The Van Buren press., 1867-07-19
Our Connecticut Letter.
Mlpnlrronx. CoNN. .lnlt ANN. lsi


worthy OF appearing in your paper. take
great pleasure IN looking over the numbers
you are kind enough TO send me- The demo
cratic portion OF the North take great interest
in your welfare and take great pleasure in the
evidence of the revival of your prosperity
The North and tho South are both responsible
for the calamity which has visited us and un-
der which We rs a nation are suffering. IN
time you will come out all right II is impos-
sihle to fOreSec the result of negro suffrage
The republicans are laboring hard and are de-
termned to make political capital out of il
and make II the means of pcrpetuatng their
party in power. win the southern conserva-
tive men permit itg They have the inside
track and with proper exertion will easily sc-
cure enough of the Freedmens votes to turn
the table and give the conservative party q
majority in Congress. Will they do it? The
radicals have their cmissaries and all that
talking and money can do will be done to Sc
cure a republican majority. 1.. .'
Our Legislature is in session; the repubi-
cans. as You know, have small majority. but
so small they dare not bring forth. for adop-
tion, any strong measures; everything must
be canvassed in caucus before they dare bring
1t before the Legislature for definite action.
Their leaders are radical enough in their feel
ings, but the question is with them, is it poll
tic; what will be the effect on the people: for
they well know the democrats have majority
in the popular vote and the evidence is, this
majority is Increasing. The popular tide is
sitting against them they are conscious they
have gone too far; the exercising military
control over the South Is not popular and
though it may force 4 majority to sustain
them in their party measures. reaction will,
they fear, be overpowering, and sink them so
low they will know no resurrection. The
great absorbing question before the Legisla-
ture is the old bridge question. The bridging
of Manageable rivers, has been hard contested
question in almost every State in the Union +;
the project has in all cases met with great op-
position. The great improvement made in
draws is such, that it is found that bridging
railroads have become the order of the day
and will be built when their facilities are re-
quired, drawbridges or no drawbridges.
We fear you do not in your region feel very
enthusiastic in celebrating this day (the 4th) ;
here there will be the usual amount of fire.
works but nothing more. c. w.
-s\o>s--
FRIEND DUNHAM: | must ask pardon for
again intruding on your space, but as 'sW." in
your last issue attempted another of his
feeble delences Of DR.. White, will give him
this notice and let him pass. ...
He does not deny that he is a amember of the
colored League here. This is about the only
thing that he does not deny and we presume
he would deny this, but from the fact that
he considers it so great an honor TO be a mem
per ol rnau order. 1t certainly must be /;
grand affair for "peacefH gatherings Of til,
good people made dc0gedig for the interest o.
good gorernmeat' are generally, held here in
day light and in the Courthouse, publicly
But the meetings of this honorable institution
are held at night away up in the United
states District Courtroom. where there i,
carpeted floors and cushion bottomed chair.
for the honorable members to set on. As tc
orr rebel proclivities. if he alludes to the late
war, we had thought that over with. As tt
that we claim at least consistency. We tool
our side. went through, got WHIPPED, came
back, went to work and expecting, then a.
now to obey the laws of the country. And
consider myself to-day better Union mal
than DIR. White or any of his stripe; who ar,
determined to rule or ruin, the country if i,
can be injured, to any greater extent We
are working for reconstruction expect to dc
all we can for it, and hope to be able to dc
enough to defeat all such men of all sides
shades and colors rs the Doctor has been, fol
the last Seven years. He wants reconstruc.
ton If he can win the day, if not, he is not il
for it. As to the honor of becoming n mem
Der of this League of the Doctors, we respect
fully decline, as we were always taught thai
"evil communications corrupt good morals,
besides, we see it is turning out as, we pre-.
dlcted place for aff'rays, fights and riots
we might get our lip bit off as one of th.
honorable members did on last Saturta,
night. IT would be well for the Ordnanc,
sergeant at Fort Smith to attend one ofthcs,
meetings for if Col. Jones general order no
l3 should be enforced he could equip battal-
ion with navy's; at least he could at last tmeet-
ing. Excuse us Doctor, we are not in. live
are to work in the harness of reconstruction
we expect to do it fairly and like gentleman
should We could contradict some and near
iy all of" VS." assertions in regard to the
Doctor, but would have to stir up old matters
that are considered buried, or bring before the
public the names of men who do not wish to
be brought into this matter We are satisfied
that the gentlemen who owe their lives TO the
Doctor and are aware of the fact feel CRATE
ful to him now. Mr.. wv" tell the Doctor. Il
Is useless for us to quarrel longer as it results
only in assertions and denals on his part. But
as he has advised us what to do, we will give
him little let politics alonc-you have too
many vulnerable points; you lave belonged
to all sides and can be claimed by none attend
to your official and professional business, (you