Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-24
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Democratic Congressional con
vention for the Eighth (Mo.) district,
will be held at Kansas City, August
2lSt.
Immense Greeley and Brown ra,i-
t%ication meeting at Richmond. Ray
county, to-day. Addresses by Gems.
Shields. John b. Clarke, Coils. Hatch,
Marmaduke and others.
A. r. Stewart, when asked how he
was going to vote, simply replied:
~ have been swindlcd cut of twenty
order business"
The largest political meeting ever
held in Lawrence, Kansas, gathered in
that city on the night of the 18th.
The entire meeting to their feet
and gave IL dcafcnin" shout when il
was proclaimed that Horace Greeley
was the 'trur>t man in America" for
bailin@ jeff. Davis.
The Evansville Courier says: "A
month ago the cry all over the country
was '.Anyho'ly to beat Grant Now
we hear nothing but the ircnzicd.
Lr-pliring shouts of the ~'ltrSulals.'
anybody To beat Greeley"
for the country that the great aud
courageous Democratic party. speak
ing with one voice, from Maine to the
Mississippi, and from the lakes to the
gulf, throws off the letters ct bodiies>
fears. and opens it, arms wide for the
sincere trairrniZaiion of the people
of all >~cctiOu>.'
The Hartford Times says: "Om'
thing may he regarded rs certain :
Cnnnrcticut's majority for Greeley
aud Brown will be larger than She
has given % ANY candidate for many
wears. larger than til" 3,O4l majority
-hc gave four wears to Genera,
Grant. Mark the predictions"
When he was in Texas. Mr.. Greeley
WAS asked to milk Il COW. to which
request he responded with his usual
nlacritv and good nature. He pro-
cured The assistance of>iX men. threw
the COW upon her back. and then
tried to milk her with IL c%ln,hc>-pin.
HE operation was not altogether
>,lrccS>tul.- Grant organ.
The Baltimore sun quotes Il letter
from Carson City. New. which saws
Nv" shall carry Nevada tor Greeley
and Brown. II also turn ont the
I"rrh"- whoarr Surkin" the litr-lluo,l
ont of our people Ivy mi-rcrrc>cnlin"
us in the Senate. and ~opVrr>>in" us ia
the courts. senator Nyc will har,il.
be heard Off in the approaching Srna-
torial contest"
Fred. Douglass has never vet writ
en- t" say, whether he accepts or
declines the nomination for the Vice
Presidency ON the Woodruff ticket.
>u II prolricica ~rciirrlIrr is WORTHY
OF an oyster or wen Grant himself:
but, If h" has any appreciation of the
Joke whatever. he ought to say ST.
LCourier-Juurnal.
The Evansville Journal ((;rant) is
printing such STUN as this: "A vo,in-
gentleman who has been travclim.
through the mountain regions nt
E>;ill county. Nrmturkv. say, the
kn-h!nH are shouting lorGrcciry. and
varying the pa>iiimc by coWhidinn
and threatening to Kill school teach
crs who Instruct negroes"
a Washington dispatch to the Gin
c%lnnati Commercial SAYS: 1T has at
last been definitely a>ccrtaincH by
members of tho Appropriation Com
mlttcr. who havc especially Inquired
into the subject, that the $4,000
which il cost To erect General Grants
new stables, came from the money
appropriated for tie erection of The
~fuIt. IttnI mani
senator Bayard led Delaware
against Greeley. and made IL master
fight 1T Baltimore. Since then he has
left for Europe. and OH the eve of his
departure. wrote II letter advising. tn,
people to support Greeley and Brown
The X. &. News says: sTht
Democrats and Liberals form /:
phalanN which has utterly dcmora'
lied the fighting ~propcn>iticS of the
Grant party. 1t cannot raise the
wind on amy question. Grant ron.
tainS no more magnetism than Il deat
%markercl, and his poor, slavi>h sup,
porter, are 1T Il terrible loss to get III
some enthusiasm. They will all have
to go to Long Branch pretty tt
inviyorltc their shattered constitu.
tiOn>.
Colfax made 4 speech at SoutE
Bend, Ind. recently, in which Ii,
made Il lame lrctcIcc of being salts
fled with the treatment he received
at Philadelphia This reminds The
Detroit Union of the story Mr.. Lin.
coin used to tell when he was beaicl
for the United States senate hl
stephen y. Douglas. II" said h
felt Just like the boy, who, in running
Stnbbcd his toe: he Wa, too bing /,
cry, and thu thing hurt too bad to lie
him LAUGH.
The New York World in spcakin.
of MIR. Augustus Schci!. who was re-
Gently elected chairman of th.. Ma
,ional Democratic committee, saws
1.-The maine of Mr.. Scllcl. is a>>Ori
atcd with the Democratic history an,
the Democratic t:iumpls of a<corc o
wears i'll the politics OF New Iorl
and of the nation. His position il
the social and financial WON'T of New
York will be accepted everywhere a.
Il guarantee that undo" hi Leadership
the Democratic body may be relic,
upon to maintain the Soundrst prin
ciplc> in finance and in commerce, t,
reject the "iuadlcsS OF extremes
and to labor for all wise reforms in
just and temperate manner.
FAMILIAR QrnTATIoNs: Cen
Grant IS not fit To govern thi
commissioners diving words
"Grant has no more soul Than a dog.
-Hrn Butler. "Graut has no NOR,
, ~rapahility than Il ll"rsc."-IFi.ltln
Joe Hooker. "Gralit is not c~onirullc,
by constitutional law, but by politics:
ring, "-lTrumbull. "Grani's SaI
Domingo business stamps him as
tir>:-rla>s CONGRATULATIONS. Pal
!. incr. There are sixteen weight
=. reasons why Grant should never b
Pre>idrnt.'-[Cniiax. Grant is
| IMAM without sufficient knuwlr,ldr L
= to preside ovcr Il caucus.'-Lomal
= "Gr:,nt is maxim" money out OF hi
, position. and that's all he cares abou
II. -lHcnaior Carpenter.
EE,.DHiIKS,
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