The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-06
Concerning a Late Act ofthe Ooun.
ty Court.

Concerning q Late Act OF the Coun-
ty Court.
Mr.. EDIToR-Although / have no
propensity for stirring up strife, making
evil reports, or eliminating any one, l
do feel it my duty, through the columns
of your excellent and wide spread paper,
to inform the citizens Of Andrew county
of some of the official and other acts of
this county and especially Jackson town.
ship. Now l have always supposed that
the people of this county loved a repub-
lican form of government, with the ac-
knowledged right of majority ruling and
the minority submitting. And when a
man, or set of men, were elected to office,
| that they were servants Of the whole peo-
| ple, bound to respect the expressed will
| of those they serted: But it would ap-
pear that our present County Court have
assumed the reigns of despotic power in
its last weeks session, contrary to the
expressed will of the people of jackson
township. appointed a Justice Of the
| Peace at the request of nine petitioners
| and one of them a subject Of Great Brl-
tain, having no right to vote here, when
three weeks had scarcely elapsed stree
the people at a proper election, with the
full confidence that there was q vacancy
to fill, had properly selected their candi-
dates to fill that position one Democrat
| and one Republican, and came to the
polls and voted in good faith with the
following result: 30l votes polled; Re-
publican candidate received l6l votes,
| Democrat 40; poll books properly re-
turned to the County Clerk and Court,
| showing the undoubted will of the peo-
! Die, both parties represented, and neither
| OF the men voted for had refused to ac-
cent the appointment at the hands OF the
County Court, and it was fairly presumed
by the people Of Jackson that one ofthem
would get the appointment, which would
have fully met tine appreciation of the
people Of Jackson township. But the
| individual who has been debating TO the
County officials what they should do in
| Jackson township. for the last two years,
thought for the superior services he had
rendered, that he was entitled TO u Jus-
tees Office from their hands, and rs that
was the last opportunity they expected Ia
have, they could not do less than 20 EN-.
brace it. so pop went the vsasle.
Now. perbaps. the honorable squire had
not thought what a contempt he was
showing to the Democratic candidate. as
well as Republican. TO accept the appoint
ment until they had refused. But the
most ridiculous part of it was 10 see by
assistance of the County Court that he
was, with nine others, determined. re-
gardless of the expressed will Of his own
party, individually to run jackson town
ship. Such n base and fragrant d!sre-
gard of the rights and will Of the people
has scarcely a parallel in the history. OF
republican government. And Judges
Bond and Talbot will both be long re-
membered by all parties, and it that is a
fair sample of the designs and working
of that party, the people may we'll shud-
der when the Government is likely to
fall into their hands. But Il short time
since | heard a Democrat say that he
verify believed that we never would elect
another President of the United States;
that he thought General Grant would
turn this Government into a despotism.
He, by the way. was quite respectable, but
not a very knowing man. Somebody
had put that idea in'O his head. and from
a few expressions of that kind We may
infer what their party talks about and
what they would do if they had the
power-that is some of their leaders.
But thank God the American people
have shown their wisdom in the last cleo
ton By casting their ballots for a man
and a party that have been tried and not
found wanting; tried in the fire and found
equal to the emergency; proclaimed hu,
man liberty and equal rights. and will
maintain them. FAIk PLAl.