Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-11
WHAT Is THE NEOESsITY7
Irrom tho s.dalia p.nnoecrot !

There is a a.motive for every deed
done In the world, or ~ iesst, there
.is supposed to- be "a motive. Il! he
average man il, q reasoning creature.
He has certain fixed ideas, principles
and CONVICTIONS. 1T is not probable
that lie should be hot to-day aud cold
Tomorrow. He does not shift with
the wind, and as often. He cannot
love this week and hate the nexf, He
cannot be a straight democrat at one
election, and q tgreenbacker or re.
publicRuiat another. Most. men have
u conscience. Raised in the 81 OF
free Institutions, politics with them
Is something more than q bauble or q
name. Ii they live ct all so - to- be
respected i'll community, snd to
thaye influence because they are posi-.
tive, outspoEen and sincere, they are
always true'to party obligations and
convictions 4 - a'e no. 4f
:. When, therefore, q revolt is, nrom-
ised against tho democratic atuinis-
trstien Of afsirs in Missouri, the first
question suggested is both logical
aud rationai: Wat is the necessity!
Has tho democratic party robbed any.
body ,persecuted nybody, ,disfrsucbis-
SV
driven anybody cut Of the state? On
the contrary, it has been remarka able
for the integrity of its officials, and
the liberality of its treatment of all
who. came into the commoilwea ealth to
find homes, no matter what their poll
tics. Hasiitlegislatsd to the crippliny
or the hurt OF the public schools Z On
the contrary, there 10 but one state in
all the -union III advance OF this state
Ill the matter Of the reserved fund.
the besuPport, aud the efficiency oflthe
public schools. Has,it been hostile to
immigration, and sought to turn it
away altogether? On the contrary,
q democratic legislature, with two
thirds majority, appropriated $3O, 900
to help on the work of immigration.
Has it tainted or lessened the credit
OF the state? On the contrary,,a Mis-.
souri' bend rAnEs equally with gov
isrnment bond,r while Missouri does
WHAT the government has; NOT yet
done, borrowed money, at three per
cent. Has the public money been
stolen or squandereCt in any single one
of tho Que hundred aud. fourteen
counties by . single democratic off,
clal On, the contrsry, the reputili.
can newspapers have been challenged
over siid over again to publish The
lfaine OF q siugle democr.tic Office.
holder who has essg t~Asu. . dollar
which did not belong to him. Has
suffering fallen upon the state through
heavy taxos, and are burdens iinde
onsrous by the accumulatieafsfa BIZ
traFy debisfs On the contrary, tine,
democratic party has given TO! the
people for their protection q new
coiistitution, rigid in It's 'ecom6mical
provisions, and set hard 40 bar OF
iron against all those carpst-bag pro-,
cessss Of expenditure which brought.
half the counties of Missouri to the
door of bankruptcy.
Why, then, should any, democrat
join in revolt against, the still fur
ther supremacy of tho democratic
party If honesty, liberality, and
prosperity abound under any politi-
cal form OF government, why cha ange
1t When men are free and hsppy.
10 1t either natural or sensible that
they should want to experiment with
some other form Of government uu.
known TO them, and through su Oh .n
experiment BRING ABOUT q change :?
One would, think not Ii there 10 a
single democrat to-day in Missouri
who has . grievance against his party,
it is the beggar's grievance of dlsap.
pointment. He wanted an Office and
didn't get it. He had magnified his,
own Importance into q mountain, and
when bis compeers in convention sat
upon him, he wasn't as big as A tsby'.
bonnet. There is ne other sort of
democrats teaattempt . mutiuy. aud
the sooner this sort baud themselves
together for fight the better. The
great mass Of the people. who know
when they are well of, will most
heartily repudiate these malconteu,s,
whose tactics now is to make a tire.
mendous'noise in order to magnify
their numbers, aud be in cOudiLion
either to sail out to the enemy or de-
mand terms from their friends.