Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-31
One Thousand Democrats
and Liberal Republicans
Ratify Greeley and
Brown.
Speeches in the Afternoon by Gems.
Shields and Clark, and Coils.
COlmaI ard SwitZIer.
AT NIGHT BY COL. GEO. C. VEST
AND TILToh DAVIS, ESQ.

ana Liberal RrIlhilrln
me! in this city last Saturday to rat
ify the nomination of Greeley AN,
Brown. 1t was an cn~roura"in" sigh
to see iii attendance not oulv III
Young men from the country, but Il!
solid. sterling old farmers from ever
part of the county. 1t was equal
cheering to So" the mechanics an.
lab"rcrS of our city out in good force
The business men. tOO-wlio u>ual!
manifest too Mulch apathy Cor once
at least. left their stores and count
in"-ro0m~ to swell the number an,
enthusiasm of the meeting. Til
shows that the people are a!iv" To ia,
vast Importance of In" crmpai"n-
that all classes have caught the i'm
pulse. and that this mighty impulS,
will urge thrm to continued cilur,
and activity. and drive them ON /,
complete victory in November.
At II o'clock a. VI. the l.4lavrtt,
silver Curnct Band, which had brrl
secured for the occasion, commenced
PLAYING III front of the court house
This was the signal for the crowd tc
assemble. and i'll Il few minutes tn,
yard was throngcd with a vast mai.
tituhr, cagrrto hear the distinguish
ed speakers. 1t was thought at first
that Tie court house would afford
sufficient room. and til" meeting wa.
organized inside by calling judge
VIM. /. Wood to the chair. Eat the
first speaker had hardly br~ln when
some one announced that tl,"r,. were
hundreds on the outside VIII" wanted
I" hear the ~Spr'rhr<. Upon It's. the
lnrriin" retired to the yard.
coll. SWITXL.I:E.
of Boone county. WAS the Fir: speak
or. He is an orator of no mean pre-
tensions. His speech was 4 ralIu.
p~a>>iun'c>> survrv of the present
political! situation. and the causes
that led t" the great urhraval that
now H"itairS the nation. He arrai"u-
ed and criticized Grants adnini-tra-
ton in the ~>cvcrrSt terms. expressed
the warinc>t sympathy for the south
'ru people, who wri;lcd beneath the
heel of this modern opvrc>>"r.tud SAW
no way of escape for them rNcrnt in
the election of Horace Greeley. The
world had never been cursed with
such Il political and social mon-
>iro>ity rs the carprt-ha" govern
mcmt of the Sonth. Grant. the
mMrb!c-lcartrl tyrant. upheld this
@~ovcrnmNt, with al its attendant
and smiled at the %s:tlrr-
Of a brave and yallant people.
We have no space for an ~rxtcuhrl
of the speech. At it, cnnriu-
sion, Col. Switzlrr gently reminded
the people that he WAS Il candidate
for Congress-. AZ nobody ever heard
of SwitZlrr being Il candidate before.
the announcement created no little
surprise. Some wag wanted To know
what that had t" do with Il Greeley
and Brown "ratiiiy.'
The >pcakrr-said that he had been
defeated several times. counted
nut once or twice. and wanted to 80
10 Congress to vindicatc his rlrarar-
He. like Greeley, was Il Nr>tnr
of the press. and a. editors were be-
ing liouorcd, it would look wei! for
him to walk into Congress under the
shadow of the "o!d white hat"
When Col. Swiizicr's hour had
ilhe time allotted To each
~pcakrr),
oil. NORMAN j. CoI.MAN.
Of 81. Louis, was Introduced. lie
had left home III i'll health. aud WIS
.ratliici to meet the people of Fatty
'ttc. He saw in the large numbers
present All Indication of the earnest
ness of the people in the present
struggle. The great REFORM move
had begun with the people. not
with the poliliriah>.L.ik" marI-rrom
t had swallowed up the p"!itirian-:
i, successful i--uc dcrcndrd upon
he efforts of the pcnplr-tnc honest
'irnlcr>. mechanics and hard-l,aulrl
aborrr> of the land lie presented
with great r%arnc>,mc>- the abuses AN!
:urruptioi> of tn" present a,imini>-
ration: cited the frauds and dri;tlra-
ions Of Il number of Grants officers.
Hlo instead of being punished. were
for their crimes alluded To
he r~a>caliiv of Secretary ltnhw>un.
>ccor. and TIE iIl--piirn wcl lii Of =
Iost ufoillcr satellites. spoke of il.
wealth of the "tiampiun
lift Takcr," acquired in the short
paccofihrcc rcar>:rcfcrrcd t0n;ran.'>
Inc farm, with lis biuulcI slurM.
icar hi~ own in st. I.nui, county.
His Wa, owned by q man who i few
car, ago wa>a drunken wonL-haulcr.
No man had 80 ba,clv pro>titntc,l
lis office and outraged the people.
lie wa glad To see them rising. aud
he tide would swell. until in No.
,cmbCr ii would o~vcrwhrIm him
the party OF which he i, chief.
Col. C"inan's speech WIS delivered
I: an earnest .tEir, and madc 1t good