The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-01


snd that all the sspirauts in the
district we're using their influence
aEs'nst me some 1T them ~ the stump
and six new sp4pers vtllifvtuz and mis-
rerte=enttnz ne N every issue IN the
dav Of the election bales Of au ezra rarer
were sent 10 every county containing
false statements which neither Boone or
Judge Bonnet had ever used OF made dur
ing the canvass of SIX months, when /
ronld hive replied 10 them In Hat race
they reserved their faiseh0ods for the day
ct he election hut ms they have begun
them through the Woman time enough for
INC 10 answer part Of them And yet Il e
same PadHcah tricksters want me to call
II eonvention 10 ttke the power ont of the
hands Of the people, and give them an
opportunity TO practise their former
frauds and tricks ! stand upon the JEFF
fersoniau doctrine that Conventions are
necessary political evils, only to be
5 rted to when necessary for party success
to carry out great principles for the BEN
eft of the people. Whenever sHeh necessity
eEists I haps ARRAYS taken part an them. and
so 'eiU the Democracy but it is well known
that no sUch necessity crisis IN this district
with over twenty eight thousand voters,
and when no Radical candidate for Con
gress ever received twenty-five hundred
votes in H.. and IN the last race only one
thousand two hundred and tifty-six. My
majority over him was four thousand FIVE
hundred and sixty FIVE. 1t seems from
the attack on the Democratic Central
Committee of the State that the writer in
the Yeoman, editor. or whoever he may
he, was cognisant of a scheme as far back
as the May convention to remove me
chairman of the Congressional Committee,
so as to further the riugmasters in their
schemes But the Democratic Central
Committee was composed of gentlemen
who suppose, regarded the voice of the
Democracy Al the last Democratic con-
vention held in Ballard, in the spring,
they passed IA resolution unanimously en-
-slsrsias and rataining me as their chair
never faltered in their adherence to Dem
ocratic principles. CtniHot he editor Of the
YeoDan lei the Democracy of tire First Dis
triet manage their o,cn fairs DithOm dictatoHi
In the darkest days of political gloom the
First District stood firm as rock, and
gained the appellatIon Of the "Gibralter
District" without any dictation from the
Yeoman's modern editor, and we certain
" can manage our affairs now without
dictation from the Yeoman. But If we
must have his advice, all we ask is that
he will state facts and truths When he
saws that the Radical junts at Paducah
sent out orders to the different counties
to vote for Turner, which was obeyed
except in Lyon, he knew or could
have known that, so far from it being
true. the Radical junta in Paducah were
doing all they could to elect Judge Boone,
and that on the day of the election prom
inent Radicals in Paducnh were hauling
negroes to the polls TO vote for Boone, to
slaughter me for services | had rendered
the Democratic rarity. Why is this desire
of the Yeomnn to interfere and aid in
irving 10 defeat me? | have defended
Democratic principles for over quarter
of century in my district whenever
attacked. | have served the party as
elector time and again. In my late race
for Congress | advocated line of policy
Endorsed by the Ohio and Indiana Democ
rasy, and identical with the principles in
the Democratic National platform, and
have done the same thing in this canvass
why then am to he hunted down and
misrepreseuted as | have been by the
Woman article? | have never injured
them, and all | ask is an open field and
fair fight but they seem determined shall
not have them. Well, let them do their
best They did all they could in the last
race-got IN fraudulent convention,
cast the vote of counties for Boone in
convention which went for me by large
IMPURITIES, where there were sworn
Judges and no tr-cSer which the record
now shows They bad their spcakers on
the stamp TO aid Boone, and on the day
of the election entered the city of Pa
ducah with two hundred and sixty major
ity from the whole district, aud they beat
me sixty six votes only, aud how by a
combination with negroes and Radicals.
Prominent Radicals in Faducdh were
publicly hauling negroes In wagons 10
the polls TO vote for Boone, the sO-calied |
Democratic nominee. while / was ahscnt
in the State Of Tennessee by the side OF
my daughter lying at the point of death
Aud yet the Woman says "the Radical |
junta at Paducah sent orders to vote for |
Turner, which were obeyed.' D, shane, /
tSf.esss Lf,ssb
| arm told the article was written in 4
Paducah aud sent TO the YeOman TO father. !
| do not know whether this is true or
false. They can speak out and say /
who is the author. 1t appears as an edi- /
torial from the Woman in the Herald. Ii I
it had not appeared in a State paper /
should not have noticed 1t, for its falsity
was too we'll known in this district, but
as it may fall into the hands of my
friends at a distance, I deemed il due to
them and to myself 10 notice it. All /
ask is, that the Woman do me the justice
TO publish my reply, and if they deny
any of the statements | will furnish
them the proof. Respectfully,
OSCAR TURNER