Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-06-15

pie in Andrain county may know just what
kind of influences are at work to accom-
plish certain end in the county, we pub
fish the following dispatch from Mexico
which appeared in the Globe Democrat of
May 81, 1882:
Special Dispatch to the Globe-Democrat
MEXICo, Mo, May 31.-Quite a stir
was created in the Democratic camp here,
viz: The court house ring, by an editorial
in yesterday evenings Daily Intelligencer,
Il Democratic paper, wherein county Of
ticials are charged by the editor of that
sheet as not being dyed-in-the-wool Dem
ocrats. Every man acting i'll an official
capacity ut the court house is 4 candidate
for reelection in November to The various
offices now held by them, and feel greatly
licensed that an editor who was once IA
militia captain, and whose democracy is
not above par, and whose paper has re-
ceiyed its share of the county's patronage
ut their hands, should question their
democracy. The gentlemen for whom the
article is meant, and who are rs true
Democrats as can be found in the State,
feel highly offended, and attribute the
| IateHigeacer'S onslaught mainly to the fact
that the paper did not receive the major
| portion of the public printing, which was
divided up equally between the three
Democratic journals published i'll the
county.
That our readers may fully comprehend
the situation, it is sufficient to say that
| the sender of the foregoing dispatch was
sometime since discharged from the In
telIigencer office for drunkenness IL ne
glect of duty, and for whom the person
intended to be injured by the dispatch
subsequently settled with his landlord for
the rent of the house that had sheltered
him and his family, for which the much
hated Militia Captain stood as security.
And in order that the aniInus be properly
understood, it may be stated that he is at
present i'll the employ of that political
hypocrite and blackguard, who, with the
na~turalness of Il skunk, squirts his me-
phitic nastincss from the LEDGER stink
pot in weekly installments to the disgust
of decent people and the shame of the
community. Having failed of his pur-
poses through his W filthy sheet, he
now seeks to make a tool of another and
in a different way"
The above article is beneath oul
notice, except that it appears tc
convey an untruth Intentionally. The
editor of the LEDGER has no more tt
do with the correspondence of the
Globe-D Democrat than the oman in the
MOON The dispatch referred 'te
was written and sent by its regular
correspondent while we were in Full
ton. We never saw or heard of it til
we saw it in the Globe-Democrat, anC
the man, woman or child who says
we did, lies.
We publish the following dispatch
to the Globe Democrot from the SAM
correspondent, in order that ON
readers may see what he himself say:
in regard to our connection with til,
dispatch, which we did not ever re
produce in the LEDGER, which, O.
itself, shows that we were not trying
to make capital of it:
Special Dispatch to the Globe Democrat.
MEXICO, No, June Col. John Z
Hutton, editor of the Daily InteUigencer
Il democratic paper published in this city
took occasion to get highly offended at
special dispatch sent from here to tn
Globe Democrat, which appeared June l
and yesterday evening, under the headin:
of "a WhOpper," printed in his paper al
altogether un-called for personal edito
rial, soundly berating the correspondent
for the views taken by him of an articl
published recently in the HtelHgencer
rejecting on the Democracy of the "Cour
House Ring,"or more properly speaking
the present county officials. The Colone
claims to have felt injured because tn
special charged him with being a militi
captain, and stated that his Democrat
was thought not to be above par, etc.
when, in reality, his ire was raised b
that part of the article allpding to tn
division of the county's printing, of whic
he got his share. A personal communi
cation, presumably written by Hutton o
some of his employees, also appeared un
der the nom de plume of "Alpha," in tn
st. Louis Republican of June 4, whic
caused much
COMMENT AND CENSURE,
both by the so-called Ring and those out
side, as it was veritably a cowardly sta
in the dark.
R. NJ. White, editor of the LEDGER,
true and sound Democrat, also comes i
for a share of the irate writer's billings
gate, and after venting his pent-up splice
on your correspondent, talks in a viii
manner of the gentlemen, who is an en-
tirely innocent party, and who has nothin
+ to do with the correspondence from thj
> city to the Globe Democrat. The languag
used is characteristic of the writer.
The "Colonel," who, in truth, was tn
Captain of a militia company during tn
: late unpleasantness, and who, as the say
ing went during the war, was CHI O
. dress parade, but 20 worth a d-n i
action" is sorely at outs and disguise
: with himself because he can't run til
Democracy of this county.
The gallant "Colonel" is also hankerin
I to get his fist into the public crib, an
J all who are acquainted with him kno'
. him to be a standing candidate for an
position within the gift of the people, /
having, however, a decided preference
for the place nov occupied in Congress
by Hon. A. H.. Buckner, but the s'des
: people, can't see it in that light, an
show their appreciation of his politic
= ability in a different manner to what /
would like. People here are getting tire
of this ~broken-down politician dictatiT
to them what shall and shan't be don
= and are weary of reading the stereotype
editorials, "Good Men for Office" tn
ever and anon appear in his paper. Sue
ilI-timed newspaper articles as the Oh
= spoken of in the former part of this art
Gle, coming from the source they do, on
cause strife in the ranks of the party her
and the Democracy this fall will, 1
doubt, bury his political carcass out
sight. This is just the beginning of
red-hot campaign in Audrain county.
4 We have nothing to do with tt
Globe Democrat, Or its correspond
ence-they can, and will fight the
own battles. The correspondent sa,
he never was discharged by Hutte
for anything. The correspondent
=. Furthermore, wants it understood tn
his credit is just as good as Hutton
We know nothing about these thing
for they do not concern us at all.
We do want to impress on Il
. minds of all that we never fight 81
,.oeo Whom VIC have ANYTHING Tn 6.