The Hickman courier., 1872-02-10
Tne spirit of oar Local Press.

SATURDAY, FEB. 10, 1872.
The Spirit OF oar Local Press.
The Paducah Kentuckian has at last
struck upon subject that arouses all
It's mate. latent fires. We knew it had
"fre;" and only needed little "Poking
10 make it blaze and burn, furiously.
The subject which touches it to the
Guick is 1.-The curse Of Rings, by the
agency of which it thinks Western Ken
lucky has been bambooz'ed out of all
sense, reason and justice. By turns it
weeps for our poor section, and berates
a merciless ''ring" which is said to exist
about Frankfort The Kentuctian claims |
that this ''ring" gobblesap all our West
End Reprta3entatives vote them for their
pet men aud measures, and then casts
them and their friends off, to use the
Kentuckiaa's own language, "bleeding
and moneyless" Oh me What speci
fc crimes this Frankfort ring is charged
with, we know not; nor does the Ken
tHckjan state; nor do we care; but If
they have conspired together to BAN
boozle, to seduce. to pull wool over the
eyes" of our representatives., their friends
or their friend S friends, their kin or their
kin's kin, the blood of Roman citizen
Boils up against it. What's more, we
won't stand it. By the blood of two
martyred book binders we call upon the
people to arouse, cry aloud, and spare
not That our Representatives should
be 'bamboozled.' Is nothing; that they
should vote for Frankfort men or meas
ures, right or wrong, IS nothing; nay,
that they should be even cast off, abused
and bleeding, is nothing; but that they
or their friends, should be left money
less, without Office or salary,
Alas. my poor suffering country,
IL is for thee [ grieye
ave 90 on dancing the dance of fools, "
says the Kcntuchian and repeat the
same every year, well quote for the
COURIER! "Let US 90 down in sack
cloth and ashes" continues the Kentuck
ian, 'and repent of our ignorance T.
Not bit of it. In thezaffairs of State,
men have been beaten for State Binder
ere this, and though not so greatly
wronged, have borne il better. We-sym-
pa-size; but cant 90 dolcn in sack cloth
nor ashes. (We tried going down 10
ashes once, and even the insurance man
jumped our policy) 1t won't pay
stand up like "a little man. As Sancho
Panza says, pray devoutly and hammer
on stoutly" Your fight against the
Frankfort ring Is brave one. but re I
member there = l,"raie innocan"o n
we'll as heroic courage. You fed cut
Of the Frankfort crib one term, and
'.know how it is yourself - Adversity
willingly undergone is the greatest
virtue.
Brood not darkly wrong, 4
Which win disappear ere Longs
Rather sing this cheering song
Let it pass
Let it pass!
The Mayfeld Democrat is not un-
usually butelightly interesting this week
l has an article on Alexis" the Gin
cionati Road, and "Little Corporal.
The Little Corporal is a decided
favoIite; and the Democrat agrees with its
hundreds of Juvenile readers, Ga compli
ment to the readers that it is "a welcome
visitor" tits equally rejoieed to receive
information of the passage of the Gin
cinnati Railroad bill. 1t tcondcmns Sena
tor Hale for voting against the bill and
hopes "the time will speedily come when
Western Kentucky will show her indie
pendence and stand up for her RIGHTS.
This is the fault it intimates against
Senator Hale but, neglects to inform
our worthy Senator what RIGHTS West
ern Kentucky has in the CiAcinnati bill
to ''stand up for" (May be it is the
denied right, which prohibits Keutuck
ians from ever becoming stockholders or
controllers in said concern) Anyhow,
the Democrat is rejoiced, and thinks the
people of the District and especially of
Graves county, are also. 1t claims a
great victory, and prints reports of illu
limitations, n-fres, cannon firing, etc
The proposed road touches not within
two hundred miles of the sacred soil of
Graves, and what there is in it to so ex-
cite its people, is marvellous This /
alarm of fire is false. The tobacco barns 4
of Graves are in no danger from the
Cincinnati locomotives, and as a friend Of
peace, we protest against such undue
excitement. 1t is not real fire. 1t must
be phosphorus, or what is vulgarly term
ed fox (which Webster defines as
"a luminous substance without sensible
heat" 1t can be taken up, hantiled,
touched, nay put in the pocket, without
danger of igniting. Iu fact, few Lou
isville advertisements might wipe out all
3signs of it. 1t is surprising nay, it is
wonderful, how few timely advertise
ments will extinguish the burning en-
thusiasm of the best of newspapers
We've tried it, and speak by the card
However, seriously, and altogether, the
issue of the Democrat before US is good
Number, full of good local matter, aud
witsaI good paper. We wish it pros
perity.
The Cof1nbus Dispatch is our near
est peighbcr ana ''booDest friend. It's
last number is 'gofsed, not with matter,
but with ice and deal head advertise
ments. 1t announces tn, gorge"