Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-07-13

the ordinances of any church
If we can approve these enactmruts.
1t must be upon the ground that nine or
ten millions at people. iniIabltinm an
area OF country as large as that of the
German empire. ure unfit tor selt-gov-
ernment, the enjoy mcni OF the Christian
religion or civilized society. If this plea
may he allowed the privilege Of eniovinn
democratl" republican institutions is moi.
rs has been supposed one OF the common
rights of men, out is limited to such as
have committed 40 offence: i Il privilege
OF 4 class OF people only. Why then, is
not monarchy or ari>tocracy rs good Il
lorm OF government rs any other? All
| aristocrats. all tyrants have claimed 10
be better blood and purer porcelain OF
earth than other people.
THE BANE OF OLD REPUBLICS.
AT this rate what clam can we prefer
| in favor OF Il government OF the people?
And upon what principle can we rest Il
nope tor the perpetuity of such Il gov
| ernment: The bane OF the old republics
was the lrrepressib!e violeuce OF pan ties
That one which was in the ascendant in
varlably deemed itself noblcr and every
| way better than its rival. Party violence
| was such that minUritics had no rights
Tho force of ma jorIties crushed them in
side the state or thrust them beyond its
limits.
l hold. gentlemen. it is. a absoIutrl,
impossible III this way 10 maintain tree
institutions now rs it was ut any previous
time. | am not discussing any question
of right involved in the late civil war
That is ended and past. On the contrary
| am looking tor the lost principle of the
popular sovereignty which took its flight
from US In 1860. When the war was
ended did 1t take its proper place again
in our system? No. gentlemen. 1t was
| then the turn OF the majority to show
how much they loved revenge; how little
they revered this vital principle. II the
south employed six years OF more in
| fighting for the contcderacy and state
rights, the north devoted the following
twelve years to inculcating the doctrine
that the right OF selt-governmcnt is one
to be enjoyed only by the stronger party
HISTORICAL ASPECT.
| When the agitation and excitement OF
this memorable period shall have passed
! away, and the historian cr.!r> q" d-,l with it,
n. tcd facts, Il mty be REG ir'i'd sliaa-,. de-
| vi !-'llt.ti'Ii t!'!t
ohc-iuuitH ui Vi" Who g territory IN iH' mon
,nI,,. t't ,i;, az -, , y,
| That during thi- period popular elections, su-
called Wrr.. conducted amt legislation diet ,!
| and enforced hy military authority. That in.II-
| tIry uiic,.r. commanding lraJl-. tr.i thereby
absolute III i"ulni H. w'rr permitted To- Il"
diiatrs tor Olive III their own departments, and
supcrIut'rG and CrIft!I their own .l,.';inI. l.
| may h" recorded ae rrnl,!l hahr that wucu Ruth
eiiUrd b lilyr.. I-"-i'!, u ct Thu mite! state
al the end ui inl- lcr!r --iI:r, Ilt, r..~.,I,-,
! blrty of wItrtr lwIn. = .,,~, Iudhs ii,aI a.;
country pns,r'i "i n fatal straits ',.-
TWEEN the ,,Iyll AN military upw.r III NLi..b -.
l,l nee Institutions {. We been yr"r 4,-,i and
50 Iiin- Il. .cra'l,-r"ptltI.I.. government
hI.. found tn, II -I4y.- lie W- iiirn,.-f uuflrr-
! r4ll. cnndrma.i hZ rn, polirr.,, party rn winch
lie brlun-,t: crnG"m.c! H.. met, r4Iilus i,trill-
selves rrpl nclr- :tfiI l,ru->ins 10 i,..li.v- -, a
government at tn prU,lc y,l >flii Ca-tT At lis
rn,! ,,t t,yylv,. .,,tr- 10 cont .uF,. il,. n r in
military an TIM oi l.ir, kuU,r i.., rel ili,,u
winch NJ Have -.,u- to ia /. l.rr-rrftil Al ,,t-
flee and Inc sr ty,. ,yi,.-il IN n hirl :.r;,,u, t,
m At n, l,f;uu y.Iy.. All ,-.,,.-L L rtt.,p 81 H.,
iiI,t IL, jyrc ami Ir,I,,ruI ,y, y.,,. ,,".J h.,-
or Mr uayr~ Tor iit.! Itl-t and rt.,r:iy ;I mo-
| bile act If hnIl tuHI i.IIi, ufIi,.,.l. t n !
urnLd m an who from r,,w;r,ll.,. or lItrrcru,Iy
n,rlyr- commits al. act n; CfrI,.li. ar .,,pr,-
| sion ujon the weak au helpless irca,ls-. II h:,-
been c,,Iumantt..! ar -i,.> ire! t.S nI- larlI ".
shuuId not award tIlr Ni,n- inr,.,l Of -.,i.,. H.
,,,t,,.r ,IIhlI,. nri,,.r ,In., ,.,r,.-. ,,,.r,,r
hiIn To- ,n an lct ol nun ui,v ans, in-,i.,., h,.
c,u-. it Is ri,hl IN ih, Itr.. al I'm, ,rru,Itiun
and threat. am! ,l,.urilcI .rtn.,~ 0i IN .4rfys
r.,,p,t If / han,r Mr. Ii,y,- t., v;,n,Ir,,,i,,.
| ne tron,,. from tGr ,ry,ll
,...
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! And now, gentlemen, yod VIII permit me tH
Say inrih'r, that 1T my "r.ul"n TIM t'i ct ia.
| president apr"nis {" the vithi Prinrlp'" "f oui
s. steni-to that principle oI whIrh II wI- BON.
| al 1 without "hlrh II cAnhoi NV" Whenever Il
snail become rule among Us That civil war l.
an approved mod" of adjusting political r"ntr-t-,
oi OIL, iia' .e pv.,r,', "t t'.e l2h"'at
VII VII ny II u ~ - ~ ~ i'l't Al
/
ih,nti,,'. tr ~ ,ti'i 80, - -, " ''S
,i,. th. ,h r,i,,i 'I' ,' ~, ~ t'',.'"m ''
.'',i' " @ 'i'', ''t' ~ iii'. w 49, W. ''"H' pass
-. =. w.! ' 81. " v. ~ 81 ~" i'l'n W
~ "iie it''''' "'''' wv "'ieS'' VIII nave tahei
~ pir y, ror,., 4, ,,,r,,,,. ,ba. ,o,,, l.,
| =. " -. 81 " 49, ~ - - 80, " y, ~ 80 ~ ~ 'i'' = w
."'et n,s S't'' "a" " P'N' - y i'
,;. ~ ~ @ - " '' N,I' w - ~
lYhs oi Wy i'r.Ith' ''"I'''H- iii''r are th"r'
\ - ,r. ~, ~; 49, " 'r. ~ -, ,,,.,;, -, ,, " -. I -, ~
| rr,n., ~ ~, ii,,,,,r,t IL - - -. ,
tl, nr,v Eur v,.,'y ian,,.n !, = NO, H., fb, -, y
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s,Ii;ttnn : ,hrsinn,,i Ti"r, i ,i,o.rr ,, ~,
n,, is ,,.,n,,nn. t,, ma, i i ~, "'
rir r." ;ha ,'n~runtIon nt mr. III i1,Iye
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t - - -; ~ fn,, =, ,be .,,ii,,,i
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reiresent their interest, II ti,., Isr,sIatnrs ra
M ~ IS. ,';I ~ -, I'm, -. 80 J,I'o H' ''
| W. rh. ,anr.s.,,,.,t;y. ~ ,h, ,,.,,,i. ,ro,,
any motive Whatever, wlfuIiy ia,ls to peak the
80, -, " " ,,,,i ~. ,, a. a., - .i,,,,. 49, 80 II 49, eti.
,rnrI they must b. considered a. i:lntt.d nu;
OF the category of our institutions And SO far
as the representative Is concerned. nothing less
oan be sad OF INN than 'htt II" Is the hotrayer OF
the most sacred oi human tfusls-an opprcssor
and Il tSrant-
fMrHLES- LEGISLATION.
This has brcoIur a disgusting .ubi,,t ,n,t va,
We mu, deal with 1t rs the rruh r,GlI,rS II -
a Iari knoWn hH All men and .,n,,,'i I,y nam.
that f,r som, fifteen v.a;s l,:,i in n,,rv LII.
tiy. hniies in ,iurr,nt usris nI The cnmnirv nay,
hen C,thl,ss To their CONSTITUENTS t,nruiy ,iIs-
rer,rtnr Ih.ir " ish,I and s,rrIiirrn,r thnIr IN
ierrsts moi from fear favor or all,rtinn hui
| -, H. ;i.r, anJ ,-h,'r ,.'',rn,, -. ,y , S
nr.s,;nns invnivin,r nufI,ys n, ,,uli,c ,,onnra
II, -. hr.p h.tnr, ih,Sr hlI;.. .n,I i. W. ,hn
iutv of rrnr,,,ntali,rs IN rrot,cI rh.Ir rnnstit
| n,'nis from wrong rhcy have c,,,,..'irej Win
| nuhlic rohh,rS apsinsr their constituents vii
not say rl,,r, mr., no ,1,,,.t,rn. for mai yynuId
| H.. unjust NIL. .av thai ,hruuuI tLis misrcu.
| re e,,Ita;ior OF CONSTITUENCIES, this wicked uah
| au,I,,,nus h,traval ,f sacred u,IifI,uI tru.t.
nuIGn hurth,ns h,yc he,u ,I,uhi.I ne troLloi ~,
| smnun, Tn,t from ,hs c,,us.. ~, h,hniI c.I;'.
,,,n,;.- ,pt t,t.s nv,Iv,a IA, ..,,,,,,, ~,
49,, - hnu,i ,,1 ,,,nri,,,.,r,,l -, ~, ~ i,I,
| -, - -, ,,,b,,r,;t",,S 80. tS.,r 81 - IL, .
.i,i ~ - ,,iI',r,n vii b. Ill - , ''
| snist ,h, i.h,I,rirs ~
Ern,u this cans, IL is ,h,, ,t.r tho ,,nrr. b.v
| hr,vnIv aud v,nrrnuslr rnutrihm,,I ~ th.;r
,,,hs,,.,. ,ya,, ,,n, :, !, III,
81 and In.,y =. ,irn
intn wes,t, and now,r rhry ;inJ Themselves M
| III. -, ,ran.uort tn.ir ur,,lnrtiors IN nt.rt.,,
-, ,n,n, nr th.s,. y.r,. .xrn I,,,,,
| ciin,ii,,nr: r,,,nouC In NH, inr.,..t. - -
| - - .
ThS 'iRI'LAIiN" MEDIUM.
From this cause Il Was that while our national
deb; was alre uiy absolutely appalling in It's
| magnitude, and almost bcyond the national re