The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-08-30

Dfeecncs, now Is II that there are Tow
hundreds of good and true democratic
union soldiers in itY That is easily
answered. The union soldiers in the
democratic party in MlssOuri-what
Jew there are have cmigratGd here
from the free states since the war;
C%arrOlltnn Record.
The editor of the Record is not post
ed in Missouri. history, and because of
his ignorance in this respect, together
with his reckless assertions, he is now
cup n tree. Missouri furnished Owe ~
hundred thousand federal soldiers ont
OF the ranks of the democratic party.
lhey dId not 'emlgratc from the free
states since the war; because they
were here AT the beginning of the var /;
and tens OF thousands of them are here
yet, and are voting the democratic
ticket. Ii Our friend would read up n
mite he Will iind that there are to-day
unlOn democrats in Missouri than
there are Notwithstanding those
OF the latter who were originally here
aud those who have 'eInigratcd from
thef Tree states since the war And yet
these free state emigrants' 90 around
shooting off their mouths as il there
were no ex federal soldiers but them
selves, when as a matter of fact, the
union democrats in Missouri who
actually smelt gunpOwdcr, and who did
not eInigratc here, outnumber, almost
two to one, the republican cX-federal
soldiers i'll the state, including the free
state emigration
Editor Baldwin Uses to a patriotic
height by the publication OF the follow
ing in his Scdalia GaZette:-
"Scnator George G.. Vest stands
apart from MIR. George Il. Vest by that
elevation Won by able service, schooled
knowledge, trained parliamentary
skill ana devotion to the principles
which guard this government and
which completely obscures the per-
sonality of the individual by the
grandeur Of the statcsman.lt is because
OF the fight Senator Vest has made foI
the producer against the beef combine
it is because, when Senator Beck four
years ago, after having prepared the
battle against the republican high tax
idea, was taken sick, the democrats
without "a leader, turned to NGst, and
he came to the breach and held the re-
publican senate at bay almost alone; il
il because of the ability Vest has dis
played in the recent great tariff debate;
il is because Senator Vest is tO-day
regarded by the nation as the demo
cratic leader of the senate, and because
the republican national committee aid
ed and abcttcd by the great beef
! monopoly and railroad corporations,
have onened the iull force of theil
batteries to accomplish is defeat thai
the Gazette proposes to lend every
effort TO chr his reelection TO the
United States senate, and in this under
standing every true democrat in
Missouri will join, regardless of person
al feelings or political policy"
Editor Richards, of the Knob NosteI
Gem, gets right down to business in
the following array of tacts:-
"Many reasons for the remarkable
growth of Missouri have been given by
the Eress since the result OF the recent
census has been published, but those
who have overlooked the fertility oil
her soil, her cheap lands, and her be-
Inefficient climate, have been farthcst
from the facts. IL Is well to generaiizG
on her wealth OF minerals, her magnili.
cent forests, her fine building stone,
water power, etc, but the fact that for
fertility OF soil, and cheap lands, Mis-
souri, is unparalleled, has told more
than anything else. 1t only remains
now to let it be known that outside OF
these alluring features, it is the best
state in the union, and the unprecenteJ
growth OF the past ten years will prove
To be only the beginning OF her pros
perity. All that is now required "a
Ontstrip every rival state in the west il
the assiduOus anu systematic cxertions
Of the people, aided by the individual
capitalists and col p~oratiOns. All this
popular %Gavoritism for Missouri, how.
ever, could not be kept up rs it has
been il there bad not been good sub
%stanlial merit at the bottom of it.. IL il
not TO be denied that the state has
great resources, and that her splendid
prosperity rests upon u solid iouDda-
ton. The world is beginning to SET
Missouri through glasses that are moi
discolored; to understand her people
and appreciate her attractions to coIn,
prehcnd the brilliant opportunity sh,
affords tor Incompatible investments
and the world is wise enough to avail
itself of advantages and opportunities
when it sees them.