The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-07-25

and erecting the county buildings
where they now stand, only -four re-
main in life, viz.-Eldridge Burden,
VIM. Z. Wood, John Catron and Cy rus
Osborn.
The others have all gone down to
honored graves, and the soil of Lafay-
cite holds their sacred ashes Among
these names appears that of n of the
greatest %jurists and scholars that ever
adorned the supreme benci-the Hon.
Young, Wood and Sawyer, and Il class
composed of lawyers, preachers, farm
ers, physicians, mechanics and artI-
sans, not excellcd in the history of our
county, for intelligence, probity and
honor, marked the character of the
great and good men who were
engaged in locating and building
our court house and its appurtenances.
Yet, to further their selfish schemes,
the latter day saints of Higginsvilie
have risen up to say, all these men
were fools and knaves!!!
The great speech of Hon. John E.
Burden, delivered at the ConcordIa
mass meeting, afterwards printed and
scattered broad cast over the county s o
completely exposed and exploded the
Higginsville resolutions and the claims
set up for the removal project, that the
leaders of HiggiDsville, in their eager
anxiety to break the force of that great
argument, and to detract public atten-
ton from the real issue, suffered them
selves to be led astray by unreasoning
prejudice and passion, and rendered
themselves ridiculous in the eyes of the
people by their wanton denunciations
of the acts and motives of some of the
best men our county ever delighted to
honor, and whose very names are yet
held sacred as the b~enefactors OF their
race, proverbial for their honesty, in
tellIgence and learning.
The subscription of the Hon. Grover
Youngs was a mere unperformed prom
ises of a gratuity, predicated upon a
condition, which condition, his good
sense informed him, Higginsville could
not perform. So he but exercised a
legal right in Withdrawing the promised
gratuity.
We are willing to admit, however,
that when MIR. Young saw the hope
lessness of their case, after the expose
at Concordia, and witnessed their SUBJ
sequent reckless disregard of truth,
and want of respect to the characters
and memories of the dead forefathers
of this county, be may have become
disguised with their method of prose-
cutting the crusade, and beng con-
WINGED, as a fair minded man of the
which might be inflicted upon
one portion of his fellow citizens to
benefit another portion, himself among
the number, he refused to lend a help
luS utuu III luIluCI lilCC vi IN iIlHulbO.
That his judgment was wise and
just, and his action in Withdrawing his
subscription justified, Is best attested
by the conduct of the committee IN
their ''address."
With the portals of the grave in
and a conscientious belief hat
his means might be used to injure the
helpless orphan or dependent widow
by sacrificing their property in Lex
to benefit some spectators in
HIgginsville, his high sense of justice
and humanity revolted at the idea, and
he did just what any righteous and
.erciful man would do, in withdraw
ing the promise of a future gift which
was likely to become a
means of expressing the unfortunate.
After all that Grover Youngs has
lone in building up Higginsville and in
contributing literally to her every
and in donating magniti-
cent charities to the helpless and dis
ressed, when he is no longer here to
himself, or to explain his
motives, it Is a burning shame upon
he cheek of our humanity, that the ;
,ood name of Higginsville's greatest
,%enefactor should be used as a scape
,oat on which to unload disappointed :
chemes!
Why did not the honorable ''com-
publish their "address' while
irover Youngs was alive and able to ,
Iefend HIMSELF !
Why should they wait until the /
'reath was out Of the dead lion before !
hey kicked himP !
To him, were he here to receive it, =,
his committees address" is the I'M q
.indest cut of all.
1.-THE evil that men do lives after them l
The good is oft inferred with their bones"