The Van Buren press., 1868-07-10
John P. Fellows in New York

John z. Fellows in New York.
II does our heart good to give place TO
the following Correspondence Of the Lit
tie Rock Gazette. We know that Col.
JonS X. FELLows deserves all the praise
given him. Heis an honor to any State
On yesterday, o. H. Oats, of Helena,
John X. Fellows and Mr.. Chandler, of
Camden, f. B. Blanks, Mr. Dennison and
myself, Of Little Rock, called at so Wall
street to see Mr.. August Belmont, Chair
man Democratic National Executive Com
mittee. We saw him in his office. Have
not time to say much of him. lie is a
little lame, bald-headed Frenchman, or
jew, ii matters not which. He is sound
financially and politically. He furnished
US tickets which secured us seats ON the
platform at Cooper Institute, where llo-
ratio Seymour was TO speak that night.
When we got there We. found about five
thousand people seated some two thou
sand in the aisles and corners around,
and two hundred thousand, like field of
wheat, in the Bowery and streets outside.
Mr.. Seymour made speech able and in
teresting. 5. S. Cox, of Ohio, followed,
devoting himself to Arkansas and its re
Gently admitted Congressman. Our State
and its affairs, for the last month, have
occupied a large share ofpublic attention,
owing to the fact Of our having the efr;a. is
Of its election brought to the attention of
our Northern friends All of a sudden a
shout was made for John X. Fellows, of
Arkansas The shout continued, louder
and louder, till it brought him to the
stand His youthful but thoughtful face
was pale, but as placid as summer eve
ming. Those of us who we're from mis-
State of course were anxious and excited.
We did not know but what the large and
brilliant hall, splendid audience with an
ocean of upturned faces, the large crowd
Of distinguished statesmen on the plat
form, all combined might unnerye him,
and he might fail Butno. A moment
served TO show he was all right, and | say
that for the fifty minutes which he occu
pied never heard anything half SO bril-
liant, half as happy, half as well-timed,
or have half the effect that this speech
had on the excited crowd | cannot de-
scribe the scene. When he spoke of the
South-of its four long years Of desola-
ton and devotion to its flag; of weary
marches and the heroic love and attach.
ment of its soldiers to her flag that when
that flag went down her hopes and heart
went down with it when he raised his
voice and stretched his hand to heaven,
and told them that one would deny gal
lantry to the Southern soldier; that the
| same faith and honor to their country
and its flag which made them immortal
in war was pledged enough with honora-
bic men that the South would abide by
her obligations Now, with all your
greatness, with your cities, your canals,
your railroads, your line Of ocean steam
ers, your mercantile marine, your tele.
graphs-like the veins and arteries in the
human body-sending life and health
throughout the land, and your cable,
which spans the Atlantic and sends the
chained lightning cafeering among the
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-" with these, and such as these, are you
not great enough within yourselves to be
KIND and generous to your unfortunate
sisters of the South :'-Here the audience
could be restrained no longer-th wild
est scene Of enthusiasm succeeded. The
crowd seemed for moment to drink in
the thought, and with a voice like the
rush ofthe sea they rose to their feet with
cheer after cheer-cheers for the South,
cheers for Fellows, cheers for Arkansas
Until your poor correspondent sank
down and wept like a child. | have no
time to pursue the subject further. AT
the conclusion Of his speech, the crowd
Of friends who rushe,, IN to congratulate
and seize him by the hand scatittc!.ad our
little crowd of Arkansians, and the last
saw of Fellows he was being borne off in
triumph by the Democracy of New York.
Adieu. Justice and right is in the as
cendant. The nominee Of the New York
Convention will be President of these
United States, F.