Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-07-05

reflect that in his section they drowned
witches but a little while ago, and i'm
ported cargoes of slaves for profit, being
rather careless of their comfort. In that
connection they might remember, too,
that the first resolution ever drawn up
by an American statesman to restrict
slavery was penned by a southerner.
Mr.. Jefferson, and that there are more
| crimes committed in a half dozen north
ern cities than in the entire south.
1.-THE period from 1865 to 1870 brought
with it lessons that have been
wholly forgotten" Mr.. Lawrence is
good enough to say. Yes; it brought
upon states almost crushed by a relent-
less war, in which the flower of their
youth was lost, their fields laid waste.
and many of their cities burned, a horde
of miserable political adventures, who
poisoned the minds of former slaves
against their old masters, and used the
state governments as immense machines
with which to enrich themselves while
they were impoverishlng the people,
adding to their already heavy burden
over one hundred and s~eventy-two mil
lion dollars of debt.
Read over carefully the extract we
have given above, and emphasize the
words, there isnot a liberal newspaper
in all Georgia. country as populous as
Switzerland" and conceive, if you can,
reader. the depth of bitter hatred which
can inject such a sentence into such a
| cold-blooded, carefully = worded and
closely : wove SANDER. Take up his
venomous paper, and read alternately
from its columns and from those of the
Atlanta Constitution. and say which is
liberal, which is broad. which IS patri-
otto in its ~utterances?
How long does the north expect to
pander to a press which IS stabbing to
death the falrest portion of the country ?
How long will public sentiment sustain
unblushing calumnies which deter immi-
grafton and ~paralyze commerce in the
south How long will they permit
their own prosperity to be checked by
the ruin OF their best customers How
long do they wish this war to last, that
seemed to have ended at Appomattox?
If they desire peace; if they desire fra
ternity of feeling; If they desire prosper
ity, there is one way, and n way only,
to secure it. and that is through fair
treatment and the truth. There can be
no permanent impulse to business, until
the southern states again become the
customers of the north. A house divided
against itself cannot stand. DO not ask
s%outherners to become ''%repentant reb-
els" They cannot be. and retain their
self.respect. They thought they were
right, and fought CALAMITY for their
convictions, and are to-day more loyal
to the union, would quicker do her a
service in an extremity, than those who
waited until the war was yer to get
mad. and are now extremely belligerent.
Disabuse yourselves of the idea that the
republican party is the country, and try
to look upon a man who speaks of the
ignorance and barbarity of the south as
either himself an ignoramus or an inten-
tionally mean perverter of the truth.
The south desires peace; the south
accepts the results of the war, and covets
nothing so much as quiet. She will
faithfully endeavor to give every citizen
protection to his life. property and po-
litical privileges. Her hospitality, and
the culture of her sons and daughters
are known to those who know her, and
she extends a hand of welcome to all
honest people, from every cline. May
the day soon come when her d%etractors
Will see the error of their ways, ana
when, Justice being done her, she may
be known as she is, a land of pure wom-
en- and brave men. filled with the lofty
inspirations handed down to them from
patriotic fathers.
We present to our readers elsewhere
Mr.. Hayes last veto. Nothing new is
presented in his argument, if argument
1t may be called. Congress has adjourn
ed, and the question which will be gen.
orally %propounded is, in what has the
extra session resulted? 1t has resulted.
first. in placing the republican party,
its president, its members of congress
and its press. on record as favoring SOL
diers and United States marshals at the
polls. 1t has clearly established the fact
that the republican party is a party of
Capitalization, which favors a strong
government at Washington. to which the
states shall be secondary in all things.
The position of the democratic party on
this question needs no explanation. 1t
holds the doctrine held by Jefferson and
Madison, and Monroe, and Jackson.
This did not need calculation, but there
was need TO know what was the belief
of the other great political party on a
question which involves the liberties OF
the people. We do not intend to argue
the case here. but the absurdity of the
republican position has been very fire.
quently made apparent. and it cannot be
sustained by the popular voice. The
immediate objects sought by the demo-
Gratis were, to preventive use OF soldiers
at the polls, to prevent the use of mar
shals at the polls. and to repeal the ju-
rors' test oath. Not one cent has been
appropriated for the pay OF soldiers or
marshals at the polls, and the test oath
law has been repealed. The democrats
may not have secured what they desired
just as they had intended, but they have
done so nevertheless. AS to the army al
the polls this is emphatically prohibited
in the bill passed by congress and sign.
ed by Mr.. Hayes; and the Davenports Of
the republican party will find it very
difficult to hire deputy marshals to con.
troll elections, especially democrats, and
they seem to prefer them, on credit
Congress has adjourned without making
an appropriation to pay marshals; the
constitution and the statutes say that nc
money shall be expended by the federal
departments without first being appro
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