The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-08-29
/" "Anything to Beat the Republicans, :,

"Anythlng TO Beat the kepuDlicans.'' =
If the Democratic or Liberal parties
had any effects, or if their organs and
defenders were responsible, q smart case
of libel could be just now made out
against them. A majority of the coun-
ties of Illinois are largely Republican,
but there are, of course, in each and all
few hundred Democrats and soreheads,
and these are just now very busy. A
few months ago these gentlemen sud-
denly disappeared as distinctive party
men, turning up shortly afterward as
grangers" or "sympathizers with the
farmers movement" " They worked this
claim very industriously for while, and
then began to make moves for the or
gAnikation Of 8 new party" and set
about calling county conventions. OF
course, when the conventions came off
the ex-Democrats and Liberals were ont
IN force and, of course, the action of
these conventions was inimical to the
Republican party. The third move was
then in order. Their organs at once set
up the cry of a general disruption Of
all political organizations, They an
nounced as significant fact that
these movements commenced In Re
publican counties-as If there were
anything astonishing in that; and
hungry Democrats and disappointed
Republicans in every county in the
State to form such clubs and hold such
conventions. The humor of the thing.
however, lies in the fact that these bank
rupt members of bankrupt party are
no longer called Democrats or Republi7
cans, but are dubbed "the people, =
while the slander lies in insinuating
that the movement is the work of Re-
pubicans. It is perhaps well enough
to notice, also, that the patriotic sacri-
fee these men are offering up is confined
almost, if not wholly, to Republican
counties, counties in which the Demo-
Gratis or Liberals have no more chance
of gaining the ascendency under their
own party names than an unrepentant
thief has of reaching paradise. They
have everything to make and nothing to
lose by their little dodge, and it must
be confessed they play their part quite
we'll When they come mp with lugu-
brious faces and deposit their bundle of
sin, yclept the Democratic name and
principles, on the altar of the "new
party" they remind one of Pecksniff
who, having fulfilled the duty he owed
to society by discharging honest Tom
Pinch from his employ, retired to the
back garden to shed few tears as o
humble individual over the wickedness
of sinful world.
But the game ends in Republican
counties. There will doubtless be an
effort made to inaugurate the movement
in Democratic localities, but it will work
very slowly. Not until the chief war
riors are consulted, and hope is de.
veloped that it is to be successful, will
the faithful come forward and join then
friends of the confessional. The "new
party" is forming on the anything tC
beat Grant order. Anything to beat
the Republicans is their cry, and it is
well understood among the leaders that
when once successful the promise is on
to turn the movement over to the De
mocracy. This is the secret OF the cir
| culars that have been issued and sent tC
Democratic counties, requesting tht
party to /" hay low" and work discreetly
and thus bag the Republican party, ant
give the State to the old treasonablt
element that disgraced it before the war
The movement is too transparent. L
is an old game, and it has been SO ofteI
played that it is thoroughly "playe(
out" The smart fellows who are en-
gagged in this business will find tina
those who go ont so confidently aftel
wool will come home shorn.-hater
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