Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-31
POLITICAL NOTES..

6erlnS 100 has been organized at
Boonvillc.
takes the backbone out ofLoCan's
speech when one remembers that he
>ilu oil Nrant Il year ago. " lie is not
I competent to preside over Il ware,
f caucus.'
1t has transpired in Washington
, that not only Senator SchurZ. but ex.
r Senators Fowler and Ross, wcr,
offered brides to favor Grants san
Domingo scheme.
Robert Douglas, private Secretary
to Gen. Hrant, and son of stephen
y. Douglas. is engaged at Washing.
, ton. III getting up patent insidcs for
the l%;a'iiral rural papers"
The Bourbon paper whichnominatc.,
Voorhees, and Brick P"mcrov for IL
= presidential ticket. i, in Il lad way
e. since bans last >pcrrl,. Nulodv
t wants the damaged stock it ha. lief,
OH hand.
:. y. T. Stewart. the mcrchan; primo,
of New York. has contributed $50 mi
TO the Greeley campaign fund. He
could well afford to give double that
amount to rid himself of the thieyrr,
VI 'i' W." yin custom mouse.
One hundred and twelve Rcrubii-
CANS OF Franklin county. VT. who
favor the clrc ion of Greeley and
. Brown. have signed Il call for a mas,
meeting. to be held III sheldon on the
9TH of August, for the purpose of
nominating 4 county ticket.
Hiram Green says: "All the differ
( rnl.,. I,p a, e. I y-,,,, , l,I ,;t
" ard, and /. =. Grant j.. that .Artc-
nus was willin' to sacrifice all his
own aud his wifc'S relations to save
the country. while L. :. Grant i will
lin to sacrifice the country To save
all his wife and his W rc%latipn>."
Tie New York sun notes the
strange fact that President I%.imcolm'S
first cabinet consisted of Mr>>rS.
seward. Chase. Cameron. WciIr-.
Blair. Smith and Bates. The two
last NAMED are dead. Cameron i for
''rani. Chase, WrlIr> and Blair are
for Greeley. Where stands Gov.
Seward:
The following i Il list of the Dem
"~rraiir Congressional a>piranl> from
the Ninth District: Col. DC. Allen.
of Clay: Hon. y. Comin-n. Col.
John {. Moore. Capt. Il. j. Franklin.
Col IL. Il. Branch. Hon. }. NJ. Me-
Michael. and Col. Cuwan. of Jackson
county ; Judge :. \. Gilbert. of
Platte: Col. II. Blrd>"c. of Cas-. and
Capt. Henry. OF Bates.
II begins to crop ont that the car
prt-ba"grr> will not he able TO carry
the c"lorc't vote of the South for
Grant 80 unanimously rs the" and
Their employer expected. The intel
ll"rn' negroes are finding ont that the
u Leagues are leagues for the
promotion of the selfish interests of
nn>crmPnl"l- white X ~"licaES ut their
cNrrii>c. ,Cuuricr-I"urIial.
since his n"luinatinm. Greeley i,
til" sensation ON the streets of New
DIRK city. y letter writer >u,>: Il
have seen a rood aany public
men walk ai"n" the streets OF cities,
but ] never before SAW such Il curious
sight a. When Greeley goes about
New York. A. | said. the whole
mas of pedestrians stop and turn.
and contemplate" IT," tor:n and face of
ii" Sag Of C~lrapp"qua IL he passes
along"
The Liberal Republican STATE con-
Vcnilon have resolved that II State
convention Ia" held in the senate
"~haiih"r. at Jefferson CITY. on Wrd-
nr>day, August y. the sam" day the
Democratic convention is heidi. ,n
nominate an electoral ticket and >Ial.
officers. the basis of representation To
he IL follows: Two 'lrir"utr- from
each representative district: they to
cast Tia" vote of the rnuntv at the
ra'io "i one voi" fu" every nmr-trnth
OF the population. according to the
census of 1870.
The "Watrhman and Il, lcc,or,.
the iratim" baptist weekly it. the
country. thinks it j. a"nutrwnr1hy
ta''t. III these days of prr,"nal abuse.
that mp To this time no one. friend or
enemy. has accused Horace Greeley
of dishonesty or immortality of any
KIM; nut. on tn" contrary. nll parties
iiilfc III alniltiin. his INTEGRITY.
advocacy of human rinhi>.
i~rn!prralirr. law and order. and his
dr>ir" to do good to all.
l. not such Il candidate an anomaly :"
When Mr.. Lincoln first hrrnmr
ifr>ld"n' there W"r" iliir,v-nn" Re
III the Senate. OF these I
in are dead. thirteen ara.
Grant. ten Tor Greeley. and of the :
opinions OF til" remaining TWO we
ll:lV" rs Yet no certain information.
We refer 10 Mr.. Harris. of New !
! "rk.and Mr.. Clark. "fN. Hampshire. :
Nevertheless. we are told that fine
party is almost 4 INIT for ;
l'rant. DO i!"t facts like the above
|iatlv contradict this impudcnt a>srr- |
I
Col. john l.. Baldwin. of virginia. =
N l'> speech at the Greeley and ,
brown ratification meeting in Ral,i- 7
more. has made the best hir of tie /
il i Wisdom of many in the :
Nit ofour. Col. baldwin, rnlnnrrS.- =,
ID int" "nr brilliant passage ail tina, :.
has been said III the South in favor of ,
th" Liberal ticket He said: The =
'hlvaIr"u~ South viii not be- over /
matched 10y Greeley il ma-naniini,v. ,
VIII Grant Trim an amnesty and =
'rin"vr his disabilities. We intend ::
o q" on MS bonR." :.
The following dialogue was rcrcut- ;
Y held between Il Grant Radical and :
IN old fashioned Drm"rrai:
q. H.-ip"m what principle can :
'"u vote for Greeley! :
Old D.-on the principle of"what t.
hnnw about farming. ii
&. li.-Iiavc You read tircc!rv', il
: y
O. D.-No:l learned it whcnI .
vas :: boy. i
G.. R.-What did YOU learn: T.
%. D. learned that when Il pile of q"
nature gets bl" II, time TO scatter it. Il