The Hickman courier., 1872-11-02
sham We Facet a Raaical Com

Shall VIE Eject "A HHuAcaa SOh-
EFesssfsaR
The Paducah Ne,cs, paper inde-
pendent in politics, and which supports
neither ct the aspirants fer Congress
in this District. publishes an able cor
respondence on the pending Coneres-
sional race, in which it IS argued that,
The situation presents q reasonable
chance for the election Of Houston,
the Radical nominee. From that cor
respondence we extract:
But there is stiIl another view OF
the matter, which it may not be awiss
for the parties in interest the people,
70 consider. and that l. this: II Mar
tia eau divide the vote with Grassland,
and the bourbous, nigcer's and Kadl
Gals vote for Houston, Is there not 4
reasonable chance Of the latter's elee
tom | think so-aud believe that
the Radicals and Bourbons are work
ing secretly for this end. The can
didacv of Col. Trabue Is all sham. 1T
Is intended merely rs teint to- coYer
the real candidate, and to prevent the
Democracy from taking the alarm. -
Tor Paducah -Nors.
We can not share the apprehension
Of this correspondent; bat, We should
be recreant to duty, if through our
opa confidence, any necessary warning,
should be withheld from the Couserva-
tives and Democrats OF the District.
The Democrats generally eoncede 5000
votes to Houston in the District, and
that if every Radical in the District
should vote and vote for him he might
by possibility reach 1000 Tie full
vote Of the District in the last Guber
Material election was S,I32, of which
the Democrats cast 13,30G, aud the
Radicals l,S2S,, If the vote next
Tuesday is as large as this, there can
be no danger But, if from any causes
Whatever, several thousand Democrats
neglect to vote, as they did in the last
Congressional election, and Martin
develops anything like the strength
ascribed to him by the correspondent.
there is real Danger of Houston being
elected.
The correspondent expresses the idea
that the Radical leaders have a we'll
coacoetod plan to defeat Cro7slaud by
division of the Democracy, the can
I-Iscy of Trabae being a mere blind
10 deiuds Democrats iuto the belief
that the Radicals are also divided.
Can any Democrat name a Radical
whom Ire KNOWS viii vote for Trabue
Can he name one who viiI not vote Tor
Houston? Besides, is The discipline 10
the Radical party not so thorough chat
10 q hours before the election they
can center their solid vote on one or
eitter2
We DO not believe that ,'lartin can
divide the vote with Grassland, be-
cause from every county ia the Dis
tr.ct we have news which We deem re
liable, tha, the Democracy and Liber~
ais are nearly unanimous for Crossland;
nevertheless, admit that he can divide
the vote. aud the appeal only comes the .
stronger for every Democrat and Lib
eral not ouly TO vote, but to ,eorh FOR
Grassland. The developments Of This
Congressional race, proves to our mind, .
that the arrangements and make up Of
the whole race Is a deep laid consPira
cy, Matched iu the bruins Of certain
Radical leaders and disahected demo-
crats, to secure The election Of Hous
ton. The circumstantiaI evidences
justify this conclusion We honestly
believe IT,. but we as honestly believe
that it will miscarry. Whether it is
50 or not, it's c-rta:aLy the duty Of the
Democrats aud Liberals to center on
J ndge Grassland as surely able to beat
any such possible combinations Ev-
knows, not excepting Martin
that there IS no chance Tor
his election, and that every vote he
gets will weaken Grassland and
strengthen Houston The Democracy
may be too sauguine Of Crossland's
election, aud many of them may not
consider it necessary to 80 to the polls.
The gallant Voorhees, in Indiana has
Just suffered defeat, and Radical
elected in his stead, by this spirit of
orer coefdeace. Therefore, we beg our
friends to work for full vote. Let
Us not through Indifference, or merely
personal matters, fall a victim to the
of the Radical leaders.
aud wake up next Tuesday morning
to End that, with majority of 10000
Democratic votes in the District, we
have permitted Radical to be elected