The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-05-17
x.ncakted for and Uni justified.

E'ncaited for aud UNI usti6ed.
The v~icksburg Commercial of the
10th inst. has an editorial headed
Dent" that does Gen. Lowry great in
Justice. Ills unworthy the editor of
mat paper and W. are surprised to sec
him making snch u thrust against the
most prominent candidate m,nt!oled
for the Office Of Governor.
After comparing the tickets of 1868
aud 1869 the Commercial slye:
Besides all this we have MANY other
reasons for preferring Humphreys-or
indeed any other of the gentlemen
nancd for Governor this year-to Gen.
Lowry. The latter is undoubtedly IL
genial, pleasant fellow. very coed On
an auec ote or an ud cdptuHdNm
witticism in a stump speech. But We
have yet to hear it claimed for him that
he is either "a man of brains or Il man of
respectable requirements. As a lawyer
he is scarcely average; as IA politician,
he is II mpn of small c~alii,re, small
force, and no dignity. The history of
his career III the Legislature, M seen
III tie journals, presents little OF moths
ing TO the credit of either his intellect
or his conscience.
For these and many other reasons
we believe that Gen. Lowry is not like
~ in any event to receive the Demos
cratic nomination for Governor, and
that were it otherwise it would be ruin
QUE to the party and TO it's cause to en-
trust either the Office of Governor or
the leadership of this canvass 70 such d
man al Gen. Lowry.
The WORKS Of the Commercial are
shocking, and viii do It's candidate
more harm than good. After reading
them one is forced to the conclusion
that the editor alloWs Ais zeal u sup
porting Gen. Humphreys to overrun his
Judgment. The people of Mississippi
know Gen. Lowry-they remember his
services in the ~past-they know that he
is a man of brains, a gentleman Of the
highest requirements, q sound aud
thorough lawyer, u statesman of en-
larged views, of great force Of charac-
ter, diguiied, courteous. pure, honor
able--the peer Of any man in the State.
His record as a representative of the
people is brilliant, and needs no de-
fence.
The CommeTcta{ has probably never
heard that Gen. Lowry WAS the only
man in the State that would meet Al
corn at his appointments in 1871 and
ca5tiGatc the old renegade before the
people. He followed AIcorn to all the
largest places in Mississippi and finally
drove him from the field and won til,
thanks and approval of all Democrats
and Conservatives for his labor.
Gen. Lowry has always been fore
most i'll every campaign, As in peace
! 80 III war ne takes the lead and tells the
boys to follow and they follow. He hat
spoken from almost every hillside and
! valley in the State. His voice has ell.
couraged thousands, and caused them
10 move Oh TO victory. He has always
sacrificed private Interests for the
public veal, and while we &C
knowledge the services Of Other
eminent leaders, We assert what
many others have before SAID, aud chal-
lenge contradiction, that Gen. Lowry
has done more for the success OF The
Go:aooiat.o patty than any mAa IN
Mississippi. lie is entitled to some
recognition for his past great services,
is rs well qualified for the Office OF
Governor as any laan in the State, and
will receive the nomination GA the first
ballot. Tie people know him, and
nothing the pap,rs tA4t oppose him
may say viii have any effect.
The last paragraph quoted from the
Gommerciat 10 entirely gratuitous and
one that canuot be sustained.
Lowry will be the next Governor of
Mississippi.