Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-10-07

| to destroy. After the humiliatlug defeat
to the democracy Of the Eighth congress
sional district, in 1880, the talk for
peace and harmony by these men was
loud and deep. But that peace and
harmony was to be secured alone by
the surrender OF the army of brave men
who had told me 10 60 forward in 1878
and 1880. and who had stood. by me in
that merciless storm OF calumny. In
proof OF this l only state that those men,
lhrough b their organs, repeatedly pub.
lished to the world that they would
| Support any man Tor congress. always
excepting Crisp.'
II they thus had the rig hit and power
to outlaw me, they also had the same
right and power to ostracize any
one, or all, of the men whose views
principles and acts l, in part, repre-
| sented. Knowing all these things,
the men who had acted with me,
to u large extent. absented themselves
from the primary etings ot the democ-
racy, aud the laie machine congress
sional convention was not in any sense
| representative ot the democracy OF the
Fifth cong ressiOnal district.
| Alter giving the v hole subject in all
It's phases, due reflection, and consider
inG. that not only my own, but ths
character oi my vile, and little children
are involved in this contest, and feeling
| before God and the world that haYe
been wrOngiully charged by these men.
l have deliberately determined to appeal
| IRON the caucus to the source OF all
power in this Tree land. the people them
selves. untramm-led by party, untram-
neled by conventions, ts pass upon this
question between me and my enemies.
1t Is an issue forced by them; tits n
Issue from which have shrunk, but one
an forced to meet. am not willing
that my children should grow to
wouanhood and manhood with the
brand on their forehead shat their IL ther
was defeated as q candidate Tor congress
because he was thief-until the people
in their sovereign capacity have said
that they deserve 1t. Therefore fellow
citizens L say to you l am an Independent
candidate for congress. In your hands
l place my cause, and make TO you this,
my last appealfor justice. To that host
OF brave. generous, and true men who
have urged and demanded that should
make this race, have conceded. and
now ask of you that you stand by me
with your stalwart power and manly ac-
ton that we may all be vindicated in
the right.
Between now and the day OF election
will endeavor to meet the good citi-
zens OF this district face to face, and to
discuss with them those principles and
public measures in which they appear
to be interested.
Your fellow citizen and obed;ent ser
want, JOHN L. CRISP.
From the Kansas City Times. October 2. 1885,.
We published yesterday. as a matter
Of news, the card oil Col. John T. Crisp,
IN which he announced himself as indie.
pendent candidate for congress in oppo.
sition to the regular democratic nominee.
This action is not unexpected, and The
Times has nothing but regrets to ex-
press at this course of Col. Crisp. In
1878 and in 1880, when Col. Crisp was
the regular nominee of the party, we
: gave him our earnest and Jealous sup.
port. We believed then, as we believe
now, that the bolt of 1873 was altogeth.
,, er wrong and entirely indeienslble. But
} and we strenuOusly condemn this course
VI SOA. StioP uo" 10 "o uio SIess VI
Judge Sawyer in 1873. Crisp was
right then. and the Times supported
. him. He is wrong now, and we shall
use all honorable means to defeat him.
, We regret this step also. because we
l know Col. Crisp 10 be sound demo
crat, and whatever his personal griev.
! ances may be and whatever iauit be
may find with some men in the demo
Cratic party. he should have staid ia line
and fought them out inside the party
HIS desire to 60 to congress. or. as he
puts it, to vindicate himself. is all right
aud under proper circumstances we
would be pleased to see him elected but
he is now knocking at the wrong door
he cannot get admittance there. and we
, are sorry to see HIM spoil his prospects
for future preferment by the democratic
party. He is making grevious mis-.
take, and time will prove we are correct
III our opinion. Mr.. Graves is the reg
l ular candidate of the democratic party
airly and squarely nominated. and
having the Jeffersonian qualities o
e being 'sworthy and we'll qualified" il
i entitled TO the full and earnest supper
: of the party. He has at his back dem
ocratic maj prity OF over two thousanc
in the district, with the whole machin
cry power and influence of the party
organization to assist him. That HI
will be e ected. there is not the shadow
of doubt. if democrats do their simple
: duty and stand by their party nomina
uon-as we firmly believe they will do