Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-07-08
.r;Gc;,o disnositiou for che good of

sacrificing ulspOSltlOn lOF Tie Soou y.
his country and his party. is most
worthy of trust, and that he VINO
makes everything subservient to per-
snual success deserves least OF all.
Choose a candidate upon whom all OF
the elements of our party eau most
readily aud tremendously unite, but
come up 10 the work with the resolve
uppermost in. your minds that the
of the majority Of your party
shall be your choice. All are allo we'd
All equal chance; all have the same
general object in view; all are I
bued with the same spirit of democ-
racy /; let all be ready to mak con-
cesslons of private preference tor the
sake Of the general good. 1t ls the
destiny OF the democratic party to
drive out of Office the party now III
power, and to put the administrator
of government affairs upon q just, q
wise an honest footing. The repub-
lican party has been kept long IN
power, partly by appeals to unresson-
able prejudices, partly by the most
glaring %usurpations, partly by shame
less corruption and partly by dls-
cords, jealousies aud rivalries i'll our
OWL TduhoS "IiCu low
victory when within easy reach. Let
US i'll this district no longer be our
own political exe%cutioners lot as no
more sacrifice upon the alter of per-
sonal rivalries and petty spite the sue
cess Of that party upon which we be-
lieve the safety of u country de-
ponds, and which has stood for go
long al the sole barrier to republic,
canism in it's march toward centralized
despotism. E -.
1t is impossible that the people will
feveyer passive under the con
slant outrages and expressions being
perpetrated by the republican party:
What q spectacle does it now present!
A president made so by the bullet OF
an assassin, who was stimulated to
the deed by. a factional fight over the
spoils of Office, in which fight that
president was a partisan against his
predecessor-the victim. A majority
in congress-, the leader Of which is
Secor Robson, andztbe entire. party
power by wholesale sbriberyscem-
miited by the secretary Of the national
republican committee. who ls now on
trial before the criminal court of his
country for rObbing his government
of part of the very means used in car
rying out his villsinous plans aud
the other minor schemes for plumber
and jobbery TOO numerous to mention
that have furnished the main items OF
news for the last half year.
The normal condition of things at
the seat Of our general government
seems, to bea system of constant rob-,
berries and frauds upon the treasury,
and the no less constant escape OF b
Offenders. No one. seems TO dare to
push another to conviction lest be in
turn should be exposed. These things
csnnst endure. The people r the
s'mills of The gods - theylgrind very
slowly indeed in this case, but they
will grind very fine. a
We owe it to ourselves, to our
to our country, to use every
exertion to bring the rule of such u
pariySto an. end. II is important that
.democraey should have its full
strength Represented In the next con-
yress: Let us. thel. from this time
en-, move forward uiideresthe old or.
gaIizstion. with this wstch- words
constantly upon our lips, and the
sentiments exempfitfed ~ our ,ac-.
TONS, .tThe greatest good to the
greatest number Tvs sPrinciples o
menI" "Our duty to the public first,
private interests afterward J"
+. l.. MARTIN,
M. w. ANDERsoN,
R..Bs9HARwO0D,
MAJ STEELE.