The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-07-09
correspondence

Z or tne lIepuDiiCau.
ED. REPUBLICAN:-I It seems that
the Editor of the Patron has seen q
ghost. or rather a lunatic, and breaks
forth in the following language:
FOURTH OF JULY.
CA large number of Il citizens as
sembled at the Court House at the
call of Dugan's Band. last evening, to
talk over the proposition to have a
fourth of July celebration. Rev.
Samuel Huffman was called to the
chair and Samuel Frodsham was
made Secretary. After consultation
and a free expression of opinion it
was decided not TO have a celebration
this year, as the grasshopper plague
has so impoverished our people that
it was though: better to ave the ex-
pense to relieve the wants Of those
who will need assistance. Some fell
low, we do not know his name, pro-
posed three groans for this action, to
the disgust of all present. We believe
he is comparatively a stranger here,
but whether so OF not, his PROPOSE
ton showed more lunacy than sense"
have given you his article in full,
so that your readers may see how
badly he is scared, and also to show
that part of the lunacy, at least, is on
his side. For to edit all article of
that kind, without any cause, unless
| it were for want Of something better
to fill up the columns, Gas | think, no
doubt was the case,) would reveal to
the mind of any one acquainted with
| tho circumstances, that our friend
Kelly was either the victim of luna
cy or some kind of spirits.
In the first place he says that "a
large number of our citizens assem-
bled, SC" This shows lunacy OH the
| start. for it is one of the characters
tics of a mad man to imagine when
| he sees one or two persons that a
| great multitude is after him. And
| to my certain knowledge our Editors
| 'large number Of citizens" (aside
from the boys Of all colors), would
not, all told, amount to more than
ten or a dozen Of the voters of this
city. And vet our Editor thinks that
the town was pretty well represen-
ted. Then again he says: "After con-
sultation and a free expression of
opinion it was decided not to have a
celebration" Here, again he has
told something that he dare not
swear to; for every one who was at
the meeting will bear me out in say
ing that there was not a single word
Of consultation, nor an expression,
brought before the meeting by any
one save the one who put the motion,
until after it had passed. And then
our much esteemed Editor says,
''some fellow proposed three groans."
Here, for the first time. u Editor
has struck on a fact. There was a
fellow in that meeting who had the
courage to stand before that large
croWd and propose three groans, and
what for? because he felt that the
fires of patriotism had gone out in
the hearts Of his fellow-townsmen,
and that they were inclined to sit
supinely down and brood over their
misfortunes, instead OF rising as one
man celebrating that day which gave
them the freedom and independence
which they now enjoy. I appeal to
any one who has a single drop of true
American blood in their veins, if a
city or community as large as ours,
and commanding the wealth that we
do, should let hard times deter them
from celebrating the Fourth of July;
l ask, ought they not to be groaned?
In fact the people here acknowledged
their fault in deciding not to have a
celebration, for in less than three
days after some one proposed to
groan for them, they had the largest
kind of hand bills in circulation, say
ing lat the eleventh hour however)
that they would have a celebration.
| And now let me advise u would-be
Granger Editor, instead of filling
your columns with such articles, as
the one here referred to, just get some
one to collect notes for you that will
not require so much exageration as
this one did, in order to make them
worth reading, and examine we'll
your own mental organism before
| Won talk about other peonIes sanity.