Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1876-10-19
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REPUBLICAN JUBIlBR
Flouting the Bloody Shirt.
A Grand Turnout of Mokes
The Old Cry Of "Rebei. Rebel" again
Revived.
Grants AdminiStr alton Thoroughly
/ Endorsed,
And said to Have bssn~thas First One ts
Have ConSnted It's oyn
Thieves.
A Grand Turn out of Mokes

2
On last Friday night the pdpulaceI
of this city were regaled with p spicy.
and yet somewhat vindicuve and
bitter speech, ,Nby Colonel DAMott, of
Lexington, thisState, whs sexpatiated
on the political iss1esof the day, look
ing at tnem from Republican stand
point.
He was going to make us look
through Republican spectacless,"
namely, through holes punched IN the
1oody shirt" The gentleman is o
very strong speaker, has good COM
mand of language, and man worthy
of a better cause. A man that it
would become better to cry reform
than to stand up and say Grants ad-
ministration is the best we have had,
and as good as we can have.
He says let by-goues be by-gones,
and still he raises the old cry of ''you
were renel, and now should not be
entrusted with the reins of govern
ment.'' He says 'let us forget the
past" and before the echo of this
meaningless phrase dies out, cries out
in bitter tones, "yon Democrats
ought to be ashamed to want to rule
after your past record" F"
Yes, he..wants US to forget the past
| and still he would call attention te
our having been rebels in the past
Yes, we ought to be ashamed of oul
fighting for what we thought right
This is all very fine, after they hav'
received us back into the Union ant
have forgotten the past, then to conn
out with this bitter Dry to raise tn
old spirit,,i sounds very fine whe'
lgotten off in round and full rhetori
lcal sentences, but has differen
meaning to the Democrat and tn
truly Union man and the lover o
peace.
He extolled to the skies j. Blaine
o. P. Morton, and all the restof th
Republicans out of Jail. He sal
Republicans tried Belknap- VII
was it that accepted his resignation
D It was the same man that so laconi
D ally remarked "let no guilty man e
F cape.'' What did this paragon I
honesty do with the Republicans tn
lpersecuted these thieves? Ask Pa
IDye. ask Henderson, ask Bristoy
ask Schulz. He said he thought v
had very good stomachs, we SCENE
/ to take things so good-naturedly.
a Yes, we think SO, too. A ms
t must hBve good strong stomach
take in all he said and not do with
!, what the Republicans did with &
their honest men. Yes, we have got
i strong stomachs here, but not strol
!. enough for such heavy ~ argumen,
g He consented to endorse Gov. Ha
g din's administration. We can a
count for that in a good many way
He said we would not embrace Il
> principles of any Republican. We
we can come pretty near agreeil
. with Schurz when he says that "o1
merit of the Republican party WI
that it was so venal that every OF
!, knew it needed REFORM" Yes, "
endorse that, and we expect we e
ldorse that more heartily than he do
the administration of Gov. Hardi
We would like to say more, but Il
i subject does not demand it, but whe
i a speaker wants to find an audien,
that has q stomach strong enoue
to take in such doctrines as he pr,
7 mulgated, for instance, that Grant
D administration ought to be MOI
. thoroughly endorsed, ,and swallowe,
thieves, bummers and all, he mus
60 somewhere else than Mexico.
Il He had a large audience, whic
showed him the utmost attention an
respect. The colored band of tn
, place rendered him very nice ser,
made. He spoke in strong humol
GUS style; and the evening passed o
pleasantly for both parties. Yet afte
the speaking you could hear on th
/ street reyerberating from all parts c
! the city the shout of hurra
, for "Blue Jeans" Williams. Hurra
for Tilden and Reform.