Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-05-26

on the OPINION OF the people mere, WIN
are interested in thinking so, but is ev
denced by the opinions of the promi
nent lawyers and business men who's
names we have given above, who hav
accepted and who approve the com
promise.
Mr.. Skinker boldly takes the respon
sibility for the imprisonment of on
county judges. So far, good. He ha
the courage of his convictions. LIE
hum and to thisI courage the liberalit
and observation-disclosures to look a little a
both sides of this question. He claim
to have done good by securing a com
promise in the case of Cass county, ant
yet he-imprisons our county judges: TO
being faithful to a compromise so liber
al that it is approved by the United
States circuit judge, by nine tenths o
the bar, and by ninety-three per cent
of the holders of the bonds. =.
|. Hon. Morrison Munford, vice-presi.
dent Of the Ext Confederate Associa-
ton of Missouri, for the fifth congress
ional district, has sen to a number o.
prominent ex-eonfederates in each Of
the three counties a circular letter
which wa printed in the Intelligence
last week. The address recently issued
by the president Of the association for
chilly and tersely put before the people
of the state the condition and the ne
cessities of the cemetery at Springfield.
Capt. JOS. A. Wilson, Lexington, Mo-,
has a number of these addresses, and
subscription papers, which may be had
on application. Now, it remains with
each locality in this district to do its
share of the work. If any neighbor-
hood has been overlooked in the dis
tribution of blanks it can be promptly
supplied. Upon the rich counties Of
Central Missouri, thousands of whose
sons were comrades of the dead now
lying at Springfield, depends the sue
cess of the attempt to do honor to their
remains. Nothing extravagant is to be
attempted. Only q sod formed to lie
upon their bosoms. Only a plain little
stone to mark the head Of each grave.
Only asecure fence to protect them from
the intrusion of rowing animals. Only
ono monument upon which to inscribe,
1"Here lie the remains of brave men,
who died for their conviction of duty"
true hearted American man or wo-
man can fail to heed an appeal.for such
q cause. All that is needed is organi-
Let some one at each town in
Lafayette county put the matter in mo-
ion. Have a meeting. Organize a
little society or committee; enlist the
aides, they can do noble work. This
county should not be satisfied to send
o jefferson City in August less than
me thousand dollars. At least twenty
thousand dol ars are needed altogether,
nd there are moi many counties in the
tate which should be so much inter-
sted as this. Organization will &C.
omplish this much. Remember that
bis is the only confederate cemetery
n Missouri; that its graves are un-
marked; that it is practically unfenced;
hat no stone marks who or what are
he men whose bones lie there mou'-
erfng into dust; and that there are
catered over the country, in utterly
eglected spots, the remains of some of
he bravest and best Missouri confeder- ,
ties who died in the harness. Remem-
er that these are dead. If we
'lll no care for then who will ? If
re neglect this duty who should at
md to it? !