Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1882-07-29

over Gen. Kings signature and publis'Id Y
The voters Of this District. when it is notori
Gus fact tina, Hon. f. f.. Kidd Jackson
'oi. John 5. Young Of Claiborne Judge X. b
Todd of Morehouse, and Hor l. V. Reeve.
Of Ten'as-all gentlemen Of distinguished
abIliy, of long service in ''c party and fully
identified with every j.tsrest of Louisiana
were candidates for ,,e nomination and were
lald aside for Cen. King !, is very true ,ha,
neither Of these ,entlemen is now an aspi-
ANT but is il reasonable that Gen King would
have yielded to Judge Montgomery, myself
or any oihsr candidate, what he declined TO
yield to the gentlemen namely We certan>
ly coulJ.ha presented no stronger claims for
party support than they, and in point Of in,
tcllectua ability they presented the first talent
in the District.
The claims Of these gentlemen were then
ignored and whys Because, while they had
a5staincd from any active effort in their own
behalf, Gen. King had by personal canvass,
, unprecedented in Louisiana, obtancd the
pledges and promices OF a large number of
gentlemen, who yielded to his importantly
and committed themselves against their better
Judgment.
IL is idle for Gen. King or his friends, in the
face OF ircontestable facts, to say tina, he did
no: with extraordinary zeal, energy and per,
tinaciiy, solicit and labor for the nomination of
1873. The Na,chez Democrat first suggested
his candidacy. At an early stage of tp.a non.
vass, mass meeting o. the Democracy of
Concordia parish held in Vido,ia, refused to
endorse him, and he came before the convcn,
ton with the endorsement Of the executive
committee Of that parish only
The delegation from 'fensas parish bitterly
opposed his nomination, until opposition was
useless. Notwithstanding this, he solicited
The nomination, and was selected, because of
his asserted and supposed ability to control the
coored vote of the River parishes by his per
sona popularity and influence with them.
The General says. continuing the paragraph
referred TO: at is easy to find a leader in
in the primrose path Of dalance, but in the
rugged road we were then forced to tread, to
be chosen as the captain Of the forlorn hope,
and to win and wear its laurels, is prize
higher than YOU can ever again bes!ow upon
Il candidate for Congress"
1T Is NEWS
to the people of this District, that the canvass
of 1873 was "forlorn hope" The Demos
cratic party, flushed with the success of 1876,
in the full tide Of victory and with perfect or
ganization, looked for nothing less than to elect
its nominee, whoever he might be; and no one
at tina, time doubted the success of the ticket,
as was proved by the rivalry Of opposing
candidates for the nomination. Gen. King
was elected BY the party, and his election was
not even contested.
In 1880, being nominated, he was again
elected, and though his opponent contested
his seat, no evidence whatever was taken I'M
der that contest. Notwithstanding this, Gen.
King claims great credi, for having overcome
a man who not only had no merit in his con>
test, bu, who was known 10 have embezzled
public funds and had narrowly escaped COM
vic,ion therefor 1t is certainly assuming
great deal to even intimate that any other
Democrat would have been unsea,ed, on
contest made by such an individual and un-
supported by any testimony whatever.
The General is entirely mistaken, as TO
dates, when he asserts tina, the dark and rug
ged roads to be trod were in 1878. A, that
time the battle had been
FOUGHT AND WON
The blackstone of Radicalism and carpc,,bag,
ism in Louisiana had been badly wrenched
in 1874, and was completely broken in 1876.
To be a Democratic leader, in the dark
days of ~, ~ and '76, meant danger, power.
y and temporary defeat. United States Mar.
shals with blank warrants, and posses COM
posed Of United States hoops, secured the
country in search OF those who dared defy
the supreme power of the Republican admin.
istrafion.
Was General King one of those who gave
bis time and money, and subjected himself
to the dangers of political persecution in raj,
lying the white people Of this State to All un-
dying opposition to the degradation of submis.
sion to the Calling tyranny which then op>
pressed nss
that while the parish which he claims as his
home was given over TO the undisputed sway |
of the mos, unscrupulous carpe,-baggers and
negroes who ever disgraced the State, the
Democracy Of Catahoua, of which was an