Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-02-07
Williams Whispers.
correspondence of the LEDGER,

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Correspondence Of the Ledger.
ST. Louis, Mo-, Feb. 5.-It may
not be uninteresting to your thous-
ands of readers, in these dull days of
mud and mist which pervade our
whole country and stagnates bust
ness, casts a gloom V the specula-
tor and renders the farmers life one
of dismal dreariness, to know that
the sun shines through the clouds in
the metropolis of Mo. to-day-dark
as it is-and lights up with apeculiar
brightness the future. The political
future, l mean-of those who like
the children of Israel who have so
long been in bondage, and whose po-
litical opinions have endured more
plaques than God ever sent upon the
lice-cursed, f~rog-lnvaded and blood
stained waters of the land of Pharaoh.
The poet tells us that
Hope springs eternal in the human breast.
Man never .s-but always to be blsst
But we see through the mist and
realize that hope will turn to glad
fruition, and this the greatest nation
in Gods gift to man will be honored
with a Democratic President. You
know to-day the Central Democratic
Committee metin St. Louis. Through
the invitation of Mr.. John O'Day,
chairmln of the committee, We had
the pleasure of attending the meet
ing in the parlors of the Laclede
Hotel. Harmony prevailed and con-
VITALITY Of feeling was perceptible in
every c~ountenance. Several animated
speeches were delivered by prominent
speakers, suggestions made, and all
was harmony. Delegates to the ma.
tional democratic convention whose
previous appointments had beer
made, assured the committee of theil
intention to attend, and no necessity
for appointing substitutes.
The different candidates for STATE
honors were there. Gen. Marina
/ duke, with his Chesterfield air, walk
ed the marble-paved halls; Judg'
. Bashaw, with his home-like, solid
: OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES way shool
= hands with his old comrades and i'm
s proved his new acquaintance wit
the solidity of his character and til
8 soundness of his judgment. There
y a man we know. You know, MI
Editor, (if you ever worked any
!, that when you ploughed barefooted
swung the scythe and sweated, Gu
cord wood with one s%uspender of
e day in and day out, for weeks
n months and years, that you kno'
o him from the ground up, and s
y when you marched as q private so
d dier barefooted and half fed, stoo
picket in the rain, lived on cracke
corn, black haws and frozen persin
mons, that you know a man. All tt
IF meanness there was in a man came I
the surface under such trials, and "
= are glad to say, as q comrade private
le that T. p. Bashaw never shirked
If showed the white feather. We hoE
to vote for him, and good, well-poste
it men here say he is the choice of S
l. Louis democracy for Governor.
l. There are many things we woul
r like to write you of interest, but "
re- caunot close without mentioning u
J. unbounded enthusiasm which Il
IN "Boy Preacher" Harrison. has cre'
If ted here in religious. business an
l. even degraded circles of ~societ,
a. Hundreds, from every station in lif,
l. are seeking salvation and r~eallzin
If that thsre is a reality in religion und'
his persuasive and peculiar manner
e. presenting the truth. He is n
" the most peculiar, energetic and ma,
= netic men We eyer met. God know
n. St. Louis needs him, and whe
to through here We hope he will go
i Chicago and spend the rest of a lor
re life in the service. for fear tn fate
o Sodom and Gomorrah falls upon TIN
IN dreadful town. j. V. w.
u "