Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-11
thinks that they a easily raise the
rest of the money.

thinks that they can easily raise lhc
rest of the money.
But in view of the fact that the rep
utations of many OF the
monumental figures are considerably
out of repair, would 1t not be Detter
to get up a new monument, not OF
ssemancipation," but ''reconstruc-
ton" or the "Republican decalogue."
On the top should proudly stand the
great representative man OF the re-
publican party, Benjamin F.. Butler,
with one eye fixed Oh posterlty y
the other on personal emolument, he
representing the first commandment
of the reconstruction decalogue.
Clark Mills, the sculptor, should be
shown IN the act of not making any
craven image nor the likeness OF any
thing in the heaven above or earth
beneath, but limiting himself strictly
to hobby-horses and tobacco slgns.
Senator Chandler, sternly reiraining
from taking the name OF the Lord III
vain. Minister Schenck, keeping holy
| the Sabbath day in a quiet game OF
ssdraw poker" Grant, honoring his
father and mother, aud his brother,
aud his wife's relations and his faith
er.in.laW unto the the third aud fourth
generation, that his term may be four
wears longer in the land, which he
| considers the Lord has given him.
| Mr.. Sickles shall represent "Thou
| shalt do no. murder. Mr.. Beecher,
.Thou shalt not commit adultery"
Almost any prominent republican
will will do for 'sThou shalt not
steal."r Cakes Ames will represent
the ."not bearing false witness" and
Delano will be sculptured in the very
act of not coveting his neighbours
goods, but on the contrary finding
| the poor Indian 70 be q stranger and
taking him in. How grand and im-
pressiye the Decalogue of Recon-
struction will be.
or course this must have some al
legorical figures, too. Full high ad-
yanced among the trophies should be
an enormous, plethoric carpet-bag'
State bonds should be p%rotruding
from its veutral cavity. 1t should be
festooned with bayonets. handouts,
and surrounded with allegories OF
"Force," "Fraud," "Bloody-S.irts,'
"Ku-kluxn and "Southern Outrage
"Commerce" should be dropping,
much depressed by reconstruction
legislation. "Science" should proud
" set forth Boutwell's and Logan
knowledge OF political economy
.Fiuauce" would hold aloft Il scroll
bearing the legend "Black Friday
names of jay Cooke, Henry CIews
Grant. Corbin, Fisk and Gould, wit;
i. the motto ereimus mOnumentuM Erit
pcremnius.
But Chase must not be therefor h.
released the worn and shattered JEFF
erson Davis from prison. Creole!
: must not be there, for he went in TO
an honest administration, and raj
seainst Grant. Fessenden must no
be there, for he was the first TO yalu'
personal integrity above party realty
, Sumner must not be there, for he ad
vocsted = policy of forgiveness which
made 1t necessary for the state Q
Massachusetts, to exile him by resOlu
tions Of censure. These must renal
in obscurity. Therefore let Gar
a Mills and Winnie Ream and tho res
of the scuIptors OF rocking-horse'
big chess knights and tobacco signs
. 20 to work at once OH the great MOI
ument of "Christian Statesmanship'
Triumph; or, the Decalogue OF kt
= construction" Leave the aborte
, obelisk Of tho Washington monumsi
to pine by the river in paralleopip'
donal lonesomeness. Leave that t
posterity - the next C%entennia
Melt down the cannon to build til
great monument-that cannon WI
a captured and r%ecaptursd again an
t again, aud dabbled with the bloc
of brave men who fought and die
:. on both sides for something they b.
lieved in; melt it down to cast it il
Il to statues of the mel who believed
& nothing ; and if, after this, there
not enough brass, the deficit can !
made up from the cheek of NJ
James G. Blaine.