Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-26

IN INTELI4IG
We see In the St. Louis journal Of
Agriculture and Lexington Register. a
personal assault made upon the editor
of this paper, by MIR. George Wilson,
~ostensibly because the Intelligencer has
made a .ssummersault" in its position to-
ward national banks. This is,of course,
not true. The ~Intelligencer is now as
much opposed to the national banking
system as 1t has ever been, and there is
scarcely a number oil it printed In which
this opposition is not expressed. The
true reason for Mr.. Wilson's flood OF
billingsgate is, that the Intelligencer
did not support him for the senate, and
the trouble with him Is that his hand.
some head is sore, and his little stom-
ach colicky. If some good friend OF his
will apply a plaster to the one, and adj
minister a dose Of soothing sirup to the
other 1t will do him good. Mr.. Will
son should have sense enough to know
that a brave man never whines. or asks
the aims of u salve to his pride by ex-
hibiting his wounds. We have been
beaten twice for Office when our pros
poets were much brighter for success
than Mr.. Wilson can dream that his
were, and no human being, not even
tho wife OF our bosom, has ever heard
from as a complaint. This is part OF
our political-religlous creed. MI. Will
son a v hope to succeed as a DEM
ocrat by tearing down other democrats
nor should he. or any other man so
succeed. The article which the gentle
man quotes contains the assertion that the
national banks are not a charge upon
the federal treasury, while the debt Of
the country remains at its present d.
menslons. II he thinks otherwise and
can establish the fact we shall gladly be
convinced. as we want at hand every
weapon which we can get to attack the
system, but we shall not be bullied by
him or any other man into making q
statement which we believe untrue. Mr..
Wilson ays:-.tPersonally I besr him
only good will. and greatly regret the
duty his cours forces on me-" This is
nonsense, and to be taken with 'sever-
al barrels of salt" Mr.. Wilson either
bears US personal Ill will. or he has
a very singular way to show
his good will. Who made It his
duty to make an illogical and un-
called for attack upon usf Nobody
and no circumstances. Enemy as we
recognize him, and We would rather
ten to one have an open enemy than a
%treacherous friend. the columns of the
Int%elIigencer are open t. him or to any
other man who a write decent English
and confne himself to argument, to
convince as that we are wrong ON this
or any other subject. The article which
Mr.. Wilson criticises as c%onciliatory con-
tains this ianguage:-"The true objec-
ton is a political one.T Their concentrated
power is corrupting. and is dangerous
to the liberties Of the people. 1t can
never be shaken off except by a politl-
cal revolution. More. it is based upon
the idea that a perpetual debt Is
a perpetual blessing, which in our es-
timation is a most pernicious doctrine.
We think It the part OF wisdom to
throttle this monster" A man that
would call that conciliatory language
needs a paregoric sugar teat to quiet
his nerves. If Mr.. Wilson hasn't one
handy maybe our number six can spare
him an old one. We are just as much
opposed to national banks as is Mr..
Wilson. 1t we are wrong On the point
as to which we differ, and he right, let
him prove lt;our columns are open to him
not by abuse and questioning our mo-
tlves. which we doubt not are quite as
good as his own, but by facts. In the mean
time he must remember that this is q
great big free country. where a com.
mon mans opinions are as good as 9
bankers. and where the people do moi
propose to have a system OF finance
which requires scientific study" to un.
derstand. They want to sec the ques-
ton so simpiified that every bushes 8,
man a grasp it. We have been cor
siderate enough In this article to sa,
} little about MIR. Wilson's singular candi
dacy for the United States senate. L
was simply a ridiculous one, and wa
! generally SO regarded.
The gram market at St. Louis. Thurs
day, ruled as follows unset
!, tied and slow and some sales higher
No. 3 red. 81 90 to l 90 IL to l 90 l.,
to l 90 8 March; 81 0S 1-2 to 1 o. t
l 0s 7-s April; 81 o. 5 8 to / o. 1-2 t
l o5 May; No. 8 do. $50 bid; No. 4 dc
92c bid. Corn better; SO 1-2 to SO 5 8
cash; SO SO to SO 8 40 February; 80 l.
March; SO 8 to 80 $40 April !; 40
: to 40 8 8 to 40 $40 May. Rye firm a
D 900. Barley steady; prime to choice
Is to sec; iauoy, 96 to / 05; Canads
81 20 to l 80.
< George Willard put his son., 10 year
q old. at work on the road near his house
a lew miles fromFreeport, Ind. An hou
4 later the son was met in the d~oor-yar
4 by Mr.. Willard. coming 10 to warm hin
a self. The father ordered the boy bacl
and the latter refusing to obey. Willar
said, IL will shoot you." and starte
into the house, as if to get the gun. Th
q son followed. and seizing IN axe crust
ed bis father's skull. The father survive
with no hope OF recovery. and the Sol
almost insane with grief, has never lie
a his side.
Col. Ta'mage. general manager
l. the Missouri Pacific railroad, says ia
Gould will add about 900 miles OF ne
road to the Missouri Pacific system du
!, ing the present year. The extenslo
II will embrace about $50 miles in Mi
souri, and Kansas. and the balance