Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1881-04-23

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would say that the Information WAS
forwarded in q letter written BY the
postmaster general, to the h6norsblej
secfetaryiof the treasury. tho. name
Of the informant. not being given. |
Coming from such q source I was I
greatly surprised, Well knewfng, or
believing 81 least chat such action
i6pon your part woGId, not bs in sc- |
cordance, with your 'p6lttfc4f Or ,prl- I
'vate feelings. Respectfully, -, |
lc qihs""oi y nGi11H B. RAGM, es
CsmmisSipnar.
= JaH. Vsn Aukel;, Esq, Tobacco
Inspector, PeterSburgh. Vffg1pfS. 2e
So it seems that tho subordinate |
,ofRcerg che ohmisstonSr aof 'iiitsfnel }
irevenaes act4d ahder Che advice and |
by the direction Of the ho6or$bfe
secrstsfy, OF thetrSasury, WHO acted
'npene AnfofmStioh efven him sby tie
postmaster general. who had Just |
before that bsSn ienE eyed In tie cam!
pAiRnS in VirginiAf atteaib ibting TO per-
suads the colored troops to desert the [
Mahone banner lAhd rally % the reg
.ulaf repd blican. It. tAndSrd,, which was
60 eminentiy, succejsfulilt thSt about
uanety-lia DO sear Sfsietefye htindredIt
voted 1.-The sFSadj jHsseTl ticket. y sclfe,l
secretary of the treasury, it seet1ls It'll
shat tcorrssponds Dc 10 tue III 0ttoil
bery sttS79. o thought ithxt Mr.. 'VGnl
Aux en- ought I'd Be faH6v6da from thel
position Of tSbsoco inSpSctor bseAnsel
be belonged TO tho sft6m erals org rhf-
zstiony this 8 sirspddiatiEgIs IsreSdjdSter
party Of VirgfiiD; out aochaBge hasll
dome over thS honorable senator. asl|
sudden and mifaculousI % that which
fell upon Saul of Tarsus when ile 4
tohrnsyed. from Jeru salem to Datiae-
Gus "breathilg out threateniIg % dhd |
slaughter against the Disciples Of the \
Lord" "A voice from heHven or's6me
other direction has ireachedsthe. hon
orable senator, and now @insteadl OF
removing an officiai. heSwahts ;put1
Mrs Riddlebetgery, the auther' of che
repudiating resdjusting Achsma ih
Virginia, intb an Uf2cs OF the senate,
although lie .ds ano.Hnrepsntauti cotiL
federate cavalry capt stiiv & ,3& eenhl
Sin, h0w1iGit that to-day thsihen-
orabla lsenator from il Ohio himself,
with the senator from SNiEgfDia. IL
engaged iHIsuch Amorous daalialc4 80
has. never been n eeae loitsidei of .
bridal chamber Whers Hymen ithtoWS
his mystic veil over the .rites Of lover
i HoHJis. .itcto-day that thisE iAordiuste
passion has. abtorbed the; sedstbf
from Ohio. when barely eighteen
mouths agolhe Thought the iahonoEeY
the government and of tho rsp1blb,
can party dandsnded that. any nisu
7 who dared ssag bscomo i;as readjustef
should Immediately lsate ahis 'oHfcfa
: position 4d II oi gG,jaH ~ .eE;io
Il Mr. PEesi6teptt that isenot ALL The
senator from Ohio the other day made
this sideclsration to fthe isp pkte inla an
aver to. the, sanatorl from DblIWar d,
} (Mr. Bayard@ aoi1;ngaIiA .liasl'iiM
.St:::NowsWhaei isathe f0urthiTeassnjh he
J )givea2 oh; mylfriend g6sa 'iatol very
eloquent~L am aorry i canuot fsllbw
him-tropes and &2orss to dehounc
repudiation ;SreppdiatioN is the 6fil
that threatens OUT 9Ati0nA2 cradIt. .dSo
. lis. but yet he 10 one of the honored
: menbsrs afa pRrtEothat has had.aon'
; troll in every state in the eUnlon.Masre
reppdiatisn has,beeu proposSd or has
. been adopted. S;;If. the, republican
I party. % itaisi now organised neYel
: proposed Eepsdiation. IN any slate, ol
8 community, when or where wssits,
7 q" s"N0W, by my, trOth, .these be. gal
!, liant words.n'i When. or. whsrej sayl
3 the senator from Ohio, did any Ioom
+ munityr ever repudiate ;when ;unde
the CONTROL of the republican party!
The senator read here from - boo
Porter, tba: ,$1sg,o6,tGi OF r stat
= debts had been repudiated. lin 2th
!, south. Why, Mr.. Presidest, does b
not we'll know, do net the records O
the federal courts show, that in sth
Northwestern states cover e1O0, 900.
600 of municipal securities have beer
n repudiated aud are to-day repudia,
q ed? Who does not, know that th
8, most terrible financial conflict 9tha
l. ever came of upon this continen
Is was in the atate Of Iowa, between th
sr people who repudiated their obligs
II tions there and the federal tribunal
% aud that strugglef at last came eve
,r to the climax that Gen. Grant, the
y president Of the United States. .threa
ls ened to use the army of tho Union
II order to euforce the mandates Of th
ID federal tribunals. Has the senate
ss never heard of the Macoupin count
If bonds OF Illinois. the Otoe bonds 4
I'd Nebraska, the Clark county bonds ,
Is Iowa, the honda Of my own; state .
le Missouri, amounting to over $50, ,OOC
10 600? Over S10O,0OO,0OO Of sec1riti'
in 1lliuois,, in Iowa, in N0brask
ns in Minnesota, :, in Kansas hay
IN been repudiated, and to-day Il
ID struggle 10 going on between II
70 bondholders in the, east and the pc
I'D pie of those municipalities in rsgal
ts to the payment of those tdsbts ~
b, yet tho distinguished senator staut
lie, here and says no republican commu
to ity ever repudiated ! Has he read, Il
be history of the state debt Of MINES
tn ta2 Has the senator never heard
the repudiatiou Of 5000, 900, the .
y tire debt Of that state, which expor
al in one single year eighty MILL,
d. d. bushels Of .heat ra - o.
ce Ihave taken the trouble, asiniticip.
er ing the, denial Of the senator, fro
at Minnesota. to epitomize tho facts
a regard to the state debt Of Ainns,
ed ta., I say it is az. clear q case OF rep
ty. diatlon as can be conceived by {
of Imagination of mortal man, aud
te- without excuse, fol-. the state was ne
lit or ravaged by war its virgin soil
ds never, been Scared except by t
IS, plowshare Of the agriculturalist-r
,u- like the southern states, torn .
al, ravaged BY infantry. artillery q
on, cavalry, and then given over bou
to the mercy Of the rabid Wolves.
set carpet-baggers, who followed I
The south as the coyote does tue woul
ola ed deer. :.
tie, Now, sir, what are the facts in regs
lii to this matter? By the act Of Maj
lre 8, 1857, congress- gave to the terri
ty, ry of Minnesota 5000, 900 acres
uu- land to aid IN the construction Of c
sr' tain railroads. The first legislatl
i'll OF the state enacted an amsndm'
est to the constitution loaning the st
SO credit to the roads to the amount
est S5 10000 And the people ratif
she the amendment by vote OF q,
an yeas to 733 nays. The bonds of
ub- state were issued as the work on
all roads progressed. Aud the opin
to of the court goes on and gives
tate proportion in which they were
ng, sued and $2,275, 900 of state boz
it's were issued and sold by the contl
tors in New York and other cit