The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-29
Gen. Featherston's Letter.
Hos. !. A. GREEx. Corinth, Miss:

HoN. =. 4. GREEK, Corinth, Miss:
Dear Sir-Yaur esteemed favor OF /
April 3rd, was received on The day my
court met 81 tins place, and since thar
time, NY engagements have been SO
pressing in their character, as IL prevent
me from giving yoa an earlier answer.
y on ask me ii / Will be q candidate
before the approaching Democratic Stale
Convention for the nomination for Gov
ernor, and request me 10 write YOU fully
GA the subject. Ny answer shall be
frank aud brief. I have not, either d.
rectly or Indirectly, asked or solicited
the support of any man for the nomina-
tion Tor Governor. The avowais and
manifestations which have appeared in
the press and otherwise, favoring my
nomination, have been voluntary, and L
prize them the more highly because
they are 80, and because they have been
made by men who are the peers of any
in the State.
\ nomination for Governor made bya
| convention that fairly reflects the viii of
/ the Democratic party would not oulv be
4 in harmony with the cardinal principle
4 OF our govern nent-that the people are
/ the source of all power-but would be a
/ high honor, of which any man might
/ Justly be proud. Such d nomination
1 should be accepted, unless such reasons
exist prompting the nominee 10 decline.
as would when assigned, be satisfactory
TO the nominating convention and TO the
people, In other words, it Is as much
tire duty OF the nominee TO accept, as it
IS the duty of the members of the party
10 support It's nominees when fairly
chosen.
! | have always Understood tie Demo
cratic doctrine to be, that nominations
should neither be sought nor declined
but made by the people without re
straint, and free from all improper
influences. After they have been made
the nominees should take the field, con
: front their political opponents, discus.
: with them the situation, and develop .
: policy suited to the wants of the coun
try. After an expulsion from power fot
more than twenty years, the Democrat,
party has again been called TO the ad
e ministration of the Federal Govern
E ment, and now new measures will b.
- adopted, neM policies formulated ia har
e mony with the principles of the Govern
5 meut; taxes viii be reduced; economr
a enforced in every department; the law
:. viii be faithfully executed, and tn
:, Offices filed by honest and capable men
? and higher order of statesmanship vii
y be called into the public service. W
I may now expect progress and prosperit
, equal To our great resources and pres,
L ing wants. And should our State Gov
i eminent be placed in a condition t
: move on abreast with the Federal Go,
It ernment in this great work of retrencf
( ment and reform, progress and improy,
e ment for the ameli0ration of the cond
ton OF our own impoverished people
q If 50, then wisdom, prudence, caution
. patriotism and a conservation to ia
IL public good should govern and contrt
Re the people and the conventions In s.
ie Iecting their candidates. With a Stat
u Government in sympathy with the pc
"a pie, and fully alive to their wants. an
te in harmony with National administer
ie ton, may we not indulge the hope tn.
re an era OF prosperity awaits us?
he have said enough to indicate no
: the nomination for Governor should. j
lie my Judgment, be made, and when Il
- nomination should be accepted: and
~ have but to add, that | regard the oft
ID rs one of too much dignity and impo
lance, and clothed with too many gra,
~ responsibilities to be sought and o
ne tanned on any other terms than tho
III hereinbefore stated.
oil I am, sir, with sentimants Of high T
IL gard, sincerely yours, etc,
or w. :. FEATHERsToN.
ISL Holly Springs, Miss. April II 1SS