The Van Buren press., 1868-08-21
RADICAL RATIFICATION MEETING
scallawags and Carpet.Baggers by the
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meath il a strcamcr bearing the names of
GraHt aHd Col;dJ. The blacks dug the hole
toatcd the pole to the hole in front oftIr Court
| House, and did all the work Of raising it--thc
few ehhe Rddicdls standing back and giving
orders. On Inquiry for Cooper, White and
others, (who were not there We were inform
ed that they belonged to the night wing of the
order and were not seen with the darkey in
the day. The white RAIDS started the streamer
with Grant and ColfaX upside down, when
the blacks interfered and put it up all right.
The pole Is Of green gnm and has already the
back action move ana is half bent double, like
the candidates IL was raised for. After n few
faint cheers, the assembly were invited into
the Court House, when the meeting was called
10 order and L. 5. Marshal WHITE, was elected
Chairman. The first business was the election
Of Delegates to the Congressional Convention
to be held ut Ozark. On motion the Chairap-
pointed Carpct-bag COOPER and several Others
on committee to report men as suitable Del
egatcs. Whereupon they reported Saml. +,
Cooper, Arnold O'Bryon and John X. Mead
ows, After a little whispering between Coop
or and VIM. Fears, he Fears moved that the
Delegates he instructed to east their vote for
Judge Boles, as candidate for Congress. This
rather set back the friends OF other candidates
| but they said nothing then. Unexpectedly,
| Internal Revenue Cooper (who was there with
a wrttenout spccch) was called upon to ha-
rangue the meeting. Cooper is one of those
good Lord-good Devil" politicians, who
when with Democrats is all smiles and lets
them into the corrupt secret workings OF the
carpet-baggers," and when with his party he
is the embodiment of mongreism and all
its abhorrent vices, and goes the whole length
| in carrying out the damning ami corrupt mis-
demeanors of the party. lie objects to being
/ termed Il" carpet -bagger." The name is more
! applicable to him than any one we know. He
asserts that lift was not for his office he would
not remain here. Twenty-iour hours would
! give him ample time to take leave. Col.
Saml +. Cooper, is Collector of Internal Rev
enue, under ANDREW JOHNSON. If there is
anything that inspires contempt and detesta-
ton sooner than all else, it is TO hear n man
| dpucC anu tiC p'hci Ny NHoSC iaNOi iiV
feeds himself and family. The man who
abuses hospitality, is held in supreme con-
tempt even by the barbarians. Yet the crowd
at the Court House, ON Saturday, listened for
an hour to a TRADE of abuse of the Chief EX
ecutive of the United States. The speaker
dwelt long upon, and held up to the admira-
tion Of the crowd, the plank in the Radical
platform, wherein they dcprecate the failure
to convict the President of high crimes and
misdemeanors. Such is the material compos-
seemed to give the speaker great ullnHSiness.
also. lie is astonishcd that Blair Elk
of reconstructiong these States wlfd> Fare
already in the Union upon an equal footing
the Union, in fun fellowship, why all this to
do about organizing the Militia? Why the
desperate effort of the Radicals in Congress to
furnish this militia with 1000 stand Of muskets
and one battery for each Congressional Dis
triet in these States, that are on an equal foot
| ing with the other States? These arms to be
| furnished too at an expense of nearly fourteen
millions Of dollars! None of these points
were met by the Radical orator of the day
The whole dish of chat served up by the Col
onel, very well suited the party he represents
Misrepresentation is the basis of their
strength They never have the courtesy to
extend an invitation to the opposite party to
divide time, although the Democratic party
have often solicited division at Democratic
meetings and have hitherto failed to find any
Radical bold enough to meet the truth.
After Cooper's harangue that old weather
cock" of Fort Smith, DR.. J. +. BENNETT, who
has been on al sides and never on the win
ming, spread himselffo halfhour or so to the
utter disgust of his few hearers.
SCARF, Il Judge we believe, God save the
mark followed for full hour. He is one of
those fellows that puts on airs-ooks won
drous wise--quotcS Greek and Latin and goes
back to ancient history for Illustrations. lie
Is great man. He Is one of Gov. Clayton,s
Judges. lie Is an ass, aud don't know it,
And has as little knowledge of law as he has
sense.
The editor of the New Era, also was over,
loaded with Ia speech and ready to fire ofl--but
Searles so sickened them, that the meeting
would not hear him.
Mr.. DIyILBIss, before the meeting adjourn
ed, wished to reconsider the business of the
early part of the session in regard to appoint
ing Delegates to the Congressional Conyen-
tion. lie claimed that the voters of the Radi-
cal party were not in favor of instructing
their Delegates to vote for Judge Boles as their
candidate. lie claimed that the blacks and
many of the whites had been tricked in this
matter.
This called up Capt ANDERSON, who de-
nounced Divilbiss in bitter terms, as disor-
ganizer and one who had not the confidence
of the party and was not representative of it,
He intimated that if Sarber had not arrived in
town, since in the morning. no dissatisfaction
would have been expressed by Divilbss.
Divilbiss replied in terms more forcible than
elegant. lie contendcd that the masses ofthe
Radical party had been tricked by Cooper,
Anderson and White. That they were not his