Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-10-14
URISP'S CLAIMS.
From the Kansas City Evening Start

From the Kansas City Evening Start
For all asplrant to- an Office of the
consideration and Importance Of that
aimed at by Mr.. Crisp his claims are
the most beggarly and faliacious con-
ceivable. He rings the changes on his
enemies, his enemies always and ever
iastingly, his enemies through every
possible key. His platform is an
..cnemy" platform, his Ease Is an
s.enemy'' case. and he, himself. is clear
lv political c~oAtraband.
What a hollow pretense all this s'ene-
N.Y. talk is. every voter in the district,
who pauses a moment to reflect, at once
perceives. Mr.. Crisp, personally and
in his private character, has no more
enemies .. e. those who hate him, or
are his personal foes, we venture to as
sert, than any other ordinary citizen
That this is true is shown by the fact
that during his intervals of political re-
tirement. we hear no more OF Crisp
from the public press or the public ros-
trum than we hear of the sayings or
doings of Jones, Brown, or Robinson,
any citizen; and also by the further
fact that during the pending OF the pro-
ceedines against him in Texas, not a
man in the district, but wished him a
sale dellverance from the terrible
charge OF which he stood accused. II
he had the enemies, the bitter, the MA
liguant foes he pretends to have, would
not then have been the time OF all
others to show their bitterness and ma
hgnity. But they showed nothing of
the kind. on the contrary there Was
manifested toward him all possibly
sympathy and consideration during his
trial. and qualification at its satisfactory
result.
No, those persons-and they com.
pose, we fully believe, = large MAORI
ty OF the people of this district-wnom
Mr.. Crisp styles his enemies, are not
his enemies in any proper meaning of
the term. They are his opponents. the
untiring. sincere and earnest opponents
OF his misguided and u%ntempered ampi-
ton. They know and feel, both from
calm judgment and that instructive
perception of political itpess which is
an American characteristic. that he is
no more fitted for the duties of a legisla-
tor of the nation, than he is for the
presidency OF a religious tract society.
All men who know Crisp know him
to be morally and politically corrupt. a
trader and corruptionist of the worst
type. aud whose elevation to the posi-
ton his inOrdinate aud inflated egotism
leads him to seek would be q calamity
to u people and a disgrace to the ma
ton. These opponents of his are op-
ponents from u sense OF duty, from a
deep conviction based on facts that his
claims are the most preposterous. the
most hare Drained eve presented to an
intelligent community. They are the foes
OF fraud and dishonesty, the haters of
i%ncapacity. orazen i%mpudencs and de-
ceit. and IN Crisp the base and vapor-
ing politician. Crisp the figure head OF
a corrupt trade and fragrant conspiracy
they recognize the political outlaw and
the enemy to society. to be suppressed
at whatever cost, while tor Crisp the
private citizen they only have the mantle
OF charity, when his restless aud morbid
spirit shall permit him to cease a fruit
less contest Tor a post for which in Char
aeter and capacity he is so VIGOROUSLY
unfit.