Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-04-27

according to very high republican au-
'iority thc lncurable anarchy which pre-
'ai!eu IN the latter state, alter q ten
years ira! oi republican Reconstruction,
.ofeehadowed the necessity OF remand
ing 1t to territorial government.
bul IL cannot be necessary to extend
our arraignment of Grantism any fur
ther. we desire TO say, however, that
oy the term Grant;sm we nieau reuubIi-
canis!n under Grant. and in full co-oper-
alton with him. The party unanimously
lndofsed hi!n IN 1872, when all intelligent
persons knew INN aud his evil tendencies
almost aS well a at the close Of his
>ecoEd term. In al the state conventions
OF the party. north and south, east and
west, through eight years Of misrulc and
prolllSacy, his administration was uu-
ccasiugly !ndorsed and lau,led. The
Cincinnati convention declared that ..he
deserves the continued and hearty rrati-
tude OF the American people for his pa
trl"tism and his immense services in war
aud III peace Governor Hayes, 4
month later, said. 1.-The resolutions are
in accord with my views" The fact is
undcnlable that the president and his
party were inscparable. Their union
was sinniatakably Siancse. The party
li!e. The Cincinnati Endorsement of
Grant was after the exposure OF the
whisky rings and the acceptance of Bel
hnaps resignation. 1t was alter the trial
OF BabcO"k. and the shameful. interference
III his behalf. 1t WAS after the shameful
conduct OF Robeson and Delano, and the
| disagreement OF the president aud Bris-
tow. The party found nothing to con-
| deinn III the later miSdccdS OF the aa-
| mlnlstratlOu, and remembered nothing
| arni>S IN it, earlier record. 1t found no
| fault with the Ostracisn OF Sumner, and
! the appointment OF Cramcr, and Casey,
| and Packard. 1t patiently and meekly
I submitted to TIE overthrow OF the gov
ernnemt ot Louisiana through drunken
and corrupt federal iudgc, and the dis
! pcrsou OF the legislature Of the state by
/ the bayonct Ii could chccrIully endure
/ the executive cspOusal Oi Kellogg and
! Spencer, and the appointment Of Billings
| in the place OF Durell. 1t was not otien-
| deI by the operations OF Jayne or San
| born. or DyIlte Grants traffic in ap-
pUintmcAts 1t approved the action of
! the president in grecdily taking the ad-
/ ditlon Of one hundred per cent. to his
salary, and his lobhyin. Tor the bill al
! lowing him to do So, while making his
admin stgat!on an a-y lum Tor his numer-
uus and un>avory kindred. All this was
meckiy shouidercd by the party atCincin-
natl which CrouChed like Il spaniel at the
feet OF the master it had obsequionSly
served through So many years. The mel
anchoiy truth was admirably stated by
the New York Tribune. when it declared
that "presideit Grant has dropped us
by easy stages to these depths OF shame.
He has pureHthesized IN history eight
wears. which will be marked hereafter
rs the era OF personal government and
the period Gl creed; eight years Of OIL
cial corruption and dishonesty. such
selishness and shameessness, such low
aims aud base purposes, such grasping
avarlce and eager overreaching, such
speculation in official information. such
brberics anl such barter and sale of
Office. aud such degradation OF all
things which the nation has held to be
high and holy, and worthy an honest
pride, that to-day the country hangs lis
head and holds its nose, and waits Tor
this administration to pass
Tins was the attitude OF the republic
can party ut the opening of the national
canvass of 1876. The strong will and
marvellous energy it displayed during
the war had been completely turned into
the channels O: plunder aud peit. with
results which could not fail 10 awaken
general alarm. Assuming Its own eX-
>trucc to be absolutely necessary to
save the country from rebel asccndeucy.
and iutrauchiug itself behind lis early
achievements aud previous good char
acter, it had pursued lis malign pur
poses with IAN appetite rs keen a death.
and 4 step as steady as time The
cry OF reform. which had tried t. voice
Itself in the platforms OF 1865 aud 1872,
had been utterly deficd. The honest
men in the party. who had followed the
old tlag through all these dreary years,
and still hoped to redeem 1t from dis
honor, had been Knocked and InSultcd
ny the leaders who were still IN the un-
questioned ascendant. and emboldencd
in their course bv the unchecked and
steadily accommodating momentum of
their evil deeds. Senator Morton one
ui its three prominent candidates tor the
presidency. and its mastcT-spirit and
evil genius. denied that any reform WAS
necessary. and declared that the men
who asked Tor it We're worse criminals
than the thieves they sought to expose
and punish. Senator Conkling was still
the thicl-and-thin defender and unhinch-
ing champion o' uranti7h, IN aii us
reF"tihS niiilteatttionS' aii"' WIN
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form. was lhe u!'!'"uotcu choice ol MS
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