Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-02-16

NV vi Shlb Soeahs
Them IA -vuIenc. that tho townships voted the
money. otherwise the county court was not su-
thorIke,i to issue them. And then, he uoouiesS
further considers that value was received o Ihs
people would not lave voted the suhscr'p''"'
and the county court would not have issue" IL
bonds. With these tscts before hiht. mr. "e"- !
ncy, as well HI some other bond-holue". INV
ma'tc up their minds that they. bsihg m"oo
purchasers. are entitled to the face OF the ooho''
with interest added. and on these grounds are
willing To force the light.
MIR. Editor. the people of Lafayette county "re
A. sorupulUusly correct. as ish-m'hue aAo
honorable n, any peopie on earth. They wiAi 10
pay one hundred cents tor every dollar 'hey
owe. and will do it; but they Will never ?Ay
these bonds.
That they have offered TO compromise ne" 10
not because they think the holders entiueo ~ LIS
money. but rather through a chivalr'c spirit 'nst
prompts them 10 pay at least a part OF what thrJ
do not owe, rather than let any man come 10
grief BY reason of having believed In the stabili-
ty aud honor of their county.
II bondnolIcrs have not irrevocabiy shut down
the valves OF their unde rstanding t. further con-
sidsrstlon of this subject, let them, ~ Charles
Reid has II. put themselvrs In our place.
We unhesitatingly make the assertion that the
property owners OF Lafayette county did not
vote these bonds. Nay. further, the legal county
court of Lafayette county did not issue them.
Out of fully 900 men then residents OF Lafsy-
e,to county. and. according TO both the spirit.ol
our government and the constitution or tie
United states, rightiully entitled to vote. only
An aggregate of ie0. men voted In favor Of these
several subscriptions. and . majority OF those
voting were irresponsible carprt-baggers. not
interested in the permanent prosperity Of our
county. many OF whom have since lett the
county More than two thousand property
holders over twenty -Ons years Of sge. and the
men from whom the bondhOiders now propose
to collect their money, were not permitted by the
Drake constitution 10 vote at sll. / do not say
but that some good men voted for the tax. bus
what do say IL tina; most Of those interested
were not allowed 10 vote Rt all. The Hon. Jesse
Black rightly portrayed these carp.t-baggsrs
Jenghiz Khan Uyerrua the greater part of Asia,
and a large part Of Europe. His soldiery muir
dsred, burnt. piiaged and slew indiscriininats-
ly men, women and children. They sought
treasure every where. even ripping out the
bowels of their victims. hoping to hnd jewels
they might have sw allowed. They carried OF
everything valuable. and where fair cities hnd
stood, lett heaps OF smoking ruins. But a. Nj
Black BAYS such barbarisin could only rob pso-
pie If what they possessed. and II was rsaerved
for the ingenuity of the carpet-bsRssrs to
Great. devilish devices by which they not only
robbed the present generation. but drew drafts
on fu;urity. 1t Is some of these drsfts we are
now a,ked to pay. II is some of these drafts that
the people Of Lafayette county. in a chIvalric
spirit, axve offered TO compromise in so liberal q
manner
Now, IS to our moral obligation: I suggest
to fxir-,linded bendholiers 10 look at the matter
through our spectacles. for once. Suppose. Mr..
Bondholier lived on Q farm; = man comes with
Il company of soldiers at his back. turns him out
of his own house aud takes possession. The In
truier eats up his substance, sells his stock and
spends his money. And suppose Mr.. Bond
holder hiss no redress, because bayonets are
law. and the intruder controls them. Suppose.
not content with all this. the intruder puts .
heavy mortgage On Bondhslh-r's farm and ends
An innocent purchaser for the notes. Time
goes 10y and brings It's changes. Law once
more prevails, and Mr.. Bondholder recover,
possession OF his farm But. 10 here comes
man holding notes which, under = mortgage.
bind Mr.. Boudholder's land. and Ar. Bond
holder i, asked to pay them. because, for sooth
the holder 10 an innocent purchaser. 1t ID ny
opinion, Mr. Editor. that when either Inorsiit,
or law require the pay ment OF notes 30 created
, aud Disposed Of, then IS the innocent purchase
!, OF = stolen horse entitled TO keep him
. And yet such is exactly the position OF Laiay
ellie county with regard to these bonds. lntru
. ders took possession Of our county. fraudulent
put IN . county court. and thst court fraudulent
Nv issued bonds when DO not. in any moral. an
We believe, legal sense. bind the people. VII
have once more, thank God, regsIned their right
under the law.
Outside OF all this. rs Mr.. Jenney puts It, 9Th
q people have had value received for thus money.
With all due respect We say it. there never VS.
j, q more erroneous expression The people hav
had sG ,olutely next to nothing for this money
This road, for which lexington Washington
sni- n-Bar and Middleton townships are said
/ have voted, has never US yet run AN engine oV'
sven the renotest corner Of our county Free
dom and DAVIS were made to appear TO give =
aggregate OF s35. 90 10. the Lexington brancl
X bu, the county paid, outs!'is of this donation
81 much more than enough 10 build this road. 81
81 OK it from Lexington 10 Ssdsiin. How, the
!. does the case stand OF thus total of St2.O
Of township bonds issued. tneie is not even
n. prrtense That any except Freedom and pavi
So, 90 was expended in the construction of Al
nd ruiiroui in Lafayette county. The remainder
a, the morey has gone. We know not where; al
never will know, unless some conscieuc
stricken carpet bagg-r reveals II III II dying co
icssiou. No, Tue bonds were q fraud from |
In beginning. The whole enterprise was conceiV
ere IN iniquity and brought forth IN stu.
IL one word more your correspondent has TO 81
and that Is that generosity, when unappreciAtt
is mp; To expire. Even q chivairous spirit W
az cease to thrust unnppreciated benefits on Peep
tar There should be n limit 10 the lime when we
os. willing to pay the greater part of IL debt WIKI
,ay We do not aud never did owe. Il. A