Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-09
A GARD.

EDITOR INTELLIGENCER:- There ap-
peared in the Intelligencer of August Cd, a
communication of which the writer himself
seems to have been justly ashamed, and who,
after he has written it, prefers to hide his
face, not only from me but from the people
Of our grand old county, where he would
have ignored Justice and truth and believe
the silly and unmanly charges which he has
presented in his communication to the public
over the nom de plume of "Fax," leaving the
people of the county rs we'll as myself en-
tirely In the dark as to who the irresponsible
and ungenerous author is. Surely it Is not the
mark or characteristic Of christian for a man
thus In the darkness, and at the last moment
or our campaign to attempt to stab me in
the back, and at the same time to remove
from me the only means of refnling his I'M
manly and false electioneering charges by
springing those charges against me at a mo-
ment when he thought I would have no op-
p%ortunity before the primary to refute them,
and thus they would go before the people un-
denied and uncontroyerted. He charges that
az a candidate, II run an open SALON." cor
authorized a saloon to give free drinks ut my
expense IN the town of Odessa" Now, l
desire most emphatlcally to enounce this en-
tire assertion AS false and %unfounded, and as
the INSCRIPTIONS assertion of a cowardly and
unmanly trickster, who has not the courage
to show his name, nor the manllness to honor
the truth, and whose only object was to
poison the minds Of the voters of this county
at a time when he thought the nearness of
the primary election would prevent me from
Graduating aud removing his poison from
the minds Of those who may not have been
intimately acquainted with me, n therefore
inclined to believe his false assertions.
Whilst he claims to be a friend of DR.. Cham
bers, I hope it was not done with the DOCTORS
approval.
Those who have known me intimately, or
who have at any time been my associates,
need no answer to nor denial of these silly
charges, and I make this public denial In or
der that others may see and know the unjust
and unmanly warfare which the friends of
Dr.Chambers are using In order to cut down
the proud vote Of mine that towers so grand |
ly above his own. There are other similar |
charges which are equally as false and I'M
founded, which they have secretly made, but |
which l will not enumerate here, because l
believe they have been already refuted by my \
friends. 1 have no such warfare to wage with |
any Of my opponents. I had sooner suffer
defeat than glory under an unworthy victory.
But I Am aware that the people of Lafayette
county understand such electioneering lodges |
and detest their repetition. The democratic
party has no ear for such ungenerous methods
nor votes for those who offer them. I have
made a clean and an honest political canvass,
and I shall await the result of the primaries
to prove where my friends are numbered. 1
have no underhand nor INSCRIPTIONS charges
to make against any Of my opponents, nor
have l by any means, attempted to thrust up
on an honest and intelligent people whom l
have served at the expense of my individual
sources, insinuations or charges against my
opponents which are untrue and unfounded, |
and especially not at the last moment of their
canvass. without time or opportunity to an
swer and correct them before the primaries
are upon them. Let US all In the name of,
and for the sake of our party, make u clean,
fair fight, and do away with underhund
schemes, and democratic methods will en-
sure democratic success.
j. W. HARRISON.