Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-09-18
A Word to Southern Men.

all the elements opposed TO Grant.
A Word to Southern Men.
How any Southern man, who was
suc!. from principle aud not merely
from the accidents of birth or Local
ton. can seriously favor the continu-
ancc OF the present dominant party
in power. Is past our comprehension.
scattered Confcdcratcs cspousing the
cause of Grant, and from the unwont-
ed tenderness manifested by the
Radical press towards Confederate
soldiers in particular. no doubt more
important acquisitions are looked for
by them from that quarter. Low, base
natures can turn and lick the baud
that smitcs them. however uniuStlv,
but with intrepid, honorable spirits
wanton insults and injuries. until
atoncd for. are an cffcctual bar to any
friendly intercourse. But, say these
recreant sons of the South, Greeley
has been n worse cnemv to us than
Grant, his hostility has been more
bitter and ~unrclenting, and his influ-
ence more potent for evil. We're it a
matter that had reference simply to
the personal claims of the respective
candidates. we might not feel dis
posed to cOntrovcrt this statement.
But what influences are backing
them? This is the main question.
The party supporting Grant is the
party which when the war was end
ed. violated every pledge given to
the vanquished South, and pursued
towards her a mercilcss system of
oppression, such as, wei say
deliberately, modern history fur
nishcs no example of a party
which asked AMI compelled n
brave people to permanently disfran-
chisc the honorcd leaders who had
stood by them faithfully in all their
trials which has delivered over some
of the faircst and richest states of the
South to the rule ofi"norant negroes,
and maintains their supremacy by the
bayonet !; which has steadily upheld
the infamous carpet-bag governments
that, vampire like, have been sucking
the life blood of their unrcsisting
victims: which by its Ku-Klux laws
and enforcement acts licenses ire
sponsible Federal officials to invade
the homes of American citizens and
drag them out TO be immured III dun
geons for imaginary offences which
in its Homestead, Pension and
other laws uniformly discriminates
opprcssivelv against every Southern
man and woman. This, Southern
men, is the party YOU are called upon
TO support in voting for Grant. Will
you do it? viii YOU show yourselves
at once so regardless of insult aud so
umnindful of kindness as to take such
a step. The Democratic party has
been your faithful friend. During
all the war, in the midst of rcvilc-
mcnt and persecution, its voice was
heard i'll %unceasing protest against
the h~igh-handed outraxcs of the rul-
ing faction: and for the last seven
years its whole energies have been
devoted TO the attempt of relieving
you and yours from the CALLING yoke
Of oppression. But YOU object to the
Liberal Republicans. What if they
did take part against You formerly -?
Their voluntary abandonment of u
victorious party shows them sincere
~ in favor Of reversing the ungcncr-
Gus and unjust policy hitherto
pursued towards YOU. You certainly
have an opportunity ofshowing your
spite by contcmning their proiicrs OF
sympathy and aid ; but such a course
will signallv manifest an utter lack
of wisdom aud patriotism Oh your
part. We're Grant where Greeley is.
he would have our hearty support.
We sustain Greeley only because back
"a hin arc ~lhnuclccs Wilcil,il al!oW cu
to operate, will save the country, and
we oppose Grant mainly because
back of him arc influences which. If
allowed to run unchecked, will ruin
it. The Radicals in this country ARE
boasting that many of the boys who
wore the gray will vote their ticket
in November. We do not believe it.
The man who would do such a thing
may have worn the Southern uniform,
but he never had Il true Southern
heart in his bosom.
While oil the Radical roostcrs are
, Growing over the result IN Maine.
they forget TO %rclncmbcr that their