The Lincoln County herald., 1870-02-24

ses row s1o w ""eSscs""N 'n NRS"
Court, February 10. 1870, that they we're
not trying my case, which was true, but
1 now inform him that am trying his
case before the public, and have no doubt
they will convict him and assign him to
m ignominious Oblivion. But says he,
'if q majority Of the honest taxpayers
desire me to resign, all they have TO do
is to give an expression to that effect aud
l will most cheeriully resign, as it would
b. most humiliating in me to hold an Office
contrary to the known wishes Of my con.
stituents. Can Mr.. Knox say the sarae p
Now this cipher received only 4s4 votes
November, 1865, onc-half OF which are
his opponents to-day; but suppose they
oil approve his action, still there are 5000
taxpayers In this county, $500 of wssm
are against him politically and financially,
and desire his retirement, and if he had
not scales over her eyes he could see it /;
and for his information I will say, that
am holding no official position under
the people or any body el.e, nor aspiring
to any, hence there is no necessity for me
to talk about resigning that which have
not got. My business is private, and VIII. N
my employer sees fit to discharge me il
is no question between me and the peo.
pie. This cipher, fall of vanity in his
article in reply to my communication
charging him with being all aspirant for
Legislative honors, declares that he is and
considers bis prospects bright"
But since this Justice nes his kits so high,
Some other name I'll have to call him by
lie .rne@ is the words II suits me quite ss we'll,
And now my story ri proceed to tell.
There is q Jo,ol, sm Informed, with.
out wings, which buriss its head under
the sand when an enemy approaches and
faucies itself secure. Like this fowl, this
Learned Justice has buried his head in
an old sand bank near the old court
house, and fancies NOT ody secs his pom.
derous frame, without capacity, while eve.
rybody is viewing his political nekoduess
and many arc gathering up the feathers
that the wind has blown from his carcass.
Listen ut the vanity Of this Learned
Justice "Mr KNOX may think it strange
that so humble and obsure parsonage a,
myself should rise to such distinguished
honors. Butwhy? Was not Ben. Frank
lin in early life soap boilerY Abe Lin
coin rail splitter &c?' What vanit,
aud supercillious folly for this Learned
dspircnt to compare himself to Ben
Franklin,wh commenced life 10 obscurity
and worked bis way up to immortal fame
whose very name is one Of the brghtes
stars in the constellation of true great
ness. Ben. Franklin had brains to com
mence with. Again says this humble ant
obscure Justice: "But if l should be q
unfortunate as to be defeated for Office,
will get Mr.. Knox to buy an Office fc
me at his bank, seeing he has purchased
one Chat Of Treasuser) for two hundred
dollars per annu.u." decline the offe
to purchase him an office, let him bc eve
so liberal, for the reason, should l b
able to contract for the Office, l ceul,
never hope to buy him brains to enabl
him to discharge the duties thereof. A
for his statement that have purchase,
the Office Of Treasurer sor 5000 per an
num, it is falsehood walking on stills
propelled by this Learned aspirant'
fancy. sm employed at salary to d
the work of the Office like any oths
clerk, without official standing.
This Learned s. T. accepts the politics
cpi'aph prepared for him, and declare
it acceptable to and appropriate for hiu
and prepares one for me but in the sam
breath echoes that am already POLITICAL
dead, and hence my political tomb. sion
has already been erected and appropr
ately inscribed and as do not desire I
be resusected to political life. to be cor
signed to the tomb again, I fail to see ,h
appropriateness Of the garbled epitap
conJured up BY bis friend. Al sure ,
November approaches, sni this Learne
Justice is q candidate for l.cgislati,
honors, the sound Of two dollars per d.
for 30 days, voted to himself and vor
: ciously accepted in 1867, without autho
ity Of law, will be thuudered IN his ca
throughout the county. Public Pluud,
will be the. battle cry, reve, beratiu
through every valley, and his oppone,
will crush every political aspiration nu
tured In his raih breast, and his few can
, followers will have to consion his poli