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Show KENTUCKY CONTEST. ilil.l fll..l In the ' In Vallea lt.U. tfararu Cuart. COnaul tor Hon. William S. Taylor ud John Mar. hall, In the contctt In he tupreiue court over the ofllcca of governor and lieutenant-governor of Kentucky, have filed their brlefa. After reviewing the varioua polula Involved, tho brief concludca aa follow: "We will not attempt any resume of the argumeuti we have attempted to to divide It aa uot to confute IL Wr almply Inaltt that the pretended adjudi cation which la pleaded by Mr. Heck ham aa the foundation of hie action whereby he tccka to lako from William S. Taylor and John Marshall the'oOlcc to which they certainly had the admitted ad-mitted prima facie right and whereby he aeeka to make hlmtelf the governor of Kentucky and the chief magistrate of her people. It an absolute nullity. We feel that In thla cat la Involved the question of whether we are political politi-cal freemen or political aerfa; whether we have In Kentucky a republic or an oligarchy; whether wo vote by right secured by the law or by grace ol a few men. It mattera not that these men may themselves shave been elected. They were given no commission by the people to aelcct a governor for them) and aa aald by Mr. Jefferson, In speaking speak-ing for hlmtelf and hla compatriots, 'an elective despotlain waa uot tho government govern-ment w fought for' We have bem denied Itepubllcanlamt the principle haa failed In Ita duty and we emt oa guarantor to make good Ita guaranty. WOfttk for tho protection of liberty nnd property against tho 'arbitrary ex crabe of tliu powcra of the govern-mont,' |