The Van Buren press., 1868-09-18
Caution to Southern Conservatives.

VI Vvutt0n 70 southern SVnsoivutV0o.
i Before the last election throughout th
North, the Radical party by means o
! paid crnissarics melted riots in. man
Southern cities This was used by thos
diabo,ical Ibischiefmakers, To iniiuenc
patriotic masses of the North to cast thci
votes for Radical aspirants, This plan
was laid with malignant deliberation an'
executed with ,heartlcss iaithfplness,. Thi
negro was urged TO commit outraees h
order to provoke indignant white me,
ltovisit summsry punishment unoa tacm
This led 10 tile a. bloody riots and fur
nished delicious sustenancc TO the part,
Of" great moral ideas The same plar
has been inaugurated by this party act
ing through the State Governments oi
the Reconstructed States" and the
F'rccdmcn's Bureau in Virginia, Missis
sippi and Texas In the latter States the
same Identical plan is being carried ont,
while in the re-admitted States the more
formidable weapon of negro militia is be-
ing used Under the prctence of existing
insurrection, the Governor Of our State,
who has deliberately deceived the people
about registration, has called out the re-
served militia i'm Conway Perry and Co
lumba counties We may soon hearth
same call made in other counties. The
first time some drunken man insults an
other and a iisticuff ensues, if there is A
negro in sight, ii will be construed into a
plot to inveigle the darkey into a row for
the purpose of numbering him--and our
cautious Governor will declare our coun-
ty in State of iasurection," Even
without the least evidence Of any disturb
ance, the negro militia is being paraded
before the public, up and downthe streets
for the sole purpose Of provoking a con
flict. A riot will be worth, according to
Radical arithmetic, at least 10000 votes
in the North, The Lcwisburg affair, in
significant rs we know it was, is being
banded about by Northern papers as a
"great outbreak scheme laid by
rebels to kill the negroes Read this:
.. ' ST.. LOUIS, Sept. /.
a special to the Democrat from Little
Rock, Arkansas, says that Governor
Clayton has returned from Lewisburg.
and reports the iusurrection quieted, the
Court reinstated, and the trial resumed.
The Governor addressed the insurgents,
ordering them to disperse, and the Sheriff
arriving with a possee, three hundred
strong, quiet was restored |...
How many votes, think you, this is
worth to the Radicals of the North (?
Many thousand doubles. Our fair
Governor, is bound in honor to give all
this stuff about " insurgents dispensing,
and posses Of 4" three hundred strong"
the lie direct by stating the truth of the
ease. Tie knows he ordered no "insur-
gents to disperSc'' and that there was no
'possee three hundred strong but this
being part of the plan for carrying the
election for Grant, he viii not contradict
this wicked folsehood, but allow the trul,
patriotic people Of the North to be de
ceived and thus led to misunderstood tho
spirit and temper of the South. Our ad
vice to all Conservative men is to kecr
qniet-bear with becoming patience Tho
provoking efforts of these mischief. max
ers, to draw YOU into a disturbance. The,
will abide bat a time, if YOU will not civ,
them material out of which to manufac
ture votes in the North. Work untiring
~ for the election of SEYMOUR and BLAIR
and avoid all conflicts. Your reward vii
assuredly come The day is not far dis
tant when the LAWS Of the land will arai,
be administered in their parity. You viii
soon be rid of the disturbers of peace
known rs " carpet -baggers,' and then the
scallawaggers' will hide their heads il
shame or leave the country, too. WheI
offices fail them we viii no longer be an
noyed by their disagreeable presence
With theirdeparturc will come PEACE! BY
peaceabe and quiet department let us Sc
cure that BLESSED BOON, which Grant
promises to secure by oymiag the ncgroe,
and melting them to MISCHIEF. ....
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