Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-10-30
INTERESTING LETTER FROM MR.
GEORGE WILSON.
NEW YORK, October 20. Isl

NEW 1Okh, OCtODer ~, lSNU.
EDITOR INTELLIGENCER:-On the day 1 called
on Gen. Hancock only one other man got to see
him ian octogenarian Jackson demecrat). The
general was suffering from Il cold and sore
throat and could talk very little. He is II man
OF splendid appearance, and no picture OF him
does him justice. He Is too good IL soldier to be
elated by SUCCESS or depressed by misfortune,
and he was in no way discouraged by the des-
perate sortie the enemy made in Indiana when
every thing was looking like certain ann ihila-
ton Tor them. One can scarcely have an idea
OF the earnestness and bitterness with which the
contest IL wagsd here. Passions could scarcely
rise one degrees higher without precipita,ing
bioodshed ~. Gods F! it Is "a splendid slght,''
to See the flash of The sun. the..''ExcalIbat" in
the hand OF Dana, the LauDcelut OF the fight; to
See The writing Radicals, whose gore runs ut
every blow; and anon he rides TO the rear and
trying to make hun show performance s equal TO
promises. Dana ID the same in conversation
that he IS In the editorial column, terse. %iorcible,
lree from chan. He remembered my previous
contributions 10 the Sun when he was general OF
the D den army, and ! wac IL dough boy He
Is large, stout, with full brown beard. eXpun-
siye iOr, head, and wears glasses of the double
kind; the upper part Tor long and the lower for
short distances. The ds j"re president of
son, his country seat. BArnuin ia too busy TO
be seen. but l had a talk with AIR. Weed at the
boys are nerred up, not discouraged over In
diana. My kinsnian, Samuel N. Wilson. OF the
committee, Is here from San Francisco, and
things IN California and Nevada Were never be-
lore SO encouraging. l am going to hear Abram
5. Hewitt tonight at the Academy OF Music.
Stephens, il OF Knoxville, came in ne 1 was
having an interesting discussion in the American
Exchange National Bank, with Geo. S. Coe, the
president asked Coe If he was sore because
Of my haminerlng him on the silver question.
He took II all in good part, and told me | was
'wiSgiInG myself INTO an anomalous posiIon'
about silver and national banks. lie referred to
the great length oil time We had kept our ac-
cout Win them, ever since he was III The bank
Il quarter OF Il century. 1t is such mel that we
must WORK upon To come 10 an agreement on the
iinanc al question. They have the money and
Iuiiucmce at their backs; they are loyal to sound
logic, and can not be deceived with false REASON
ing in their spccla ty. | lind many conservative
northern men who lear unl dread southern
domination. Great prudence on our part viii
in time eradicate II. The energy and uneX-
ainlie,I M tile Of siN hundred and fifty thousand
soiGl,rs who could only be conquered by en-
,,stlns nearly three millions OF soldiers against
Them. mas made Il lasting Impression on the
north; and something beside professions is
necessary to eradicate 1t.
| tried To- See the talented daughter of the nrrat
M:ssourl scnat"r, but she WAS absent from the
city Tor 4 lew days. | wanted To talk With her
about tie brave and tenacious Missourian. who
destroyed the monster and dictated the most
successful financial policy our government ever
pursued.
e~nJ"ys I'd the treat ! did Monday n~rght-G-rster
IN Lucia. Her voice seems To me smoother than
Wilson's 5, me iaiter more metallic: though 1t IS
long since l heard Nilsson. and that may have
something To do with the i'm prcssIons. Gerster's
voice Is altogether beyond description or iInxp-
ming, 1t must be heard.
a TREND with whom | stop, an ardent demo-
crat, said 10 me: Il live In The Cont District
feinando Wood,s. Do you sec all those goats
around here? They eat tomato cans and old
hool skirts during the day and hang an III. door
hhois by their horns and sleep ut night. and the
republicans say we vote every one of them "
l asked him II ne could utIl'Z" Il few train loads
oi hogs out OF the streets OF Lexington, yerInln
and all.
Grant is drawing II crowd. just now, at the
STOCK exchange. GEO. WILSON.