Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-01

| tons and personal feelings. Let Us iX
our yves upon the sunrise OF returning
democratic supremacy, and with this
glorious hope in our heart of hearts let
us all be found shoulder to shoulder, as
one solid pha!anx striking our blows
only at the enemy.
SHAMEFUL MISREPRESENTATION.
Hioeinsville Post, October 29:-
"Maj. Baldwin, of Warrensburg. cleo
tor for this district, delivered a torcl-
BILE and able speech in the City Hall
last Thursday night. + In 1870,
after five years of republican suprema-
CIV, the debt had been reduced to 3d.
600, 900: the states credit was of the
best. = = What is her condition
to-day? No school fund; no immigra-
ton: an increase in fourteen years OF
but 26 per cent. in population: be-
hind all her sister states in that respect,
and very much behind them i'll every
thing that goes to make people pros
porous and happy"
There are just six lies in the above
statements.
If Mr.. Baldwin does not know that
they are lies he is al ass.
The state debt in 1870 instead OF
nineteen millions was nearly twenty
one millions.
The credit of the state under repubi-
can management never rose above 925
cents; under democratic management
it has risen so that the longest Missouri
bonds cannot be purchased at less than
81 80 l 10.
The assertion that there is now no
school fund is so %stupendous a lie as 10
amaze one that there should be a man
so brazen as to utter it. The state
school fund of Missouri is the largest
of any state in the American union,
amounting to S3.131, 131 90, having i'll
creased in 10 years under democratic
management,S 81 1856 .O95 OS. The county
school funds amount to S2,12S,lSG;
township funds to 81, .475: seminary
fund S479 ,095; special funds 1852;
fines and penalties SIG 1922; or $685.
161 in the state.
Beside this the three nOrmals, color
ed college at jefferson City, deaf and
dumb and blind schools, are all sup
ported out of the general revenue, and
| the University Dartly so.
For the amounts paid annually i'll the
state for education we refer to Gov.
Crittenden's speech OH the outside of
this issue.
"No immigration" In the past cen
sus decade the increase in population
in Illinois was, 81 Ito per cent;
Indiana, II Z 10; Muine, $40; Ohio,
i, IS $40 ;Pennsylvania, 81 6-lO; Wiscon-
sin,24 7-1O: Vermont, $40; New York,
Is $40. Average 10 IL. In Missouri
the increase was % $40 per cent.
"Behind all her sister states" Statis-
tics place her ahead OF most of them by
all fair comparisons.
"Behind in Everything" Gov.
Crittenden has proven this to be a
monumental lie.
And it is to the vampires who thus
mllign and misrepresent Missouri that
we are asked to turn over the manage
ment of its affairs.
There is also an error in the
Posts statement. MIR. Baldwin is not
an elector from this district, neither i'll
deed will he ever be. The bird who
fouls his own nest is toe dirty for
that.
How can an Irishman vote for War
! ner? He was particeps criminis in
: 1868 in the theft of old Gen. James
t Shields seat in congress. Warner was
a candidate for prosecuting attorney,
Van Horn for congress. The people
f voted against both ofthem and for their
y opponents. BY the e'ection machine
~ they then had, Warner and Van
Horn had enough jackson county votes
n thrown out to enable them to obtain
n the certificates OF election. So far as
honor is concerned they might just as
well have stolen Messrs. Sheffield anC
Shields pocketbooks. These two fou
birds at Jefferson City arraigned the
II democratic party for misfeasance in
Office. Before they presumed to do q
thing like that it would have been be.
v coming in Col. Van Horn to have pu-
4 his hand in his pocket and to have res
!, stored to the widow of old Gen.
r Shield his $4,000 salary that he had
y wronged him out of. James Shields
ri was no rebel. He was the hero OF
two wars for this country and a senator
from three states. One OF the proud
!, est acts of our life was the ore which
as a legislator, enabled us TO vote tt
Y add this last distinction, worn by II,
4 other man in the history of our coun.
try, to the laurels of the gallant an,
4, patriotic Old lrishman. And yet, w,
are told that there are sone Iri>hmcl
who talk of voting for Warner, tn
N man who furnished the legal brains t,
wrest from jim Shields iis seat in tn
American congress. For shame!
' From his speeches now a persC
l.; could hardly tell whether william
l. Warner was enc GIthese or one ofthosC
III There was no trouble iii aRGeriaimin
De what he wa in 1868. Aye, it was nc
hard to tell what he was even so shoI
he a time ago rs when the state republi
as can cOnFcmlion met ut jefferson City
CT Then he sti9nlatized democrats :
III BOurbons. and accused them of being
IL alliance with crime. He denies til:
he is Il bitter partisan. Nothing ca
es more strongly prove the bitterness
IN his pariisanism than this very denia
e When Il man speaks of the major pol
C. tor fthe intelligence and virtue of
al state Us being Bourbon and il, ALLAN,
Ell with crime, and then thinks these =,
raigmmcnts mild, not bitter, IL demon
stratcs as clearly as anything can,
las moral obliquity OF a vcngclul hear
The Christian creed is love Villa
Warmers srecG is hate. Vote hi
Ill down.