The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-03-06
Esaects to the New Era.
US. GRANT.

Esaects to the New Era.
The editer>of the office holders or.
hn IN Lis cabbage leaf of the 2l'hultimu
formed lis two hundred readers that
!. would last week give them q snort
rinon on the history Of the devil,
plo he. is confident has control of the
EPyBLIcAN. Now while this nnoun
meat led Us to read that number of
o "ably edited" cabbage leaf with
usual nlferest-berausc our ncighbor
never SO interesting as when he is in
e patent sermon business, yet the an
Puncement put us in trepidatiou.
cause "with all his fanlts" we love
r friend of the cabbage leaf still
e had two sources of anxiety in the
Envc announcement first, we felt that
r friend must be in a very bad fix
Feed, ifhi managers had decided that
should not be q candidate for Sheriff.
d were going to compel him to sup
Irt the Devil for that office:-secondly
feared that sickness might have
Ezed him, or that he had lost his posi-.
Pn as Deputy Treasurer. and could
t help anticipating with concern,
bat a dose he would give his readers if
attempted to give the qualifications
the Devil for the position of Sheriff,
q the reasons why he should be elect
or on the other hand denounced HIM
his chaste and elegant language as
> author of his woes.
60 when we opened last weeks issue
the "ably edited" organ, and saw
at II friend had net been compelled
advocate the claims of his rival for
position he is so anxious to fill, our
yrets for his readers gave way to a
elior sentiment of gladnsss that our
end was still enjoying his "usuai
bd he alth" aud had a firm hold on
keys II the T%reasurcr's office. A
ser examination. however, renewed
+ disqaitude, by revealing a two
,imn leader, advising the Republican
fty of old Andrew to give a more
hrty,and generous support to the Re-
BLIcAN than they have been in the
bit OF doing. Our neighhor must
re been in a worse way than we
thought him-he must have been in
Torse mood than the loss Of his posi-
n would have brought about, when
wrote that editorial. He must have
len into the mood that led the impe-
D Charles in LIES decline 70 retire to
convent to indulge in penitcntial
eyers, and regrets, for the errors anu
5 of his mis-spcnt years. When our
end was writing that editorial, and
ldering over the uncertainties of po-
cal life, very serious, and proper, and
usual thoughts must have come to
.. His devious wandering in by
forbidden political paths, mist
Te occurred to him: his naughtincss
trying to 'bust up" the Republican
fty in 1870, his libeling and traducing
Fry body who did no embark with
IN in that enterprise, and especially
owners of the Republican. The
ps's of his ibOlitionism, of his Dem
facy, of his Passivism, the fedgiing
Flpent ghost of his Bummerism, rose
like another series of spcctres. TO
light anothe: appalled, Richmond. and
he remorsc of his fears our friend
rst out with the enthusiastic ex-
nation go then ~resolutrly tn work
1t, 1.-THE REPUBLICAN) by furnishing
Job work and advertising which
return you ten fold for the money
csted and induce others to do SOL
! then follows with a very compli-
intary mention of the publisher of
9 paper.
Fhero is no doubt but this will be
lfifyIng to those Democrats who,
ca our friend was"witiny for some
ng to turn zap" turned up the New
p and the county printing FOR his
Pefit. Having demonstrated that he
b avoro of the REPUBLICAN receiving
bore liberal support than is accorded
" the parry, Il friend goes on to
Nv what a very able editor he il, him
by denouncing the men who own the
PUBLICAN as dead beats, and bum
-, merely because some of them have
ned his editorial hide for him a few
es during the past winter. We do
blame him for this, however as it
ald be requiring too much of frail
nan nature to expect a man of the
y sensitive disposition of our friend,
Forget these little things so soon.
z then too the memory of the unkind
itincnt he has received from his
etcrs, and their nauglhiness in insist.
on running a straight Democrat 70,
FIN, perhaps led him to believe
Z the owners of the Republican also
e SO anxious for Office that they
erved these polite names. Taken
Pgether il is a ~tolerallc good Repub.
N editorial, and shows that he mus,
e felt very sick indeed over his chan
y