The comet., 1881-07-23
II. u Henry-SOuth MIssissppi's
Candidate for SecreIary Of
state. .a 49,

CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI, July 2l, 'sl.
To the Editor of The Count: .e
As one who has long been a friend
and silent admirer, wish to rise anp
second what others have said in advd-
cacy Of Mr.. Henry as the Democrat 10
nominee for Secretary Of State. 1t
would be difficult to say too much in
his praise. No young man iw tie
State is worthier' of being honorepl, !,
and none has been truer to the caube
of Democracy. Few Of his age chn
point to career so praiseworthy Jd
deserving Of emulation. A poor bty,
with no capital save Il brave hejit,
laudable ambition and native taldht,
he has risen to the high place he rbw
occupies In the esteem of his felloks,
solely by indomitable energy, pefse-
verance and business tact, combhed
with those loftier qualities of 4 iead
and heart which always, even infol-
UNFAIRLY, command the admiral ion
and homage Of men.
Te' years ago, before he had attain
ed his majority, Mr.. Henry establish
ed, on Democratic principles of the
Jeffersonian standard, the Newton
Ledger (now the Brookhaven Ledger,
and throughout the hey day of RAP
cal rule; the formal disbandment sof
the Democratic party; amidst the
pitched battles of rs, when the pep
pie again rallied with the unity of des-
peralion to throw off the shackles
that bound and crushed them, --even
down to this good day, he has never
fallered, never wavered from the prin-
ciples enunciated i'm his first issue.S
Threatenings of defeat were nothing,E L
promises of success aud reward noth-E
ing, If involved therein was compro-
mise of principle.
IL is Il fact too often forgotten by the
masses that, everything else being
equal, journalists who are candidates
for public preferment are at greater
disadvantage than members of any
other profession; because, by very
virtue of their position, they are
called upon from week to week to
express their opinions and sentiments
concerning all questions and meas
ures Of public interest, and their ever
stand in printed records errors against
them. This, too, when they often
have no time for the careful thought !
and mature deliberation which most
Others can and do exercise before they
speak. However, the gentleman
whose candidacy / am advocating
will meet with 40 difficulty Oh this
score. boldly venture the assertion
and ! have had considerable acquaint-
ance with the utterances of the Mis-
sissippi Press for the past ten years +
that the files of no paper in the State
which has boldly spoken out on the
merits of men and measures, will |
show II more even, consistent, rational
and, withal, orthodox Democratic |
course, than those of the Brookhaven
Ledger which has weekly voiced the
words of Mr.. Henry. True rs steel to
principle and firm as II rock, yet he
has never been an extremist or a
luibbler, aud his very candof and
honest dealing with opponents has al
ways won for him friends.
Ispeak AS one who knows, when l
.ay the same course which has mark
ID his public life has always governed
lis private transactions and deport-
nent; and this fact, coupled with
What | have above stated, explains
Why he to-day publishes one of the
argest, most prosperous and inilnen-
ial papers in the State.
Mr.. Henry never has been u can
lidate for any Office, aud would not
'e now but that he has been earnest
y solicited to consent 10 the use of his
Iame. He Is not one who claims any
hing at the hands of his party for
erforming his duty. /.
If the Democratic Convention in
orses him as its nominee for Secre-
ary Of State, as his own section has [
lready done, 1t will only be paying a I
just tribute to superior talents and
xalted worth, and raise TO the Office /
man in every sense compentent to |
ischarge its duties. A VOTER. G