Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-12-25
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EDITOR INrELLIoENcER: In a

INC writer raii> ailtItioH '""'
If the Presidents message which has
lircct reference to the enforcement OF
hu-klux laws, and avs that the Pre-
dent speaks. very plainly TO secret
! organizations for Il 'awlcss purpose.
aud SAYS that the 'Farmers' Club"
AN be easily proven to be n lawlcss
= IN unlawful organization. The
foregoing assertion. Mr.. Editor, i
%,arrtaccd, without a particle u
,roof to sustain it-an ohshoot of :;
reverted imagination.and is an,l'-dt
| rec ID cG..rt ~. bring censure upon
the hard workin. and homes; citizens
Of the county.
II IS very true there is m organ
alton in Lafayette county kn"wna
10 ~..rarmrr>' CIuh.'' the ostcu.ibfs
purpose OF which is to discuss sui =
icc.s with which the agricultural III
crest Of the country is directly
corrected and for no other purpose.
there are mechanics clubs or ass".
Citations. mercantile association. and
working mems associations or clubs
Gust as they are pleased to call ilc;n).
These associations have for their oh
jcct the consideration Of their re
spcctivc interests, zone OF which had
ever been considered unlawful. This
a privilege which has always been
, accorded To men of every department
+ business. and Why should tlle'fai-
merS b" deprived of this right, or if
they should see tit to exercise it. why
should they be denounced as outlaws:
he writer alluded to, after assert
II" the Farmers Club to be a srrrr;
and unlawful organization. gotten VI
or lawlcss purposes. goes on in ih
Trry satne breath and a V that the. e
men did not try to conceal their OBJ
jcct. This certainly is a very gre: I
incongrnity. but nevertheless is il
Keeping with many other tiiing>
| Which have emanatcd from the sam.
W ! thSNN' UNIV
! aliusion to the Farmers Club in con-
ncction with the county court. This
seems to be 4 subject i'll which he is
especially Interested yes, that d.
"ctablc body, judiciary, the count!
court. Oh. how bad he does ICE,
about it. Judge Ambrose has re-
signed. and how he docs haze it yes,
;lIc resignation and Tie manner in
which it was brought about has III.
iicted Il wound upon the gentlcma'
which it seen,> is very hard To heal:
i'll fact. it has the appearance Of
assuming Il chronic form. but there j.
yet hopes entertained that he may
survive the shock and get all right.
as the character of his disease is
more imaginary than real.
AS have said before, the main OBJ
irct of tho association known rs the
Farmers Club is to take into cousiu-
Grafton tie farming interests OF the
county, which they have 4 just and
lawful right to do. az all men, iEnii-
viduaIlv and collectively, have, pre-
vided. however, that he docs i: in a
legitimate way, and tho Farmers
Club has done business in no other
than a legitimate manner. Any on,
who denies this. I challenge him for
the proof: it is very true the farm
ers OF Lafayette county hav- been
very much oppressed, and that OPP
preston has engcndered Il f"clin. of
Indignation and resentment and
that, too, not without a Just Gauss:
their taxes had became very burtllen-
some; they had for the last two OF
three years been g%roaHing under al
oncrous and almost insupportable
taxation. and that, too. without any
remuneration things appeared to be
growing on from bad to worse al!
the while. not knowing where nor
when the matter would end, and feel
ing at the same time that unless a
check was put to it in some way,tha,
the county wnuld soon be in 4 state
of bankruptcy. and in consequence |
of this the farmers and taxpayers |
instituted an investigation Of our
county affairs. This investigation re-
n great deal of mismanagc-
mcnt AMI frand. 1t was discovered
that there had been bonds issued to a
amount by the county court, !
for railroad purposes, and. that too. |
without any authority from the pco-
pie and even without their knowl-
edge Of tho transactions, and that !
Judge Ambrose, who was the prcsi- !
dent OF the county court, was also !
president Of the railroad, and that
the interest OF the court and that Of
the railroad had bacome SO resrly !
allied to each other and so diamct.
rically opposed TO the interests of the
farmers and taxpayers, that it
would be we'll enough to get Judge
Ambrose to resign: and accordingly
the farmers anl taxpayers went to
work and got up q petition asking
Judge Ambrose to roSign. That petit
tioH was respectfully presented to
Ambrose. who honorel the
petition, and accordingly rendered
resignation, which has been ac-
:cptcd. and this has put n iuietus TO
the whole alriir.. This was all that
The Farmers Club and the tax-yav-
rrs asked for and all that they
wanted.
Now, L would just ask any man
Of a sound and unrrrjudiccd ,aind,
md who is not lahorin. under some
kind of an ihfatuaiion. if there is
anything secret or unlawful in such
~ these? !,
lsit unlawful for the people to ask
public servant to resign his Office
they think that he is no longer
t'uEs and faithful servant, anil that
he has become rccrcamt To his l.i.h
and ncglcctfnl of their best in
Now, il it is not unlaw IA! to
make this request, WHY all ll,;, hue
cry about unlawful organiza-
(,
Now, Mr.. Editor, it is ius, sp,,,