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

ths Vesers u Laaky.sss County.


Only one more week remains until the
Day OF the election, and ss this is the last
issue orour paper before that day, we desire
to speak = few plain, searnest words 10 the
people. We have a right to expect that
these words will be needed, because in all
things We have been the peoples friend,
and Ia no single instance have attempted to
blind or lead them sstray. We have been
the organ OF no ring or clique;neither have we
advocated this or that measure at the bidding
orJor the pay efany man ors.t cfmen. During
tue present campaign had We been bake
enough to sell our souls and principles fol-
..flthy lucre," rs sorie editors We wot Of
have done, we might have put hundreds o,
dollars in our pockets. But We have adroca.
ted no mans claims for money; and while
in this respcct we have lost what renal and
INSCRIPTIONS journalists hate picked up
proud consciousness of being true to thu
people smon2 whom we live. 1t has been
our aim to serve the honest, toiIing nasse.
Of Lafayette county.-merchants. mecban.
les, farmers, Ia5ererS and all classes. We
have been raised among them end sympa.
thize with them i'll all their aims and efforts.
For this reason we can talk to them as
friends. feeling assured that what We say
VIII, at least, receive serious consideration.
1t is our purpose at present to speak of the
county ticket.
once more we cali upon every Liberal and
every Democrat to support the whole couu.
ty ticket from Capt. Collins for the Legisla.
ture down to the lowest office. 1t is no,
only your inferess but your duty to do Mis.
You have spoken through your primary
meetings and county convention, and these
are the men of your choice. They were fairly
nominated. aud it is your duty to abide the
actiOn Of conventions until some system il
adopted by a vote of the people.
We know every maj on the ticket person.
sonally and Intimately, and again r~eiterste
the statement that they are all hoaest and
i"eorrupf'b&e men. and therefore worthy OF
your support. Are these not the highe>,
requisites of Office holders, and cannot the
men who possess them be safely trusted by
the people? What man will dare saw thu,
Collins, Hall, Young. IRELAND, Chapman, Cor.
don.nr any other man on our ticket will ever
betray public trust, OK TAX G the least pittance
from The hard earnings Of the peop!e' We
might hofd five hundred county conventions
ani not put forward rs good i ticket, taken
As 4 whole Who are their opponents
\ set of Grant Radicals. who are in !u!l Eel.
iowsinp with that contemptihle faction that
has rulr,. anh robbed. YOU for the last seven.
years-mcn who have participated in,
ami reap-d the profits Of all the ~villaini-s
that have been pcrpctrated in our county
since the war-men who aided, by their
votes AMI influence, in saddi;ns upon your
shoulders a debt of nearly $500, GD0-meu
whose hands have helped to Tie this immense
burden upon your back. which will en>lava
you and your children for years to
..ome.--men vino opposed your enfranclise-
ment IN 1870. and arc at heart opposed TO 1t
to-day. Men who, now that you are free,
add the last insult TO your intelligence by
ignoring their party organization, and pro.
claiming themselves Independent candidates,
or the peoples cdndiddtes. Do they take YOU
to he fools that they should attclnpt 10 gull
you in thus manners? Are they not still
msmber of that odious McClurg faction
that (while you were held down by force
and test oatis) carried politics not only
into county affairs, but even into the selec.
ton of the most Insignificant city officers
When you needed friends the Radicals were
not only your enemies but tainted you with
your hclplessness. Now when you have
Srlspn militant fIS;r nil npJ ,11t,,t H..