The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-08-21
Correspondence.
Card from Mr.. Petree, ir Reply to
Rural"

in Califiornia-and he was once resi-
dent of Savannah-who was q great
fighter. He would fight anybody, no
matter how big, and he would fight like
wildcat as long as he thought he had
the advantage; but rs soon rs his adj
versary got the better, he would
always hollow 'enough!' before he was
hurt. And after Il severe fight, on one
occasion, when he had punished his
antagonist quite severely without being
hurt himself, to the surprise of his
friends, he followed, and they were
parted. When his friends Indignantly
inquired why he had SO ingloriously
cried '.pcccayvi' when he had altogether
the best of the fight, he replied that he
found that the other man had the best
wind. and if he only held out very
little longer the fight would all be on
the other side. and he wasn't ID TOOL
enough to wait until he got pounded al
most to death before he followed, and
he thought it was more honorable TO
both parties to quit then. What 4 con-
traSt between him and your correspond
ent Rural" or, Gas most Of your rea-
ders know T.. Brayton. Brayton has
not the manlineSs to give up when he
is whipped; but. like the ostrich. when
the hunter is about 10 overtake him. he
pokes his head in the sand, and thinking
he is hid. says, may do what please
he will act the opossum, and not resist.
He certainly does not consider what Il
(as the Spaniard says) .'burro" he is
making OF himself He called on me to
aid him in refuting certain insults. !
knew.of but one way to aid him; and !
seldom allow any one to appeal SO pit
eously for aid i'll vain. Ii want to cor
rect an evil. ! strike at the fountain
head. All honest men ("GrangerS' As
well as others say the course we have
pursued makes it appear 10 outsiders
~ though the GrangcrS were taking
Il part in politics, and 1t was an easy
matter tor the leaders in this matter Ia
put Il stop to it by preventing all ap-
pearances of it, and believe that it is
now stopped. Although Brayton has
not courage to come square out and say
50. he lahors hard all through his letter
to make ii appear that am a two-faced
man. He knows this to be false. lie
cannot find one sentence in the article
he refers 10 that could be possibly con-
strUed by an Unprejudiced mind to as
sail the farmers movement. !, III com
mon with all have spoken TO on the
subject, including Brayton himself,
believe that we took a wrong course III
keeping things secret that concerned
every one. said 50 at the time, and
he knows IT, Some one proposed, or
Won ASKED permission at the time. to
publish the proceedings of that meeting.
The proposition was not seconded, and
|. being chairman, could not. although
expressed myself in favor Of it. have
been very careful not to say anything
about any one until was satisfied thai
they knew who was writing. | said
nothing about the meeting at Savannah
but what | said at the meeting, and as
nothing is done nowadays without the
aid OF a ring, when that is explained, he
is welcome to make what he can out of
it. The farmers have formed Il very
large ring in the United States. The
farmers of Missouri are forming a pret-
ty strong ring for the purpose of crush
ing out tyrrany and oppression, and |
expect that Judge Myers thought there
was small ring opposed to him on the
10th. The only fault found with the
ring on the lst was that il was not large
enough. | said so then. | found no
fault with any of the appointments. l
thought that if the people had under
stood the matter better, that there would
have been better satisfaction, and | said
so; and don't believe there was any
one there that was fool enough to con-
strue ANYTHING that | said so rs to try to
make il have the meaning that BraytOn
would attach to it, All Gas far as |
know are willing that member of the
party should express his disapprobation
of what he believes TO tie wrong, or
criticise the actions of his own party.
without banishing himself without the
pale OF the organization. If not, then
the sooner we know it the better.
have confidence in the men that are
now moving in the matter. When such
men rs Joseph Carson, Kirtley, Bennett,
Webster, Mmton, Douglass, Jesse
Wright, Liggett, Holme. Saunders,
Faulkner, Bird, Pyle, Taylow, and
others that were present on the 10th,
unite on matter, we have reason to be-
lieve that there is something substan-
tial about it, and that all wrongs will
he righted. you will notice, Brayton
does not come right square out. like an
honest man would, and say that my as
sertions are false. lie only tries to ere
ate that impression by deductions and
inferences: and, as a subterfuge, he de-
MES being present at a Grange meet
ing or does not recolect when certain
things transpired. What 4 pity his
memory is so short | did not say il !