Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-24
RATIFICATION MEET
ING.
Greeley and Brown-Saturday, July
9th. 1872.

Nearly all the principal towns in the State
have held mas,-neetIngs to ra,ify the nom
ination Of Greeley and Brown. Grant must
DE be1ten, and TO do it we must not only go
Tor Greeley, but for him with vim aud EN-
thusiasIn. Soon after the Baltimore conven-
tioh there was n general feeling among the
people OF the county that such a meeting
should be held in Lexington. but 10 efforts
were put forth in that direction until last
Saturday. As there were quite a number of
citizens in the city from the country. all Of
whom concurrcd in the propriety of such a
demonstration an improlnptu meeting was
held At the COURTHOUSE ami arrangements
perfected for a grand Greeley and Brown
rally ncXt Saturday. We are glad that such
Il move has been made; it will result in Civ
Ing strength and votes to the ticket.
Now, As thi- is the peoples fight. let them
show their interest i'll it. Let them come
from every part Of the county. aud give old
uncle Horace L big boost towards the
White House. The sucrr>> of the ticket,
the dyliNcrance Of our country depends upon
the pcnpIc-the honest, interrupted farmers.
mrvha:ic. and lahnrcr> OF the land. II they
would triumph in November they must
move HOW This is IL campaign in which
they must leave their implements of indus
try and attend political meetings. Every
day 50 spent i not lost. but will realize for
them Triple wages in the future. y num-
Der. If not all the speaker, advertised,
will H. present. and We are sure of one of
the @rnri'lcSt political jubiIccs that ever came
oil in our county. below we give the pro-
cce,llny> of the preliminary meeting is fur
nisLcd Us by The Secretary:
LEXINGTON, July 2Ulh, 1872.
4 number of the citizens from all parts of
the county met ut the court hou>e at :.
O'Clock T.. VI. 10 make arrangements for
holding 4 Greeley and Brown ratification
meeting. On motion of Col. Young. Col. II.
I. Chiles.ot Washington township, was called
TO the chair. VIM. Young WAS chosen
Secretary. Capt. \. a. Lc>ucur explained
the object Of the meeting. 1t WAS to make
arrangements for an "Id-tI>llionc,l ra;ilica-
ton meeting at some point in the county to
be determined upon: to provide music.
invite speakers. and make the Necessary
preparations. Mai. Wilson made Il short
speech. lie was Il Greeley man. had always
been a Liberal Republican,: would like to
see al old-fa>hiOnch ratification meeting. 1t
WAS moved and rrnnir, that Il grand rati-
fcation meeting h" held in Lexington. NJ the
court h"u>c, saturday. luly eth.
The motion WIS disclosed by Me>>r>.
Ethan Alien and l.. W. Groves. Tiltom
Davis. Il. j. Mitchell. WIN. II. Chilc>. and
John +. Rylani. After i short discussion
the motion WIS put and carried. Moved and
seconded tia, the chair appoint i committee
of arrangements. Carried. The chair then
appointed the following gentlemen on the
committee
VIM. II. Chilr>. i. J. Mitchell, =. II. Will
son. Andy O'Malry. y. \. L.r>urur. IL. j.
K. Ahrrn-. l.. W. Groyc>, John kcmpl.,
John j. krcihn,
On motion. all Greeley papers in the coun-
~ were requested 10 publish the proceed
in"S OF the meeting.
ON motion. the mc"tiu" adjourned.
II. {. CIIILES, Chairman.
" II. NDUNIi, Secretary.