Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-09-06

THURSDAY, SEPT. 6, 1888.
Breekmeyer and Hutton.
In his speech at the picnic yesterday
Mr. H. C. Brockmeyer, of st. Louis, made
q most shameful attack not only upon the
political but the personal character OF
ex-Goy. B. Grstz Brown-a man whose
shoe latchets his traducers are unworthy
to loosen.-DaiIy Intelligeacer.
The foregoing is evidently an en-
anation from the brain Of the editor
of that paper. We think it bears
unmistakable signs of having been
born of that mind, malignant and
vituperative, that discovers nothing
good in anything Of which its pos
SCISSOR is not the whole or bigger part
thereof. Then again, it occupies
column in that sheet, especially re-
served for the re-hashes Of the st. |
Louis Republican and-passed-off-as-
original-editorials every day found in
the Iatelligeneer-a column into which
the Observation-Disclosures and
board itself -and-hunt-for-items un-
derling of that paper dare not set or
rehash an idea. And then another
indication that it came from the late
Doctor-now-preferred-b -him-sobri-
quet "Col. Hutton is, that it is
false, and a determined effort on the
part of the said Colonel to SANDER
Mr.. Brockmeyer-a gentleman who
was nominated and elected lieutenant
governor of Missouri at the same
time, we are informed, the Colonel
wanted the same Office. We refer to
this fact, because it is a more potent
reason to the Colonel for his utter
ance above quoted than anything that
Gov. Brockmeyer should have said
In his speech at the picnic last Friday.
II the Colonel wants his readers to
believe that Gov. Brockmeyer ''made
. most shameful attack upon Gov.
Brown" why does he not tell them
what he said? In speaking of the
prohibition movement, Gov. Brock
meyer traced the origin of the move
ment to Brown, which is historical
fact in the history of prohibition in
this State, and said that Mr.. Brown
was trying to ride into the United
States Senate on his prohibition
hobby. This is another well-known
fact in the politics of this State.
The inference was that Mr.. Brown
cared more for the originator of the
cause, than for the cause itself. He
could not see why Mr.. Brown should
be SO violently opposed to the use of
whisky, when no man had credit for
liking it better than him, and that be
(Brockmeyer) knew that he did like
it, for he had seen him under the in
fuence of it. Now, that B. Gratz
Brown has done his share to drink up
all the whisky made in the United
States is fact that is known wherev.
er Brown himself is known. He has
appeared in too many public places
in this State absolutely drunk, te
try to deny it. His shifting from one
point to another in politics-first 8
democrat, then AN abolitionist and
republican, and radical republican
at that, then liberal republican
then q democrat again-and eacf
change, coupled with an effort to ge
Office, is certainly sufficient to pu
people to thinking when they see tht
hand Of B. Gratz Brown in anything
In this article we are not trying tt
detract from the character of Mr.
Brown, for in his public career there
are some things that are worthy o.
the highest admiration hut we speal
Of these faults in his character, botf
political and personal, to show tha
Gov. Brockmeyer was warranted il
making every statement that he die
make, in drawing therefrom ever,
conclusion that he did draw, and die
not "traduee" the character of MFR
Brown, as stated by the Colonel
When person puts himself in th'
lead Of o movement affecting tn
public, he must expect to have hi
motives inquired into. This is
right Of the people, recognized ant
established-an instrument fair ant
legitimate to be used in the discus
sions of all public measures. TAX
this away and you to that extent cur
tail the right of free speeeh-a righ
guaranteed to US in the fundamenta
law Of our country. But then, thi
disposition to not carefully regard tn
rights of the populaee, is q charg
often brought to the door of the mill
tary chieftain, like the Colonel. /
is frequently given as reason by tn
people for not comforting offices an,
position frought with great power up
on these great military men. Ha,
the Colonel preferred the plain It'll
of Doctor to that of Colonel, and no
accepted commission as Colonel il
the "shirt-tail militia of Warrel
county in 1866, after the war wa
over, and the enemy laid away hi
sword and musket and taken up th
plow and hoe to engage in the arts o
peace and not of warfare, he too
long before this, might have fillet
come Of the many offices he has 81
long longed-for and coveted, and re
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