The Van Buren press., 1868-07-31
The Van Buren, Press,
VAN BUREN,, ARKANsAs.
General Blairs Letter.

ing over the Jacksonisn letter of General
FRANK p. BLAIR, reminds us that we
ought to give it TO our readers Since
Gen. Blar's nomination for the Vice
Presidency, it has been read and denounc
ed in both Houses of Congress, aud pa
raded and vituperatcd in every Radical
paper His position will be endorsed in
November next by the most unanimous
vote ever given to Presidential candidates.
We are willing to fight it out on that line.
Forbearance has ceased to be virtue,
and the Democratic party os the country
are determined to administer the govern
ment in the true intent and spirit of the
Constitution
WASHINGTON, June 80
Col. JAMES Q. BRoADHTAp-
/ Dear Colonel; in reply to your IN
quiries, ! beg leave to say that leave to
you to determine, on consultation with
my friends from Missouri, whether my
name shall be presented to the Democrat
ic Convention, and to submit the follow.
ing, as what cansider the real and only
issue in this contest: The Reconstruc-
ton policy Of the Radicals will be com.
pletc before the next election the States,
sollong excluded, will have been admitted,
negro suffrage established and Tue car.
pet baggers installed in their seats in both
branches of Congress There is no pos
sibility of changing the political charac-
ter Of the Senate, even if the Democrats
should elect their President and major
ity of the popular branch Of Congress
We cannot, therefore, undo the Radical
plan of Reconstruction by Congressional
action; the Senate will continue bar to
its repeal. Must we submit 20 it? How
can it be ovcrthrown? 1t can only be
overthrown by the authority of the Ex-
ecutive, who is sworn TO maintain the
Constitution, and who will fail to do his
duty if he allows the Constitution to per.
ish under series of Congressional en-,
actmcnts which are in palpable violation
of its fundamental principles.
Ifthe President elected by the Dcmoc
racy entorces or permits others ia enforce
these Reconstruction acts, the Radicals,
by the accession Of twenty spurious Sen
ators and fifty Representatives, will con
troll both branches Of Congress, and his
administration will be as powerless as the
present one Of Mr.. Johnson. a'o b-5''J %
There is but one way to restore the
Government. and the Constitution, and
! that is for The Prestdcnt-elect 10 declare
these acts null and rotd, compel the ar,ny
/ TO undo its Usnpdtio,,S Ut The .South. dis.
perSe the cdrpct-5ag State Governments
aito~ The wa,tc people TO ,.eoryani2c Meir
oscn governments, and eject Senators and
Representatives. The House Of Repre-
sentatives will contain majority of Dem.
ocrats from the North, and they will al
nit the Representatives elected by the
white people Of the South, and, with the
co operation of the President, it will not
be difficult to compel the Senate to sub
init once more TO the obligations of the
Constitution. 1t will not be able to
withstand the public Judgment, ifdistinct-
lyinvoked and clearly expressed, on this
fundamental issue, and it is the sure way
to avoid all future strife to put this issue
plainly to the country. .r .a.u. a.t
repeat that this is the real and only
question which we should allow to con.
troll us; Shall we submit to the usurpa.
tons by which the Government has been
overthrown, or shall we exert ourselves
for its full and complete restoration I,
IS idle to talk of fbonds, greenbacks, gold
the public faith, and the public credit
What can Democratic President do in
regard to any Of these, with Congress
in both branches controlled BY the car.
pet-baggers and their alliesp lie will be
powerless to stop the supplies by which
idle negroes are organized into political
clubs, by which an army is maintained to
protect these vagabonds in their outrages
upon the ballot. These, and things like
these, eat up the revenues and resource,
OF the Government and destroy it's credit
make the difference between rold anc
grccnbacks. We must restore the Con
I S'iouNi'" JSiNfN HN IdI fIcsLOTC lnp IL
nances, and to do this we must have
4 President who will execute the will of th,
people by trampling into dust the uslMpa
tons of Congress, known as the Recon
struction acts. wish to stand bcfor
the Convention upon this issue, but it il
one which embraces everything else tha
is of value in its large and comprehensive
results, 1t is the one thing that include
all that is worth contest, and without
there is nothing that gives dignity, honor
or value to the struggle. 4 ...,
Your friend, FRANK p, BLAIR.
Now, what do the Radicals infer from
this?
ES-Within tho month the Natona
Debt has increased S9,000,000. Within