Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-10-30
AN EMPHATIC DENIAL.

EDITORS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Permit me to make u brief answer to an ar
ticle that appeared in the Register last week.
Tie editor of that paper stated that he was
ready to prove that l hal promised TO ap-
point u certain person one OF my deputies
upon IN agreement that his father should
work for my election. As Soon Ms my at
tentiOn was called to the charge. | wrote to
the editor. damanlimg tie proof and de-
nouncins him As a liar. lie inside 10 answer.
! 1 afterwards met him upon the street and
asked him to give mo tn. names OF the pre-
tended old man AMI his son. He refused
to give mc their names; giving as 4 reason
therefor that / had not treated him like a
gentleman in writing him such a letter. !
then tnld him that L would take every con-
yenient opportunity, publicly and privately.
to ,%ien0unce him Is ! liar. l here state that
the charge is falsc. have never promised
any man To appoint him CT any ons else one
If my deputies.
In this connection I would say q few
words to the Democrats and Liaeral I:cpub-
leans OF the county. This Is perhaps tile
last time you will hear from INC publicly
before the election. A score of false reports
are in circulation concerning nit and what
| have said. l have not the means 10 travel
o"er the county and contradict them per-
sonal.y. / would deem them tao contcinp,i-
BILE to notice even through the paper, had /
not received letters from my friends in W.
rIous parts of the county urging NE 10 an
swer them. There is LITTLE to encourage 4
man to live an upright life if the breath OF
sianGcrcr who is too cowardly TO father his
own tales. can at one blast withcr and Blight
that which it has taken 50 many year, to eS-
tabli>h. viz. Il good reputation. | have
lived all OF my life, except 4 few years At
college and in the army. III Lafayette coun-
tY. When you see the desperate efforts
which arc being MADE to defeat my election.
YOU Ought rather to consider what my life
has been tEanw.ia. Iinscrupuious enemies say
about me. To give You 4 little idea of how
low and u%nprincip!ei arc the mean. used, I
VIII give you 4 few of the falSchoods in cir
culatlon. hi one locality. where nearly all
of the voters are farmers. il Is reported that
| have said that 10 farmer has sufficient ca
pacity to perform the dntics OF sheriff. In
another locality, it Is said that / belon. to
the Farmers Club. In Middleton Township
it is now circulated that while Mt Dover, l
said that no man ought to he allowed to vote
who was not worth over 500. Now. these
are all simply lies from beginning to end.
When I was at Dover. | referred to the
aforesaid report and In my speech pablicly
pronounced it TO he false. AMI | there stated
that il the author could he found, his only
punishment should he that of being proven
to he u liar. Now, when any pan tells you
any ofthcsc things. tell him that | have sail
publicly that i; is q lie and that he shouli
either prove it or have the grace to hold his
slanderous tongue.
As / cannot lie ut every precinct. l hope
my friends will see to IT. that TO man is de.
ceivcd by any suci, falschoods. 1t is but
reasonable TO expect that these reports will be
multiplied between t,,is and the election, but
remember that he who Is SO base a. to start
and circulate q report too late for 1t to be
met and Ndi.proved before tae election, is to.
tally unworthy OF belief.
Respectfully, WILLIAM Young.