Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-08-28
Reconciliation.

to be the Keynote of action for Dem.
ocrats and Liberal Republicans over
the broad surface of the United
STATES. We only waited on: the
movement long enough to asccrtai,
that this was really to be the ease
before we gave i'll u adhesion, and
when we did join it, We
dii IL with our whole heart. without
mental reservation or couccaiIncnt.
III we have been mistaken in The
intent and purpose of this movement.
we are truly and sincerely sorry. for
II peace and good will between the
sections, if reconciliation between the
different elements of II great party.
aud between that party and the
Liberal Republican party of the
country. are not the objects of this
campaign, in Gods name what are
We iightin" for?
To mike this fight successfully.
every sensible man who is opposed
Ia the longer continuance in office Of
Grant and his military cu>tom-lIousc
Lon" Branch ling. must see that we
are compelled to unite every element
OF our party. and TO cooperate
heartily with the Liberal Itepubli-
cans. We ask candid man to
say whether or not the spirit and
tone of the Caucasian Of last week j.
not calculated TO create discussion
and strife in the Democratic party in
this county. We do not mean 10
make an attack upon that paper.
nor would We have noticed its arti-
"i"S. had ii not one out of its WHY 10
attack Us. We merely intend to re-
mon>tratc with il As TO its course.
And we venture to expires, the hope.
that nothing further may happen in
this county TO break that peace and
good understanding which should
exist between paprrs cn~amrI
IN battling against Il common
enemy. The Caucasian sliould bear
III mind that in all political contests.
whether il be inside of IL party in the
cilort to secure nomination. or
whether it be in the final battle before
the people. somebody be beaten.
Ih" friends of different candidates
will work with what vim and enthu-
sla>m they may be able Ia muster,
and when the battle is over, il be-
comes the vanIUi>licu to Weld with
grace and dignity, and the vamqui>li-
er to enjoy his victory with modcra-
ton. We must object to the manner
i'll which the Caucasian saddles upon
the entire convention. which me ON
the 18th inst. the intcmpcratc I'm
"llaGr of one man. who only spoke in
that convention on suilrramcc, and
whose iangungc wa deprecated by
no class of men more than bv the
sensible and conservative cX-couf.dcr-t
ate> on that floor. The Caucasian i'm
IT'S lecture TO cOnicdrratcs entirely
the fact that the first iutrm- /!
pcraic language used was an at,orL
made upon Capt. Lesucur. the chair.
man of the meeting, w:ho is known bv
al parties to have been Il confederate
soldier. The cheering for General
lark, ANA i'll answer to General
Shelby. cainc not from the convention
but from the lobby. Even If Gen.
.lark's friends did cheer, was there
anything! wrong in that? If Mr..
had been ahead and his friends
had given him IL cheer, who in the
world would have objected? Then.
again, we are accused Of having lost
the minutes Of the convention. aud.i
is ~in,inuated, Intentionally. We have
this to say. We went to Capt. Lee
sucnr, and asked him for the privilege
copying ilc minutes. He hand Il
Us all The papdr-, cr"cpt the small
'cIfES 1f piper on which the votes of
townships were written, and
are still in his possession. We
from the minutes an accurate
account of 'lc proceedings: sent for
Lee. ~, who crlnc to our
'ilicc and verified ii, and we gave it
TO the printers for publication. The
printer, left out. accidentally, the
OF the congressional delegates ,
rom Clay township, Mcssrs. -. =
and &. T.. lIerndon, which
,r8= yln ,r,l.. ,,s1-1 ,.. " -
'tiirc in the premises. The vote on
congressional instructions, we gavc
ust rs the secretary called it out in
he conventions, and iu:t ms he wrote
t in his minutes, which are in Capt.
-csrcur'S possession. The sccrcta-
les may have made mistakes. bat if -.
hey did, Gen. Clarh's friends are !
lot responsible. !
Mr.. kierolf, one Of the cdi- /
ors Of the Caucasian. assisted .
he Secretary and kept tally while /
lc read the votes of the town ,
hips as they were reported. and the
'otc upon instruction Wh.cli WAS i
cad out in the convention. WAS the |
csri't of Mr.. KS count. Besides. +
.ow can any outside party go behind /,
he report OF the Secretary .as accept {:
d by thc convcnliuu!, If there had t
cen II" instruction for Gen. Clark !,
IL the first ballot, WHO doubts tia, +,
here would have been OF the second: II
We know that Gen. Clark got - Il
otcs out of siXtv-unc. And we i
now that.Mr. Davis only got fifteen: e
%, where is the Use of this discussion. \
As to the Ca~ucasiun's intima- I
ON that the convention was mnuipu- "
itcd, we deny il. And we think we Il
iii be sustained by minc-tcnths of II
he members of the convention, no 5
what their preferences NAV G
ave been. lis =. s." added TO the @
rport of the Liberal Republican h
invention, which was written with. !,
ut the knowledge or consent of the ii
ersOn who made that report. is uu- f,
.ar~rantablc in any Democratic news I;
apcr, and is in Keeping with the r,
cli'acy displayed by the editor who, if
ling TO get the nomination from I,
is county for Senator, now thinks IA