Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28
II. OF STATE prnrs UNDER CARPET.


comment-they speak volumes in them
selves-and when 1t is considered that
these immense debts were %corruptly inn
posed, by illiterate. ignorant, vicious
Legislators. many OF them persons who
had never been residents of the states
they represented. except as emlssaries of
Il political party inimical to the interests
OF the intelligent tax payers, it is not to
he wondered at that those tax payers
did not learn to love that party. The
south is solid because the democratic
party there represents education, INTEL
ligence and property, while the republi-
can party represents ignorance, corrup-
ton and communism. The south is solid
tor its friends and against its enemies.
This is natural, and in politics proper.
The south to-day loves the union better
than does the republican party. II has
no hatred toward the north to compare
with the hatred of republicans for the
south. Its public speakers do not revfle
the north. Its school books are not filled
with misrepresentation of the north.
It's press is not.base enough to make of
the criminal classes the representatives
of the best type of the north. They are
not 90 disloyal to the manhood of Amer
lea rs 10 represent the better element of
northern men and women as cut-throats,
pug-ugiies, thugs and murderers. They
northern republicans to stigmatize the
people of the south as ku kluX, bull
doZers and voters of tissue ballots. The
republican party wants the south to be
solid-6lse it is insane in its course to-
ward the southern people. 1t wants the
south to be solid in order to inflame the
passions Of the people Of the north by
pointing to it, fifteen years alter a war
ostensibly fought Tor union, as the dis
loyal section, when, in reality, the ac-
cusers are the disupionists by prevent
ing the sections from becoming recon
ciled to each other. One means OF do
ing this is the persistent attempt TO
make ii appear that there are no demo
Gratis in the north.
y glance through the first three tables
printed above will show that there are
,62S, 79S democratic voters in the south,
and that there are 2,GS4.O 0 democratic
,-,t ~ in tho pnrfh- that 10 thaf fhorn
are 1000 600 more democrats north of
Mason & DiXon's line than south OF it.
1t shows, further, that the parties are
very evenly balanced in the north.
1t is a frequent boast of republicans
that their party is strong IN the better
informed, more populous and more
wealthy states. II will be a matter OF
surprise, maybe. to these gentlemen to
see that in the live most populous states.
New York, Pennsylvania, OHIO, Illinois
and Missouri, there are more democrats
than republicans, and this. too, where
there is but one southern state out of the
five. In the fifteen states which have
clch more than 4 million inhabitants
there We're cast tor Mr.. Tilden 5000, 49,
votes, and for Mr.. Hayes, 1896. o34
votes; n majority Tor MIR. Tilden of l65,.
59S votes; so it will be seen that this
claim OF Il republican friends is base.
less.
Altogether an examination OF these To
blcS will convince any n who is not very
obtuso of comprehension. that there are
Il great many democrats in this country
and the effort made by republicans Il
have it appear that they all live in tn
south, emphasizes the wisdom OF tn
village philosopher, who remarked
that ''the American people are not
; tool.n