Richland beacon., 1878-10-12
, lFor the BeaconJ ]
Party HARMONY.

! /, IS well known fact, Mr. Editor. tina,
the name Of the writer has appeared in In,
BEACON for the past iwo months as "A cand,>
date for representative in the lower branch
of the legislature. There are many who
will testify that it was AT their earnest solic,-
talon that p-rmIted my name to appear az
a candidate. Hence, ! haze not appeared as
an oiiice>seeker farther than answering ,o
their call would necessarily DEMAND Ia
accordance with sense oc duty, which
haze ever maintained, that every citizen
should b" ready apd willing to respond To th"
call OF his neishbors and citizens To perform
any duty ia his power TO perform, and answer
any call 10 am. Office (altnourh pccuniarily it
may be thought a. sacri.ice) which his fellows
citizens may deem him able to I'LL. Thc>n
are the motives, sir, which have brn,nltcl
me 10 come before the vOters Of RichalL
parish.
Acts have recently occurred in his paris,
In deriocratc ranks too--wh:ch call me To
speak of nj !ast political ryrosd. Sir, tho
first vote ever poled was for James Bucli-
AMMAN for president Before this day, Low>
ever, took AN active pa.t in political matters,
IN support Of States rish; democracy under
the intor,hp OF suci, leaders as Gen John
Anthony Qu,nan and Jefferson Davis. both
of whom were Mis>issippans of decided
prominence even at that day. My next vote
for president was cast in this Slate for join,
L Breckinridge.
Since the war ! have voted a strai, on,
democratic tckct-wih one excepton. and
that exception was nj that time a profcs,H
conservative democrat | refer to John Ray.
who was at that time Immediately aft, r ia,
war; candida'e for congress, and was sup-
ported by nearly the entire vote of the parish
(Franklin). II any incredulous person doubt,
tue assertion that Mr.. Ray was at that time 1.
! conservative democrat, refer him to files Of
the Frank lin Sun. published and e,lited in tho
town OF WinnsbQrough, by Col. Lewis lin,
and particularly to to letter frofn, Mr.. Ray
to Col. Wiley p tGrayson, in which the ev-
dence may be obtained. =, 49,.
Now, SIT, i. i, Just, is it fair tl,a, l, with such
a record before the peoples face, that parties
VINO are opposed TO my nomination should
seek to asPerse my political character, simply
from the fact that would no, suffer INV nams
to appear before a convention of whom j, hat
been truly said that il was not in accordance
with democratic usages and customs, and
which subsequent acts Of their own have pro-
.nulya,ed to the people plainly tha, they wer,
wrns? "Fiat jpauia, ruat ceoipm =,
| But, Mr.. Editor aud people of Rchand.
alloy me TO congratulate you upon return Of
! the wayward brother democrats 10 the ,if,r
honorcd fold from whence i'm their no, zeal
they s,rayed. All. how much better ba,l
they done SO at first! hal they continued u;
'icede their father focks upon the GramEiau
hills" Let the dead past bury its dead. =
and draw the mauile Of charity aud foryetfnl.
ness over it, For ny part / am done will,
il.
Now, Mr.. Editor, the Executive Co,nmi,,ce
have called new ward meetings. on Saturday,
the 18th inst, and a new Parish Convcntior,
on thursday, l7th inst, let the peopfe bs
heard there; let the delegates be chosen ffoir
different portions of each wart-nof IN m.
'a'e'esf OF any one man. but in the interest of
the PetPf. A convention thus formed vii,
ne yer bolt. If i; results in my nomination.
"welI and good!" II IN the nominaiion Of
some one else, "well and goodr This is
democratic. and will stand or fall mon i, ::
but ~W not submit if unfair means are use,i
To defeat me. ! stand before the people to,
day endorsed unanimously by four of tho
seven wards of this parish; so expressed in
recent ward meetings. And, sir, | will hot
desert ihem-l could not honorably do 50. if
it were even my wish. do not speak these
words, Mr.. Editor, diciatorily, far from it, bur
III plain words, couched in Ineligible lar.
guage TOR the sake Of peace and harmony.
Once more ] proclaim to the voters of the
parish that IL there lie another man in whom
they are better pleased than myself rofe for
h'n', and ! TOO will support him. But, on tho
other hand, should | siIll be your choice, no
man vi take greater pleasure than myself in
representing your interests to the bes, Of my
ability.
-ln union there is Strength "A house
divided ayains, itself must fall"
y A. B. COOPER
Hermitage, October s,h, 1878.