The Hickman courier., 1872-03-02
The spirit OF our Local Press.
They Have "a youthful LEADER
on the Hip.

OF "The Paducah Kemucbjan," has by
special enactment of some Legislature,
aud especially b. public opinion, had its
name changed to that Of The Youthful
Leader" the better to describe its aims
and aspirations, aud will hereafter be
known in law aud to the public by said
title The immediate cause of this
enactment on the part of the Legislature,
was, in the fact, that said paper, when
known as the KeatUckian and acting as
Democratic journal, did, violently, and
without good and sufficient reasons,
assail the Democratic party through its
chosen Representatives making charges
of gross corruptions and dishonesty
against the same. and when called to the
proof by its brother democratic journals,
did utterly aud ingloriousy fail to pro
duce the same, or to name names whereby
the party might defend itself against
such accusations, or rid itself of such
Representative and it was feared, that
such indiscretion and lack of political
aceumeu, might destroy its future use
fulness as sincere and faithful demo
cratic journal, therefore to relieve it Of
such pressure, aud that it may speed on
to its selfappointed mission as "77se
ToutLtisi Louder its name was changed
in accordance as above.
The Columbus Dispatch whose great
est fault is having merry heart and a
merrier peu; points a humorous article at
The Hout6fal Lauder, which but for our
knowledge that the Dispatch appreciates
the highly facetious, might appear too
severe.
Our readers will remember that the
in replying to some article
in the Hickman COURIER, appealed to
the Democratic Journals Of this District
for help, beseeehing them to stapd by it.
The Dispatch hears the cry. Itsays:
"We hear the cry we come We
come, to the rescue. We are for our
District, we are for our people; for the
K Keatgckidn. We are not particularly
expert at catching thieves, but if the
will tell Us who the corrup
tionists are, and what they did, we will
pitch into them hot and heavy We will
expose their corruption far and near
tell it in Gath and publish it in the
streets of Askelon Every issue of the
Dispatch will make the fur fly from their
official backs like ashes and lava from
until not a hair shall remain on
their hides We will skin them to the
very bodies, and bury them 80 deep in
oblivion that even the Hickman De
fender" cannot resurect them-whence
their ghost can never return to haunt the
KeRMekjga's aspirations for the office Of
Jinder-and then with flaming excoria-
tions, we will label their political skele
tons condemned.
The Dispatch is inimitable; aud after
reviewing the tact that our Paducah
neighbor was as s7eat as death about
these alledged charges Of corruption un-
til after its defeat for binder, it con-
tinues:
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and with the breezes that waited to Us
their sweet perfume, came also the Ken
tuchian laden with the delicious odors of
the public Ginde4y, and speaking to US
of the different members of the Leglsla
ture as mildly Is the gentle zephyrs told
US Of the sweetness Of the flowers. No
such words as bribery, corrupt rings,
or ''iDiustice to the first district" gleam-
ed forth from It's pages. Drowsy sum
mer came, with its rich fruitage, aud the
rejoiced that under Demo-
cratic auspices everything was lovely in
the proud old commonwealth of Ken
,ucky; but never a word did we see of
rings" and corruption. Time sped
on autumn came, then winter, with its
biting frosts; the legislature again con
vened and the KeHtuchi0H was daily
welcomed to our sanctum as calm and
serene as though nothing had occurred
ia the last thousand years that could in
The least mar the record of the Kentucky
legislature. But finally came another
election for public binder; then, the
freed from the onerous du-
lies of public Office, ike the captive who
IS freed from his shack es-with It's Off
sial hopes and SEPARATIONS dashed to earth
and shivered ike glass cage from
around a prisoned bird-gave shrek Of
virtue that resounded from the center to
he circumference of the State, spread
,ut its great wings till they 6yershadowed
he whole broad commonwealth Of Ken
ueky, stretched forth its mighty talons,
md is now ready 20 clutch at a single
grip the entire legislature Of the State.
Dur trust has not been misplaced. Our
patient waiting has been rewarded. We
low only wait for the KenfucLian to
asten its talons on its chosen victims,
md we will proceed to Dispatch them. "
But there is another witness summon
d by The ToaHtul Leader to stand by
t, aad il does stand like true democrat,
dictation from any source.
There is no mincing matters with the
Murray Gazette. 1t IS, or it is not; and
t fires true and telling shots into those
ghom it conceives to occupy less bold
positions. 1t calls the Keancktal to
,roof. Read:
"The Paducah Kentuckian is making
ONE grave charges Of corruption upon
he Kentucky Legislature. They may
,e true, but the proofs are not forth
oming. And, strange to say. they we're
lever made until since the Kentuckian
vas defeated for the Office of Public
Binder. We are sorry for you, dear
lentuckian. whether they be true or
alse. IF false, you are certainly invol
ed sadly; if true, the people will ask
vhy yonr expose came only since your
allure to secure the Public Binding, and
he sensation you would have created,
nd the glory you might have won, had
-ou bearded the lion sooner, will all be
ost'
Again it cudjels the Kentuczfan.
Ora mercy, Gazette, have you no feel
ng for the tender age of The Youthful
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