Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-15

When the noun VI lili CouleS sou
can hope for no aid from the republican
party. As in Maine, Iowa, Massachu-
sets. Kansas, when the question arises
that party may be counted upon to de-
fend prohibition. 1t has always done
it. 1t always will. Assertions to the
contrary are idle talk. Is it we'll, then,
for the German voter, who knows
where he will be when the fight is on,
to slap in the face the only party which
upon this subject has ever stood by
him?
The Intelligencer can afford to treat
with contempt the assertion hat it is
unfriendly t Germans. OF course
ultra Republican Germans will en-
deavor to make this appear. They
never see aught to commend in any
thing democratic, no matter what 10
said or done. That kind of people are
unsafe guides. The Intelligencer has
made no threats; this is a free country,
where everybody has a right to vote
as they please-everybody, even those
persons whose sentiments we spoke OF
in our last issue. Let there be no
mistake here. In what we said there
was no abuse. Hard words butter no
parsnips. Instead of anger, Germans
who are not blinded by partisanism
should thank us for frankly stating a
fact which ignoring will not extin-
yuish. 1t is the merest bosh to pretend
to think that we hold that Germans do
| all the Observation-Disclosures is not
| one of their vices !; but they are from
their social customs particularly in
terested against prohibition. And, as
certain as fate, the republican party
will attempt to do i'll Missouri what 1t
has done in Maine, Massachusetts,,
Kansas and Iowa. When that day
comes the democratic party will be
| called Oh, as in every one of the states
| mentioned, to avert the danger. Left
to its natural feelings it will carry out
its traditions and do it.. But are not
| even democrats human ? If the mere
hint that their course in Missouri has
created some luminosity against them
offends Germans, what do they think
southern democrats-the great bulk of
the party in Missouri-feel when they
are insulted by the assertion that
they have elected a bushwhacker
and robber governor that they
are in alliance with banditti; and
that they are opposed to education T?
How do they think democrats feel
when they send three gentlemen to
Concordia to speak and they are refus-
ed the use of a hall, and turned out
like cattle, to use a she'd? The excuse
for this treatment is, that republicans
had been similarly treated ut Higgins
vile. That was a local quarrel with
which neither party in Lexington ever
had to do. Lexington always treats
C%oncordians courteously-always will,
we hope. Is the bigotry ofpartisanism
to curtail the freedom of speech? No
one can charge that Messrs. Conner,
Aull and Krause would have said or
done anything at ConcOrdia to make
them unworthy to be heard iii II Ofthe
city halls or rooms The canvass is over;
joy at the general result tends to make
us overlook the shameless way in
which it was conducted by the republic
cans, but it is 10 unnatural that SANDER
and misrepresentation for partisan pur-
poses should breed some feeling of re-
sentiment. In that respect the past
canvass has been most unfortunate to
the republicans even though their false
hoods stalking through the. state with
seven-league boots had their effect in
this election. We are willing to let
bygones be bygones, and in quoting
others we did not pledge the lntelli-
gencer to prohibition. We did say,
that hereafter we should let the Ger
mans fight their own fight in that be-
half. Already we find that it is inn
possible for us to do that. We cannot
help, if we would, expressing our hon
est sentiments, and they are opposed
to prohibition. We know where
our party will be found on this question,
and have always ~endeavored to uphold
its banner in all things that we deemed
right. If our German friends think
that we have made a mountain out of a
molehill we assure them, with the
friendliest intentions, that they are mis-
taken, and that there is a mountain |
where we only presented a molehill.
We hope the feeling will pass away,
but it can do no good to ignore it.
Mr.. Blaine's immoderate claiming |
propensity reminds us of a little story. |
Two men once upon a time went goose
hunting up on Helms lake. One of
them was a fancy, boastful sort of
chap who had a hand some doubled bar
relied shot gun. The other was IL steady, |
quiet, gentlemanly sort of man, and he !
was only armed with an honest old
musket that had done service for its
country. After the two had been mt
the like il while they saw i: number of
geese settle down in a beautiful place
for them to get a shot. The two men
carefully crawled up until within range,
when, both at once, they pulled trig-
ger, ard Il number of geese flutteringly
gave up the ghost. Both men started
for the game, the loud talking man
putting in his claims rs quickly as he
could. When he got to the scene of
death he halloocd out, 81 killed this
one,' and then, 81 killed this one I
aimed at him." and, 81 killed this one,
too, ! know" until he had claimed six
geese. The modest maj reaching the
place and finding no geese TO claim re-
marked, "Well, that's Il little strange.
| thought | had killed some too" The
two men walked back to shore, one
talking loudly all the way; the other
thinking. They took up their guns to
load them when the fancy gentleman
inv%oluntarily calculated, "The h--ll!
Why my gun didn't go off at ALL" And
sure enough the quiet fellow with the
old musket had killed all the geese.
Mr.. Blaine talks too much. His shot