The Van Buren press., 1867-05-03
Pope County
Down, Arks., April 9TH, 1867

DnNyE Arks., Aprii 'tl, 1901
nlAR DcSuAN: The meteors which re
fleet the light Of Pope county through the
'rAium of your good paper, are of well
marked intervals, aud quick Of transition
into noncntity; yet they leave these
phantoms registered upon the mind OF
those who dcign TO give them glance
until its tardy follower shall trace its fad
ing course To awake its diving impress
We have suffered the long continued
puncturc Of the traducers jayclin and
our vital fluid was well nigh spent for a
few guilty oiienders-which, distressing
condition We offer as an apology for our
oft repeated and monotonous cries for
public attention. know and so do you,
and | lsupposc others may perceive on re
Election, tina: our communications are not
burthcncd with wisdom and interest
coming Us they do, from this dminutive
section of our vast Nation Yet our
strength is 10 be rccuperated and our
moral standard advanced to the considera-
ton of those with whom il has been
deteriorated, for further adjustment 1t
has been often conjccturcd that these
murky crimes which stand upon our
postero- beiiam record WAS the inception
of n bloody fuedal strife; which would
end only with the total extinction of the
parties concerned-or else would give
rise to . rupture of the old political ulcer
and array in fatal phalanx former dis
tinctiOnS against each other and thus i'm
pair our prospects for present and future
peace and happiness. Though this un-
pleasant fear has been disSipatcd by the
energy Of the honorable of both parties
in in,tituting pacific measures for tran
QUILTING civil affairs; and their most
sangnine hopes in the premises, have
been fully consummatcd
Now and then are offcnses perpctrated (;
either otnmanslaughter or larccny-yct
they are only OF comparative moment
and it would bc vain rehearsal to recitc
or to refer TO endless crimes that are con
/ tinually occurring in nations with the
most perfect system of Jurisprudence. -
/ Crlmnallty is a part Of mans nature, in
/ separately interviewer Herewith, and only
manjiests itself in 4 modified form in in
dividuals ofintcligcnce and wit who ex-
crcisc strategy in attaining their ends, in
stealing of knocking down and butcher
ING and engaging in burglary. And as
/ long rs old earth shall course her timely
cycles, the press will herald outrages upon
person and property.
/ In view Of these facts we dcprccatc the
unequal sentiment abroad of our social
condition and bewal the circumstances
which give rise to those sentiments.
\ branch fthe union league compact
of the State has developed itself in this
county, bat is rather of a passive and in
. significant character Bearing a very
small proportion to the mass Of the coun
ty and ailording no mind that could rule
4 nation. They are pleasured by our
misrortunes and would increase our
miserics We can only hope that their
ungenerouS designs may be blasted and
consigned to the clcfted Rock OF Ages
or Of " Uades,' as the case may be FoI
the present we will pursue the even tenor
of our way and await the ripening of the
fruits Of military rule and constitutional
refraction.
| believe a p. s. to our last communica
ton gave notice of reply to j. W, W."
in the next | was certainly dreaming
when that postscript was added. | can
not gather what was to considcr. The
intangible spectre Of his communication
passes in shadowy review before me, and
like a fitting breath, is gone. 1t has
met the fate Of its weak contemporaries
from her sister village and rests in dreamy
quictudc We hope he will try it again
and make a spoon or spoil horn" and
act with US Mr.. j. w. W. in accordance
with the old scriptural addage, he that
blowcth not his own horn the same shall
not be blown" You remember it do YOU
not? Now let us chaunt in audible con
cert the standing merits Of old Pope.
ID.
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