Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-01-08

AY, JANUARY 8
public with their snivellng lies about
the oppression Of the negro would
have demo this. Whichever enc Of
them had been applied to, he would
have hastened with obseq quious self
abasement to kick his servant out,
that the great man might enjoy his
ease.
THE REBEL BRIaADIER.
Royal, next defines and defends the
rebel brigadier, who he says repre-
sents to the northern mind an en-
bodyment of all that 10 opposed to
law and order. However auch,"
he says, "northsrn men may declare
that the act of the southern mau was
treason, yet to the mind of the SOUTH
sru man his act was not enly right in
the sight Of God but enjoined upon
him by his law. Having waited on
his contest he has loyalty surrendered
the proposition for which he fought,
aud he proposes Loyalty to abide BY
the convsnant into which he entered
at the end of the war. Should .
northern state attempt to ssceds from
this Union no part Of the country
could be relied upon 80 surely to
'coerce her to resume her proper re-
lations to tho general government ~
the lately seeded states. Tho state
of Virginia to-day affords = striking
illustration of the conservative char
acter Of the rebel brigadier.' Before
the late war that state had borrowed
a large sum of money, which had
been expended in creating her rail-
roads, canals and public Institutions,
fer which she had given her bonds.
Within the past five years an effort,
headed by WIN. Malone, who was =
! msjor-general iu the confederate
army, has been set on foot to rspudi-
ate large part, if net all, Of this
debt. In the fall of 1879 an election
fer members of the legislature was
held in Virginia, and the issue in that
election was the reputation or non-
reputation of tho debt. In that
election all the negroes (who con-
stitute the republican party OF the
stats) voted for legislative candidates
who favored repudiati en-. " bile every
rebel brigadler' in the state, save
aud except VIM. Mahsue, voted to
make the state pay her debt.
! "Tbere exists to-day in every coun-
ty in Virginia feeling of bitterness
between the repudiators and the
| debt payers mere intense than any
that ever existed between any pollti-
cal factions in the United States.
Duels have been fought over it, aud
constant personal collisions have oc.
Cured and are occurring, and yet
every single rebel br,gadier who new
resides in the state Of Virginia. e1.
eept VIM. Malone, is en- the side ol
the dsbt payers" .-.s....-.
A AcoMPARIsoN-coNK
Royal discusses in his sixth chap
ter the comparison between northern
and southern civilization, and says
"It is quite the fashion to institute
comparisons between the civilization
of the south and tho civilization o
the north, always to the very grsal
disadvantage Of that Of the south. IL
October, 1880, Senator Conkling mad'
a speech in the city of New Yorl
which has been heralded from on,
end of this Union to another by hi
clacquers as very great production
OF very great man.. - II
He next pays his respects to Mr.
Conkling: "Mr. Cenkling was mos
unfortunate in his selection for illus
trating the barbarian of the south
Occasions may aud do arise in every
, southern state when widows may ex
hibit the bloody shirts Of their slaiI
husbands, aud yet, while there 10 {
deep feeling of sympathy for tn,
|. widow, there is no feeling of regre
for the husband, and common con
, sent, which has become common law
, applauds the act of the slayer. Thes,
occasions arlse when an outraged
husband takes the law into his owl
= hands and slaughters where he and
f him, whether ut church or at fair, tn,
: traitor who has invaded the sanctit,
, of his home and corrupted the wifi
of his bosom. Mr.. Conkling's illus
tratiop may well suggest the inquiry
whether that 10 a lower civilization
, which justifies TIE outraged husband
in Staying the man who has thu
ruined his home aud his life, evel
;; Though it should leave to a widow
the legacy Of . husbands blood,
shirt, Or whether that is higher civil
: ,zation which exhibits a terror.striok
/ Ell husband, thus wronged, standing
in the presence of his wifs's para
mour, shotgun in hand, vet tremb
ling and afraid to shoot. This habit
which i'll all the southern states pre-
walls to a more or less extent, Of pro
, tecting character by holding him VIII
assails it to personal account, 10 al
:, so constantly referred to as An evi
! dence of the barbRrism Of the south
: ern peoplo. 1 do not propose to -
Que werd in justification Of th
b duelio, but this at least can be said O
those regions where it 10 rsserted t.
the pOgsessOr of q fair characte
J may feel, unless he do somsthing t.
: forfeit it, that he will pass his life Il
I, the full possession aud enjoyment o
) it exempted from all danger of hav
ing it besmirched and befoulsd wit
: slauderous and calumniOus state
ments regarding him. With thi
blessing attained by toleratlBg th
. duello, the inquiry may we'll suggsl
! itself whether as all institution it
e the greatest evil with which societ
can De afflicted. Is it worse that
: man should lose his life in duel tha
, that. after having lived blsmslessl
y and with the respect and esteem G
his ac4uanitances, he should be mad
the target for every irresponsible
j. slanderer who may choose to dsfam
e him and be brought down, after Lii
: of credit, iu sorrow and shame I
n the gravsp"
: IN CONCLUSION.
!, On the 25th of October, 1880,
X, New York journal (nams and quots
i tion giyen) published all editorial al
t ticle rejecting on James Gordon Ber
e nett. R0yall says: "This publics
2 tion is made of man who is the pre-
prietor of the most influential new,
!. paper Of the United States who
i one OF the wealthy men Of Ne,
a York City; who ls a member of tn
: Union Club of New York City, tn
/ most prominent social Institute j
e the city {; who associates in that IN
e stitution with leaders of New Yar
e society, and Who visits at the house
9 of the leaders of New York society
S 1T these published charges be true
4 what sort of a character can Jane
: Gordon Bennett have? II they b
i false, what is the value Of his charac
d ter to him? Only thsse who kno,
t,f8r