Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-10-23

tiACis 0"S k"SSS ehN
unnecessary, and his reuiarks about
the convention iIl-timcd. We must
therefore accept it us coming from a
Democrat. l simply, thel., wish to
ask Clay Township" u few pointed
questions:
Did you or did you not go into the
primary meeting OF your township
and Cooperate and vote i'll sand
meeting?
Did YOU not submit the chances OF
Il nomination of your iavorite candi-
date to the County Convention, which
Convention was MAJ up II COM
posed Of delegates chosen i'll the
PRIMARY meeting, in which YOU hnu
taken part!
lave you not all the time labored
Were cooperating Ill good 1aith with
tie Democrats and Liberals vi your
township?
Your article is i'll keeping with
others Of u similar kind that have
appeared, purporting. to come from
Democrats.
This dodge is simply to lead the
reader astray, and but u lame attempt
to make the Impression that many
true Democrats and Liberals are go
Ing to vote for MIR. Yaubman.
Out upon such Democrats! the
idea Is absurd i'll the extreme. l
mean no dlsrcspect to Mr.. Iaubmali,
nor do l propose TO criticise his pas.
history, character, qualifications Oh
official acts, but leave that to every
man 10 Judge for himself" nor
would l mention his naulc had not
Clay Township" plainly shown To
every impartial rea,tcr OF his article,
that Mr.. HUFFMAN is the great
''bug-u-too' that he is after, ana
only couples MIR. Thompson's name
Herewith to give 1t Il smack OF con
sisteucy, and to disguise the fact thar
Mr.. Taubman is the "all in all :" for
whom his article is intended.
Suppose that Mr.. Taubnan has
made the best sheriff we have had
since tie war; does that prove that
MIR. Young nor no other Democrat
will make a. good Il one Is there nU
Democrat i'll i.afal cite county wlu
will make u good sheriff? Or is il
because Mr.. Young Was nominated,
that CLAY, Township flies the track!
If So, he has failed TO prove i'll his
communication that MIR. Young is
not qualified, or given other Demo
Gratis and Liberals a good reason why
they should not vot.. tor Mr.. Young
i'll preference to u Radical.
The great complaint and dissatis
faction among the people OF our
county since the war, has been thai
they have been ruled. by Il minority,
that the Radical DISTINGUISHING laws
declared them having Il say in affairs.
"Clay township" champion has
always belonged to that party, CO.
operated and voted with it, and now
holds Office given him by it, q does
he to-day claim to be even ii Liberal.
Now, If the complaint of the people
above mentioned is TIT and Just WHY
in the first election after being eli.
franchised and restored to citizen.
ship, vote 10 keep the SANG party il
power still, We Sc recent, complain.
ed of?
In the great Number of candidate.
before the Convention. il was i'm
po>aib'" for every man t" get HI,
| favurite nominated ; it failed q
nominate all mlr., huf l.. Il,
the majority of Drmrc-Ls ans
Liberals in this county AT" -nii" t,
do, am going to vote the ticket
"straighi out" AMI moi III the psi
mary meetings and ~cJnvcn.inn il;
which | had participated aud Ole,
the fimsey eXcuse that Clay town
ship" does. that the convention WA,
Il trick, &c" | would feel that | wa.
recreant to my duty As onc opposed
to Radicalism to do otherwise, and
more especially had | been the would,
be prominent Democrat. and acted
in the capacity that CLAY town.
ship" has. 1t is easy TO make an as
%sertion. but another thing to prove
it. "Clay township" simply makes
the assertion and leaves us in III,
dark, aud makes no attempt to poin,
out the fraud. or trick " or I" unfair
wirepulling" i'll Justification of him,
self in voting for Il Radical sheriff
It is u fortunate thing for the Demo.
Gratis and Liberals Of our township
that Clay township" has not sutfi.
cient popularity Vi influence just
now to carry very many with him.
If III making chOi:e of on lie
plume, "Ciay township" assuu~
to have the people in other parts al
the county believe that 1t is the peo
pie Of our township giving utieranc,
TO such stuff, the majority that ouI
township is sure to give the Demo
crat ticket at the election will CON
vince them that CLAY township
is either misrrprcsemting them or !.
grossly mistaken, and will certainly
cool his love for Radicals, aud con.
vince him that boilers Of conventions
have but little influence in control.
ing the people IN their choice for
sheriff OIL n other Office. It's not
improbable that some such Demo.
Gratis as Clay township" may want
Office after awhile, and it might be
the people will remember them in a
way not very agreeable to them.
TOWNSHIP FIFTY.
The large Libc:-ai vote in ant,
around Cincinnati SHOWS conclusive
ly how the mass III the Germ It's in
the United States will nte in the
presidential election. Cincinnati
has done well for the Liberal cause.
Her population contains n great