The Van Buren press., 1867-08-02

| 10 MT wish TO l,c understood q, si~ahing OF
the Republican party. proper ~ O'ionSnnS
lie latter partv. Many good and patriotic
men belong 10 thit party, and are far IRON.
countenancing such men, a. Try to array tne
races against each other. IL i the duty OF all
good men to be united upon PLATFORM which
while it gives TO negroes every right VIII not
ignore the rights of white men. and place the
government in the hands ola ianatical bird
radical faction. .
Men who have fought for the preservation
of the Union who did not even believe they
were fighting Ia overthrow the institutions OF
slavery, who Indignantly repclled the change
Of negro equality In other words patriots can
certainly never lend their aid to disfranchise
white men only so far rs required for the time.
by the Reconstruction bill even II they are
willing to enfranchisc the negro. The choice
of parties Is now open TO them, they can show
by their acts whether they prefer govern
ment of white men or one ofnegroes. Ii the
former they will rally to the conservative
standard. 1.-THE latter. let them enroll them
selves under the black banner OF the mid
night conspirators who conduct the "colOred
Loyal Leagues" Look at the conduct Of
these "Leaguers" in McLinburg county, Va
where they recently resolved that all white
men who refused to vote the radical ticket
| should leave the county in thirty hours"
| such will be their intolerance here II they get
/ i'm the ascendant. The times are indeed Omi-
nous of evil and il can only be averted by a
combination of all true friends Of freedom.
against the intolerant radical combination Of
negroes and renegades. Let erery man register
cithout delay and not fail to go to the polis
and rote. Nothing can be gained by refusing
TO register While every thing may be lost by
I il. Every effort will be used by some men to
keep men from registering. Many imaginary
disqualtications will be presented, and honest
men will be tried to be Kept away by injus-
tice and insults. But II Is a duty they owe to
themselves and their country. to register and
vote for men. good and true men. Let them
not stop to discuss past differences. Let pre-
iudice be laid upon the altar of their countrys
good. Let them determine to save their State
from the curse that radical triumph would
asSuredly entail. Look at Tennessee and Mis-
souri, and see them PROSTATE, ruined and dis
graced. under radical supremacy. Ii they
wish Arkansas to share similar fate let them
refuse to register, with the full assurance that
in one year, they will see two-thirds of the
white men of the State disfranchised, by the
State constitution. deprived of every political
right and the negro element predominant in
every department. We now see "the begin
ming Of the end" and it remains to be seen
whether we are worthy Of being free, or de-
serve to be slaves-whether mad passions or
patriotic judgement will mark our acts. II
every man will do his duty all may yet be
well ifnot adieu TO the last hope of cOnstitu-
tional liberty. Then we shall have proven
that man is incapable of self government and
despotism is the only government that, man
under the most favorable circumstances can
live. We shall see. Let us do our duty like
men and if freedom is PROSTATE forever let the
curse of expiring liberty and the execution OF
an enslayed people, forever rest upon the
radical aldestructionists and the negro worship
ing miscegenationists! This subject shall
claim my attention again in few days. a,
which time propose to discuss the franchise
question at length.
Respectfully, MUSTANG.