Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-01-21
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LETTER FROM MISSOURI.
KANSAS CITY, Jan'y, 8, IsGs

KANSAS CITY, Jan'y, 8, lSGs.
Mr. Editor Xmas has come and gone,
but it is not without it's footprints. The day
itself indeed was notable. The evening be-
fore, many a dark cloud hoated across our
sky, yelling the beams of our day-god's fires.
The air too seemed to augur the near approach
of rain. l sunk to rest that night with the
expectation that the pattering drops would
usher in the light of the morning, but how
agreeably was disappointed, for, as | arose,
the sun peeped from behind the last depart
ing cloud, and his rays were soon gumboling
over the hills, and CLOSING their brightness
in the streams. 1t was glorious day. Add
ed to the genial sunshine and the fine condi-
tion of the surface below, balmy zephyr from
the magnolia groves, freighted with its odors,
We'd with the sun and earth in rendering tho
scene paradsial. Nature lavished the rich
est gifts in her treasury to grace the earth in
beauty and loveliness. The fair daughters
of the west, arrayed in the perfection of art
and cOmeliness, their smiles yet re2olent with
the all sainted purity Of heaven; their checks
touched with the most delicate hue from na-
lures repository, fitted to and fro like fairies
in the dreamland. But imagination fails to
paint the reality.
was the recipient of much kindness du-
ring the merry season. The welcome that
greeted me was only e9ualled by the feast
that was spread before me. Exhilirations
were abundant, aud though my temperate
habits forbade me but a limited acquaintance
in this department, yet l strayed sufficiently
far to test their qualities and pronounce them
according to the Virginia recipe
But the Democratic meeting yesterday was
better than Xmas. 1t was a soul-stirring
scene, for the un;erriticd Democracy Of Mis-
I III III 1Iry
ganize for the coming campaign. South was
there, manhood was there, grey hairs were
there, and character and intelligence were
there, and last but not least, rebels were
there, among whom was your humble servant
1t made me feel patriotic, an impulse which
has not prompted me for some time. After
the meeting was called to order, Mr.. Bing-
ham, an aged sire, proceeded to read plat
form for the adoption of the Gcrat Democrats
of Jackson county. 1t embodied universal
amnesty, payment of bond holders in green
backs, white mans government, and non-in-
reference by Congress with the elective fran
chse Of the people of the States. Many Of
the speakers were federal officers, but never
heard rebels more praised and lauded since
we furled our banner, than L heard at that
meeting. One Of the speakers said, " if We
were rebels, we were the most glorious rebels
he ever saw. and he was proud Of them
The Radicals too, were denounced in terms
as strong as the vocabulary would furnish,
and damned so low in the netherlands, that it
would require a special resurrection to reach
| them Mr. Fletcher and his barbarous mill
! tia were handled roughly. and altogether there
was more enthusiasm than at a Methodist
/ Camp Meeting. Old men who had felt the
strokes of tyranny wept for joy at the re-
| turning dawn of liberty. Young men shout
ed. and really Kansas City was wide awake.
/ The Radicals covered and but few dared to
show their faces. Sir, the Democracy has
started, and in earnest too, and the day is not
/ far distant when her voice will be heard thro'
the valleys and over the hills, of what was
once our glorious old Commonwealth, pro-
claiming the tidings of deliverance from radi-
cal oppression Be firm, be steadfast, be pa
/ tient for the tide is coming that will hurl
every satrap, every loyal thief OF tyranny
from power. and consign them where their
fendish spirits belong. That devil Incarnate,
who blackened the suburbs Of heaven with
the smoke of his burning in our beautiful
Valley. who made angels hang out their
mourning on the clouds, and weep their pity
in the storm. will soon meet the sentence Of
ayencing Justice Right and Reason, Truth
and Justice. who have long been baDished
/ this lar az with sword in hand,
to redres. .ugs, and we, though now
traitors a. rebeis. will soon be looked upon
as the sons of liberty, and the cause In which
we were engaged, that Of freedom. God
speed the good people in their noble work,
and hasten the day Of our redemption.
JEB.