Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-27
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from the st. Louis Republican.

[F'rom the st. Louis Republican,
The republican leaders of Missouri
have performed Il feat always i'll the
power of the most insignificant and
impOtent; they have momcntarily re-
scucd themselves from long and irk-
some humiliation by striking the state
blow in the face. They have attempt
ed to attract the public attention. and
they have succeeded-j INST as any worth
less character might attract attention
for a moment by assaulting the most
eminent and worthy citizen in n com
munity.
Let us deal fairly with the case. The
committee which reported the resolu
ton OF insult and defamation OF the
state at Jefferson City was composed
of the following persons:
First district, David Wagner; Second,
George Hall, Third, j. ii. Lloyd;
Fourth, Henry S. Kelley; Fifth, r. Il.
Van Horn; Sixth, Milo Blair; Seventh,
A. j. Seay; Eight, II. NJ. Pollard;
Ninth, Jacob Klein; Tenth, E. Nj.
McGinnis; Eleventh, E. NJ. Clark:
Twelfth, w. J. Terrill; Thirteenth, 5.
S. Kerr; Fourteenth, &. ii. Chattcc.
One of these has been judge OF the
supreme court of this state, and is now
candidate for the same position. An
other has represented the intelligent
constituency of the Kansas City dis
lrict in congress, twice. A third is n
member of the present Legislature.
These persons assert, and the rcpubli-
can convention unanimously repeats,
that the dominant party. which is only
another name for the people of Mis-
souri,. "have persistcntly ignored the
Union clement of the state" Is this
lrue?Do not Messrs. Wagner, Van
Horn, McGinnis and their associates
know that it is shaneiully false!
They assert that ''the dcmoerric par
~ still insists OH prosecuting men for
their loyalty" Is this true? What
example can be furnished! What man.
high or low, white or black has been
prosecuted for his loyalty to the state!
They assert that the democratic party
"makes service in the war against tho
government q condition for the iinpor-
tant offices of the state and for senators
and representatives in congress" ls
this true? Does not the election of five
UniUii-t governors, five Unionist lieut.
cnant governors and Il large majUrity
OF UniOmist members of congress by
democratic votes in the last twelve
years signally falsify it.
They ''imdict the bourbon democracy
OF the state"-that is, the people of the
stale-''ior its alliance with and pro-
tcclion OF notorious and confessed ts'n-
ditti.' If this were true it would
make the people of Missouri a commu-
nifty of fclOns. Is il true! Let it be
admitted that there were persons in
two of the western counties who were
aiders and abettOrs OF the james gang
of brIgands, but does not the fact that
the authorities of these counties sue
cccded ut last i'm bringing the members
of the gang one by one to justice, and
that the press and people of the state
with an almost unanimous voice sup
ported and applauded them in their
wOrk-dOes not this undeniablc fact
decisively disprove the charge! There
were brigands in Missouri two years
ago; there are none to-day-and the
democratic authorities have brought
about the riddance.
Every one of the charges in the res
olution, then, is false; and not only Il
f;,lsehood, but SANDER. II the four
teen persons who put them in writing
and reported them to the convention
can make them good, let them stand
before the DETAINED people of Missouri
and do SO. If the republican candi-
da;es and organs can prove them, or
even make show of proving them, let
them do so without delay. If not, then
let the committee hang their heads as
convicted and confessed slanderers and
maligncrs of the state whose offices
they have the effrontery to covet, and
,,of the people whose votes they solicit.