The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1894-09-01
HEAVINGS, WHAT A ROAST:
Black Eye For Breckimridge.
A Sister Of His Dead Wife Urges His
Defeat.
Miss Mary De>ha Pays Her Respects t.,
Bad Billy.
kent"ckiams begged Not TO Send Him
Hack to Congress-.


BACK to Congress.
Special to Mem phiS Commercial Apprnl.
LOUISVILLE, KY. Aug. 27.-Miss
Mary Desha, Of Washington, sister Of
COL w. c. P. Breckicridge's second
wife, today issued u vigorous appeal.
urging the defeat OF Col. Breckinridyt-
The document. rs written and given t.
the C"ntn"t""l Appm CORES spondent,
is as follows:
To the Men and Wonu" otthe Blu Grts*:
have hesitated for many days before
, writing this letter. because I knew the
prejudices OF Kentucky men ana their
opinion that if a woman lifts her voice
against the ''estahlishcd order Of IN
iquity, She is out of her sphere. But
the occasion is 50 grave that 7 venture.
even at the risk Of shocking my friends,
to tell you some truths which i, is
necessary for YOU to know. Knrwing
! well you will never hear ,il-nl from
! Kentucky men who have been in Wash
inytOn. They arc bound =, ,-e1,
'..'.
! loyalty, which is murfl .truay.l'.,, mar
tEan in woman, for it j. a ''irluW- feel
ing that makes them wondrous kind.
That Col. Brecknridge will l+, re-
turned to congress has never for one
moment entered my mind. The very
thought of it is an insult to thu State.
whose boast has been that her "nen are
brave and her women virtuou~." Bv
indorsing Col. Breckinridge YOU would
accept his and Col. Thompson plat
form-that all men are libertineS If
all the men OF the State. are lihertines.
the women cannot be pure. and your
vote for him would be an announcement
to the world of the unchastity Of your
women.
lam not troubled about his rec election
but am afraid that the politicians will
send some one like unto him. If they
succeed in nominating him, or some
other immoral man. will the reputable
portion Of the community unite on
man. regardless of politics, VINO caL
lift the soiled banner OF the Ashland
district, cleanse its stains by Il pure
life and brighten ii with such honor
that we, who live in Washington and
have been deeply humiliated. may
again be able to say. with upliftel
heads: I'VE are Kentuckians: '-~ht,
plain truth is that OF all the immoral
delegations in congress, that Of Ken
lucky has the reputation of being tht.
worst. With the Taulbee and Breck-
inridge scandals, and the low obscenity
OF Thompson. you will not wonder at
it. What we need from the Ashland
district is a clean, pure man. with
brains enough to know that it is mans
actions and not his religious twaddle
that stands for Righteousness. and not
brains enough to fool Il whole commun-
ity for half century into thinking
him Christian and gentleman, when
he is directly the reverse. See to it. if
you must have ALTERATION on your ban
ners, that instead of "Breckinridge
and brains. you have a name that
will 60 we'll with morality.
| To the women OF the Bue Grass
give my grateful thanks that they have
faithfully remembered my sister-her
faithful, beautiful life-and have shown
by every means in their power their
appreciation of it and their dtte>tation
of the man who dishonored her while
living: who has desecrated her memory
and disgraced her children.
To the Confederate veterans would
say, living. she never forget YOU. In
persecution, in trial. in exile, her own
people were always remembered You
| passed resolutions OF respect when she
died and followed her to the grave
| with almost the honors given to Il SOL
dier-show that your protestutions
were sincere by retiring to private life
the man who has committed the un-
pardonable sin against her. and by
sending to congress respectable. rep
utable, honest men. to lift Kentucky
the State she loved so well-back to its
proud place among its sister States.
With pride in Kentucky's past, with
shame and confusion that even one
man is left withen her borders who is
willing to see her Inundated, with an
abiding trust in the final triumph Of law
and order. derency and morality in her
midst, I am. MARY DEsHA.
\ Citizen of the Ashland District of
Kentucky.
Miss Mary Desha is OF more than
ordlnary ablllty, ana coming from the
fighting Desha stock, she is Il foe not to
be despised. She has written the most
fiery letters to the leading women.
not only of Lexington, but Of the entire
country. She tells them that her dear
sister was mistreated by the colonel,
and in this way enlists the warmest
sympathy Of her correspondents. She
writes letters Of the most touching
character, and they are having, or rath-
er have already had their effect.
Miss Dcsha is 4 granddaughter q,
Gov. Luclus Desha, who, as genera
in the war Of 1872 DISTINGUISHED him
self for bravery in the famous battle
the river Easin. Her father was
noted physician AMI q man wholly
without fear, If blood counts for any
thing the coloncl's sister-in-law will
never rest until she avcngcs the wrongs
which she thinks the colonel has heap