The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-10-06

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ir Governor" without saving what
aty her,rfeatei, ID Uaetl.r De-
.ss on iudep pendent candidate % sh'
.omiuee Of auy panty orIasues, and
Proceeded % open ihe dictate In
speech Of one hour
Colonel King attempted 90 make
Bat three points in Die speech Ihel
first was plea 81 Justification If theI
fusion ol tie Gulniagk end Badica. /
PARTIES ne cited as prCcodulstheI
several efforts al fusion oftle Dem
acradc party heretofore with thel
liberal OF conservative wing Of ,beI
Republican parity ip Ore Dent end /
Greeley canyasses, and in lAel
contest between Alcom aad Amos
He stated Chat iu each ana every one
OF these contests De GO operated
with the Democratic party
The next point be made was
against the fraud alleged 10 have
been praoticcd in the elections % 2
few counties in The State The other
point was chat Of supervising rail
roads by The Legislature, and sepa.
ration Of the Judiciary from the FIX
eoutvc department of the State
His whole speech fcll aai, and no
part Of it ELECTED amy applause OF
awakened any enthusiasm, even
among lis partizans
We were disappointed go Colonel
king He possesses none ofthe IL
emeuts OF on orator lie seemed
TO lie backed-overy feature 8, hi.
face gave evidence Of mental tou-
be and anxiety He evidently ap
precialcs the fact that be is 10 De-,
company, and already feels 40,
knows that most humiliating defea
awaits him.
General Lowry was next introduC
ed 10y Colonel Harper, as The nomt
nee Of the Democratic party H
spoke Of bis carly assoc. alton wit
him at The ban in South Mississippi
and afterwards during the war, on
bis eminent fitness for the high plao
for which he had been nominated
The General was In good tim, we
dressed, with handsome, YOUTH,
face. His appearance upon tbe nos
.rum was the occasion lor 40 im
mense applause all ever the croWde
Count house. lie commenced N
speech by referring 10 appropiia.
language to the sad death Of lis Ne
loved friend, General W +. Tucke
He then turrej bis attention {
Colond King, and said that boloi
1 entering upon the canvass he had q.
pectod 20 have been met wi.a som
argument by Dis opIoaent shown
why the people Mississippi Shout
reject the Democratic per.y au
place 90 power another panty DO 8
: stead, hut as Sc, ro such argument
e bad been offered ttat tie most
d bis opponents speech aas 500 Of
's tempted excuse or apology lor bgu
lie in Lis present bad company basin
r. the whole oft upon the attempte
" fusion Of the Democratic party her,
n tofore with the liberal wing Of Il
Republican party, forgetting tia.
each and every instance such usio
amounted only to confusion and q,
: feat, as it would in this instance wit
the fusion party OF Colonel King.
The political history Of The pa
int this Stateshows lhatMississippiar
don't Ike party fusioa They TAB
. their po,itias like tbe most OF tbe
y take their whiskoy-straieh'.
Democrat from principle isl Dem.
orat-ao tia uitha GlccalacI8r an
2 a Republican.
t Tie General next replied to q
e charge Of election frauds, and shol
n ed that It wos not alwaya thus VIII
d the old "War horse of Copiah !" th0
N q few years ago DIS complain
T. against election frauds were alor
It against The Radical party, with who
). he was nov "cheol by jole" W
;. remember when Colonel Kings sol
Y a Democrat, contested TIE seat
i Bill Willing, q mean Radical ia n
{ Legislature OF 1872. Then it W.
f Colonel King thought fraud 10 elec
B tons was procticed alone by The IA,
zeal party
b Tie General, 10 tones Of thunde
+, referred to the hundred oleciio
b frauds that bad been committed B.
The Radical party, chiefsmong whic
was the steal Of the Presidency +
Z 1875; and set Colonel King lad u
I word Of complaint to utter aaains
J that party of thieves and robbers
I Oh, no; the poor old man expects d
get bis chief support from them
hence is quite spoony with them
Oh, how Illuminating it is to see
man like Colonel King, in bis Oh
age, actuated alone, By an iuorlinat
thirst for Office, quit the companion
and associations Of a he time, an,
link bis destiny with a crowd tha
BE. With us, las spout DE hes por
ton s. hislife d Fighting and denoup
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