Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-10-14
BRIGHTLY BURN THE FIRES.
from the Independence Sentinel ]

II rom the independence oeEtiEcl
Day by day the prospects OF Mr.
Graves election brighten. From all
PORTIONS OF the district come the most
cheering reports.
In Lafayette county the democratic
party is solid for Graves. while hun-
dreds OF republicans will vote for him
because they respect him; and having
no party candidate to vote for, will sup
| port Mr.. Graves from personal motives.
In johnson county Mr.. Caves also
has the solid democratic Vote Mt his
back. Besides this, the republicans
there, who are such from principle and
not from "expediency," Disguised n.
the %disgraccful gatherings of the Jack
sou county machine are declaring Tor
| Graves by the hundred. us the best way
of rebuking the trade by which their
favorite, Il. L. Van Horn, was slaugh-
tered IN the convention last week.
In jackson county there is unanimi-
ty in the democratic party fully as strong
as Was anticipated. While it is true
that quite o respectable number of dem
ocrats will supper: the independent can
didate, which they have a perfect right
to do, the great bulk of the party. per-
fectly satisfied with Mr.. Graves, will
not only vote Tor him. but Will use
every honorable means to secure his
triumphant election. And we are proud
to recognize foremost in the Graves
phalanx scores of the most excellent
democrats. who two years ago were
supporters oi the independent candi-
date OF the present campaign. This
shows that the union OF the party in
this county is practically complete,
ven In he congressional canvass,
where the barter-and-trade republicans
have sought so hard to introduce divis-
ion and strife.
But, while the democratic party is
thus IN excellent working order, we
find in the republican party that strife
and discord the machine managers
OF it have stllven to create in the demo-
cratic party. One faction, working Tor
the mastery o. tho present gain or
future profits. has at the s :rlfice of all
principle, of all party decency, aeliber-
ately stabbed tine party in the back, as
sassinated its best leaders and absolute
ly battered away the birthright OF
the republican masses. But this has
not been done with lmpunity. To the
better class of republicans there Is
nothing in the so-caIlei ''cltizens'; tick
ct worth exchanging republican princi-
pies for. In abandoning the congress
sional field with only 1000 opposition
majority on the cowardly plea OF ''inex-
peuiency," within q week after they
had nominated a state ticket in the face
of 10000 opposition majority, is a stu
pendoas piece of Inconsistency that the
most bigoted partisan refuses to swal-
low. But was it only inconsistency ?
No. This "inexpediency" dodge was
only a cowardly lie. 1t was concocted
to conceal a political trade by which r.
T. Van Horn was shelved to give way
for VIM. II. Warner Tor 1854. "Sbould
Van Horn be nominated now," argued
the ring, "his personal popularity
might carry him through despite the
heavy majority against him, and that
would make him solid for 1884. Hence
he must be shelved." And to this end
the Jackson county delegation, selected
Van Horns absence from the
district, was packed in the interest OF
the scheme to shelve him, and barter
the principles of the republican
party in the interest OF Warmers future,
and in consideration of the few demo-
cratic votes it was believed Ill 1nde-
pendent candidate could secur Tor the
so-called ~'scitizens" ticket.
As we ssid above, though, all this
trading has not been done
with IMMUNITY. 1t has stirred the bet
ter classes OF republicans up, and now
they refuse point blank 10 sustain the
Vaccinations and deplorable tradings
of the ring. and they. too, as the choice
Is presented TO them, are obeying the
dictates OF true patriotism, and are CIV
ing their support to Alexander Graves
and the democratic county ticket.
Brightly burn the fires.