Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-22

horrible. war Always DfluSs hoto-
ships, death, sorrow, ruin, devasta-
ton, and he is unworthy 10 be con-
sidered statesman, looking to the |
pacification of the country, who will |
parade the horrors inseparable from
war for the purpose of Keeping up
the strife which produced those nor
rOrs. My message to the gentleman
from Maine is this -
THERE ARE NO CONFEDERATES
in this house; there are no COnfed-
crate ambitions, desires and purposes
III this house; but the south is here.
and here she intends TO remain. En-
thusiastic demonstrations OH the
democratic side and i'll the galleries.
Let fanaticism do It's worst; let il
pass it's multiplying acts, trample on
the constitution, abnegate the pledges
of the fathers, incite raids on our
people. multiply infidellties until
they shall be like the stars of heaven
or the sands of the sea shore, with
out number but for all your ini-
quities the south will never again
seek remedy in the madness of an
other secession. Reueweu applause.) }
We are here, and are i'll our fathers
house our brothers are our COM
panions, and we are at home, taank
God. Enthusiastic applause.) We
come to crafty no vengeance, to re-
taliate 10 wrongs, to resent no past
Insults, TO reopen no strife. We come
with patriotic purpose to do what
ever in our political power shall be
best to restore All honest, economical
and constitutional administration of
the government; we come charging
| on the Union no wrong to us. The
Union never wronged the south. The
Union has been All unmiXcd blessing
to every section, to every color i'll
America. We charge ali our wrongs
to that higher law fanaticisln, which
never kept pledge or obeyed a law :;
| we sought to leave the association OF
those who would not keep fidelity to
covenant; we sought TO go by our
selves, but SO far from having lost
our fidelity to the constitution we
hugged it to our bosoms and carried
| il with us.
| AN APOSTROPHE TO THE NORTH.
Brave Union men OF the north, fol-
lowers Of Webster and Fillmore, OF
Cass and DOuglas-you who fought
| for the Union for the sake of the
| Union, you who ceased TO fight when
] the battle was ended and the sword
was sheathed, with you we have no
quarrel! we felt your heavy arm III
the midst of the struggle, but above
the roar Of the cannon we heard your
voice of Kindness calling, "Brothers,
come back" We are here to CO.
operate with you; to do whatever
we can, in spite of all our SORROWS,
tn rnhnilI thn TIuipn. tn ,optnr,,
peace, to be blessing to the country
and to make the American Union
what our fathers intended it shoulL
be-the glory of America and the
blessing of humanity. But you,
gentlemen, who prosecuted us by
your intidelities until you drove us
out of the Union; you, who then
claimed to be the only friends of the
Union which you had before de
nounccd as a league with hell and a
covenant with death you, who fol.
low up the war when the soldiers
who fought it have made peace anu
gone to their homes; to you we have
no concessions to make. Martyr.
lowe no apologies to tyranLs, and
while we are ready to make every
sacrifice Tor the Union, secession
however defeated and opposed vii
confess no sin to fanatlcisln, however
bigOted and eXactlng. Yet while we
make to you no concession, we say
this: We come even to you in nC
spirit of revenge. We have but one
ambition, and that i, to add our poll.
tical power to the patriotic Union
Men of the North, in order to compe
fanaticisIn to obey the laws and to
live i'll the Union according to the
constitutions; we do not propose to
compel you bv oaths, for you neve,
kept them. The south did the Uuiou
one great wrong, and we come, as
far as we can, to repair it. W.
wronged the Union grievously when
we left it to be seized and renl
and torn by the men who had denoun.
ced it as s'league with death and ;
covenant with hell" We ask you
gentlemen of the republican party, t.
rise above all your raniIuosities and te
forget your old sin. Let us unite &c
repair the wrongs that distract and
Cypress the country. Letus tnrn ouI
backs on the past, and let it be said in
the future that he shall be the great
est patriot. the truest patriot, thu
ablest patriot, who shall do the most
to repair the wrongs Of the past anC
to promote the glories of the future
| Cloud and sustained applause on the
democratic side of the house and il,
the crowded galleries.)
| The Kansas City Times specia
Washington Correspondence OF late
date contains the following: The
Radical members still persist III try.
ing to convince the country that the
war is not over. They are howlng
over dismissal of one or two Union
soldiers from position, worse than u
set of hungry wolves. Thew publish
TO the country that all the Union sol.
diers were displaced aud rebels put
in their places. This is a lie. There
are more Union soldiers III the EN-
ploy of the present House than there
were in the 43t, and there are two to
one more Union men who have places
by the grace of this Congress thai
there are rebels. IL short, there are
not u half dozen men who wore tn.
gray and carried guns i'll the Confed.
crate army that have places under III,
door keeper, serSeaut-at-arms and
chief clerk. The cry Is but the full
fillment OF the old saying, "thn
drowning men will catch at straws.'
If the Mexican authorities do no
want to lose the larger and better
portion of their country they ha,
better stop their marauders from
coming over Oh our territory and pill
fering our citizens. Things dom
look as serene for them as it. might
Representations as to the mos
available and most probable candid
: ate upon the Democratic ticket ar
frequently indulged in at the capitol
: Hendricks, of Indiana, seems to b,
the favorite. lie Is recognized as al
honest. capable and progressive man
one who is thoroughly acquaintc.
with the wants OF the country, TIN
evils under which it is suffering ant
!. the best mode to relieve it. AS t,
the probable candidate on the Repub
lican ticket, no one Can tell. Ii nigh
be said, however, that the jury befor
whom Babcock will be tried will
without Knowing it, play livel,
hand in the Republican NOMINATING
convention.
From the best Informed mel
, with whom | have conversed on TIL
subject, as to the time of holding til
Democratic Nationa, Convention,
learn that it is the opinion of ma
inritv that Shpnli hn hold 90,