The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-02-27
Correspondence.
A Granger on DR.. Browns Letter.
EDITOR REPUBLICAN,

A Granger on DR.. Browns Letter.
EDITOR REPUBLICAN,
The gentleman is learned, and a most rare
speaker,
To nature none more bound; his training such
That he may furnish and instruct great teachers,
And never seek for aid out of himself.
fetse
When tiles. so noble benefits shall prove
Not well-dIsposed, the mini, growing once cor
rupt,
Than ever they We're fair. This man so complete,
Who was enrolled 'mongst wonders, and when
We,
Almost with rayi.hcd list ming, could not nnd
His hour of speech minute; he, my lady,
Hath into mons,rous habit, put the graces
That once were his, and is become as black
As if besmeared In hell. -IShakspeare.
Our honorable Representatives defini-
ton of the word politician" is all cor
rect-"Men who have studied the
science of Government" But l am in
clined to think that there are very few,
if any, that believe that this kind of pol
itician should rank with ''the worst class
of men in the world" and he need not
fear that it would diminish his pOpulari-
tv in the least if he should demonstrate
by his course in the Legislature. that he
has "studied the science of Govern
ment"
The kind of politician that farmers,
Patrons and most all other honest men
are opposed to, is: first, lone who is
devoted to the advancement Of political
partyr-from selfish mOtives-.One who
da6bles in public affairs as a mere poll
tican;" second, one who Is cunning,
using artifce." ! have no doubt but
that the Doctor can. without imperiling
his Seracity in the least, deny being a
politician according to either of these
definitions. also Notwithstanding he ap-
pears 70 be riding in the same boat with
those sspirants to Office. who are con-
tinually throwing out bats to. this-sup-
posed-sreat political whale-the Order
of Patrons of Husbandry. Strange. de-
lusion! There are none SO blind rs
those tha, will not see." He undoub,ed-
ly understands the objects Of the order,
or he couli not state them SO plainly as
he does, when he says he is in "full
sympathy With the farmer in his heroic
efforts to eluate the standard of knowl-
edge among the laboring classes, and to
make farming remunerative." This
, short sentence expresses nearly the
| WhOiC oUJCSlp u tilc VI = SduiZbttoh. w uat
! better platform would we want-for the
"eastern farmers and laboring men, rs
well as iaborng men everywhere" TO
stand upon, were we disposed to enter
into a political sontest-which we have
no notion of dong? / was not aware
that there was class of men anywhere
"who think that the country would be
better of without schools or railroads ~
but / never expect to be too old to learn.
do not know wha the ultimate object
: Of the gentleman vas, who introduced
those resolutions to the County Council
With the most of them l agree but
do not think that the first of June would
be suitable time for farmers to pay
their tax; for the simple reason that the
farmers have not generally anything u
sell at that time of the year; and il i:
. also one of the busiest seasons Of the
year for the farmer. don't think thai
it would help the farmer to fix the timt
for paying it any time between the first
of May and the middle of August.
cannot see the reason why it woui(
be dangerous experiment" to divide
| the State school money among the va
| tiouS Souutics, uuiCSo tiiC ptOplc VI eOiils
of the counties are too ignorant to man
age their own affairs. which do no
} think is true. Ii they are, we "Gran
gers" propose to enlighten them. Tn,
''experiment" has been found to worl
well in other States, and why not here
I We need the money very badly, and
appears to me that it would be saf
loaned on good real estate security, sav,
our people from paying an extortionat
rate oi interest to banks and mOney-lend
ers,and reduce our taxes by increasing g til
apportionment of school money. Thos
counties whose people cannot be truste,
might have a guardian appointed to tax
care Of the money until they could hav
missionaries sent to reform them. Til
\ Doctors head appears to be about levs
o on most everything else; let US hope
| may becOme on this FARMER