Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-21

directions, It should remember, apa,
from all sentimental desire to zee .
good things prosper. in our midst, tbs
it has . distinct and positive fnancis
interest in making Of Wentworth Nal
Academy all that it is possible to max,
Of such . school. @
7 Ben Butler II q caustic old stcuss." tn
way he took the hide off Of the Tewks
bury tanners in his speech before tn
investigation committee, last Friday
was . caution. Mr.. Brown began tn
argument forithe defense. He endeav
ored toshow that MI. Marsh ran tn
alms-house economically; that no off
Ger of the Tewksbury asylum Or o
Harvard College knew of the tanning
of human skins; that all the witnesse
who testified in support of the charge
of cruelty had questionable records
that no founding was sent there whom
it was supposed could possibly live
that no bedy but that OF Park, which
had been buried, yer went to the dis
secdng table, and that the funds givel
the institution for its support had no
been adequate. After the recess th,
governor began his final argument
BE asked that none Of his friends ap.
plaud him, saying he would take theil
plaudits four months hence. He sale
that the administration of the institu-
ton for a quarter ofa century had beer
wrong in principle, because it was il
charge of one family during that whole
time. The governor then reviewed thu
personal history of Capt. Marsh, say
ing that until his children grew w
the institution was economically con.
Quoted. If he could show how he edu.
Gated them at college on q salary o.
81 200 to 81 800 he would beg his par.
don, for it was alleged that he never
took a cent from the state. The cover.
nor then passed to the evidence as to
populations of state property and alleg-
ed Irregularities in accounts. Refer
ring to the refusal to urn over the
lists of the dissected dead, he said
"Steal the inmates cash if you will, but
for Heavens sake don't steal their
bodies and keep no account of them. /"
The governor then reviewed the testi-
mony in relation to the number of bod
les sent from Tewksbury for dissection,
and maintained as true DR.. Dixwelps
testimony as to the large number of
infants bodies sent to Harvard,
although ''every rascal of them (the
witnesses for the defense) said they
never had more than two in the dead
room at a time" The governor then
produced the tanned skins which had
been exhibited before. He said: "In
the satanic press this has been called
a students freak. I call it a satanic
press because satan is the father of lies.
These pieces came from several tanner
les, and II had got to be an industry.
The shoes made of these paupers' skins
went on the feet of the rich aristocrats.
In the French revolution my lord and
my lady's skins were tanned to make
shoes and breaches for the paupers.
Let us look out that our turn does not
come, for one aide will not stand skin
ming all the time. A Harvard record
shows that q tanned negro's skin was
IN the library $50 years ago as a curios-
ity, and they have been at it ever since.
1t is time they were stopped. Fifty
eight per cent. Of the paupers in the
Soldiers Home are foreign born. They
fought our battles for us while we
were at home OF soft cushions skinninp
paupers." In conclusion the governor
said: 81 claim this benefit for your
labors and mine. All the object be-
fore us when we began was changing
this administration-with me that
there might be greater economy, and
greater comfort with greater economy.
They do not get the worth of their
money. There are too many mouths of
officers, too many officers, andto many
"matrons" just out of school. One
thing has been done, the Marshes and
French Joe have gone. The state
board put the Marshes out and struck
a vital blow. Mr.. Brown says the
present management is not a good one.
1 will examine it. If it is as he says, 1
can unmake the board of health in five
minutes. All has been accomplished
except a single thing, that 1 dare not
speak of-the political objects. Twas
accused of political objects in this mat
ter. How was I going to obtain them?
BY doing my duty, I suppose; 1 don't
know any other way. Is not that a
good way to accomplish political ends?
1 have thought it my duty to look out
for those that have no friends. None
OF these men vote. Why, if 1 had been
looking out for votes, l could have had
all the Marshes on my side in a wink.
God has made me in one way-that l
must be with the under dog in the
fight-and, upon the whole, 1 don't
want to change, if I could" And
these people in spite of protest after
protest were defended and upheld by
the "God-and-morality" party in Mass
achusetts, because they were orthodox
in their politics.
f1t is more and more evident that the
democrats will not venture to raise the
cry of free trade next year," says Mr..
Geo. VIM. Curtis in Harper's Weekly.
And this, we suppose, is deemed res
pectable journalism, since Mr.. Curtis is
an eminently respectable person. But,
still, as the democratic party has never
by thought, word Or deed, by a single
newspaper or politician, said that it
would "next year raise the cry of free
trade;" this sort of an attempt to make
a large constituency believe that it bad
intended to do so, seems to US about q
disreputsble a thing to DO a. n could
well think of.