Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-09
THE GRAND OLD PARTY.

Liz TcpuUlICdu party AOAhiOAiy Ci"AAA
| cd to be saturated with God-and-mor.
| atty ideas, and that its leaders were
honest, capable, earnest men. If II
was ever entitled to make such claims
it has certainly abandoned them. Its
leaders are corrupt, nearly every one
| of them having a record which would
consign a private citizen to the peniten-
tiary. Its long lease of power has been
too great a temptation, and it has plum
dered unfortunately. Its few hon.
orable public men are in such a fearful
minority that they scarcely exert any
influence.
Blaine-the very synonym of rascal
ity and cunning. There IS not a repub-
lican paper now supporting him but
knows he is unworthy of confidence,
and that if justice were meted out to
him he would soon. be in as deep OBJ.
livion as those two rascals Hayes and
Colfax. These men were great rascals
in their day, but they are overshadow-
ed by the greater ability of Blaine.
These very papers also denounced
Blaine a short time ago for everything
that was mean and corrupt.
Logan is bad enough, yet we respect
him far above Blaine. There is no
doubt of his enlisting men for the con-
federate army. There is no doubt that
he was once the most despised of all
men in Illinois, because he claimed to
be q democrat and a slave-catcher, and
a hater of northern abo~litionists. He
earned the title of "Dirty Work Lo-
gan," and gloried in it till a federal
army commission bought him. These
things are not limsy charges, brought
out in the heat of a political campaign,
but are well-known facts, and are not
disputed.
With such leaders, how can the rank
and file sustain an enthusiastic CAM
paign? They know the facts. They
know that if the republican party goes
out of power four years. it goes out for
ever, because it is full of corruption,
and cannot be held together. They
know that the thousands of petty
thieves all over the country will be
brought to justice, if possible, and if
not possible, they will at least be placed
beyond the power of further ~rascality.
Hence the bitter warfare that is being
made against the democratic nominees.
Many Infamous charges have been
made, but not one has been sustained.
The republicans r hard pressed for
arguments, and as arguments cannot
be found, they either manufacture some
or descend to mere bosh.
AS an illustration of the bosh of
which we have spoken, we mention the
following from the New York Tribune,
the leading republican journal in the
United States. 1t supposes a conversa-
ton between a republican and a dem
ocrat. The republican asks: "What
warrant have you for calling the demo-
cratic party a conspiracy for plunder2"
then makes the democrat answer:
of the most distinguished and
of u leaders, George Will
liam Curtis, who has been perfectly IA
miliar with the career of the democ-
racy for o then a quarter of a CEN
SO named it in a public speech a
few weeks ago." Again comes the
question: elbow does it happen that
you are supporting Cleveland?" And
he answer "Because we believe a
nan can touch pitch, and wade in it
Up to his armpits, and not be defiled."
Did anybody v e hear of a silly
oroduction2 When did Curtis become
! democratic leader? And if such stuff
8 worthy of the great leader of repub-
icanism, what can we expect from the
simple little country sheets2 To them
he exploded libel against Cleveland's
morality is a sweet morsel, and they
will continue to chuckle over it until
something else is manufactured to suit
heir purpose.
Our candid opinion is that Blaine and
lis party L doomed. We believe
is gaining strength every
and that he will be elected by a
handsome majority of the electoral
,ote. We do not believe the people
an be deceived, bought or bull-dozed,
hough a mighty effort will be made by
Ilkins s. Co. to capture the people in
manner they al They will hest
ate at nothing on account of dis