The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-02-07
Farmers, Wake Upr"

ANDREW CoCNrr, Feb. 5. ISIS.
Nh. EDiroR-In the last Issue Of your most
valuable paper We noticed IN article headed.
Farmers, wake up." The writer evidently ha.
struck the right chord. Farmers, wake up!''
Yes, wake up" But when he has US fright
cncd out Of n ycnr's growth he says nothing
about . rrmcdy. What shall We dot Who will
b- our Moses TO lead Us out Of the land Of ti,osc
Egyptian task masters. the railroads.. middle :
what he has failed 60 tell us-but we think We
have II. Yesterday We met q man who gave US
the key note TO the whole matter. He Is y poll
tician Of the first water; u man WIN Is unwwvcr-
ing in his disinterrstcdness and fidelity tn the
downtroddrn and oppressed wherever and under
Whatever circumstances they may be found, and
who has influence enough, too, fe!ccied, to con-
troll the entire Legislation Of our state. We are
fully convinced that he can accomplish all this,
from the manner in which he denounced those
engaged in the buy Ing and selling Of hogs. corn.
Re, and the great injustice done Us by men tn
gagged In every other calling. He proposes TO
dispose u those knotiy. Questions In the article,
'.farniers, wake up. sfer this manner: Eisct
him to the Legislature Of this State. and he will
have . law psrsrd prohibiting all railroad COM
paiies from charging the farmers for anything
shipped over their NM Of rosd to any point with
la tiie Cnitcd States. Herr We venturcd 10 re-
mark that In all probability the United
stntcs might object 10 the Jurisdiction Of the
State law, and claim that they only could eject
the roads within Its limits. At this ~juncture Of
affairs you should have beheld his ~virtuons In
dign1tiUn. II appeared to mt he grew u foot la
stature. aud with the st-ntorian voice Of q Roman
), nator, he denounced the high hand Of usurpa-
ton Of our General Government In trying 10
crush OCT state Rights, anil with u the farmer,
| too, must go TO the wall. We shall never vcn-
lure y suggestion to him ssain-his mInnrr OF
WAS one born TO rule
The next will be the retailers and go-bctwrcns.
lie will make 1t u criminal onen,c for any one TO
engage in any retail business whatever or en-
gage In the buying of hogs or grain, unless for
\ his own home use; this will drive all the ''obese'
robbers out Of the country. Then he will go for
these parasites must be Taught q lesson. The law
ycrs will be allowed one dollar for each case he
conducts through any court successfully IL he
fails, u fine Of ten dollars will be assessed against
hmm for ihr benefit vi his client. The man of
pills must make cnlls at the rate Of my cents u
day aud the patient 70 determines the tiInc-ten
will adopt the tcn:hour system): In case any Of
| these profes tonal gentlemen shall be guilty Of
- violation Of these general laws, the lawyer OF
doctor 70 Offending shall he fined In . sum not
less then five hundred dollars more than he Is
worth, or Imprisonment in the State Pcnitentiary
mol lees than ten years longer than he is expected
70 liye-an Investigating Of five broken
down politicians 10 determine the length Oftimc
the offender Is likely to live.
Farmer suys ''let your abnegntion extend to
every profession" Our friend, the politician,
thinks the sanitary laws he proposes will about
clean up the professions except the ministers Of
the GorpIl; anil he can be cured by cxacting .
law 10 the cnecf that he must abide strictly by the
scriptural Injunction: ''Take no thought for
your life, what you shall eat or what ye shall
drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put
on." This would give us q pretty clear field,
with the exception Of the mechanic and day.
laborcr. and these will receive due attention ut
the proper time. The fact Is, he wants none but
the ''tl,ree per CEN. men," We intlmatct to
our political friend that, Us he proposed to do %
much for US, he had better accept The three per
cent. - agency, In connection with his Legislative
duties. lie was very DESTROYS Of aiding Us In
this, also, bit his mission was one Of love N the
oppressed; aguin, 1t would be bribery Of the
blacklist kind, and that In q legislator would be
unIarionable. At this ~juncturc Of affairs our
political friend could contain himself no longer,
and giving vent to his pent up feelings he ex-
| e laimcd: Yes; that article Of Farmer con-
tains The nOblrst sentiments ever uttered; We
lean stand 1t no longcr'-'.iet the cry go mp to
the s~kies'-"when We are all made psupers II
| will BE- too late" oh, yes! the poor-house will
be too full Tor us then! Now, yes, now let NJ
swear . terrible oath against all middle-men-
against all lawyers; against al doctors; against
all merchants; against all mechanics and dny-
lahprcrs; against every consumer In the land.
What care We for cOnsumers2 What care we for
towns and cities-for Manufactors-for the thou
sands and tens of thousands who consume what
| We produce? Down with them all; aud then We
can eat what we produce under our own vine and
fig-tree, and ''be duped no longer by every jack
uss In the land" ANOTHER FARMER.