Richland beacon., 1882-08-12

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h"ou 7tvcrt'.cl a9d h,.t-r,l 2, IN extent
Acrc'oio.r unk.o~s, IN Louisiana ro!,r-.'
,h.nk when H.n. krg .,oS ,ls ,co; in
congress he .o""d tie dignity, 10 81 no'.'a-
o. ih~ homo, of lis district - zero .ayiuG
been ,,i;u'ed Tor y7r.s ~ "'c'c,.i.t ,,ts;
bnr since he has oc~ur.s. las seat, ~ -a,iani
harl:y - the Interests a. his co. :.;4en's and
tho in,c-os: - has ;ai:cn ~ s.1'c asa ndt:ora:
measures. he has e,craIoi ro:i the difn.;v
and ionol OF tic district III m',.hir ton. "i.t..
i; stands per to any che. district .op.o.en-
ted III ,i,c r.i.s ol COZ ;rese
Tuausr rrcs III.
Nh Boatne- harps a, length under iie
above caption, and tr.rs - mako = great HEr-
rah's nest, u male i; appear hat The Office
was not thrust upon Gen. King in ISIS, hut
'ha; ne di' actually muto n personal c.nvas.
for tho nomination. This may lie wonderful!
to Nr. Bol,ncr, that an asp.r1G, :or oii'tlaI
p-ctermeut would carvass aroug his friends
fol- The nomination., bit !; IS not surprising 20
me. I: does no; surprise ire iha: Mr.. Bo..t-
ner is making Thorough canvass of the Dis
,rict for the nomination hut !, i surprising
that Mr.. Boa,ner or his friends would telc>
graph Gen. King TO leave his pos, OF du;y,
when ;hcre were questions Of such vital inn
por, 10 our state and the south before congress,
to conc home and make a personal canvass
with Nix. poatrer. Had Gen X ing, 10 gratis
fy his own vanity or that Of Mr.. BoalEeg, lc:'
his post OF iu;y, he would have lowered ;he
dignity Of his district. The only o;jcr,-i ran
see in the dispatch was to inveigc Gen King
from his duty to his con ,,;tuents, to forge a
CLUB to break bis own head
mr.. Boatner says, "The Na,chcz Demo
era, f;.s; suggested his candidacy" All s;1-~
the Inference cast-tbat our sister state select
ed our candidate, and ina, Gen. King would
not have been thought Of rs candidate had
he not teer brough, before the pnb!ic b. the
Democrat. | say, Bravo, Democrat! Your
judgment was good and your head level.
Mr. Boa,ner says: AT an early stage Of the
canvass mass ,nee,ing Of the Democracy of
Concordia parish, held at Viaa!.a, refused TO
endorse him, and he came before tie convea-
ton with the endorsement Of the executive
committee &C that parish only" Mr. Boainer
has vet to learn that 81 prophet IL not without
honor, save in his own country" Did ME.
sl,a -. -
Ca,ahou,a-w.icn he was q candidate p! the
state senate? lie: lirs.aaSwer.
Mr.. Boa:ner admits tina; Gen. King was
selected because OF his asserted and suppressed
ability to control the coIored vote Of lie river
parishes, by his personal popularity and in
fucncc with them. Gen. King aad his
friends ia the congea;icn were not mistaken
he did I'll thai; was ex?cc.sd Of him II do
Mr. Doatner AMI his friends have no light to
coinplaiu. HaJhe failed and been defeated
then this plea nigh, have been good, but now
think it IS a weak ard pulling argument.
NJ. Eoa;nc5 holds on, the idea tia; Cen.
| King took no Interest in politics until he
wanted oificial prefermcnl He says; IN
these days he was unheard Of rs roli.ici1n
and leader. and was enjoying tie case ana
/ comfort necessarily resulting from close atien.
ton 10 the large planting interest then control
lei u Linz" Taecc can De nothing repre-
hcnsibic in this. CiucirEa;u5, 4 Roman Pa,
uiciaa, when chosen Dictator, TO save RI:
country, was found blythe delegates WHO were
sent e announce This to him in his own fiel,:.
pcush.ns and from he plow he was trans.
felred TO he highest magis;racy OF ais naucf
state. This appointment proved success l,i
tire cnemy's army was beaten and Rome va!
soon liberated. il Gen. King iollcweJNhC
example OF this noble Roman; gave c.ess
attention to "hs large planting interest" uni
be was called upon by the convention to as
sumo the leadership in his district, then iai,
aside his rural habilinents, assumed the en-
sign Of captain, recruited the The old,ve,era,
army and marched on to victory, is he cen
sura5le9 lie, the voters of the 9th congress
sional district speak at the ward meetings
Gen. King was successful as plan.sr; h
has been successful as leader in his district
EXTRAORDINARY RESULTS.
Mr.. Boatner complains that Gen. King
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