Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-04-01

democrats also. There is nothing
palmer than this, yet the opposition
Journals talk 80 glibly of the large
gains they make through immigration
that It raises q we'll founded sus-
nicion that thew are not conversant
with statistics"
A federal decision permits any man
of means enough to buy liquor IN
s.original packages" from . bonded
warehouse aud drink it If he likes.
This applies all over the Union,
whether there are state prohibition
laws or not. The topers Of Maine,
with the help Of the makers and ven
doris of ardent spirits in Canada, are
overriding the state law very cieverly
and safely on the federal decision.
'sOriginal packages" in convenient
shapes aud sizes proportioned to
pockets, are put up in Canada. ana
NAV be obtained from bonded ware
houses in Name in q lawful manner.
This device mocka the state law. the
temperance reformers are disgusted,
aud the manufacturers of liquors IN
this country are not pleased ere
During the month of February
there arrived in the customs dlstrlcts
of Baltimore. Boston, Detroit. Huron,
Minnesota, New York, Passamaqusd-
dy. Philadelphia and San francisco
3O,447 passengers, of whom 2S,241
were immigrants, 1851 cltzens OF
the United States returned from
abroad aud $50 aliens not intending
to remain in the United States. OF
this total number Of Immigrants there
arrived from England and Wales, s.
O37; Ireland, 1,464; Scotland. sol
Austria, sos Belgium. 81; Denmark,
289; France, 275; Germany, 1926
Hungary, 1854; Italy. LIT; Neither
lands, 235 ; Norway, 1913 ; Poland. SIS,
Russia, 1852; Sweden, 431; Swltzer-
land, 4S1 Dominion Of Canada. 81
I'll China, $3.50, aud from all other
countries. 164. sgs gg 90 )
Senator Edmunds' epistslary style
10 questioned by an anonymous COR
respondent, who says: f".fn his letter
to the president in reference to the
vacant j%ustissshlp of the supreme
court, the senator says. Il thank you
sincerely for this highly valued proof
of your good opinion. but l feel. for
reasons that I have ~expressed TO Mr..
Frelinghuyssn,, that i ought not 70
occupy it, that is, Dc sit Fesdss 'thSt
I ought not to occupy yonr good
opinion Again he says: II shall
cherish this mark Of your Kindness
ETC., 'as Que Of the most pleasant Of
my life : that is, az one Of the most
pleasant marks Of my life.' This.
certainly, is Q marked style Of letter
writing. Again, in letter second, he
says: Il am deeply touched at the
manifest consideration you haze
shown me- II the confederation was
manifest, 1t was showu.and vice versa.
if it was shown, it was manifest"
Such l%osseness Of composition would
not have been creditableIih . supreme
court judge, whose written decisions
should be models of purity ,proprietY,
and precision. lJG9 ..
The gross cowardice aud immorali-
ty of q proceeding Of the Iowa senate
touching the proposition for Q prohib-
tory liquor law is ittingly rebuked
by the Keokuk Gate City, edited by
ex-senator Howell, 4 republican
"In the closing hours Of the general
assembly the senate adopted : reso-
luton declaring il to be the meaning
Of the prohibitory amendments that it
did not prohibit the manufacture OF
liquors III Iowa for sale outside the
state, but only their manufacture for
sale as a beverage within the state.
The other states suffer the ills Of in.
temperance, and we make money out
of it. We can not buy . tablespoon
of whisky for ourselves, but we csn
make aud sell it by the barrel to our
fellow.citlzens of other states. The
Gate City has been steadily opposed
to the prohibitory amendment, be.
cause we think it impropsr-andi i'm
practicable. But now, as interpreted
by the general assembly. we hold it to
be more than improper aud lmprac.
ticable; it is immoral, impious, dis.
honest, hagitious. aud an enormity. !,
is the most odious and indefensible
proposition in law-making we ever
heard Of"