Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-01-17
A NOTE OF WARNING.
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which now propouuds itself
for tho solution of the fteemen Of
America, and who desire and propose
to remain such, Who love liberty aud
venerate the mef6ofy- ofUnr Patriot
Fathers, who value free institutions,
and desire their perpetuity, who re-
alice and appreciate the in~estinsble
boon ofLi5erty, perfect and unshack-
led-frcedom, pure and unaduiter-
neutrality-suspicious. unbounded and
unfettered, save by the best and wi
sest Of laws, to support and sustain
and stand rs q bulwark of defence to
the loaned and surrendered rights,
delegated as the ofsprings off sover-
eign power, their creator aud sub
scrvicnt to it's will; Is to pause, weigh
and scrutinize the all-important que
nv whittier are We asa people and a
Nation drifting? On what course is
our ship ofState, towards what ha-
ven is she tending, what port will she
reach? Arc we in reality, soon to
prove the predictions of savants,
mans incapacity for self-government,
and prove true and real Republi.-
canism a signal and disastrous fail
ure. God forbid! Yet do not the signs
of the times, place our ship Of: State
far out at sea, in the maclstroh or
GENERALIZATION, with States Rights,
Sovereign Power, and'the last vestige
dhEde remnants Of QUIZ once boosted
liberties, habeas corpus and trial by
jury, sucked deep down in its venal
and deadly depths. Once we were n
didion of free independent sovereign
! States, bound and ccMcnted together
| byy, the most cordial and fratc:nal ties,
the fear and envy of nh crowned
heads, the terror of all despats and
~tyrants. Twas then the wand OF
virtue woocd the spirit ofpatriotic
Justice to preside over the dcliDera-
tons of Our national and State coun-
Gil halls, and the honest opinions of
| all without regard, to the place of
their domicil were treated with def
ercncc and respect. Friend met
friend with cordial frankness, and the
gallant son of the Sunny South, struck
hands in warm and brotherly grasp,
! with his manly and stalwart brother
| Of the kindly North. The angelic and
tender jewels of the fair southern
cline, were wooed and won, and
willingly and gladly left their soft
ambrosial lands to flood with the sun
light of their love, the tiresidcs of the
brave and fearless Northman, while
the quecnly Fgems of the fruitful
Northland were called to gladden.
and rejoice the heart and home of the
idashing cavalier of the South. Peace.
fair haired, blue eyed maiden, smiled
in exstatic delight and angelic sweet
ness, or, q land gaining with all the
supplies, the most vivid imagination
could conceive, all contributing to
make apcoplc and a nation Supremacy
blessed. Ceres year after year, had con-
tinued to crown the hand of the hus-
Dandman with a rich and golden har-
vest, while Fortune with n lavish hand
poured rewards and treasures into
the Golfers Of the American people.
Ian were contentcd, peaceful and hap
by. Such is the picture of delight
AND pride, VIC view i'll rctrospccting
l.epr nation.> Timemoves on, and to-
day NO 600 where ~brotherly love once
existed. in the minds of the sons 81
the Month, for the sons Of the South,
.cnkind1ed'b by the liand of puritanical
,fanaticism AND brazcn falshood, 6
rdccp and unnatural Hatred, aye a ha'
tired OF southern manhood-hatred d
as national liberty-loving people, a:
ever engaged the creations of inspired
fancy, awoke the power and soul Of
elequcncc, won the chisel's magic
touch, or immortalizcd the painter,
brush. Hatred of the gray-haired
fathers, daring sons, and STRIPPING
youths, who. poured out their warn
hearts blood, and gave their lives
thcirall, a sacrifice upon the altar o
their. common country, and in de
fence of their homes, their tircsides.
their unequaled and devoted wives
sainted and vcncrated mothers, thcii
J peerless daughters, their tender jew.
els, their little Misunderstanding
~babcs-their household Gods-theil
all Of earth, which breathcd to their
of Heaven, hatred and envy of deed'
of proves and hcroism that emilia
ION tho highest famc Of imrmortalit!
with q circle of names and ahcicvc
mcnts, deeds around which a halo o
fadcless glory and renown will forever
continue to shed Its refulgcut rays
; Hatred ola patriotism rs sublime il
!, its purity and devotion as ever thrill
cd q mortal breast, or nervcd a NOR
!. tai arm. For this. cruel unchristiai
hatred, and the unfeeling goadins
aud ignoble oppression heapcd
upon the southern people, by those o.
the northern and eastern States, We
can see no just cause, and is without
q parallel i'll the history of any coun'
try upon the face of the globe. JUS
tice outraged and vilifed, has fed GU,
eeuRcil halls, aud bribery and cor.
ruption rule In her stead, and to-day
millions of American slaves, Cauca'
sian slaves, sweat, bleed, and toll be-
meath. the lash Of their petty masters
the iastful mountebamks, thieves aud
Sbf1be:takers, who to-day have the
iron rule over US. Our ship ofstatc
7 is driven wildly before the winds OF
coming anarchy, and may be driven
to destruction upon the breakers Of
an unfair, unjust and unequal taxa
ton, ground by piece meal and wruns
drop by drop with torturing agony
from a over-burdened people ,swelter-
ing. and groaning under q CALLING and
dctcsted burden, bound to add more
comfort and bring more wealth to the
rich, more misery, suffering and pri-
v~ation; more pain, anguish aud pow
erty to the moor. o. curse to man, q