The Van Buren press., 1870-01-18
+" Deliver ~ from our Friends.

try for miles away. AS a business point
no town in North west Arkansas surpass.
cs it; for hospitality and bcncvolcncc, no
people excel the citizens of Fayetteville.
Its schools have always been pre- eminent
ly good. Its churches, handsome build
ings, its society excellent. But, alas
every Eden has its scrpent--and Fayctte-
vile may we'll exclaim, "deliver us from
our friends"
There is paper published in that town.
called the Nountain Echo, edited by Mes
srs. BARD 4 LINDSEY Many articles
have heretofore appeared in the columns
Of that sheet, rejecting disrespcctiully
upon Van Buren, and her citizens. In its
Issue Of the Sth, appears a scurrilous at
tack upon our town, again. So far as
the attack is concerned we, of course,
deem it Of character not intended, by
the author, to provoke reply. The ed
itors Of the Echo are presumed, Of course,
to be gentlemen, and the language in
which the article mentioned is couched,
evinces one Of those ebullitions of pas
sion too often indulged by gentlemen,
but being an indication of extreme weak
ness, is not intended for the eye of the
public. We must conclude that the Ian
guage employed would never have found
its way into the columns Of that paper, If
its author had not been laboring under
some temporary alteration of the mind,
produced by natural or artificial causes,
Thus let charity, as with mantle, cover
the weakness Of our contemporary We
can but sympathise with the citizens OF
Fayetteville, In their deep atliicton We
dcplore the dire necessity that driftcd
this pair into their quiet and respectable
town We only trust that an All-wise
Providence will soon direct the minds OF
Congress to the reconstruction of some
other State, in order that the fight OF
the buzzards may commencc--at an
early day.
The subject that heads the article in
question, is one that has often been re-
ferred to by newspapers of limited circu-
lation, as well as capacity, and has been
uniformally treated as five of Van Buren
are trembling in our boots, lest the U.
s.. Court be removed and our only source
of support thus taken from us. If VIC
could, we would gladly disabuse the
minds of those who are thus solicitous
to injure Van Buren. The court was To-
Gated at this point for reasons that we
know nothing of, but take for granted to
be good ones. If those reasons no longer
exist, then, for heavens sake, let the court
be removed. We apprchend, however,
that the removal will not be affected un-
less some reasons therefor arc urged. TIC
our knowledge no good reasons have
ever been assigned, by the advocates OF
rcneovol. that are worthy Of "n"aias.~
ton. Change, simply for the sake OF
change, is always to be discouraged Nc
established system should be overturned
unless well founded objections can be
urged against it or in favor of the new
one proposed. The only reason assign
cd by the editors Of the Echo, is the want
of good hotel in our town. Will the
gentlemen inform us Of any better in the
border counties ? The U. S, Court holds
two sessions during the year, and each
session continues for about one month
Will the custom, thus brought to town
even il all boarded at one hotel, justify
any cxtravagant preparations9 five had
the St. Nicholas here, the class who at
tend the court would not lodge and ea
there. There is but small proportion
Of the person who attend the U. S Cour
as jurors and witness, that would put W
at the hotel, ifit were. ever so fine, unles,
upon the condition that the proprietor
would put fare down to figures that woult
notjustify him to keep good house. His
Honor, Judge CALDWELL, stops will
friend BRopIE and will go no where else
and we have heard no complaints from
him. Attorneys also, and no complaints
Some attorneys, however, stop with Mrs
Brashears, but "de gusti6us non ea die
putandGm."
As for the petition spoken Of by thu
Echo, we would like much to see it ant
the names of the members Of the bar
And if Fort Smith is to be the highly ia
vored city, where do we find the sum
cient hotel accommodations" The Uni
ted States Government have leased The
upper room of our Court House for ter
years, to be occupied by the Government
for the exclusive purpose of holding this
court, and the smaller rooms as Office,
for Marshal and Clerk, and for Jury
rooms.
The low ding of the Echo at the poll
tics Of the town Is relic Of the past
The time has come when reason has re
sumed her throne aud the silly cry o
" disloyalty." is not sufficient to damn
men or towns--this is the small charg,