Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-19

then it is the other way" have ithis
to say:-In the first place, hoW the
prisoners arc worked i'll b present
prison or will be in the branch PRISON
does not rest with me, and can not De
controlled by me or amy other governor,
and hence l cannot answer Tor IL.
But, as governor, l conceive it to be
nv duty to do what l can to see that
the branch prison is so located, for the
present and future, as that the prison.
ers MAJ be 80 worked as to make them
the least burden possible to the free
citizens of our state, whether such
citizen be a laborer at any sort OF work.
without property, or a tax payer.
Such is my purpose and my only
purpose.
Secondly. Just as when this institu-
ton was located SUCCESSFULLY at two
different towns, where its location was
ardently desired by the inhabitants
with whom my personal relations
were peculiarly close and fender. and
one good friend after another urged
me "not to dissppoint my best friends
by refusing to approve" l answered:
Il understand my dearest friends
desire me to approve;I love my friends
and would gladly oblige them, but this
involves an official duty. Is it best for
the whole state that 1 %approve3" l
thought not, and declined to approve.
In q precisely similar spirit, should the
institution be located at a place where
as large a majority of the inhabitants,
including my best friends, desired me
to disapprove, l would inquire, does
the good Of the people of the Mhole state
demand that l { approves and if Thought
it did, l would approve. In other
words, 1 hold that l can no more de-
cline to recommend to the board what
1 honestly think may be the best place,
or decline to approve such a place that
might be selected by them, without
reference to the opposition of its in
habitants, than l can consent to ap-
prove under the opposite condition of
affairs. l mast determine my action
upon what my judgment dictates is
best for the whole people Of the state.
In view of the publicity given by one
of the Lexington papers, recently, to a
villainous SANDER that has been started
with r~eference.to my favorable opinion
of the country west of Lexington, and
thinking maybe. persons in Lexington
| who are not acquainted with me may
be more or less disturbed by the
thought that the property alluded to
may have something to do with my
action in this matter, | now allude to
/ this miserable lie for the purpose OF
calling your attention to certain facts
which ought to convince any candid
person that no apprehension need be
| entertained on that score The tract
of land alluded to, which belongs to my
| niece, Miss Harwood, not to Mrs,
| Yerby, lies east of Lexington and is
hence outside the territory suggested
by me. There are, l am sure, fully as
good, if not better sites between Lex
ington and Kansas City, than any cas-
| of Lexington, and therefore l would
not approve any location east of Lex
ington and near the town, much less
this particular piece of ground.
will not discuss this groundless false
hood any further just now because l dc
not think it necessary. But of courst
I do not know how soon it may be-
come necessary, and then you may
rest assured the people will be put il
possession of all l know about it.
Respectfully, j. S. MARMADUKE.