The Van Buren press., 1870-09-27
Republican County Convention-The
Happy Family.

Central Committee had called on the Oil
yer Springs Convention to rcassemble in
the Court House at P. NJ. Numerous
persons gathered about.
The Convention was called to order by
| Col. fl. l.. Mcconnell, Chairman OF the
County Committee, and on motion Of NJ
W. Warden, Esq, Col. Mcconnell was
unanimously elected Chairman Of the
Convention, On motion f. w. NOBLE,
Esq, was elected Secretary.
Col. Mcconnell then came forward and
said
thank you for the honor, but regret
the necessity Of Introducing myself as
any aspirations may have bad to emu
late the wish ofthe young gentleman. who
proposed that he should be called pet
names,' has been most cruelty frustrated
by the various exalted beings who have
canvassed this county in my company.
One distinguished personage-the sworn
admirer Of the Highland Piper, who is
now soliciting the suffragcs of the troo
Ii loil by his admirable rendition of the
lines,
"Stay voter, stay--I am not mad"
was pleased to introduce me to you as a
baboon, and his peculiar pronunciation
of the words, Guerilla and Gorilla, hay
ing caused him to confound the two
specics-cqually invisible hereabouts-
he made happy compromise in his lat
est and most effective reference TO my
self-as the paid unscrlpulous hireling
of the accurscd Ku- kluN-( laughter. J
Perhaps, however, the most felicitous al
| lusion that have had was made by an
eminent person, who in letter received
here yesterday was kind enough to eX-
bull in the China shop, Of Crawford Re
publicanism, ! am content that this
latest comparison should be instituted,
with the single condition that you, being
the proprietors of the establishment pro
pose TO guard your own goods, do with
the Bull as you please, and don't want
any assistance from boys on the outside
| Cheers You are the representatives
of the people, by them, selected to eX-
press their opinions and your right
and ability to do your own thinking is
what disgusts the time servers and place
hunters here and at Little Rock, who
| fondy imagine that the brains ofthc Re
publican party are carried by them in their
heads or controlled by their Bank ac-
counts. Loud cheers.) 1t is because
you and you only represent the Rcpubli
can party of Crawford, that you have
been called together o-day, and as Chair
man of the Executive Commiltts.e5 5 tA9t At ife
reasons that induced my distinguished
colleagues to take this action
You all know that the canvass proceed
ing your selection as delegates was heat
ed and cNciting--the question before the
people being not the comparative ability
of my "noble brothers." Seare and
Bolcs, but the propriety Of adopting the
policy of which each claimed to be the
exponent. The friends of Searlc claimed
that he was the best Republican, because
he was opposed to any change in the OK
istng laws, and the advocates Of Boles
! insisted on his nomination, because they
wished certain reforms effected. 1t was
my honor to have addressed meetings in
every one ofyour townships and you well
know that in all of them ! urged the
election of the Bolcs delegates upon the
sole ground, that we favored State poll
cy that would abolish useless offices, re
duce taxation, alter the franchise clauses
and n policy in National affairs that
would sustain General Grant and secure
the passage of n Bill of General Amnesty
! Cheers Nine.tenths of the white, and
very many of the colorcd Republicans
coincided in these views and endorsed
them by elccting you--and when you
met first in Convention, you discharged
your duty by adopting resolutions cx
pressive of the popular sentiment. The
resolutions in regard to the Compression
al nominations were both offered by my
self--the first being that,
THE Delegates to the Congressional Nom
mating Convention be, and they hereby ar,
! instructed to exert their influence and vote
only rsuch candidate rs will pledge HIM
self TO advocate and vote for a Bill of General
Amnesty, whereby the political disabilities
of the people may be removed
This resolution, as you all know, is the
same that was read in your presence and
in the presence of Thomas Boles, and it
was adopted without a dissenting vote
and amidst loud cheers, Afterwards
offered a resolution iustructing the same
| Delegates to vote first, last and all the
time for the Hon. Thomas Boles, which
was agreed to--and that resolution was
offered, because on the previous night
Mr.. Bolcs gave his pledged word that il
coincided with his views. You all re
member that after all the resolutions had
been adopted, Mr.. Bolcs came forward
and thanked you in speech accepting
your nomination, and in his own words
"most heartily endorsing every action
Of the Convention" He not only thus
doubly endorsed Universal Suffrage by
accepting the nomination which depend
ed upon its support and in approving
your every action, but Immediately after
the conclusion Of his speech, he informed
Colonel j. o. Churchill that he was
heartily in favor of it. (Cheers.) Short
" after this, Mr.. Boles went to LhtlC
Rock against the remonstrances of Mr.
Britton. who prophetically stated that he
feared Boles would say something, and
then and there made n speech in whicl
he renowned all sympathy and connection
with the resolutions his most active sup
porters had laborcd to have adopted
| But in order that there might be No