The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-09-29

fya3uiyIicaii t~aBdldate OF their own
Mr.. RidalebefgeE the author of the
,.spildiat0H scheme in Virginia, and the
,l1fi x4s.Gl fsn nj shes the brains and the
audacit fpt Malone movement. said.
( in a recent s2oeclE Wa are for Arthur
because be is for us The trading
politieians5n tennessee who failed 10
get olliee fI9ln the Democrats are for
Arthur because he IS for them And
now comes the Infamous hero of Fort
4 Pillow. p pIl(ls is fur Arthur because
Arthur. 81 handler, Is for him.
William E, hsin3les il peculiarly
fitted TO max bargains With Chalmers
( and otElef DE- iloerafs in the South, who,
I,ayiny nd further hopes from their
own ,5ariy. e quite willing to sell ont
to aavl o.lf ~ win buF. But it is a
bal inyeslin u f'g the Administration.
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I 1t is not an fafo:bin5n thing 60 See
in a Republic;hijournai dcnupeiation oil
JAY Arabi Hulbell for his course in
levying pO,itiead assessments, and here
and there RoPublican county conven
tion has attacked him by name.
BY reason Of his capacity as Chair
IMAM AA AAt htt3AtDAit az N-Dii AA@'f7'C'Athf
Committee. Nj. Hubbcll Is placed in n
+ conspicuous position as chief Of the Re
publican tribe of assessors, aud cannon
fairly comslain OF assaults made by
journals or persons who are oppose t.
the iniquitons. corrupt and eNtortionate
methods by which tha Republicans raise
m0n&y for campaign purl oses. 1t is an
outraAe that anv man or set of men can
be permitted TO for:ige Tor campaign
siIppliee through the departments at
Nashinktoa and in every nook and
! corner ih the land where Federal Office
hoIdess can be foBnd. II is demoraliz-
/ ing TO the service, degrading TO the in
dividual who is ctmizel and eXpen-
siye to the public in that the necessity
for lootiny is instrumental in keeping
superfiuous men in Office, IN maintain
inc many salaries at eNorbitant figures,
and in getting many worthless men int
places 10 the exclusion of those who are
/ in every respect their supcriors. Those
who are conscientiously opposed to the
( spoils system attack lIubbell as the
present head OF that system in the he-
+ publican partv organization. The work
which he does, o. which IS done under
his authority. is belittiing and degrad-
ing. II is not of a kind that man
with = political conscience would fancy
His stomach would revolt at IT, Hub
bell. however, does il from choice.
There IS no law to compel Inn 10 be
at the head Of the campaign looters.
If he did not relish leading the raid
upon the salaries of the Office holderss
he could readily get out Of it. lie well
knows that people who are not con
trolled by the machine regard the bust
s lf ha thnra-
fore, chooses to do low and mean busi-
ness, he must lake the consequences.
But JAY Arab Hubbell has right to
demand that the Republican abuse OF
HIM Should cease. and tha' the Repub
lican party press should hasten TO his
vindicatioI> He is doing nothing not
=szsiasS Kes>siilllc.iIi
q PRACTICE, frs1Ot preeept. Not one of the
Republican papers which denounce him
but would re .Oice over a Republican
triumph in any State election, even if
notariously bought with the plumber
which Arabi and his hosts had gathered.
Not one but would call it "a famous
victory" if the Republicans carried a
doubtful district through the assist
ance" which Arab and his committee
rendered. As party the Republic n
organization stands ready and willing
to avail itself of anything and every
thing which Jay Arab viii do for 1T. III
he failed to I'll the campaign Golfers he
would be dcnounCedas unworthy and IN
I efficient. But because to ill these golfers
he is jealous in his demands for blood
money, some Republicans jeer at and
assan him. This treatment is eminent
/ ly Republican The party processes to
be highly moral. but there is rot crimC
in the political calendar which it would
not commit for the sake OF party sue
cess, while at the same time pro In M
ing its own virtues. 1t pockets and
uses the money Arabi Hubbell raises,
and permits its members to point the
finger of scorn at him, rs if he, unaided
or without the machinery of great
party at his back, could make the office
holders laborers and scrub women in
the employ of the United States stand
and deliver
If Jav Arab should at once resign his
I position as Chairman of the Republican
Committee his place would al once be
filed and the work OF extorting money
would be continued in operation at the
old stand Just as likely as not his sue
cessor wonld be some hypocritical Re
publican who now rolls his eyes and
solemnly ailirms there is need of Civil
Service Reform. but who, if made chief
/ of the machine robbers, would try to
surpass the record of Arab Hubbell as
a predatory chief
There are many thousands OF honest
and misguided people IN the country
+ who think they are doing their whole
political duty if they denounce Arab
Hubbell and his works. ln'doing this
they simply rail at the effect without
4 ~. IIVl,hatlfeY,a ie ft,r,
product of Rembiicanism the ripened
fruit of the grand oil party" 1t will
survive and flourish Just as long as the
people nourishfhe party from which it
springs Let them withdraw their sup
port from the Republican party and
! with the langubhing of the parry tree
. there will be an end to the Hubbel
fruit. Detroit Free Press.
Somewhere in Southweste n New
Mexico. in the Sierra Nevada, so tn,
story runs, there is. a small valley en-
: closed by high. rocky walls and acce Isl
BILE only throus h a secret passage known
! To but few men. The valley is about
ten acres in extent, is watered by
lovely stream. is adorned with exqusit,
flowers and is enlivened bv birds of rar,
plumage and beautiful voice. Acros
the valley is a led OF pIre gold abou
thirty feet vile and extending far int,
! the bowels of the earth If you don
believe this story, you re an incredulou
and unromant c wretch Boston Post
: Lady Hayelock, who recently die,
in England at the age of seventy three
T had shared in no common degree in tn
anxiet 'es 5nd excitement which fell T.
the lot of her husband, the hero of Luck
now. She was married to him IN 1S2
at Serampore, where Henry HayelocI
had made her acquaintance when on
visit to her father,sihe Rev. Dr. Marsh
man, one Of the most celebrated of tn
? Serampore missionaries. IN Y. Post
Samuel Burkey, of Somerset. wa
3 always opposed to locking the door Z
{ his house when he went TO bed. Th
$ kother night a gang of burglars entere
| and carried off trunk containin