Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-11-30
THE FORTHCOMING MESSAGE.

In Eis forthcoming message the president will
IN the south during the late CONGRESSIONAL cleo
tons, u prominent topic Of Comment. These
violations will he condemned rs forcibly de
priving Z large number OF citizens, in specified
localities, of rights conferred by both national
and state authorities. thus preventing resulls
expressive to their will in the administration OF
PUBLIC affairs. Such proceedings will be further
deprecated. because they Indicate that the pacl-
hcaiion OF the south Is not yet complete because
they cast reproach upon and endaug-r the integ-
rity OF free institutions. The subject will he
earnestly presented to the consideration olcou-
sress for such action AS the circumstances de-
mand, with the view oil preventing the recur-
renee of such wrongs, and To- Secure absolute
exercise Of the right oil suffrage.
HE above is a message prepared for
the associated prcssa and sent to the news
papers, dated Washington, November
20. 1873. Why this associated press
should send forth republican manifes-
toes. so admirably arranged to suit the
depraved palates of the most rabid
radical editors rs to be adopted in their
columns as loaded editorial matter, is
difficult for people to see who do not
believe that the lie of the nation would
be in the least danger il MIR. Hayes and
all his belongings, and the stai wart
part of his party as well. were bundled
together TO the far bank OF the river
StyN. This manifesto, of course. ONE
from the White House. That there may
have been certain frauds III southern
elections is probable: SO there were in
northern elections. 1t Is safe to say
that all the frauds in all the southern
states viii! not equal in magnitude those
committed III the single republican city
OF Philadelphia. were a larger humber
o, votes Is poIlcd III almost every cleo
lion than the number OF resident voters.
1t IS also safe to say that there was
more b%ulldozing in Massachusetts than
in South Carolina. Ben Butler says
that hundreds OF men, mill operatives,
were intimldated by their employers
into voting against HIM. And who
doubts it? Yet we hear of no Ukase
against these ''outrages and violations
of law in the north, What does this
mean 1t means that the nightmare of
4 solid democratic south sits upOn the
PROSTATE body of r~epublicanism. And
it mean that Mr., Hayes has surrendered
t. Zach Chandler, and that the effort is
to he made to oppose to the solid south
4 solid r th-tbis upOu the assumption
that it is Il sin for the south TO be DEM
O~Cratic. while 1t would be a virtue Tor
it to be made republican by United
States marshalS. !. solid north, there
tore, is to be manufactured by mauufac-
turing southern outrages out of the per
Juries OF the remaining carpet baggers
and scalawags, and the whines OF de-
teated candidates tor office. whose
chances OF election never existed except
IN their i~maginations, and who, like
scrubs, as they are, whine at defeat.
But. we are inclined to think, the bloody
SHIRT is Il WORKOUT garment. AS for
: securing the absolute exercise oil
the right of suffrage" il Mr.. Hayes
mentions such 3 thing as that in his
Forthcoming message he must be lost
TO all sense of decency, or imagine that
the people have already forgotten the
election Of 1876.