The Hickman courier., 1878-06-14


Is irving to shape matters IN the interest
Of ia real cheice OF candidates, regard
less O. party usages or the partys inter
est. Come. toat fair. Bro Warren If
Won are for the old bulldozer say so; IL
for the choice Of the party, whoever be
may be. sax So In other words, II you
claim 10 be a Democrat, stop trying to
defeat, disrupt and destroy the Democrat
ie party by your anti Democratic sophism.
-fClinton Democrat.
The Democrat is an ably conducted
pa paper-if it is not always eOurteous;-
but it is mere swadliag g-not yet out
Of it's political nurses arms, aud its
anxiety TO read the COURIER out of
the p a.rty, is laughable The CoUR
Ter is the oldest Democratic paper in
Southern Kentucky-has seen now
pear 10 years Active party service, aud
never detected the breadth Of hair
This service, to say nothing Of our
God given manhood, ought to give Us
the right TO speak independent of the
ipse dixit Of local manchine politicians
The truth is, the ambition OF individ
usls and their advocates, has run riot
so long in this District, that the Dem
ocratic party aud Democratic prinei
pies, are being smothered by personal,
ism. We have class Of pubic men
who think that the Democratic party
in this District has but one mission
remaining on earth, and that is to pro-
vide the ways and means to help them
to Office. Every other issue and object
must be sacrificed to this all sorbiHg
and all-conSuming idea This sccom-
plished-the people must shoyt ''Ficc q
tory and the elect put onthe| as
cension robes. The CoURpR has no t
part nor parcel in this. We want the c
Democraey-tl peoplEto assert !
their power, aud foreehese elections t
on Issues of practiel benefit to the t
country II the Dmoeraey Is the |
peoples party-wh/ not let the PeO- t
pies voice be obaiDed and obeyed
This is oil the CJURIER wants or ar
CUES, aud does rot ask Of any OF the '
younger papers to enaanger their iast' ,
euiRgs to political favoriies by follow i
ing US, unless they like. We owe DO t
politician in the District aught-and =
as individuals don't care which ore
rises or falls. a primary election Is
as orthodox a mode of party organi .
.ation as conventions, aud has been c
recognized and praciised from time to n
ims by the party from time immemo~ v
.ial. Ont of the G or s candidates for :
Congress in this District. not a single n
me opposes the CoURrER's plan il h
peecbes before the people. but upon
he contrary agree to abide it, if so
rdsred II the plan Is anti democrat
c, as alledged by our worthy neigh
,or-he Democrut-it ought to read 4
Il these candidates out of the party, ii
or not opposing it before the people. =
Even now, two Of the candidates, N
Allen asd Hewlett), are submitting n n
heir claims to primary election in
'aIdwell, to be held next Monday, and :;
the plan is aati-democratic, these Il
entlemen ought to be excommunica i
ID for laying down such a dangerous Il
rccedentl We believe party organi o
alton is as necessary to success as is
iscipline to an army-have always lT
nd shall always support it-bus this bl
-ay of rushing the machine pell nell III
yer the heads and will of the people n
we don't consider democratic. Be- i
,use primary election may elect this ma
r that mans no concern of ours-so n
e is democrat aud the choice of the q
smocratic people. If we can't elect 90
ar choice before the people-why, re
We got TO submit That's all of it 80
any man wants TO go to Congress 90
moving himself not the choice-then
lat man don't suit US. Any plan Z
hich fairly and honestly obtains the
,ice of the peoples democratic an
I'd that plan we will support. we