The Hickman courier., 1874-08-21
Gal Turn er
fccrs fultOn Cache.

FnIroH g kzET1E "A shol ago
vopr paper cor fained letter 'srnl- ga
! - Tarner' s1elaims," In which the wri-
-. s.4tis urged of Col. Turner
-, ,.bila nember of the Kentucky
Sano,a he coSceived the policy OF con-
~artin1, The s&nrities held by the State
49, ,,onav a,a with that money pay off
~ S,o,a dab, The writer contradicts
,Lfs by savina "It is due to truth and
;,,.,;,o 20 sov Nat lie was neither its au-
5l'lr nor aid he. bear any distinguished
~, in ia nassige.n In u letter to the
eIitor of the Gzene, Col. Turner replies
to tbis last staament, and proves from
the Senate Jouesssl that he was unques
tionably the AZ T. OF the resolution to
no., otF the Stfd kleht, thereby showing
that .Democrw Afas elther1gnorant him
self of the fact, or that he was attempt
ING 10 deceive he people by writing what
was untrue.
Knowing sIarain' and "a Democrat
n he one and the same person, expected
on reading the letter in the Gazette with
the heading. "Col. Turner's letter." to
and in reality an answer to the letter
w,ittsn nv Colonel Turner, either attempt
ing to proye the yiatement made in regard
to him, or maCranimously apologizing for
the wrong and injustice done him but
instead of such honorable magnanimity
ON the mart of Larain, he answers moth
ing in Col. Turner's letter, but tries to
arouse low. ignoble prejudice against
him. simply becaFe he has by industry
and prudent massgement made enough TO
live on com fortllRy, anu pay his debts
instead of becoming bankrupt.
Before the war, .spl. Turner's farm was
the larg.-ss Al teted cultivated one west
of zlsg6 kefulanasin Kentucky. But
- IN - tiers. igoops came
ID. 81 - Rildat time.
But such farmersNiPl as Lariar know very
little of what n farmers life really is,
and it is source OF wonder to the farm
ers and Changers of this District how
Larain ever got into a Grange.
Col Turner has not only been sue
cessful laborer, harvester and farmer, but
u verv successful husbandman. Can La
rain saw as much for himself or for either
of the other candidates l suppose in
stead of a prudent manager Of his own
affairs, Larain would prefer a spendthrift
or bankrupt. have always found that
a man who has not Judgment enough to
properly manage his own affairs can new
er manage successfully the affairs of the
people Col. Turner has proved himself
perfectly competent to do both. His sue
cess as a farmer, lawyer, and his well
known ability as jurist, proves him able
to manage his own affairs, the successful
discharge of his duties as Commo n wealth
Attorney, and bis course as a Senator of
Kentucky, shows him perfectly competent
10 attend to the affairs of the people, when
entrusted to him, Ia November next the
people of this District will elect Oscar
Turner, a man who can successfully at
tend to their interest in the Congress of
the United States, notwithstanding the
attempted dictation of the new made far
mer, Laraiu, the advocate Of Judge Ben
nett. and the quondam leader OF Know
nothiu gism, Jim Sing Teton, Of the May
field Democrat the advocate of Judge
Boon
Had Iaraiu but tiled farm with half
the zeal with which he abused such good
Democrats as Hon. Linn Boyd, Hon. Chris.
Holt Judge Wm. Lindsay and Hon. Oscar
Turner, be too would have been able to
rest in the shade or "lie on a fence
/ rail, instead OF holding the plow him
self. True DEMoCR RAT IN