Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-31

manage them; the election shall be
unforced and without the appearance
of violence if battery of artillery
has TO be trained on every baiiot-box
in the land; and lastly, the election
shall be fair it we have to arrest with
out warrant aud imprison without
bail, until the elections are over, ev-
cry man who offers to vote the DEM
ocratic ticket.
The speeches Of republican senators
mean this, the vetoes of the president
mean this, and they mean more tnan
this, Mr.. Preside ni-in effect they say
that unless we can use the army ut
the polls we will let that army dis
solve, we will leave our forts and ar
senals ungarrisoned,w I'VE will strip the
frontiers Of all protection aud let the
men, women aud children of that bor-
der country he slaughtered and scalp
ed, aud the unchecked savage extend
his barbarous sway over all that land
of promise, once more reunited TO its
ancient wilderness. We will not on
sy do this, but we will denouuce the
democratic members of congress who
offered US the money to support this
army as the authors of this disaster.
AL these things will we do rather
than lose our chances to count i'll the
next president, and we will cover the
facts and obscure the logic of the case
by reinfamlng the bitter prejudlces
o: the war in the hearts of our con.
stituents! Can it be possible to do
this? Is there to be no end to pas
=.
shall see. s... .Es
confess that do not believe these
absurd methods Of dealing with the
American mind can much longer pre-
| vail. | regard them rs the desperate
lieve the people will SO regard them.
[ have been much touched by the af-
tectionate warnings. gwen US by the
other side that we we're running our
selves in trying to repeal these laws.
The kind-hearted senator from Mich
igan notified US frankly that if we per-
sisted we would go down into tho
waters of oblivion to rise no more
forever. He did not even give 10 .
chance, at the general resurrection.
[Lsughter.] 1t seemed to, distress
uim, aud if l thought it was, true
prophecy would freely minglo my
tears with his at the contemplation
: of SO dire calamity. Candor com.
psls ME, however. to acknowledge
that l cannot recierocate his charity.
1t l. thought the republican party
} were standing upon the. brink of Q
!. precipice, beneath which .seethed
those cold waters of oblivion, instead
of warning them l pledge yo1s my
word l would try TO induce; them to
step over the edge-in fact, might
: lend them n push. Laughter.] At
+ least should feel as indifferent about
it as the lodger at All inn did, who was
t awakened in the night when the me-
t teors were falling, aud told that the
: day OF judgment had come. swell,
d well" said he, testify, "tell the land
: lord about it; Lam only boarder."
Laughter. ..-sll sr.5 i,ss.
s Aud now. Mr., President, II the
breath was about to leave my body,
y and was permitted to say but one
: word as to what my country most
l. needed, that word should. be, Rest
Rest from strife, rest from sectional
!! conflict, rest from sectional bitter.
ness, rest from ipflammatory appeals
=. rest from this constant, most unwise,
a aud Improbable agitation. Rest ii
:. al lands apd iu all literature is 'used
as the symbol Of the most perfect
" state of felicity which mankind, car
n attain in this world aud the next
"Aud the land had rest" aaid the ole
% Hebrew chrouiciers in describing tht
p reign of their good kings; .'and hi'
h rest" shall be glorious, says5 th'
20 prophet Isaiah i'll foreteiling the com
N lug of our Lord, whenEphrsi,n shoulc
h have ceased to envy Judah and judo,
n should lave ceased to vex Ephratm
- Heaven Itself is described as rest
~ place where the weary are At rest.
. There reiDaineth, therefore, ares
- for the people of GOD, saith. the apps
: tie. Cau we not give this rest to. on
~ people? know, Mr.. President, this
't those from whom 1 come desire /
-, ~ above their chief Joy. The excite
~ meat through which they have pass
= ed for the last twenty years, the sui
= fering and the sorrow, the calamity
"a public aud private, which they hav
~ undergone, have filed their heart
III with indescribable yearnings for nd
" tionai peace, for complete moral Q
well As physical restoration Of tn
union. There is one policy, aud bu
h. one, to effect this object. and that
ot the policy of conciliation, of restora
is tion, SO steadily pursued by the dem
'e ocratic statesmen aud people OF tn
II north. 1t is the only true statesman
We ship for our condition, the only gen
50 uine remedy for the hard times wit
d. which we are afflicted. Nature ev
= cry W here teaches it,and her thousan
~ agencies, silent and mysterious, cor
a; stautly lnculcate it, even as day nut
" day uttereth speech aud night unt
RS night showeth knowledge. Crol
| this noble river which flows by GU
III capital, aud search for the bsttle
lie fields of blood watered Virgini'
10 You scarce can find them. Dens
ID tol ests Of young saplings cover owe
c. all the hills and plains that were: .
BY lately swept bare by marching AZ
OF encamping armies. "For there
he hope of tree If it be cut down ths
ID it will grow again, and the tends
Eli branch thereof will not cease" Wal
y ing seas of wheat cover the ope
all fields so lately plowed by the burs
d. ing shells while charging battalfor
tie met in deadly shock and green graz
has so covered the lines Of intrenci
d. ment as to give them all the sesmin
X of the cunning farmers bitches. Re
b. toratiun is NATURES law. Let Us In
er itate her. God Of all mercy aud grac
he may not these gaping wounds Of civ
at war be permitted to heal 1T they vii
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II RULING PASSIONS. a
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