The Hickman courier., 1872-02-17
Is car Democratic Legislature
Corrupt!
Graves Charges aBd a Bold
prosecution.

with our local contemporaries and there
fore in arollicking mood flung few para
graphs at our neighbors, merely to make
things lirely, and like many another good (
fellow have now to bemoan the couse-
1uences. "We've gone aud got into
The Paducah Kentuchia'
the champion intimator of the world, .
intimates that we do not appreciate the
holy and sacred duties of journalist
We confess we do not; and we also ac
knowledge that .the Keamchiaa does, /
and therefore ebeerfuny recommend its
editor to a position on the New York
Christian Observer.
But the complaint IS that beneath our
assumption Of good humor, there is a
sting. Be this as it may we want to
bring our readers to few choice para-
graphs from the Keutuchian Here is
one:
"The Hickman Apol0giscr and IFhite-
lrasher seems to feel quite outraged that
intimations Of corruption should be
directed against "our Legislature.
The feelings OF outrage, ii such exist,
are only provoked, that a Democratic
Journal should make such indmations
against Democratic Legislature, and
not follow them up Immediately and un>
solicited, by the proper proof If it viii
produce the proof that our Legislature,
or any portion Of it, is corrupt we shall
join it in exposing them to an outraged
Democratic constituency; but until it
does, we can not condemn Representa-
tiyes, who have heretofore proven them
selves as bish-toued, honorable gentle
men. We do not propose to lrbiteioasb,
or to apoiogt-s for the Kentucky Legjs-
!ature but simply viii not pronounce
them guilty of such gross crimes, with
out some shadow of proof The editor
of the Kentuckiau is a lawyer. as will be
seen by the following littie paragraph,
which he tries on Us.
THE Hickman JTkuelraster seems
I al IN raa
ir,1sort,r.o in, IN trs .t.rgas made oraiDst
the Legislature. VIII he answer the
the question whether or not he ever heard
'i those charges ofiofss
ne he ,'''' 'aD mas - +
wolves upon tito sustain the charges made
against the Legislature. The fact, that
oai '''' P-,,'77 may ~ ula5 ~, -.':1 - -,-
''., 0'1''' -
s5 ~. ...lan-.I.Is -. - orr
,-,o,vI.los that has br,ngbt CHARGE. of
cor...,,;9, - nr;,t-+b.t i rrt t5em in
- r,..l, on3 ,-t;ta r,.c,,,th the robl;. We
IN, ana .t;u f.sl ,t.- ,bs Ke,tnol-isn a..
Democratic organ would rot counte
,.n., mol, o-o,a ,,l sario,s .barge
a-''''''' d A.'.'[-' .'.'o i-'7''' u'- wa"
/ out ample evidence 10 sustain IT; ana
hence, from time to time, we have, inno
Gently. piled it with interrogatories. tina
= ,,i,Lt l.,ro oo.,s;or p, On nm vf,b Fl,
assumed task of exposing these alledcec
eorruplious. An inexperienced editor
one who had passed many year at college
but few in public life might be caugh
making war upon the chosen Represen.
tatives Of the peoDle upon mere ire
sponsible rumors of corruption. bat Ger
tainlv the Kentuckfan is not of this class
and therefore its intimatious are received
with more wsiabt bv the public. and the
proof OF it's charges waited for the more
anxiouslv
Brt there is another nbose 70 the K.n.
,,~l;o.,,s quarrel with ms Here II is
r. ..snmas 70 toll politely the nevsna
af ~. D;-..;.t - ,z..,
/. :ne uu1y u nc nsm9P1 I,,I.' pe's ~ =
srstematie Injustice which is practice,
against this end of the State Will the.
come out manfully against it, or vii
they JOIN the hIeAman APotog'aer an.
sl1e, li,an@2a - a. = - --'' - '''''
.c
e NJ,
" "a' as -1l - - - -
- - -. .' 60, - WI.
sirs Va corabt for yVest Kentnctv me-
! .n5 ,,oos,'ro. boeoro +bo Kla,,,.l;o
:, csre into evistanca and have never f,i
ed to sustain either, with all our humbl
e roiobs and main The EentycL;o.
q" 'O'9 a ''''' " '"'9 'y Su'Js''' q
gregates very large amount OF sta
appropriations bestowed upon upp,
Kentucky IN former years. for intern,
y ;r,..,,.,,,,,,t ,,,rror.o. ana or;5o..,
a verv clearly the injustics then done OF
portion of the State. Thus far we er
e dorse the Kentuckian. In latter yea
= the sentiment of Kentucky has been o.
rose5 ~ rvsvsten of Internal Tmnrov