Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28
NO DANGER OF SOUTHERN DONNA
TION.

Nv stl VI haN'u S'Ih'S "Pb,
ge%nuousness. One OF its chief aims IN this
canvass is to demonstrate that the cleo
ton of Gen. Hancock means the domino
ton OF 1.-THE south" in the politics of the
country. 1t is not alone in this effort.
but is initiated by its partisan friends in
the press and on the stump,if not so ably
very often with more noise n buster.
We allude TO that paper in this article
because it is n scholarly one, more given
to argument and less to wild assertion
than are most of its party contempora-
ries. 1t styles itself "a journal OF civil
ization,'' and, no doubt, in some re-
spects, it deserves the name; but it is
not too much to say that whenever it
crosses Mason and DiNon's line, II loses
this character. and becomes a narrow.
sectional partisan advocate, loosely max
ing false accusations, and ungenerously
Withholding whatever credit may be due
To the people OF sixteen of the thirty
| eight states of the American union. II
a newspaper OF the high character which
Harper's Weekly possesses, IN many re-
poets, can thus he guilty CT holding up
an entire section OF the country to public
oblouuy, nothing better can he expected
from the less cultured and less respccta-
BILE presses of the republican party.
Fairness seems TO have departed from
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organization, and in nothing more than
In the persistent effort on their part to
make it appear that 1t is the south alone
that contains democrats. and that, con-
sequentiy, the south would control any
democratic administration OF national
affairs. The assumption is a little far
fetched that everything which is northern
is good, and everything which is south
ern is bad-that southern b~ulidoZers are
worse than visiting statesmen; that the
ku-klux is worse Than the bag
ger: that the ~repudIator is more degrad-
ed than the bond thief; but Tor the sake
of argument let us admit that there Is
neither patriotism nor ability in the
south, and that it would be a horrible
calamity for that section TO have a con-
trolling voice in the management OF our
affairs. 1t is assumed by republicans
that because a majority of the democrat
ic representatives in congress are from
.sthe south" that it follows as 4 logical
sequence that Gen. Hancock would per-
nit this majority to shape public affairs
and to fill the public offices. If Gen.
Hancock should adopt Gen. Garlield's
views OF the civil service. The very an
,ithesis. by the way, OF those so long al
vocated by Mr.. Curtis. this fear might
be realized, but no one who has studied
mis- character believes this. AS Mr.. Sui
Ivan, OF the grand army OF the re
public, said, a few days ago. "Why.
fought in the sixty-third under Hancock
Tor tour years. l will vote for him and
york TOR him. How can any honest
union soldier refuse to vote tor Han
cock ?" Mr.. Sullivan, being a republic
can, was asked, .'Then you are not
afraid OF the domination of the south in
the affairs OF state?' HIS answer was.
Il, for one, am tired OF the bitter AMI
mostly against the south. fought he
rebels to the best of my strength. and
have upheld the republican organization
ever slnce. | voted tor Lincoln. and for
Grant. and | WILL vote Tor Hancock
Now here is Il republican, and a soldier
| of the union, who does not fear the DOM
iuation of the south in the event OF Han
| cocks election. He will vote for Han
cock for the very same eason which in
| duced HIM to vote for Grant. because the
one, like the other, was a gallant, fight
ing union general. Unlike the republican
leaders, 1.-The SOUTH will vote Tor its foe
on the battle field, its friend of to-day,
cheerfully. and with a will, having Tor
gotten and put behind it the animositles
of the past. The union soldier does not
fear or hate ''the SOUTH. nor does the
SOUTH hate or lear the union soldier.
Neither does the union soldier fear that
1.-The SOUTH will control Gen. Hancock
He knows him to be 4 brave man; he
knows him to be an able man he knows
him to be n man of his own head; he
knows that he is pure. patriotic and hon
est. Such a man rs president will not
be dictated to by congressman, either
as to his appointments or rs to the poi
icy OF his administration. As to the
laws of congress or its W patronage.
they will be controlled by the elections
in, the congressional districts. If Gen
Hancock is at all influenced by the peo-
pie who elect him, it is Il matter Of some
curiosity to see where those people re-
side. One would suppose, from reading
republican papers, that the answer must
be '.in the SOUTH" This is not true. The
most utica and ~prejudiced republican
will admit that Gen. Hancock must re-
ceive as many votes i'll the northern
states as did MIR. Tilden, because, ac-
curding to them, no man could be worse
than Mr.. Tilden. and they do not pre-
tend to say that Gen. Hancock is not 81
good man but, on the contrary, very
generally agree in saying. that we shall,
this time, have a good president, no
matter which party succeeds. In order
to render the Illustration which we de.
sire to make more iorcIble, we shall
count sixteen states rs southern states,
though they were not all in the rebel.
lion, and we ask our readers TO observe
where the bulk OF the democratic vote
was to be found in 1876.
SOUTHERN STATES.
Tildeu. Hayes
Alabama. iU., u3 Us -
Arkansas. - oI J1,th
Delaware. Ii,Ini 100
FLORIDA. ",iI II 81
Georgia ...... $50, OSS III. "A
u kentucky -. ....----.- .....lj3 $50 %,ll
Louisiana SS.I2; I.I1
Maryland. 1000 :. ---.-.--... 81. $50 I,.c
MIs>issIppi--.r.-.-.. ....-...-lls, iEi -. Is.
Missouri -2Gj. %! 10, "
n. Carolina. ....I 25. 421 Ius II
r. :. Carolina. ~, Esi Gl,S1
Tennessee li3. lEi ~, 81
s. Texas -. ............... IUi, 7IJ Hist
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