Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-05-14

klgnH teQoreletel ClAlmoO; 4uEln8 tne
war Of 1S12;1t; . right New York.
when she accepted the fed
eral constitutisns Of FIST, and srsc0ras1
cd tho eldsctaratioHi that hshesl coaid
rescind that action wheneveriit might
bs her interest to do SO. That qaes-
ton was involved III the late var
betw cen the states, and II settled IL
was done by force OF narms,i tho
stronger, party q prevailing . and the
weaker admitting Of necessity And
agreeing to yield the point. When,
then, did state sovSrefgnty vaiiishi?
n not the 1sdersf sconstitution the
Same On that point3 % itsWag q first ?
IL not the, 10Th article. there YET de-
claring, as it always did, aTh9-
poWers not dSle9sted u the 'U1itst
States by thS 5o1stitution, nor pro-
hibited by it to the states.a are rs-
served fts the stxtss fetpectivsIJ, or
to the pssple p. q syah a,ai,,sso =.
n Ispot the 9th; article the same p at
was when it, as enc OF the aMend.'
ms1its waS adopted BY The several;
states in 17o9!9O and s91 = s. Then,
when and whore did ststs sovereign.
ity vanish ggs7aao .-gfa ? biat- 70
Ia ~ snc SNA.St.0Hi 3 ~, - cuN 2 ~
: Now that slavery fs gone the south
can prosper only upon plain and sem
siblss nerthern principles?al ospRo
b The supreme self : ,complacBft
Pharisssism manifest1d III this. 10 but
an Indication OF the spirit that
prompts much that comes from men
Of the class TO which, the editor! Of
the Weekly evidently belongs-; men
who speak and act % though they
supposed that wfsdom wtnld' die
with them, shsyi 'bsiDg the only real
sources 6f'light aud knsWlsd "a, hence
are ever ready; to cry .tlhe temple Sf
the Lord, the temple ct the Lord are
we,' .prpcut proe,st este pro funs.' w
Still further The sditorsa a I
- Why isi the ssuth 1appsrently the
dullest Of Bourbonsl a Why has it
been Just as ,solidly hostile to the
Hayes administration as il that ad-
MiAistration had sbristledO st every
peint with coercion laws sud- had
quartsred . company Of regulars at
every cross-road ? -.
Now The writer Of the Sentsnce
knew, or ought to have known n, that
there wasuioss hostility to the. ad-
ministration Of Mr., Hayes. ON the
part, Of tho people of the south, than
theeife was anehng tue psepls OF the
north. The bitterest and most per-
| acknowledgements Of that 4administra.
tion were those. Of his own political
household, snd few had better op.
portunity to be Informed Of the fact
than had tho sditsr Of the Weekly! ~
The editorial than goes snto lecture
the southern people in regard both to
the present and to the future Wsrn.
| ing them that there will be . solid
uorth 20 long as there IL sIintimidai
ton or unfair elections in the south,
at the same time pretty clearly in.
timating that tho elections will
always bs unfair until the democracy
is in the minority. glt -. .s 70 o.
1t is wonderful how earnest, and
jealous some papers are for the pro.
| melton or good morals and reliEien,
but it 10 always about ssme other
peoples morals and :. religion, and
never their, own; and yet on the
testimony of their own papers there
is fully az much Intimidation BY the
pow erful corporations In the north
ss by tho planters of the south. A
little difference in character and
mode of procedure it may be, but
none the less successful. A corporate
company employs several hundred
laborers. These iahorsrs are depend.
ert on their daily employment fol-
their bread-the elections como on in
the fall sesaon, and it 10 quietly but
very significantly given out that al
the employer may vote - they
please, but at the same time it Il
we'll understood that athoss who d
not please to vote in 9 certain way
will have 10 seek employ pent else
where; aud, 40 there 10 but little
prospect OF hnding employment else
whore the choice lies bstween voting
a particular way, or being witheu
employment aud without bread.
That such things should occur any
where or among any people is to b.
deeply rsgretted, as it is wrong il
itself and Indicative OF q low state O
morals on the part Of those concern
cd. Non who in this country
will allow themselves to be thus in
timidsted must be regarded as very
low down in the scale of true man
hood, while those who intimidat,
them must be regarded in a ligh
even more unfayorabls. 1t is q sat
thing, look at it whichever way NJ
will. - f. r.s,z-es vtfse sdf }o