The Van Buren press., 1868-02-14
Save us from our Friends.

Little Eock E1abhcaS, elited by JonN G.
lRIcE; go. ....... ..... .......
I'VE clip tie above from the Van Buren,
Press, the editor OF which hopes, no doubt. TO
make himsclf respectable by lis senselcss
clamor against q gentleman whose shoe he
Is not worthy 10 stoop down and unloo,c."
Mr.. Dell, we Opinc, desires no such champion.
ana Gen. Bowrn's provcrbial good sense has
prevcntcd him from even noticing any of the
c,ncnations Of petty spite and rebel pot house
slang. which. from time To time. has polluted
Us politlsal atmosphere. Through the medium
Crsa,d Van Bufcn Press.
u may not be generally known. but Il i
nevertheless true, that Dunhan, the editor of
tlat paper. Is full iedged "Connccticut
yankee" who lived at Van Burcn at the Com
ncnccmcnt OF the rebellion, aud rctrcatcd i'm
good order to his native State, where he lived
Ia peace and security under the protection of
the stars and stripes until the close Of the war.
and then returned to Van Burcn TO play the
par, OF Randy SniIllcs to the rebel !. and 50 lar
~ In his weak brain lay. 10 keep alive the
fires OF a rebellion for which he had NOT the
manhood ~ strike a single blow"
1t Is we'll enough at the start To ascertain
who this carl*1-bag Price l.! Ashe is un-
known 10 Us. a. well as ninc-tcn,hs of the pco-
pie Of the State. We will call IN the Hon. JonN
H. BRADLEY. a distinguished radical member
Of the Mulato Convention, now assembled at
Little Rock. Here is what he says of Price:
.u .loH "IrrrLE RUrK. Feb. !. lsGs.
"Editors Go.ette--Mr. J. g. Price editor of
the Republican,, was IA clamorous, Andy John.
son democrat. but q few weeks prior to his
connection With that paper hut when the
Undergraduates offered Linn his rrice he
I. un -. to
to the atn llganlltionists. And hence; hi, Vi
tuperatiol Of decent men. More anon
Respectfully, JonN NJ. BRApLEN.'
lie, Price, l. not from Connecticut not lie.
He Is one Of those traitorous dogs. that was
ON both Sides during the war and fought on
neither. And now is the ahjcct tool of ncglos
and u,eancr white men.
II Is true that We are a"Connccticrt yank-
ec." GUd forbid us to ever 20 back on the
glorious old State. And 1t i, also, true we
were here before the war and remained until
nearly the close and then went North. But
mind you. We remained here as long as Bow
FN and hi. Kansas thieves would let any hon
est man stay. We lived under his rule here
for six months or more where torture and
oot-burning was the order of the day for ex-
tortlng money from helpless men and unpro-
tcctcd women. SO much for ourselves.
Now let us see If the Press has vilfcd
"gcntlenan whose shoes, he Is not worthy to
stoop down uriaosc." We will not refer to
rtbeltitahocrat, or questionable union author
iry. but VIC will give few extracts-unre,at-
e4--of the history OF Gen. BowtS, from the
peA ofa member Of the recent Radical State
Convention at Little Rock, and one who was
honored by that Convention as a Delegate to
the Republican National Convention from the
81 Congressional District. We refer to VAL
xNrrNE DELL, Editor Of the Fort Smith Nen
Era. gentleman who certainly stands high
With the party. or he would not have been as
signed to so LOFTY a position. Without further
comment we proceed to extract. August %,
1867, We find the following:
Az IMPosrER.--Gen. Thos. NJ Bowen. the
notorious copperhead. publishes a call for a
County Convention Of Crawford county over
HE name as Chairman of the County Central
Committee. +..1 ..-5. ...... ...
This il piece Of shameless imposition and
very appropriately appears IN the organ of
the /" Bastardse the Fort Smith Standard.
This attempt of Bowen's to foi.t hin,sclfup-
on the Republican party, after licking the
rebels boots and having been contempiuously
spurned by them, Is piece of unblushing mn
putcnce. paralleled only by his insane " State
Convention" last February. consisting Of him
self and two or three other Saneho Panza's, to
beat down negro suffrage.
September llth, the same paper says:
AZ EPISODE IN GgN. BowkNs PAST InE-
lis ESTIMATE OF THE NIGGER."-lt l.. per
haps. not generally known. that some time
before the war closed, Colonel Dubois l.. S.
inspecting officer visited the District Of the
Frontier" to investigate matters and things
here They had become SO rotten, that tile
stencil reached even Washington.
Among other nice discoveries made was one
cft ol. Bowen's little pastlmes while stationed
In Western Arkansas. Carousing one day
with d number Of choice spirits. he sent for
his negro cook and his (the cook's) wife and
then and there IN the presence Of a number of
men commanded them to do an act which our
len refuses to describe.
were, we're shocked, aud positively and en-
phatically refused to do the bidding OF the
ioul tisnd. Finding them imn,ovablc under
tircats entreatics and commands alike. Bow
en- ct last let them depart. But a few days af-
terwards, under precisely similar crcun,-
stances, made the same lothsome request Of
the .coullc, and, finding the same stout resist
ance ~ hls infamous cnprices, ordered the
man to b. placed In confinement and actual
ly kept him there. until the horrible affair
came to the knowledge Of superior officer.
Tue man was Of course Immediately releas-
ed, and tho affair was one Of the causes that
procured the dismissal Of Bowen from the SER
vice, g,lDI... .t..t. i.t :.
The circumstance narrated Is wen reme,u.
bcred yet aud the gentleman who wrote out
the official report OF Col. Dubois In relation to
itishere yet, The report Is probably on file
IN the War department yet. .u. ...,
IT will also be well remembered. that when
little over three years ago, Col. Bowen WAS
captured BY bWshw hackers hear Van Buren
at q place where he had no business 10 be,and
subsequently released, on giving a ransom
apd .promislng to intcrccis for four BUSH
wtiackers confined here under sentence Of
death. the regret among an grades oftle army
stationed here was great that the busliwhack-
ers did not Kill hlm when they had him and
rid the service Of miserable subject.
wLuk On aunount OF brlss such tnan Inust
AsSs eyyn, 10 lire here, much lcs; 10 prvnrr
blmtslf " make laws tor deceit pcoIl.
Then aya,n September g5th We nnl "a. Cai-