nomlnat on. He says he has never obtruded himself upon the people. We'll sir, the people can easily decide whether 1 am obtruding myself upon them or not. Ftom resent indications it vii be decided the 9th of August next that if any one has endeavoi ed to obtrude himself upon the people it is not me. If l had been coh- sdvred obtruding myself upon the people. the caucus nominee, two years ago. would have beat me more tn m forty mine votes in Prairie county with two other independent candidates in the ield-men of lnh tence and highly re- spectab e-to divide the vote that woa d nearly all have come to me. It was then all youI caucus candidate could do to beat me- Doe. that look like was obtiuding myself upon the people
 To read my opponents handbilIs one would | suppose that ne was the man wanted by the cauc"s. Refer 10 his publication, where he says the caucus undnlmoasy designated him as suitable person to represent Pralrlt l county and in another place uses the wore | spontaneously speaks of unsolicited mani | festations &c. Why, dear reader. my oppo nent was not even put Tn nomination in salC caucus until Messrs. Cant, Pitman and Pea, soI had been bailo ed for long while. Mr. Pear son then withdrew, and the contest was thei left to bes dec clded between Pi man and Can't
 Aftei hard scratching for some time homi
 n.tion seemed impossible, and all in confu sion then 1t was, and not until then, tha | Ua,ie's name Was put before the cancus an( | 1t Was knoWu to be done as a comproInise se | So you see 1t was not so spontaneous as ont might suppose. but mere accident that Dawn | received the nom,naton t all and he ongh | to be the last man to insinuate those .hd,t | thlng> that may be found in his handblils | he peope know how disgustingly Sd i'd eau GUS was conducted well other caucuse
 throughout our country, and recommends | tion f. on such sou ceS wilt avail but iitli among enlightened American people.
 1 My opponent says he has no self h ends t attalu. and if elected will have nothing to fool to but the interest of the constituency wh, sent hiln. Sir. you have no advan age Of m on that account. If have any self ends tt att ain more than those Tn common WiJh cit zens of our count, y, do not know 1t. Ii says he has withoul disgdisemenG or conceal ment, declared to you his pllhcip es fmIlher I that he IS no professional office seeker, al, tha hl, attachne t 10 the Deinoc atic part, IosuitS from different reason than that as signed by his competitors; and further says that re,pectab portion of his feilow-citI zens discovered that he had capacity for
 rep esenLative sooner than he did himself. | Do say Thank the Lo,d you are not a other men. ln another part of his cIrculai h. starts off in great stI aln about being all iit ternal improvement man. then throws coit l af ha Ih h,, h, must say, however, that he does not deem i good poncy for the State to enter upon sys tenn ot internal improvements until the debt now h .nging over her can be liqaidated. Il, says If aiy portion of hts fellow citizens de sure charter for the construction of anI wo, K Of internal improvement, without refer euce to location, he will vote to <, ant it. M, opponent might do as others ha, done. shouit he be eiecleu-voGe for the charter, but no work for 1t m Way necessary to obtain It. let It come up at tune when hs vote woulc avail nothing. He Is great internal i'm. proyement man in his Way no doubt; but when it comes to carrying It out, will console the peope by sayng IL Is time enough yet Fl am of opinion there would be but very littlt interna, improvement m de in A kansas, du : ing the next quarter of century, if it de- pended on hlS being an internal mp ovemenl man and carrying 1t out
 He tells the people good deal about how to arrange road tax law, taking great care at the same time to take precisely (I dot) the position did two yeals ago, which l pub lished a short time since, and am now advo. eating. He having cad my aitie+e relative te State and County poticy, presume had little trouble to draw up his policy, mentioned ih his handbills, as most of hls positions read very much like that they had been, Ill the main taken from mine. For instance, rais- ing mag strate's jurisdictions, separating the shellh's office from that of assessor and col lector, reducing the State taxes, &c. Ihls Is done, no doubt, to make as little issue between Us as possible, keep down the excitement, and as boaumeH have 1t, "wofk her slow,n and ride in on the caucus nomination.
 He starts out at the head of hIs articl in a happy style, thus ''f I ose who know me best VIII give me cre edit for sincerity, when assure you that did not deshe e this position, anu that twas bestowed upon me l,hout my seeking D
 Why not say bestowed by accident. uon,t say bestowed without your seeking, for that Is an old song. sung by every man that ever received nomination since the invention ot caucnse>; why, even the most hung.y WIZ gard looking caucus office seeker, ln a I of Arkansas. will Say IL Was bestowed on hun Nlthoat hts solicitation 0, seeking. M, oppo- nett takes to himself good deal In my art,cIe, winch wrote and published in the Uittzen before he was nominated, or that eyer thought of his receiving the nomination. I suppose, something is bette, than nothtng 10 chdw on; !; 1t does 10 make out a lengthy and empty document, and fiji ont a handntl aa