The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-09-26
Correspondence
Letter from Indiana.

/ EDITOR REPUBLiCAN-My former let
tiers to your paper related to some of the
| resources of the State of Indiana and the
prosperity of her beautiful rising capital
city. In this one l desire to say some
thing in which your readers are particu-
iarly and deeply concerned, in relation
to another subject; and in so doing !
| desire to Use some very plain language,
which | hope will not be misunderstood
or misconstrued by any one, and would
further say that | hope that what !
may say will in no wise give offence or
mar the feelings of any one, for my pur-
pose in this article is none other than an
honest one. hoping that in what now
write may result advantagously to the
reader whoever he way be. Missouri is
| a State that ] cherish II very strong love
for, and her people, m and all, ] desire
to see prosperous and happy. Since
ever | ceased to make Missouri my
home, l have very closely watched her
every progress and wished her God
speed in all her many enterprises, both
public and private. and feel as much in
terest in the welfare of her people as if ]
| was still a citizen of your great com
monwealth. The people of Missouri
are behind none in the way of enterprise
so far as their ability will allow. Yet
| there still exists one great impeachment
in their way of complete success nmost,
if not all, of their undertakings, and that
consists to Il more or less degree in the
n,J,n. If thn ,,n.,nln nf Nts,npr,
| which was cngendered by the wal and
is not yet e~radicated. Many do not stop
| to consider that the war is over, that the
rebellion is crushed, the Union restored,
and the whole country is again on the
| high road to wealth and prosperity; and
| that being true, l would ask, in all can-
dor, why are some, and a great many
too, at daggerS points with each other,
and why shonld any feelings other than
that of friendship and good will be toler-
| ated in any part ofthc State. There are
sections in Missouri to-day where men
live in constant fear Of losing their lives
| simply on account of their past feelings,
either in favor of the preservation of the
Union or the success of the rebellion.
| Such a state of society as that is all
wrong and deserves to be condemned
everywhere, new, rthelcss it does exist
in many parts of Missouri, which can
| not be denied. There are men to-day
| whose aim and purpose it is to fan the
flames of discord and hatred between
the people. and if they had it in their
power, would again plunge our whole
country into another fratricidal war
1880. $500 l,-.r,I tl,,p Tho 1,,n tlr,rrt,
which we have SO lately passed. Yet
| such mcn are towards at heart, and
but the scum and dregs of any COM
munity. ! hope their lease of power in
Missouri is about ended, and that they
| will soon be compelled to pass back
| into the sphere they so properly belong.
to there repent of their many sins that
| they have committed against God and
humanity, if repentance be possible for
such a set of sycophantS and degenerate
| creatures whom the devil would blush
for shame To W aS a part of his prng-
eny of sinners, whom it is a SANDER
upon Adams race to call men.
During the war they were either blatant,
foul-mouthed rebels or union men for
the sake of plumber and the spoils of vic
tory. Those are the men who to-day
seek every available opportunity to
again trouble the would be still waters
of Missouri's peace. Missouri came out
of the war very much worsted. Yet she
had an influx Of emigration which was
very large, from 1865 To 1870 she re-
ceived a new population of about half Il
million since then it has been rather
small as in comparison TO that of those
wears. | would ask what has caused it?
The answer is plain: The citizen does
dot get the protection for his life and
property that is required to make him
secure; hence the emmigrant will seek
his home elsewhere. Your laws may
be good enough and doubtless are. but
they are in many parts of the Star, but
poorly executed. / fear that your Gov
rno is not 4 good executive officer, al
/ Tough | esteem him very highly as n
an; yet | sometimes think he falls far
sh, 'rt of being the right man in the right
pl:u %, somewhat like Indiana's present
Gov, .rnOr. ] fear he does not take much
intere st in the affairs of his State. But
we ca,l look over our Governors little
nss, as You are probably aware
that Governor Hendricks has an eye sim
gle tn Pr ~csi,.ental honors, and that he
feels that. his present position as Gov
cracr Of indiana is a kind of a stepping
sssae into the White House. But nv
o,azi.n is, and / think ! am correct, that
he Is too dead Il duck" TO ever have his
hopes realized in that respect. The peo-
pie Of Missouri have the "ground work"
to make her the empire State in the
Uni.n. Her soil, minerals, &C., are
.cxrcllcd by few, if any. and her citizens,
ono and all, have but to do their duty |
and capital As well as labor will flow
into her midst by the millions, and ,
wealth and r~.o-prrty will he their re-
ward. They have only to say we will.
and il will he done, tor the people Of
Missouri are made out of too Stern a
metal t. go back on their word. ! SIN
cerely hope to see the whole people Of
Missouri bury all their old past prcjudi-
ces. caused by the war; in the vault Of
foreetfulncss, never to again be resur-
ected; and live in the future as broth
ers, and their achievements will be
great. Citizens of Missouri retrieve
your misgivings in that respect that
your future may be bright rs well a.
glorious. Yours truly. &C.,