The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-08-23
AnsSuNCINo CANDIDATES,
EDITORIAL. NOTES.

Hon. JERE. ). BLACK, the great
Pennsylvania juris,, died last Sua-
day.
Carr. &. n WEBB is ~ long r a
candidate for the Legislature ON
Franklin.
HoS. A. J. LEWIS is no longer con-
nected with that live paper, the Port
Gibson News.
THERE is too much killing z ing
on in shiS country and not enough
lawful hanging.
IIoS. J. G. BLAINE has been en-
dorsed by the Straight-ouf Repubi-
cans of Virginia for the Presidential
nomination.
MARION county instructed last
Monday for Packwood 1t seems now
he will receive the nomination with
out opposition.
Gov. LowRY and Congressman
Darksdale were among the diStin-
guished visitor, to the Crystal
Springs camp meeting is: Sunday.
They are both members of tn. Meth
oil, church.
CT. j. c. CLARKE has been elected
Pr, sident OF the Illinois Central Rail
road, in place of President Acker-
nan, resigned. 1t is reported Van
derbilt now has his eye on this road
aud intends to buy II.
MR. WILL TERRGrr, one of the
brightest aud most promising young
men of Jackson, died il that city
last Friday. His bcreaved relatives.
aud especially hi. aged, white haired
father, have our warmest sy mpathies.
THE situation for District~Attor-
nty in this District stands at
present as follows: Lincoln and
Franklin are instruc el fer McNair;
Pike, for Bridges; Amite, for Nc
Lain; the Wilkinson delegation go
uninstruttcd, and Jefferson and Cal
borne are yet to act.
We today publish letter from
Col. Tics. r. Stockdale of Pike, in
which he positively declines to be-
come candidate for the Senate from
this Senatorial district. While it
seems that Col. Stockdale never de
sired the support of Lincoln county
in connection with the Senatorial
nomination, tn. people Of this county
recogniz his tran scendent abilities
aud eminent fines for the position,
and had his name been placed be
fore the county clearly Invested of
any other issue, We believe he would
have been its unanimous choice. AS
it Was, we consider that he was
placed at a great disadvantage if not
absolutely in false attitude, BY the
clumsy management of those who
endeavored to secure for him the
county's support. II .etter is frank,
honest and to the point, aad r, Il cts
the character Of lis disting lishc |
author.
WITH that astoundingly broad in,
depreciation which the Times and
IntellIgcnter is wont 10 give the Ian
gua9e Of TIE LEADER, it constructs
our remarks Of week before last into
repentance toward the people of
Franklin county an | an apology for
having slandered them. AS we have
never said anything in this connec-
lion to be repented Of, and have never
slindered the people Of Franklin, we
certainly nave not been guilty of
the absurd y Of repeating of, and
aloIugizing for, thing' neye" done.
We positively believe, however, that
tn. Times and In diligence itself owes
the people of Franklin an apology for
boldly assuming, as it has often
done, that the entire county is band
Of lawlc's lynchers, when in fact the
great bulk Of her people are not, there
being the merest faction of them
who participate in and endorse mob
violence, and they of the very worst
element. As TO the proposition OF
raising purse to ex:e1d the circu-
lation of the L. and |. in Franklin,
That VA, on the implied condition
that that paper cease all of its wick
cd ways. We have heard from two
Franklin county men who are will.
ling to, pass around the hat with this
understanding. Now let our eosem-
porary airing firth f;uit meet re-
l~atauep."