The Van Buren press., 1870-11-29
Tho Van Buren, Anti Carpet Bagger.

Bagger" from Van Buren, writes up another
letter to the Herald, dated this time at Fort
Smith, In which he denies in general terms
the questions propounded to him last week in
our paper, by saying he made no pledges but
what he made on the stump" Woof course
know nothing. personally, but the fact of his
calling meeting OF the leading Radicals at
his Office on the eve of the election, and his
receiving the united vote OF that party, after
having as he would have us believe, dcnounc-
ed them for every thing bad looks certainly,
to say the least very suspicious on his part
with completely of bargain and sale. Then
the fact too, of his receiving the full Radical
vote, and all the candidates on the Conserva-
tive ticket, particularly Mr. Falconer, the
candidate for Sheriff who Is acknowledged to
We very popular, does not receive near the
full Conservative vote of that township. We
have it from undoubted authority that Mr.
Fishback, ON the day of election, was ped
ding Radical Tickcts-with the names OF
Boles for Congress; Fishback, Stevens, &C.
for Representatives, and Mcclure for Sheriff
on 1t. 1t is just as plain as the nose ON a
mans face that Fishback traded OIL the Con-
seryatiys candidates for votes for himself'
Was there any thing but barefaced treachc-
ry. to Edwards and Falconer, (who were all
right on the Court House question: in the
result Of of that meeting at Fishback's office
with Mr.. Lockhart and Thompson? Does
any one at Fort Smith suppose suppose that
Lcokhart was so verdant rs to guarantee the
radical vote of Fort Smith to Fishback with
ont consideration p-No one And 1t mat
ters not what the consideration vast GER
tainly proved of no advantage TO the Conser.
yative part, as the result clearly shows. We
would not like to believe, as the papers of
Fort Smith have intimated, that Mr. Lock-
hart tampcred with the ballot box. and that
the largely increased vote of Fishback and
the decreased vote of the conservatives, was
result Of that meeting of the two radicals
on the eve of the election at Fishback's office.
There Is something, however, In the whole
transaction of the election in that place that
Is hard to account for.
How comes 1t that the Radicals Of that
town did not have that deep seated anxiety
on the Court House question, that the Conser-
vatlves pretended to haye2 for while the
protect that interest, the Radicals were, to q
man supporting Stevens, who resides in the
country, and is In favor Of the County-seat at
Greenwood In other words, while the Radl-
Gals were concentrating their strength on
the three radical candidates, Fishback & Co.
had so demoralized the Conservative party of
that County, that they were casting their
votes for half dozen candidates. Although
It mmillating to large class Of Conserva-
tives Of Fort Smith, to believe that they were
90 cheaply sold out to the radicals, it is cer-
tainly neverthelessa fact, and they can arrive
at no other satisfactory conclusion.
Mr.. Fishback winds up his letter as follows I:
"Ircachod home on the eve Of the election.
and as had heard from several gentlemen
In the southern portions OF this county, that
at several places In the county, the radicals
and conservatives were going TO s'cap In ord
or to elect men hostile to our city, | asked
several leading Radicals of Fort Smith to
meet me in my office and ! would tell them
what had heard. But they did not meet me,
as they promised, with but TWO exceptions
SO that had an opportunity neither OF tell
Ing them how our material interests were be-
Ing compromised, nor Of making any silly
pledges. | made no pledges to anybody eX-
cept what made publicly on the stump!
=, ,s WM. NJ. FIsHBAcK.
N.B-I-will not consent to filthy sling
proces Of warfare through newspaper coll
umns, IL the Editor Of the Press and his anon.
ymous monitor are gentlemen. they will seek
other and more genteei methods Of ad ustmcnt
for which promise them ample opportunity.
w. NJ. +.
One would not suppose, that so valiant and
chivalrous a gentleman, who claims to have
been so traduced and slandercd in the Press
would write two letters Of about n column
each, containing more billingsgate, than has
appeared In the Press for years, In defense Of
himself, but would have at once resorted to
the more genteel method " Of settling such
difficulties.
Now, we have only this to say to Mr., Fish
back, that we are not fighting man-nor are
we o Qllarrelsome one-but II ever he finds
anything In the Press rejecting upon him,
that we cannot retract or give the author Of
he shall have all the fight he desires, whe,h-
or 1t Is after the "more gcnteel method " or
not. There Is no use of beating about the
bush In this matter. Let us talk plain Eng
lish.
We challenge Mr.. Fishback to point to any
thing cditorially In the Press. that he needed
to take ofieuce at, until his uncalled-tor and
silly letter, purporting to have been written
from Van Buren,, attacking the Press. As it
has turned out he placed himself in very
foolish and ridiculous predicament and made
himself the laughing stock Of both friend and
foe-nothing more or less.
Mr.. Flshback cares probably, just as little
for us Ms we do for him-but we are not how
ever, hunting the good will Of any such men,