Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-10-20
LETTER FROM MISSOURI.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, !
October 9th, 1868. {

SSNSoSA Ohh1 1SSS'
Mr.. Editor The Spirit came to hand
yesterday, and was read with more than usual
interest. 1t is refreshing, indeed, at any
time, to glance through its columns and call
to remembrance the names that figure there,
but this number is rendered doubly enter
tanning by the startling announcement of the
sudden disappearance of the "Loil Purp"
from your midst, and by the accurate descrip
tion, with carte dc viSite, given of him. You
may rest assured, he has made for his old den
here in s'tree Misery" and [ will expect to
hear soon Of his ravages. It seems that in
all this land, he can find but two places to
rest his infamous carcass; one here under
the shadow Of the "Great Leiger," the other
in the ''bastard State" under the protection
Of the scalawag Boreman. What fit abodes
for such monster! I hey do not even de-
serve the name Of territory, for they are but
the dens Of political infamy, where the out"
casts Of every State, both social and political,
exiles from virtue and refugees from justice,
unknown to honor and integrity and iucapa-
bic of even the conception Of what is good,
noble and generous, have assembled and
poured into the boiling caldron of legislation
the poison of their crimes, their malice and
vindictiveness, from its surface scum the most
obdoxious miasma of the bitter potion, and
fixed it upon brave and generous people as
their State constitutions. You will study
geography in vain to find two more such
places; you will search history in vain to fud
the counterpart of two such State govern
ments. | cannot believe that the arch fiend
in the hierarchy of hell is capable of the con-
ception of two such monstrosities. But thanks
to Heaven! the people here are rising in their
might, are determined this state of affairs
La O,,l |,
moon wancs, our political horizon will be lit
with the light from the funeral pyres of mon
grel constitutions, mongrel statesmen and
mongrel rascalitics.
sincerely hope that you may follow in the
wake, and be able to shake off the shackIes
that fetter the good people of the time hon
ored county you represent, and of that section
of the Old State now termed "West Firg inia;"
for must ever look upon the Old Common
wealth as undivided. l am not willing to
give up the glOries and the hOnors that be-
long to any portion of her old domain.
know too there arc thousands of those who
boast "momtGni Scmper NGcri," who would
to, day gladly join hands with the gallant men
of the Lowlands, and aid them in restoring to
Virginia her rights from the Potomac to the
Carolinas, and from the coast to the Ohio
and i'll reestablshing her in her proud place
in the galaxy OF States, There is innate in
every Virginian, a true State pride. They
are unwilling to give up any Of their common
glory to crafty either the caprice or the self
ish plunderlng propensitles OF u few petty Of
fee seekers, and her honor, her glory, are mon
uments that will outlivc the generation of
miscreants who will insult the one or strive
to detract from the other. The day is not
far distant when the tidal wave of passion
mill b, vi
people will return to 4 sense of justice and
right. Then Virginia, glorious in her past
history, sublime in her misfortune now, will
rise refreshed from the storm, and bask again
in the sunlight Of peace and prosperity.
The political contest here is growing very
warm. Both parties are thoroughly organ
lied into companies and drilling for the bat
tie. The train is laid, and it will require
but spark to set it agoing Fights are nu-
merous. The masses are far ahead of the
leaders. They want but the countcnance of
authority, and this State will be scene of
bloodshed. The people have wthstood the
encroachments of the Radical party until pa
ticnce and iorbearance have ceased to be vr>
tues, and they have determined to have a
free vote or, free fight On Saturday night
last, the .Tanners" sneakcd into bar room
kept by Seymour man, and used him rough
"; then went to the houses of several Irish
men, and not finding them at home, at one
place, shot two pct sheep; at another, two
goats. If retributon don't overtake these
rascals soon, the devil will.
Our city is increasing at its accustomed
gait. New arrivals every day. Fine bust
ness houses, hotels, operas, &c, going up in
various parts. Five piers of the bridge across
the Missouri are completed, and the other
three are well on the way. The Kansas City
and Galveston road is being rapidly laid, and
everything wears the air of prosperity. More
anon. y. E. Is.
The largest advertising contract given
o,,t In 1868 and rrnhnhlu the lar.,nst ernr