The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-01-31
y. S. GRANT.

The 81. Joseph Morning. Herald has .
Correspondent here who seems TO have an
estinctive leaning towards ways that are
ark. and tricks that are vain lie sends
b that journal q communication dated Jan.
End in which the public are informed that,
the attempt to set up Il Liberal Repnbli-
an Convention at this place on Saturday
est was a miserable fasco.' That the
. portcrs," could find no body at home. ex-
ept ten or a dozen Democrats. who had
Omc to town to pull the wires for the 0 II
e%ntion." &c. 1t appears that the same
anpe.shat WAS so unsuccessful in the last
,mklign is being inaugnratei again. The
Eadicals would have the public believe.
bat the Liberal Republicans are but a mere
andful Il corporals guard a.. The Repub-
cans have the reputation OF being treach-
rous at any rate their memory seems to he
Elective. DO they forget that memorable
th of November when We dug their graves
nd buried then all but a few stragglerS.
md next fall We will consign these to the
sleep that knows no waking No cards.
Considering the state of the weather.
he above is about the coolest thing We
sve..seen in.fhst brassy sheet, the New
Era, for some time. If the attempt to
let up a Liberal Republican Conven-
ion at this place on the Saturday referr-
d to, was not q miserable faSco,"pray
THAT was it? We believe it is not de-
lied that the New Era gave notice there
Eould be a convention of Liberal Re-
)~ublicans" at the Court House Oh that
(ay, to appoint delegates to the "Liber-
Republican State Convention" If
hat convention of Liberal Republi-
kans" came of at the Court House, or
inv other house in this city. on Satur-
lay the 20th of Jan. 1872, or at any
)ther time will the NeW Era, please in
orm its readers who were appointed
Delegates to the Estate Convention?"
Who were the officers of the concern !
What resolutions were adopted by those
4iberaI minded Republicans who arc SO
nxious to meet in convention that
hey cannot wait until 3 Convention is
allied by the Republican party? fthere
vas q convention held in accordance
nth the New Era's notice why did
OF that paper publish the proceedings
f said Convention? And finally if
here were any persons here on that
(ay who took any interest in the effort
o get the Liberal Republicans Of this
ounty to meet in convention for the
suppose Of sending Delegates to the
Fefferson City Convention, besides "ten
r one dozen Democrats who were
hey The assertion Of the New Era
hat the Radicals would have the pub
c believe. that the Liberal Republi.
ans are . mere handful, a corporal's
kuard &c, is about as far from the truth,
8 the assertion Of that journal that the
liberals are all going over in a body to
he Democratic camp. That there are
cveral hundred Republicans in this
ounty who voted the Liberal ticket in
$40 is not denied, but the assertion
hat they intend to vote the Democrat.
ticket in 1877, is proven to be . slight
erversion Of the truth by their refusal
o have anything to do with the ring
%onvention called by the Democracy
Or Saturday January Goth. As the as
ertion Of the New Era that the Demo-
racy will consign the Republicans of
his county to the "sleep that knows no
kaking" next fall is no: q matter ofar.
ument, but of prophecy, we have only
b remind our neighbor that the Demo-
ratio party has failed in nearly every
a~lculation II has made since it fired on
Fort Sumpter, and will he inst as wide
+ mistaken in this calculation rs it has
cen in some others made since that
inc.