The Van Buren press., 1868-09-11
Let US have Peace.
OzARx. ARK, Aug. 20, '6s.

ftsFhf 'AAiN ~
ical Convention. and Grant aid CollaN
ratification meeting, to Ia holden at Ozark
on the 10Th. Disloy.l men were slow to
believe il, rs the 22ud isn't had been SET
apart for the same purpose, but as the
rebel Democracy, had had the audaeiiy
to fiN thcir meeting oo the same df And
the disloyal orators were anxious to dis
cuss the political issues of the dayi the
'' truly loyal and seen proper to dispcrsc
without show of fight, To- meet in "Owl
Hollow on the night of the 10Th, pre-
cisc'yat - o'clock. Not being admitted
into the secrets of that august meeting,
composed Of six blacks, five deserters,
and two carpet baggcrs. ! ami unable To
give report of the proceedings hut YOU
may be assured they were patriotic, en-
thusiastic and trooly lcil Well few
of the rebel Democracy, felt a lively in
tcrcst to see how SO novel Il thing Is u
daylight Radical meeting was carried on,
and as admittancc was not positively
prohibited to all except deSertcrS and ne
groes, we fell in with or rather behind the
line of ioyalty, and marched to Quaifs
new brick store where. IN due time, about
sixty men and boys as~crnbled' 1t was
observable that all the loyal lookedaround
with wild, half ailrightcd looks, as they
saw SO many white men in the room. The
novelty Of public meeting was so new
to them that they could not realize the
fact that they were to be permitted to
meet without Scntincls and passwords
To heightcn their embarrassment, they
saw among the lookcrs-on the disloyal
rebels, W. W. Mansfield, Squire Boone
and W. J. Montague. The first two had
in times past, been so disloyal as 70 pub
licly denouncc RadicalisDi, and even now.
were prcsumptious enough to wish to
discuss political ISSUES with mtarniShcd
- loyalty" while Montague occupied the
rebcllous position of Chairman Of the
Democratic County Committee, and had
no more loyalty than to think Il white
man as good as = negro that the Consti-
tuition ought to bcrc>pcctcd and that per
jury was not necessarily prerequisite to
political preferment, besides he was 50 in
quisitivc as to find out many of their Sc
crcts, expose Fitch's scnsclcss lies and
write many ugly things to the great an
noyance Of loyalty, etc.
The faithful being assembled, and sur
rounded by "rcbel Democrats" looked
around with the wild, afirighted expres.
sion Of mtamed Mustangs driven into
coreH, but there was no chance for es-
cape. The malicious rebels laughed at
their loyal-fright, and the blacks would
not untlme worth 4 cuss.' Something
must be done, or the victims could not be
pcnned much longer. They were not ac.
customed to daylight meetings in the
presence Of white men. Finally Il long
no,o,l Old simmer, conspicuous, for tho hi
patches on tine knees of his tight legged
breeches. and whose enormous cow-hide
shoes, showed that his loyalty was built
upon mighty foundation, arose and
with trembling, squeaking voice, pro.
posed W, C. Adams (the Franklin Coun-
ty bully las Chairman-three rotcs carried
it unanimously amidst the greatest cnthu-
sasm, on the part of Mr. Adams. MI.
Patterson, who had proven his 'loyaIty"
by serving in the Confederate army for
one year and then going to Pixies Peak
for his health without bidding his officers
good bye or troubling himself about a
discharge, and who is devotcdIy &" leil'' in
view of the States Attomeyship, was
chosen Secretary. Patterson evidently
felt ashamed Of his company, as he is a
new convert and has been unused to such
company But the necessities were i'm
pcrative; the attorneyship was in view.
1t had once eluded his grasp, because the
people were so foolish as not to fully ap
prcciatc his high claims to that position.
The chairman arose. and in imitation of
the model statesman" delivered the fol
lowing eloquent speech, which was en-.
Enthusiastically received by one little negro
and two white boys:
9 FeVcr.citizeas We have met to an.
pint delegates to the dceSt,irt convention
at Fort Smith Let the delegates from
townships come .torerd.'
Having made this eloquent and con.
ylncing speech, he sat down fully con
WINGED that he had immortalizcd himself
as an orator. 1t was then proposed that
all the loyal should occupy one end
of the room and the "disloyal" the other,
and, whcreupon, twenty three men and
boys proved their loyalty Ballotng for
candidates was now in order Only about
four townships were represented in the
august Convention. j. Newt. Robert
Tailed Sarberle Off Doubling his own
pay as Secretary and assisting to rob the
Treasury while delegate to the Nero
Convention had given him some charac.