The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-16
g correspondence.
Politics, &c,


EDITOR RErUBLlCAS-Ours is Il great.
4 glorious and Il free country. We have
a Republican government and republi-
can institutions that we should all feel
proud of. and every individual, no mat
ter how lowly or obscure, has the same
right to 4 voice in the control of GOV
ernmental affairs as the mi~htiest
would-be potentate in the land. This
being the case, every one should take an
interest in exercising the rights of a
freeman, and on all occasions exercise
his sovereign right to control this gov
ernment. But how few attempt to en-
crciSe this right except on election day.
when they march up to the polls and de-
post their vote for-who? The men of
their choice? No, For the men that
have been chosen for them by
small body of men who are perhaps
controlled by a still Smallernumber,w who
have formed 4 ring for the purpose of
hoisting themselves into power. and de-
lude themselves with the thought that
they are exercising the sovereign right
OF freemcn. What blindness, what fol-
ly. They might just as well stay at
home on election day and let the rings
vote for them, too, is to let them say
who they shall vote for. These remarks
do not apply to any particular party -
they are all alike in that respect And
whose fault is it Pit is the fault of
those who have the power and do not
exercise it in primary meetings, where
our future officers really are chosen.
Every one in tins country is left free to
help himself if he can, and if an office
seeker helps himself into Il good fat Of
flee, he is only exercising his right to get
tat at the peoples expense. if they will
let him. How many Of the best. most
honorable and influential men in our
county are continually finding fault
with the way public affairs are admins
tered, who stay NJ home and never at
tempt to remedy the matter until clcc-
ton day. when it iS too late The only
wonder Is tina. at.,irs are not worse.
Because told The people = few facts;
that there were rims ami ciiguc> beng
formed, and that the people should take
the matter into their own hands and
break up the little rings. and then after
they failed to do -. as advised. and
staid AZ home, allowing = lcW 10 lo IT,
they pleased. advised them to COM
mcncc anew and do the thing up right.
saving that the peop!c had t rigl,; to
be suspicious of things that were con
coc,ed in the dark. Brayton, icar,u.
that they might pay some heed 10 NE.
conceived the bold iIca Of crushing NJ
~ oncc-thu,iv: Where is the man
who has the least SENSE of honor or
sc.!-rcspecJ about him who would haze
stopped >1 low II tp act as delegate
from that meeting after saving what he
did about it," He didn't deny but what
| told the truth. No. his cruti>m was
such that l." thought his wonderful i'll
llucncc and his Specification ti.at it WAS
Dispensing to him t. have the truth
told WAS enough to COW down and Il
l"ncc me forever, or i. | did speak. Ii,
bare assertion that was devoid of hon
or o. scIi-rrspcct would deprive 10y
words Of any effect.
Further along in his article Of August
II, in speaking OF that famous meeting,
where the question Of whether tie pco-
pie should form a party Of their own or
not was agreed to bc !ct, to the people
Of Andrew county, Braytou says Il had
preferred that the meeting had been
held ii some other place" when, as |
told You last week. only one mcmth
from that time he figured il y secret
meeting II the same place, with "a few
others. This meeting was 50 secret
that did not know ANYTHING WAS done
until the cali was Published for the pco-
pies meeting on The lD,h Of August.
Verify, your Rochester correspondent
might well say "all OF Andrew county
when speaking Of Brayt0a, when he
learns that he decided the question that
was left by the former meeting for the
whole Of Andrew county to decide.
did think that would "siow him
uD, "unmask him and let the people
know what he is but upon more MT
ture reflection, ! desist for the present.
Hunting 'Possums don't pay, 10 how
their hides amt worth shucks."
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