Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-15

ncc0tolu& 10 aetUAf OSttote, nou uoeti
complied. tabalated aud rublishsd III
ascordanec with al, aefsof.she General
Assembly passed in February, 1870
This wac done as to the
Senator's and Representatives on tbs
nh Of December, In view of tbs
meeting Of the Legislature called q,
she 9Th OF December In special eessio,
hy tho proclamation Of Gov. War.
moth. The true returns gave al
an,s-RadsesL a,Ijoriiy Of moro thar
thirty ii the nease and elk In the
Senate; ,hs Heron board returned
4 Radical majority Of about forty IN
the House and sixteen in the Senate
Marshall Packard occupied the State.
.houso with L. S. troops, and on
Monday morning the Heron boards
members and Senators met aud Or
ganized, the clerks beia: forbidden
By induction 10 call any other names
than those received from that board
through the Secretary Of State.
This was the first result Of the ju-
dicial infamy.. In spite of an anti
Radical majority notoriously exceed
ing ten thousand ballots, this gigan-
tic scoundr&ism rcmands the people
of Louisiana to a Radical dynasty OF
the worst character, consisting chiefly
of defeated candidates. Gov. War.
moth refsscd to recognize the body
and remained sway from his Office al
the State House rather than pass j,
bot can Giles of limited States soldier.
standing with flxod bayonets. Ate,
A BLAspunMoUs rRErENsE OF
PRAYER,
which was little clsc than . stumr
speech, the House preferred impeach.
ment against Governor Warmoth III
hot haste. The, . ,pon Finchback, wi Q
WAS elected President Of the Senate
after the death Of lieutenant Gov.
arnor Dunn, assuming now to be
Lieutenant Governor, broke into the
executive office and actsd rs Govern
IT. ando so recognized by bot!
spurious houses.
THE COURTS OVERTURNED.
. Next in order, though not second
in ~rascality, was the hasty passage of
bill by which the Seventh and
Eighth District Courts of this city
were abolished and another new
court erected to have combined ju-
risdiction and functions of both, and
designated the superior Courts oil
New Orleans" The judges OF all tho
courts, including the two so abolish
cd, elected in November, had been
but recently installed. Even the
Heron returns make the msjority OF
Judge Co.leus. of the Seventh Court
:, .796. arnt that oft',Jndgc E'morr. of
tho Eighth Court, 1851. Both these
Judges we're able, learned and popu-
lar, but the Radical usurpers wanted
d. court of their " sud Judge oi
the Durcll school. They wanted n
court with authority to grant injunc-
lions and prohibitions against Con-
officials and a plant judge
to consider contested elections.
Jacob Hawkins, Il lmember of the
board. has been appointed
Judge of this superior" court, and
now 1T incumbent of office, however
or appointed, can consider
safe from some basc mandaln-
us or villainous injunction. No con-
;cstaut against faIschood and fraud
can now so elsewhere than to this
abomidable tribunal, or expect, when
there, anything else, than injustice.
TII4 SUMMARY OF vILLAINoys
EVENTS.
Let the reader here mark the coz
uection Of events:
/. Durell's decree from q federal
court empowering the false returning
2. Tho returns of Heron, Lynch,
Hawkins and Lensstreet constituting
Esdical Legislature out of defeated
Candidates.
3. The installation of the mulatto
Radical ex-senator Piuchback rs
acting Governor by the pretended
impeachment OF WarInolh.
4. The destruction of two district
courts and tile erection Of the con.
tested elections, injunctions and pr,
hibitious court on the ruins.
. 5. The appointment Of a member
of tho Heron board (llawkins) t.
this new dignity and extend power
WHAT is TO FOLLOW.
Thesc damnable fruits have alrcad,
grown out OF the drunkard's deere
put they are Insignificant in compar
isOn with what must follow if tina
decree is sustained.
1. The. pseudo Legislature wi
next abolish the city charter, and s
make a new one, that the Mayor all,
Council will lie appointed by til
Radical Governor. This will be
renewal Of the trick of lS7O,by whic
the will of the people of New Orlcal
was thwartcd. The city debt is 10,
about twenty-five millions, and q
the city bears more than tnree-fiftl
Of all the burden of the State govern
ment and State debt (forty-two mi
lions), the rapacity and cxtravaganc
Of the (coming) Radical city rule,
will destroy the last hope Of redeem
ing the credit of New Orleans.
the ignorant and villainous, prcjr
diced aud spitcful legislators folio,
out their wicked programme til
city will be made bankrupt bcyon
remedy.
=. The confidence of capitalists i
this city aud State will be dcstreyc
by foolish and wicked Ihisgoveri
ment to such q degree that 10 hel
can be had from abroad to build
railway connection with Texas, III
only means by which the city's wal
ing trade Cali be revived and susta:mc
5. Tho white people, in despair
will abandon the State, if able, G