The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-10-06
a Tr,,e man.

"Hon. L. C. Phister writes to the Lex
ington Transcript that he voted for the
River and Harbor Bill, and is willing to
stand all the responsibility attached TO
giving such vote
Thus speaks as true a man as Kentucky
ever sent TO Congress. Modest, unRssum-
ing, as honest the days are long, and
with patriotism broad enough TO en-
brace within it's folds every man in the
Union, high low, rich or poor, his heart
pulsates nevertheless with special love
for the people of he Mississi ppi Valley
and for his own Kentucky. His vote was
cast for the benefit OF Kentucky, the
Mississippi Valley, and for the good Of
the whole Union.
He IL too intelligent, too thoughtful to
fail 10 understand he needs OF kentucky,
and the interests of the whole MississIp-
pi Valley. lie has not failed to grasp the
Significance of the Improvement Ot our
rivers. lie is fully aware that IL means
cheaper transportation, a better price
and quicker market for the products OF
our fields, the Indictment to renewed la
bors, the opening of new heids. an in~
crease of population, and higher degree
OF prosperity tor the whole agricultural
interest.
Judge Phister is not the man TO surren-
/ der himself 10 the sensual round Of eat
/ ing drinking, idieness, and the various
/ friyolities which mark the life OF toe
many members of Congress at Washing
ton. lie studied and mastered the Nigh
4 ty Importance to the Western people OF
the improvement OF their rivers. DC
realized, like Elk Governor Seymour oil
New York, that the great battle of the
American farmer is TO retain the English
market for the sale of their surplus
grain, that their great competitor. Rus
sia, is also struggling for the same marx
ct; and that the addition of cents pei
bushel upon the transportation Of tbs
grain OF the West to the seaboard may
give that market TO Russian grain ant
exclude that of America,-thereby ruin
ing the American farmer
Most heartily is TO be deplored the faei
that all of our Kentucky members Of Con-
gress did not give the same iaboriou:
study TO this momentous subj an d m IL
themselves master of the needs and in
terests OF our constituents. And deeply
10 it TO be deplored that Col. Turner the
member from the First DISTRICTS Dis
trict embosomed between the waters Of
the Mississippi, the Ohio, the Cumberla nd
and the Tennessee,-did not Rcquain
himself with the transee Il dant Importance
of this greatest of all questions 10 this
Western farmer, ami give the aid Of hi'
vote to its passage.
isto be regretted that Judge Phisiel
will not be a candidate for reelection
His vote for and influence in favor OF thu
question woa c of inestimable value, =
n question which rises and is superior Il
any or all other questions which hav'
been entertained 10y Congress for years
and Kentucky badly needs such men II
Congress.
If the First District farmers could b
| brought TO see their own high Interests IL
this measure, they would not delay to IN
struct their member of Congress, " hoevel
he may be. to give his vote, his influence
and his whole heart to IL, and never q
rest from his work N its behalf until tn
battle is won and the farmer can float th'
| products of his farm to the seaboard q
such cheap rates as will assure him th'
command of the European markets.
Pdducdh Ners.