The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-05-11
The Patrons Onslaught.

In u article oflast week in regard
TO the object of Mr.. Paul in starting
his paper, and Of his right 10 do 90,
u became necessary to allude incl
denta)ly to the Patron, as tho con-
dition and general characteristics Of
that paper, had, in our opinion, some
thing to do in starting the Reporter.
This has brought forth q reply from
brother Kelly which has no other
foundation, TO use no WORSE express
sion, than his own imagination,
and his pent-up feelings of
wrath and righteousness. Witness
the following extract:
"Beforc he purchased the Republi.
can Office he made q trip or two to
Savannah. lie come to our Office
with view TO purchasing, as he said.
lie looked around, asked our price,
and said he would rather have q Re-
publican paper, but intimated that If
our price was not too high he might
buy. Afterward he bought Mr..
Paul's paper aud started out OH q
radical crusade, and has said that even
he will support Grant for o third
| term II he Is the candidate of the
Republican party"
The idea that when VIC caTe to
buy q paper, we attempted or wished
to buy the Patron Office at any fig
ures with the view of running a
Democratic paper,if such be the inter-
probation of the above, is falsehood
manufactured from the whole cloth,
without the slightest shred of truth
to sustain it. Nor did we try,or wish,
to buy it for any purpose. Our
visit was simply ono of courtcsy; con-
~versation mainly about printing bus
mess; and we did the same thing with
democratic Offices at other points VIC
visited, but never once did we try to
buy them. Our visit to Savannah re.
lated exclusively to the Republican
Office, in a business point of view,
about which we had inquired through
a friend before leaving home.
Tho Mittle story" he has to tell about
our violation ofa fixed rate of adver.
Using agreed on, is on n par with the
above. No limit was put to the ar
rangement, and 1t was binding no
longer than satisfactory to both par
ties. Having as we considered, good
reasons for SO doing, and n perfect
right to do so, we concluded to
, end 1t, and when we made up our
, mind that way, we went at nee and
4, frankly informed Mr.. Kelly. The
: only point Of morality involved was
that neither party, while protesting
. to stand to the agreement, should SC.
: crctly violate il, and our fair honor.
able conduct of at once notifying him
D is warped into confession of sin.
A So long rs that agreement stood,
| we conscientiously and faith.
fully observed it. Whether well
o formed or not, we had oui
reasons for believing u conf
9 dencc in him was abused. We fee
we have here a fine field for just re
taliation; but We profess to have 6
little stronger, and we think more
real, dislike for personal matters than
Mr.. Kelly.
lie says "the fight between the two
Republican papers Of this county, is
matter he desires to have as little t.
: do with as possible" yet his conduc
G is directly to the contrary. In thu
= articles we wrote some months ago
8 when the subject of Mr.. Paul's new
u paper was first mooted, though M
allusion was made to the Patron, yc'
= that paper made the most eXtrav
agant, unjustiiable and irrelevant usC
o of them. And now, while the Patron
&c is talking SO %fippantly about oul
g charging any ono with dishonorablt
&c or ~unprincipled business proclivitiet
= suppose we quote what it said Marcl
70 9th, about the same thing which ha
given rise to this controversy:
T. eve regard Paul's coming. after having sol
to Taylor, as very base and unprint ipled Al
o tempt to s~oft-soap the matter as Paul may, hon
orable men Will say, fhe tries 10 start II pape
here, that, In so doing, he surrenders ever,
c! spark OF honor that remained to him from tn
campaign Of 1874, and we venture the assuranc
that his adherents in such a dishonorable cOurs
-. will be very few.
l. And nov if the old files of the Re
publican were examined, when MI
Poul had IL. we have no dOubt Their