Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-17

prcslde>- There is nnta god on Olympus
that would not listen to Us with more
favor than we shall be heard by our ad.
Ver>arics- We are al their mercy; it is
only to them that we can appeal, be
cause YOU gentlemen unfortunately can
not help us. You are bound by the new
law which You have made. You are Of
course addicted, like other people, to
the voice OF consistency. and what IS
done once must be done over again.
In the Louisiana case the people ap-
pointed electors in favor of Tilden. re-
corded their act, finished it. and lett
their work in such a state that nobody
misunderstood it. But other persons,
who had no power to appoint. t;,lsitied
the record of the actual appointment,
partly by plain forgery, and partly by
fraud, which WIS ts corrupt in morals
and Il, void in Jaw as any forgery could
be. You Thought right and Legal. and
Iu>t 10 say that YOU would not looh at the
record which the people had made; the
forgery, the fraud. the corruption We're
too sacred to bo intertered with; the
truth must not be allowed to come in
conflict with the imposture. lest the con-
cusslon might be damaging.
This precedent must be followed. II
is new law to be sure, but we must give
il due welcome and the new lords that
il brings into power must be regarded
as our very noble and approved good
masters Having decided that electors
We're duly appointed in Louisiana who
were known not 10 he appointed, we
cannot expect you to take notice of any
fact similar or kindred to it i'll South
Carolina
Then. again, the question Of duly ap-
| pointed WAS decided III the case of Lev
! i,ee, an electUr who WAS an officer OF the
| | nlted States government At the time he
was appointed and continued to be after
ward. The federal constitution saws
that no man shall be appointed who Is
! i'll that relation to the federal govern,
mrnt But YOU held according to aw
mind you, that he was a lawful electoi
amd his vote a good vote. In other
words. q thing IS perfectly constitutions!
although il Is known 10 be in the very
/ teeth ui :. constitutional Imterdict.
/ Now YOU sre why we are hopeless
! The present state of the law is sadl J.,
/ against Il, The friends OF honest clec.
tIOnS and honest government are in dccI
/ despair. We once thought that tie
verifying power OF the two houses O
conrre,, ought - he brought al~av:
( into r-gui-itinn Tor the purpose OF seeing
: ,vu.lAcrtA. thing that is brought her,
i u .orrrrv and 4 fraud on the one hand
,,r whether it is Il genuine and true Ger
tj.ic,tIe on the other
Iut VIZ. W.. cI.n., a., Won to Ut
back b.hIuI this certificate. will vo,
lu-, pleas. tn 90 to .;-oulv to il-uv
Sr,.p helint If Won 10 you will ij,t
that il !, no certificate Al all such a, i,
rrlu!rri ny iIw. The electors mus
v,t,. bv !p4.lp.. and they are required t.
h.. ,,,, -,,-l b..ipr.. they vote Tina, c.r
,iyir,,c doe. ,..., show that either ID
ILns. rc4t..relnrut- wa met, and wh.r,
II party l., exercising a Specia, authorit,
Ike TIL, thev must keep strictly with!
il and Won are moi tn prpsIIut. anythint
wh,, ann.ar> on ths face of their act I,
he done
If ANYBODY will cast back his mind
ljtrl,. into the history of presideutia
elections. or look at the debates of le.
than a wear ago. he will remember ,ha
Mr.. Jefferson WAS charged. when h
was yice-prcsldent of the United States
with having elected himself by mean
ol not a fraudulent. but a merely in
formal vote sent up from Georgia. Th
intormaIity WAS not in the certificate in
side of the envelope. but outside vcriti
cation. Mr.. Matthew |. Davis in ls3
got up tina, story. 1t was not true. bu
il was believed for awhile and 1t cas-
great odium on Mr.. .Jrtlerson's memory
1t WAS not an inlurmality that was near
y a important AS this, nothing like il
But one ot the senators now on thl
bench referred t. il in a debate only
short time aru and denounced Mr.. Jei
terson as having elected himself b.
fraud because he did not call the atten
ton of the senate and house Of repre-
sentativcs to that fact
II Mr. Jefferson memory ought to b
sent down t" po>terItv covered with IL
fanny because he in his own case above
4 vote to be counted which was slight
informal on the outside Ui the envelope
| should bc Glad TO know what ought I
= he done to those who would count thi
vote which has neither form nor sui
stance, which leaves out all the essentis
particulars that they are required
. ',"rtity?
This great nation still struggles fo
, Justice; Il million majority of white pee
, pie send up their cry. and II majority {
5 more than quarter ot million OF 4
: cuInrs demand it. But we cannot con
, plain; | want YOU to understand that w
, do not complain. Usually it is said tn.
rho f,w',.r s.t,.,b NOT firth his net
4, sirb, nI III. bird but this fowler set III
net in sigh, of the birds that went into i
II is largely our own fault that we wer
, cIurht.
We are promised-and hope tn
t promise will he kept-that we shall hav
t :. good government. fraudulent thoug
I !, be that the rights Of the states sha
= h. resnecled and individual liberty /
urotectrd We are promised the SAN
+ retnrn,tIon which the Turkish Cover,
men, !. now proposinr to its peopl
- The sult,n urnmlses that if he is sustain
~ oil in his nres,nt contest ha will establis
,nJ act unon certain principles.
@ First the work Of d,rentralizati,
} .h,rl commence Immediately and u
;. ortnpnr,v oi tho nrovin.ss shall he car
,,,II,. l,,taI atta,.
+. S.co,a-v tho nenrle shall he cover
:, ea hy ,ha;r n,,nral iuJges they wlll II
a cnrI Nrhanr.d.ns mar Christian rem
,r,la, t,.nm Canst,utiuonI, down ,
:. ,i,..,n Inn, th.v sr,Il II. governed
= ,,nn,,i. of ih,ir own faith
- rhirlIy no subordinate. officer whe
n ha commits sn i,Ieuol act shail be y,
;, r,i,,.I In nIs.d in Justification the orde