Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-04
. EXPERIMENTATION.

[From the st. Louis Christian Advocated
We find the following in an exchange
paper. and credited to theChicago Times
The death OF the confederate gener-
al, j. B. Hood, removes from the do
main OF the perceptible another leader in
the state sovereignty rebellion and an
| other obstacle to the northernization OF
southern society. SO essential to the uni
ticatlon OF the national character and the
prosperity of the southern section"
If a dozen or so of papers we might
name would look at home more closely
and less abroad, let their own, rather
than other peoples business engage
their attention, they might become less
arrogant and more modest and gentle
many, and thus improve their manners
it 1t did not affect their morals. "North-
ernize southern society," for the sake OF
"unification." Did ever the dog-days
Of August present a cooler specimen of
arrogance and impudence 1t equals
the GOODNESS and impudence of some ecle-
siastics we wot of, whose cry is: Don't
let US have sects let us not be divided
let US have unity. Come, join US, and
all be one.''
The language of the above to "south-
ern society," is virtually this: .'Do not
pretend to think or act tor yourselves;
claim no individuality; have no selt-re-
spect; acknowled ge your idiocy, and let
US think and speak for you, tell you how
to act, what to do, and how TO do lt.''
Could such an utterance come from a
gentlcmanly source? Could it be made
by any one of any sense Of propriety or
feelings OF modesty?
Northernize southern society. Pray, on
what plan or according to what standard
should it be donep On the plan of Eli
zur Wright, James Parton, Parker Pills
bury, B. f. Underwood, II. Il. lngersoll,
and advocated by such publications as
Man. 1.-The Scientific Man." "The
Evo ution," etc, who have no God. no
religion, no common sense? Is it after
that plan you would northernize south
ern society? No? Then what ? On
the plan of the tree-love societies, which
would degrade manhood and woman
hood to the level OF the brute? Is that
it? No? Then is it on the plan of the
communists and tramps who range over
the country committing outrages upon
women and children. setting fire to
barns, stacks of grain, farming imple-
ments, dwell g-houses, and stealing or
robbing whenever they can Is that to
, be the model after which the northerni-
zation is to be effected? Remember, all
these things belong to the north, none
, OF them in the south. Or is the north
ernZing to be done according to the
plan of ''baby-farming" in Boston, or OF
divorce granting in the New England
states, where, according. to your own
1 papers, the divorces in Connecticut
5 alone, from 1864 to 1877, averaged 44S
. a year, and Connecticut is one of the
| most staid, sober and moral of all those
states. The papers there declare that in
Massachusetts and New Hampshire it is
: even worse. Is that the sort of north
ernIzation you would effect? Ii not.
= what then? Would it be after the man.
+ ner OF that father or mother, in or near
t Boston, who sacrificed their little daugh-
: ter rs L religious rite; or after the man
I ner of the Fall River rioters noticed
l above; or after the manner of those Il
9 or Ii young men in Pennsylvania who
: a short while since, entced an innocent
| girl from camp-meetlng, abused her
t till she became unconscious, then Sc
x cretly carried her to her fathers house
e where she soon became 4 corpse; OF
S after the manner of Mrs. Graham, OF
8 Scioto county, OHIO, who stripped al
|, orphan girl, laid her across Il table, and
s applied the whip until the poor child.
: back WAS but Il mass OF gu vering. bleed
c ing flesh, and then rubbed it with brok
5 ell pods OF red pepper? Hope and pray
+ you will not nUrthernizo southern soci
ETY. on any of these plans. And, sine,