The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-10-27
Matthews On King.

candidate tor Sheriff of Copiah
county. He was running on the
Republican ticket, and his charac-
ter was assailed by such Democrats
as Ben King and DR.. Rowan. He
felt that something must be done to
secure his election. Accordingly he
wrote circular giving a sketch Of
King, Rowan and others. He de-
nounced them in the most violent
terms. He thought they were the
worst men on earth. Since then
six years have elapsed. Matthews
has never been able to secure his old
office. Last summer he was one of
the men to address King q letter
requesting him to become q candl-
date for Governor. He had forgiven
the old man for all the hard things
he had said against him, and was
suffering to see him in the Govern
or's chair. At the time he did not
say he wanted to be Sheriff of Copi-
ali county, but the development
came soon. To-day Matthews and
King are candidates on the same
ticket, these men who denounced
each other so bitterly in 1875. We
believe Matthews occupies the best
position of the two. He has not
deserted the Republican party, while
King has left the Democracy. King
must vote for Matthews as Re
publican, who has never jumped
from one party to the other while
Matthews must vote for King as a
deserter from the Democracy.
We think that Matthews was too
heavy on old Ben in his circular,
but as we have published what King
said about Matthews it is but fair
that we should produce what Mat
thcws says about the old wheel
horse, the man who he is now sup
porting for Governor, and who is as
certain to be defeated as that the
sun will rise on the 6th day of No
vember. Below is what Matthews
saws:
Then there is King, the old war
horse and the acknowledged leader
of the party; man who is never
at peace or on friendly terms with
any two members of his family at
the same time, the man whom | am
Informed preferred staying all night
with John Harrington a very cle"-
err colorcl m'A / must say in pref
erencc to staying with his own col
or, suppose trying to carry his
party down to social equality; he Is
the man that bought his gold pen to
sign the ordinance of secession and
done as much as any other man to
tear down the best government in
the world and bring on the war,
and done as little to defend his
country as any other; he volunteered
and went of as lst Lieutenant, and
induced every poor boy and man to
go with him, as the people had con
fdcnce in him was anxious their
boys should 90 with him. but when
the Regiment was formed and he
got beat for Major, like a cowardly
brute slapped q poor soldier in the
mouth with his sword, left the poor
boys entrusted to his care, resigned
and come home, and ran for petty
office to keep his corrupt carcass
whole, but the people that had en-
trusted their children with him re-
pudiated him, and then we find him
in the militia where he got the name
Of Colonel, that he now disgraces,
and neve: was during the war in
range even Of their largest guns, and
now has large store and a deed of
trust Oh the shelter Of every widow
and orphan Of the Confederate dead
in his reach, and buys widows and
mems warrants as cheap as my IA
Their does, and instead Of paying
them the money like gentlemen,
he gives them goods out of the store
at about three prices, when the fact
is what hurts KING, he cant get all Z;
you get more for a warrant at so
cents in money than Is cents III
trade; but my father always paid
as much in cash as King did in
goods; there is no man that buys
more than King and pays his Gus
toners tax with them; and in addi
ton to getting the par value he
charges Is per CT. which he gets for
every warrant he buys at 25 cts, 1l5;
if he tells You lie gives You the face
the trade brings it to 25 cts. Kjng
is also tie man that ruA dog gerry
IN partnership with 10 Goodman, q
negro, near Pine Ridge, and sold
negroes whisky to boys for cotton
knowing it was stolen. and the poor
negro stands Indicted, when King,
the professional foreman of the
grand jury ought to be; also he is
the man that imported one of his
nephews in the shape Of human
being l,y the name Of W. L. Deason,
to Beauregard, to act as Mayor, as
the honest people had elected q man
that would not call him master, and
his nephew was allowed double fees
in violation Of law and thus this
leader robbed the honest people;
even when the court stopped his
carpet bag mayor, then the robber
called The council and repealed all
the town ordinances and the corpo-
ration has no laws, except some
minor ordinances to-day; he IS also
telling around that l willed one of
my brothers a sum Of money to kill
him and the executive committee;
he lies. My will ls, that when King
and the executive committee hire
me murdered, as l have heard that
they intended doing, then in that
case, l wanted my family to appro-
pirate all I owned to have their fam
lilies to feel the need Of father as
well as my little children.
J. P. MATTHEWS.
There is no reason why President
Arthur should have warm affcc :