The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-01
A Card from Goto,a, 0srar
TURNER


Frank fort Woman oslculate., a. Mace me
a. talse position aud est,,.kinc tne
Democratic state Central F,,.,otttre
dc not know who the writer Is bat can
not heiieNe lhat ~ 'gas one If the former
editors OF Tie feomau, sYho gave IT. char
7e'et ms state paper havfnt- regard los
liuth ana honor. II must have Eccn writ
ten by some malev0lent e,fet,r of mine
Who was willing to disregard truth to sl,;-
e0mpllsh his malicious ends The article
contains tissue Of fslseb6ods and mis-
representations well known to the people
OF The FIRST Congressional District, some
OF which will notice Tie writer starts
out by saying:
I'VE regret to say hat the COMPRESSION
al outlook in the First District presents
an aspect not altogether encouraging to
the democracy, .and proportionately fat
tering to the hopes OF the Radicals of that
district, and whatever troubles may come
to the Democratic party between this and
the November election in that district,
will be wholly chargeable to the Demo
cratic State Central Committee"
Now 1t is well known to the Democracy
throughout the First district that the
Democratic prospects were never brighter
since the war In every county in the
:
thusiasm prevails for Tilden and Hen
bricks, and wherever | have spoken
have urged the Democracy TO go to the
polls and whether they voted for me or
not to vote for Tildeu and Hendricks l
have been assured every where that there
will be a larger Democratic vote poiied
than ever has been Eolled in the FIRST
district before. and as to the COMPRESSION
nj race do not betieos there is Democrat
IN the district rho has any fears Of a Radical
fgG fISes@a ;, L vii ssss from the au
this district then twenty ~six thousand
eight hundred and sixty-two voters, and
there are more now But they contend
that Grant received about 1000 votes 1t
is well known that hundreds voted for
Grant because they preferred him to
Greeley, and il is no test of the strength
of the Republican party. Harlan, the
most popular Republican in the party,
only received FIVE thousand one hundred
and three votes. When Grassland and
Clark ran-both DemOerats-the Repub-
lican candidate did not receive 2, 500 votes.
In the last race Pickett, Radical, only re-
ceived twelve hundred aud fifty six votes
Thus il will be seen that there is no dam
ger of a Radical being eLected in this district
epela If three Democrats make the race and
divide the vote equally, which all know in
this district. tcikIRot be the case. The run
ming of Boone aud Trimble will not di-
minish the vote cast for me in the last
election twenty five votes. On the con
trnrv, nv vote will be increased oy hun
dreds who did not go 20 the polls. These
are facts we'll known 10 the ringmAsters
and county oiiques, and to the writer of
the article in the Yeoman, and this is
why they want me 10 call convention
to take the power out of the hands of the
people, and place it in the hands of few
about the county seats, who have been
this district long enough.
They do not like to give up their power TO
dictate TO the people, but the independent
Democracy will wrench it from their
hands at the November election in spite
Of their tricks and fraudulent attempts
TO get up pretended convention. have
been all over this district, and can safe
Iy say nine tenths of the Democracy are
opposed to a convention, seeing no necessity
for one.
The writer in the Woman, in the same
article above referred TO- says:
"The Radical junta at Paducah issued
is orders to county managers through
,ut the district 10 ignore Pickett and vote
or Turner, and they all obeyed except
Long of Lyon rally
even hundred Radical votes were poll
II for Turner ia Caldwell aud Trigs
counties alone.
Now this is au unmjtigate1 ana bare
accl falschood and the writer knew if
when he wrote it, or was grossly imposed
lpoH by willful liar. so far from this
,eing true, under the management Of the
ealcr Of the Radical Tmrty, almost the
.utire negro and Radical vote OF Graycs
ounty, and Of Padues,h, the h3t-hed OF
tadicaism, was cast for Judge Boone, the
10 called nominee Ia Hickman, Ballard
'ultou, Livingston aud Galloway, the ne
70 vote pole ID for seseasi
a Trsel. is.sene rccsss' SO f.if-
lred negro and. Radical votes. In Crit.
endeu the Republican party did not vote /
go am informed. In Caldwell | re- /
eived some Radical votes through the /
friendship of Mr.. Ratlif, who, being an /
Ionest man aud gentleman, and hearing I
i the rascality being practiced below /
he river, used bis influence for me IL il |
he only place | have heard of my receiv- 1
ng any Radical votes. For the truth Of /
hese facts refer to the Democracy of /
hese counties. After the election, the
eader OF the Radical party Luciaa Ander
on boasfed that Judge Boone oIced his election
D him and the Radicgt party. SO far from
nv such orders being sent out by the
.adicaI iunta at Paduoah to vote for Tar
er. the Radical jnnta voted for Boone,
he so called nominee of the convention,
hus showing that they did not consider
:oone the nominee of the Democratic par
v. but regarded the so called Democratic
convention trick to beat Turner, in
,hich they were willing to take part and
ssist. And whyl Because had served
be Democratic party time aud again, and
,oone never had opened his mouth
gainst them But the writer says:
Leading Democrats all over the dis
riot saw the necessity for q convention
nd were in favor of it," This is equally
alse, as | will show by the record. In
he strong Democratic county of Trigg |
eceived a majority of four hundred and
,rty-nine. In the Democratic county of
alIoway received n majority of three
undred and seventy. In the banner
Dunty of Democracy (Marshsil) / receiv-
4 a majority of four hundred and TWEEN
Y. In Ballard, which always gives over
ne thousand Democratic majority, re
eived q majority of two hundred and
ghty-two. In McCracken | received a
aiority of two hundred and eighty
ght, outside of Paducah, and in Graves
Boone's own county, received major
v outside of Msyfeld, which as The strong
I'D of RddicaIism an that county, aud Which
emit for Boone received a majority
est of the Tennessee river comprised of
re seven counties known as jackson
urehase, where the vote is nearly solid
n Democracy, and yet this writer has
le effrontery to say;
"Leading Democrats were for the con-
sntion and saw the necessity for having
le.'
| have shown that the Radicals did not
gard Boone as the Democratic nominee
will now show beyond all cayil that
either the leaders nor the rank and file
The Democracy reg.rded Boone as the
1minee of Democratic convention. Gov
nor McCreary received in the First dis
let thirteen thousand two hundred and
xteen. Judge Boone, the so called NOM
zee, received Eve thousand eight hun
ed and eighty seven; thus 1t VIII be +,
ZEN that Boone lacked seven hundred
Id tweniy-one votes of getting even one
.lf Of the vote McCrcary got, which was
least seven thousand under the Demo
attic vote of the district. Now, who be
re ever heard Of q NOMINEE OF ANY
,srY not receic.ag a minority q tie Uotss q
{ part, that nominated nam ? Does it not
low eonclusiveiy that the Democratic
lrty did not recognize Boone as its nom
ee2 Yet this ycritable writer in the
CONAN SAYS the dealing men saw the
OF a convention, and were in
vor of it, but that | would not submit
it. Hundreds Of men were disgasted |
a 49, !