The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-12
FRANKFORT, ky, May 7, 1885.

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.9ot19ss FRANKFoRT, ky, May 7, 1885.
Captain, ]. A. Barton: b.re IS
DEAR STR-Your letter of the 4th instant
is received. L regret that party politics has
been brought into the canvass for Clerk of
the Court of Appeals. / had hoped that
been based on the merits and fitness of
the individual. Having served for four
years as deputy In the office, and faith
fully performed its duties 1 entertained q
hope, inspired by the encouragement of
many friends and the recommendations
of many of the attorneys of the State, that
! would be acceptable to the people. did
not believe that the people of this Conn
monwealth desired to apply political test
as qualification for ti1iS office; but the
political signifleanee given to the canvass
posed, may reflect injuriously on my pros
pects-that assemblage assuming to repre-
ing candidate of its peculiar phase of
Mplitics.
%As stated by you, it is we'll known. to my
old friends in my native county that have
Douglas for President in 1860, and have
been ever since for the Union and the Con-
stitution, and against secession and rebel
lion, as my friends well know. 1 make
this statement at your suggestion. for
which accept my thanks Any political
Intimate; and as / have not heretofore. SO
/ shall not hereafter, regard political diff.
ferences in the performance OF my duties,
T aSSeSs eleo'Se e00r'ol
sa s4AN1A4A u 1s5R. II. BOILING. p
Here, then, are two Democratic
candidatesAfor prominent office in an
adjoining State. One of them is
notorious secessionist, and the other,
has always,stood loyal to the Govern
ment One of them is supported by a.
paper that followed the fortunes of
the South during the war, and by men
whose hands are red with the blood of
patriots shed in defense of the Ma
TONS life, The other is supported by
a paper that denounced secession and
urged fidelity to the Government
when all over the South, rebellion
seemed to be predominant As be-
tween these candidates, it would be
natural to suppose that Democrats in
the loyal States, who claim to be true
to the Government, would at once de-
eide in favor of Col. Boiling. Yet
the Evansville Courier, which claims
to represent the Democratic sentiment
of this part of the State, repudiates
Col. Boiling and hoists the name of
the secessionist. We believe that the
editor of the Courier in doing this
naisrepresents. the Democracy of Van ]
derburgh County, and that he will be-
come aware of the fact before many
days. They are not prepared to even
Indirectly indorse a candidate who re-
jofced in the defeat of their brothers
and friends when fighting in the
Union army. We learn that the Ger
man Democrats, especially, are OPP
posed to being. thus misrepresented.
The only objection a Kentucky Dem
ocrat can have to Col. BOILING, so far
as we can ascertain, is that he sus-
tanned the Government during the
war We presume it is for precisely
the same reason that the Evansville
Courier puts up the name of his oppo-
nent and urges his election. 1t has
come to this at last We are pleased
to hear the Courier define its position
SO clearly, We presume we will hear
it no more appealing to Union soldiers
to vote the Democratic ticket that it |
represents. Its impudenee could |
hardly Stand a,,oL !. .A.... n rt