The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-02-28
Letter From Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, ONO. Feb. 10th 1872.
THE WEAruER.

Situated, as we are, more than SIX
hundred miles from Savannah, there is
little of local interest to us thai would
be worthy Of n~arrsting to the good
demiZens of your county. Cincinnati
no doubt in common with your W
neighborhood, and others has experience
ed the past VIII ter-and is still with
neutrality-suspicious. the like of which has
not occurred within the memory of that
noted sage individual "thc oldest inhab-
liant" Frequent sudden changes Of
temperature have occnred in one inst
ance the thermometer fell fifty degrees
in twcnty-four hours.
A COAL FAMINE.
A coal famine is not 8 pleasant thing
TO the citizens of Cincinnati; yet we
had IT this winter in all its rigor. Our
supply Of coal (our ONLY fuel is towed
down the Ohio River from Pennsylvania
and West Virginia.
The drought Of last fall and the early
freezing of the river efiectually cut off
our supply of coal and the commodity
rose to fabulous prices and was main
tanned at them until the blockade was
partially raised. During the past six
months coal has not sold at as low n
rate as the highest rate charged the
winter previous. Much suffering among
the poor was the consequence: and
among capitalists q degree of interest
has been awakened i'll railroad outlets
from coal mines within a radius of a
hundred and fifty miles Of our city,
which will speedily rid us OF such an
unhappy recurrence as a dearth OF black
diamonds" for all time to come
POLITICAL.
In this region political matters are
all serene; and prospects are most fav-
orable, indeed that the Republican party
will achieve a triumph over its advers-
aries at the election in November next
even greater than that glorious one
which ~gladdcned the hearts Of Repub-
licans some three years and three mon
tbs ago. We will no doubt have the
same leader-and probably the same
ticket of"Grant and Colfax" will be
presented again for the suffrage of all
true supporters of Republican princip-
lea. Can there be any reasonable doubt
as to the result of the coming campaign.
with the same noble team 20 pull US
safely and gloriously through the con-
test for the second time! 1t is true.
efforts are being made by some who
have stood high in the honor and re-
spcct of Rcpublicams-and indeed may yet
do soto dcfame the character and
injure the chances of General Grant .oy
denomination. Most unfortunately for
them, however, the thinking people
O~bstinatelv refuse to be led by the nose
i'll an effort to bring obloquy upon a
President who has served faithfully and
well. These opponents Of General
Grant are evidently prompted by pers,
onal piquc and u~nfriendlincss toward
the present administration. and they
will have little or no power to prevail
with sober minded. m~at:erof-fact men
whe look to facts and results rather
than listening to such fiinsy. whimsical
and absurd charges as have been alleged
against General Grant. Those who arc
opposed to the denomination of General
Grant by our party certainly have every
privilege and full liberty accorded them
by their brother Republicans to aivo-
cate the claims Of their W fovorite
candidates; but such wholesale, violent
and groundless abuse as has been poured
upon The head of President Grant is
certainlYnot in good tastejG,. indeed
it does not have an effect they did not
anticipate, and unite the mass of the
party solidly in his favor. The
energy and persistence Of their: efforts