Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-10-02
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HENDERSoN'S SPEECH.
A few white Radicals. 4 considerable
number Of blacks, ana n still larger number
Of curious Dem Icrats went 10 TIE court
house on Ia: MonIsy afternoon to hear
General q Jim b. whom. after several
year, OF me:itrd oI,>curiiy, the dirty waters
of isaiicai;>;n have again thrown 10 the sur
face As candidate for Governor. Henderson
Is nown to be one Of the greatest political
t1op-orers aud turncoats in the State. After
the ere wd had gathered i'll. DeMotte stepped
out on the floor and said tnis - Il big
thing" and it is important that the meeting
should have ! chairman. Henry Turner.
ST.. who Is always ready 10 nominate
Denote for any thing. took the hint ana
moved that Col. Mars l.. Denote be called
to the chair. The ni,tion wa, seconded and
Turner put it TO the house. saying AL those
iii favor of it Will '.,:e hi" \ utter
followed. in the mjl.t of witch ! few faint
his Were heard. AM DcMUtte took the
stand and introduced the ftmOI- General.
Henderson. though not ANYTHING of an
orator, speaks in L pleasant. earnest. CONVEX
~sational tone. The portion of the speech
which we heard had nothing new or strik-
in. III it. 1t was in sub>tlntt about the
AIN speech that Col. DeMuttc ic!ivc! ed
here Il few weeks ago. Thi. .aiicne>s on
The part of Radical orators i rather suspi-
clOl>. and At the -lIa TIM implies That they
are '.hIrd driven 10 iind arguments for II
lame cause. The audience wrrr turri it'll
the SAINT old extracts from iItrper's Weekly.
lurTortiug 10 come from the Tribune, >ome
Of whirll. at last, have proven u he base
for@crieS. These were quoted to prove
Gretley'S inconsistency. ami to pr judge
The minis at Democrats a. un~t him. Hen
Icr>"n ought 10 have >"n>e enough 10 know
that >II"h "hp-!I" would not influence Il >im-
IL" rejecting voter troin his Allegiance Ia
Greeley. II he Thought at all. lie would
rrmrIm'pr! that when Greeley gave rxprr>-
sion To the extreme uttrrIuce- that ar" al
trIhutrd 10 him. Henderson aud the Radical
party huge him to their ho>unS. and the
Democrats hal no Use for him. Hut when
Greeley threw OFT his war prrju1ic,> ans,
TOOK up arms against the SEA of corr Ipiiou
II Observation-Disclosures hc refused any longer
To give the powerful ,upport of hi pm in
b"l>tcrim" up a rotten lhmini>tratiUn-wiIru
h" SAW tar depth oi intliny into which Grant
VA, plnngIn- th. COUNTRY. and prOrlaiming
himself the apostle of peace. mlr>ty and
rrlurm-wiirn with SrhurZ. Trunpu.l and
nf!i"r good m"n. he abandoned 4 party h,
could not puriiy-wIcn his honesty AM;
m~l.H,nimitv towards Il fallen and oppressed
lnr forbid that he should any longer affiliate
with ~'.ctrrunl hItrilc>.' OF whom Jo..n e.
Henderson i chief in this State. then it Wa
that til" Democrats took h:in up and intend
/" ~%tin,ihv him through the campaign.
Grrcl-y'> great unplrIomahic sin wit!
Radicals i li> Liberalism. For Ihi, reason
they prescribed him. an,l nuw send then
hired orators OYER The country to traiur,
and ,srnruu.r him. For t!n saia reason tn
Democrats support him. aui 1t viii TAX. al
ADLER politician than Henderson (>lirewt
a. h" hI> the name oil b"in-l. to prove that
Grant is more worthy of their support.
We haven't the space to give Il more OK,
tended notice of the speech. One thing.
however, we would mention, and we ear
only speak of it In the strongest terms ol
rcpr"harion. We hope that no speaker
whether Radical or Democrat. who after
being invited TO address our people. ant
treated With marked courtesy. H. WIS Hen
drr>nn. vii! ever show such wanfDm ,Ii>rr
>pcrt to aye. IL he did in the remarks al
dressed to Col. K. y. Smith. one of the mos
aged and respected citizen, of oar county
Every Dcmocra; ttnI we trust every dcrru
%l;r,liraI >ympa;HiIrl with CT. smith. All,
f"!t :i-%ricVr.i 1T til" manner in wAiri! IL" wa
treated. Not Ion. after III" iu<uilin. re-
marks to Col. SnliNi for II Il man of his az,
an! Intelligence they were in>ultiu"l. Col
Young. growing weary of hearing the stall
extracts real. started to walk from the hou-
in Il quiet and orderly manner. When nca
the door Henderson '.hawlrri ouG'' "Gov
Young. why do YOU leave? Why don't YOU
STAY and hear me OUT" Col. Young tHrnc,
=. around and said in Il loIi tone. Il hay,
heard enough OF on. sir This was Onl,
serving Inn right. after the insult offered t.
Col. Smith Tt" tart answer almost CHOKE,
Henderson. but he finally recovered. an,
seemed to have twuur three newspapers Ell
in slips AMI stored AVA in II book. ",
finally left while he WAS lingering one q
these slips. larry Ing with lis the thought tina
American lump orators can never repay III
debt of gratitude they ow" thu printer