The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-05
The superue vus,vsh,n.

ed from New Orleans to Meridian
within a year.
The Supenie Judgship.
Columbus Index: General Feather.
ston's name has been mentioned in
connection with position on the bench
of our State Supreme Court. The
Vicksburg Herald alludes to the fact.
and in 50 far intimates rather broadly
that bargain was entered into whep
Stone was defeated by which Feather
ston was promised Supreme Court
judgeship as reward for carrying his
stength into the Barksdale caucus. To
beat Stone it was necessary to get
Featherston into the caucus, and to get
the old man and his backing into the
caucus it was necessary to offer him
reward These things leak out occa,
sionaly. The Herald is very confident
that Lowry will appoint Gen. Feather
ston to the position in question. We
shall st whether there is or is not any
thing in its prophecy when vacancy
| occurs
The above article which we fud cop
led by the Appeal of Memphis without.
aud by the Jackson Clarion with an
answer, contains an insinuation which
is not only false but without color Of
pretext or excuse and UNANIMOUSLY SO.
Ii there is man in the State, who like
Aristides, for his integrity in every
public and private relation. stands
above suspicion as pure Us the driven
snow, that il Winfield Scott Feather
ston. Aud he is indeed daring libel>
Ter of the good name and fame OF honest
men who ventures before Mississippi
public on making any charge of corrup-
tion against him. Never did there flow
from the pen or fall from the lips of
man an insinuation more false and
unfounded. No man having any real
knowledge of Gen. Featherston's char
acter, with which ell intelligent Mis-
sissippians should now be altogether
familiar,) and having any proper regard
for justice and truth could have penned
such paragraph. 1t must have had
its origin in sheer ignorance or in some
covert design to wrong aud defame him
in the interest of some other. He
might long since have secured any Office
in the gift of the State if he had been
capable of moral Sand political wrong.
and of intriguing, bargaining, OF stoop.
ing to gain it. Nothing is better
known troughtont the State, and espe>
cially to every one who has any private
and personal knowledge of the man,
than that he is wholly incapable of any
grade or shade OF political corruption.
He needs no defense pefore the people
of Mississippi who will rise in indig-
nation and wrath that a charge so base
less should either have been produced
OR published by any journal pretending
to be respectable, for any otherpurpose
than that of denying and refutlng it.
But this inexcusabie falsehood reflects
as severely on his supporters in the
Convention as upon him, body of men
who, in intellect. intelligence, purity of
character. and lofty bearing are the peers
of any men in the land.
The object of this charge ia as
transparent, as the animus is'wicked
and attempt ridiculous. It includes
Gov. Lowry in the shameless transac-
ton, aud has for its purpose the
intimidation of the governor i'll the free
discharge of his functions as such, in
the hope that he may become appre-
hensive that he himself might also be
regarded as guilty of bargain and corrup-
ton to gain his office in case heshouli
entertain the idea of appointing Feather
ston. Perhaps then the Hearald' g man,
or the choice of Columbus Index. would
stand chance for the appointment.
Such was the weak and impotent
conclusion.
We should think far less of Gov.
Lowry than we do if we could believe
him made of such materials as seems
to have been supposed to constitute his
character. And when officers are
obtalna BILE by such means the political
party which tolerates the methods is
destined to but brief life. and the state
will be the gamer by its early dis
solution. The Office of Judge of the
Supreme Court is worthy of any man g
ambition. and, for aught we know, Gen.
Featherstcn might accept it. though he
must lay down more lucrative and
better paying practice as lawyer to do
so. As to this we are wholly uniformed.
But with several other journalist of
the state we have hitherto suggested
and favored his appointment. And.
now that this Infamous injustice has
been perpetrated against him, we only
the more desire that the Office should
be rendered to him, Nomatter whether
he accepts it or not, the act would be
commendable IN Governor Lowry and
meet the fullest appreciation of people
indignant at wrong so great against
so pure and able and highly competent
man for the exalted place. The
Clarion referring to this matter
truthfully says:
The foregoing illumination" is utterly
devoid of foundation. No question
of appointments entered into the
consideration which induced the caucus.
1t was suddenly called for by an unex,
pected emergency, without consultation
or prior agreement. Gen. Feather
ston did not know that it would be
held five minutes before it was called
nor did Gen. Lowry. The person at
whose instance it assembled. did not
consult either of them. No "indnce-
ment" was offered to Gen. Featherston
"to carry his strength into caucus,
except the considerations of public
policy which were publicly announced
and known of all. His friends
we're not transferable and his
high sense of honor would have spurned
a proposition of the kind. and Gen
Lowry wonld have soorned to make it,
The friends of both gentlemen present
ed their names to the caucus for Gov
ernor, and there was no promise, con-
dition. bargain, or pledge of any kind
rendered to anybody by any one, before
or after, it was held.-Holly Springs
South.
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i A Canard about Mississippi.
Washington Special n. Y. Herald.]
The alleged movement towards the
attempted overthrow of the State gov~
eminent of Mississippi, which has
been the basis of sensational dispatch>
es from here. grew out of harmless no
tel talk started by some western Office
seekers who had fallen in with disap-
pointed comrades of the same stripe
from the South. The Greenpackers in
Congress and representatives of the
late fus on party in Mississippi all dis.
claim ever having thought Of such a
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