The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-10
Correspondence.
Farmer" Replies to "Rural," and
Gives Another Person a Dig in
the Ribs.

Gives Another Person a Dig in
|; the Ribs.
EDITOR REPUBLICAN-My leaven is
beginning to work all right; the prop
er element is beginning TO seethe and
bubble, and my "diminutiven friend
("Rural," alias "A Farmer" Qlids "P.
of H." &c) has bubbled clear over, and
comes tumbling into the arena with 4
double somerset, shouting Eureka!
Yes, he thinks he has found it this time.
He thinks he has found IN inconsistency
in my argument; or, rs he says, | have
unwittingly torn my own argument to
tatters; and il tickles him so, that he
dances around like mouse on hot
griddle, and forgets to, or thinks it is
useless to, do anything more than point
out this inconsistency; and then puts
forth the query ''lf they (the tarmers)
cannot manage one party, what win they
do with two?" This is the very question
/ want him to answer. If they can't
manage one or two parties. what will
they do with three or more? i am not
opposed to forming new party, if my
little friend will only tell me how to do
it without having more than 1.-TWO" par
ties. The other two parties are still in
existence; if we make another, that will
be three. Here they will coalesce with
the Democratic party, making 4 hybrid
between the two-thiS makes four.
There they will combine with the Repub-
lican party-against the Democrats
making another hybrid, which will make
fire. Now, we begin to come to where
my friend and myself agree-and this
is point that have been trying to il
lustrate-that lit is reserved by every
Patron. rs the right of Il freeman, to
affiliate with any party that will best
carry out his principles and every one
is his own judge. and as these parties
are all just what their own members
make them, and none of them will
amount to anything without voters, they
frame their platforms with that object
alone in view; and, as the working men
and farmers are the most numerous, of
course they are more particular about
setting their trap for that particular
game than any other; and they divide
us, and defeat us, by agreeing with Us,
and not by opposing us. He says that
l want to make it appear that the adhe-
rents of one party alone are in favor of
dropping old party ties. Nor such
thing and ifI did, the Democratic
party is the last party that | would ac-
cuse of any such intent. 1t is the Oldest
party. Those ties have been handed
down from father TO son until
they have become hereditary; they have
become so inbred that they are natural,
and like produces like with rs much GER
tainty Is the best strain of thorough
breds possibly can-modilied, of course,
by circumstanccs-;lnd whenever YOU
can see an "old Bourbon" like IN ex-
County Judge ! could name, taking up
with Il new departure so enthusiastic
ally, YOU can set il down that il is only
a blind. The present Republican party
is gilmore recent origin, brought into
existence for Il particular purpose;
and that particular purpose being ac-
complished, and being originally made
up OF fractions and units, and not hay
ing any hereditary ties, it can, will and
does assimilate with any new movement
much more rapidly than the Democratic
party. "Rural'-with so many aliases
says that am II strict party man. If
that is so-which | am not going to take
the trouble to deny-hc certainly will
not accuse me Of being a Democrat,
and if the Republican party does
not put IL an appearance, what party VIII
| strictly belong to? All the indica-
tions are now, and have been, that in
this State there will be no Republican
party nominations; and there will be
no dead carcasses for me 10 kick, eth
er. When 1t is AL summed up, and my
friend couid-in reality, rs he pretends
to-discard al his old hereditary Bour-
bonism, we don't differ so much after
all-in fact with the aforesaid. eXcep-
tion) he is a pretty good fellow (but
don't tell him | said so).
About the best joke of the season,
though, is attempted through the
columns of last week ; Patron A certain
old bourbon and eX-county official tries
TO palm himself off as "Granger," and
although living in Savannah, dates his
letter ut Roseniale, and talks about
.'our farmers and .belonging TO IN
anureW county bTdu4c, Us lnouHn 10
the manor born" Why, he is set down,
and correctly, too, as the most corrupt
man that ever dabbled in politics in this
county. He talk about radical
rings" He left the Republican party
because of his stealing proclivities, and
nobody would trust him, and he will
steal the whole Independent party if he
gets chance. He talk about me
being an office-holder, and measure
other people by his own standard Why.
he can tell Il lie with purity Of accent,
and a grace Of utterance, and with such
a convincing emotion, as to put 10
shame all the ring leaders that ever
tried 10 extract al all-sutiicient substi-
tute for mothers milk from politics and
sin. will not stop to argue with him,