The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-06-06
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One Austin A. King, sometimes called Ex-
Gov King" of Missouri, was put forward IN N
the Charleston Convention as the special cham
pion of Douglas from the South !; and no
speech was more loudly acclaimed by lne
Squatter Sovereigns in that assemblage than
the harangue of the selfsame King. "hen
the Convention adjourned, he tarried on ms
way at Augusts, Georgia, and at Memphis,
Tennessee. and at both places, he delivered
himself of characteristic Trades of impudence
and yulgarity much to the edifcation of The
Douglas faction
Now, who is this creature King The
subioined extract from st. Louis paper ex.
plains. It turns out that he is one of the
Benton delegates who were kicked out the Gin
cinnati Convention 1855 that he is freesoiler
in principle, and political outlaw in practice
Could more fit instrument be selected to.
do the degrading service of ehampioning in
the South, the course OF the man who above
all others in the Union, has entitled himself to
her detestation
Let our brethren of the Democratic press
pass around this IMAM Friday of Douglas
A SINNER's REcoRp.-Sinee Ex-Governor
Austin A. King has set himself up at Char
lesion as the oracle of the Democracy Of Mis-
sour, and proclaimed that we are all in favor
Of Squatter Sovereignty, and candidate to
match, we deem it due to the Democratic party
in this State that our friends abroad should
know whether that gentleman's position in
that party is such that his opinions are worthy
OF any particular respect or consideration. II
Mr.. Yancy was ''astonished to hear such
speech from Southern Democrat, his aston
ishment could not have been greater than ours
at hearing that Gov. King was Democrat at
all His participation in the Jefferson City.
Convention, on the 9th Of April, was the fist
Democratic act he has committed for twelve
years.
When Col. Benton took hisappeal from the
jackson resolutions, which were opposed to
the Black Republican doctrine and to Squatter
Sovereignty alike, Mr.. King, who was then
Governor of the State, took sides against those
resolutions, and against their author, the pres
ent Democratic candidate for the Goyernorship
of Missouri. In 1854 he was candidate for
the House of Representatives from the county
of Ray, against the regular Democratic NOM
inee, and was defeated. This was just after
the passage of the Kansas Nebraska act, which
he denounced bitterly, charging Gen. Atchison
and all Democrats who denied the power of
Congress to legislate upon the subject OF
slavery in the Territories with holding nulli-
fication and disunion sentiments. Yet he led
everybody at Charleston to believe that Doug
las and the Kansas Nebraska act had always
been objects Of his especial admiration. In
1856 he was member of Convention got up
by Frank Blair to defeat the regular Democra-
tic State ticket; ran as a candidate for the
Board of Public Works against the regular
Democratic nominee, and was defeated together
with his whole ticket. In 1857, in close
race for Governor at a special election, when
every vote was needed, he supported james
s. Rollins the Opposition candidate, and one
of the most obnoxious men to the Democracy
in the ranks of the Opposition. In 1858, he
announced himself candidate for Congress
against Capt. Craig, the Democratic candidate
but retired when he found that Black Republi
can candidate was in the field Also saying that
he did not desire to divide the Opposition tote
He then offered himself a candidate for the
State Senate against Col. Brown, the Demo-
cratic nominee, and was defeated.
Knowing his record, and having never hear
that he had returned to the party, we were
surprised to find him delegate to the Jeffer-
sen City Convention, and Delegate to Char
lesion. His conduct at Charleston in repu-
dating the platform laid down by the Con-
yention which elected him delegate, and for
which he VOted, is just what might be expected
from man with such a political history as
we have sketched above. We deny that he
is, in any manner, an exponent of Missouri
Democracy, or that he has any right to speak
for it, or commit it to any line of policy what
ever.