The Van Buren press., 1870-09-27

Gam, Il. u. w nlteSlueS anu olutiS Va WHO
County, who were not the less astonish-
cd at the stupidity of the denial than they
were amazed at its audacity. (Cheers.)
THE BRrNpLE-TAIL CONVENTION
Permit me now to revert to the action
of the Convention that nominated Mr..
Bolcs. a Convention, gentlemen, that re-
ldounded most to the claims of Little
/ Rock. in the fact that all of its smartness
was possessed by Mr. Hodges, and an
overwhelming mass of its piety by his
colleague and political twin-the Rev.
Joseph Brooks. (Cheers J Many Of the
white and some colored delegates from
| Southern and Western Arkansas coin
cided with the Crawford Delegation; but
no one of the number received any lnyi-
tation to the caucus that adopted the plat
| form When the Convention organized,
the only man put on the Committee on
! Resolution, who had acted with us, was
Capt. Britton, who appeared for Clark
County. You have read the resolutions
they omitted all allusion to tie ques
ton of Universal Suffrage and compll
mcnted the success Of the Prussian arms (;
but | believe YOU will agree with me in
the opinion that that committee would
have better discharged its duty by al ex-
preston of the popular feeling on the
great question, that is now asitating the
people not only of this District, but Of
the whole country. (Cheers And
submit it to the admirers Of Count Bis
marck, that that statesman would not feel
complmented by that action of his politl-
cal supporters, which should ignore all al
usion to the gigantic war he is conduct
ing. and instead endorse the Rev. Joseph
Brooks for the Federal Senate, Cheers
Bismarck is II great man, but the voters
of this District and not he propose to
run it (chcers) and our people care very
little what candidate may think of the
the Prussian war, but they are interested in
course he proposes to adopt i'll the reha-
biltation Of American citizens with the
right Of suffrage (Chcers.) The plat
form was adopted without dissenting
vote that heard, but it was so adopted
because owing to peculiar circumstances
its discussion had not been put in the pro
gramme. The Convention adjourned
and the question then, with us, was not
what did Mr. Boles think about the sue
cesscs that Royal Armies are achieving
over Sister Republic, but what are his
views and what course will he adopt in
reference to General Amnesty. Cheers
TIE LITTLE GAME.
1t was suggested that we could adyo-
cate it here, whilst others could oppose
it in localities less intelligent. | told the
person who made this proposition to me,
that had the highest respect for the po-
litical sagacity of the Rev. Joseph
Brooks and the most feryid admiration
of his alleged prototype-thc Sainted
Paul laughter but | questioned very
much if the elaborate description Of
Prussian victories, or the political adap-
tation of "All things to all men,"
! (cheers) would elect ticket that only
had one half Its party strength and must
be dependent for its success upon the
votes Of the opposltion--thoso whose
chiscd. (Cheers) ! was told that |
knew nothing of politics and that the
District would be carried carried, ! pre-
sumo, by the promised donation of over
flowed lands, double grand pianos and
shoe fly neck Gg t. s2Mf Mf s}4ifh iffna5
recitals of the scige of Paris to the resi-
dents Of the Mountains, where mail
only comes with the new moon. Laugh
ter and chccrs.)
POLITICAL EuNICHs,
In conclusion, | told one Of the trainers
Of the platform, that, as he had gone to
Germany after his material, would take
him to Asia for its illustration: Asia,
gentlemen, where persons endowed with
all the attributes Of manhood, save its
sexual peculiarity, are selected to guard
the ladies. (Laughter) This platform
not only has the incaPacity to make it.
self respected, but it is even weaker than
the Eunich in the sense that it does not
protect that which is worth defending.
(Chcers.)
BROTHER BoLEs.
But last week Mr. Boles attended the
meeting at Dardanelle and delivered the
speech to which | referred thereby clos
| ing the door to the double shuttle game
that had been suggested by his trainers.
| (Cheers. AS Mr.. Boles has thus placed
himself in antagonism to that which he
had promised he would support, it is but
right you should have the history of the
causes that induced him to make the
| pledges he has broken. ] informed him
that, in my opinion, lie had very weak
record and that lis discussion would, in
the words of Il profanc friend, give him
| the same chance for success that would
be possessed by Il cat in the lower re-
| gions without claws--and upon u review
Of that record, with other facts, he ag. .ecd
with me that his only policy was the sup.
port of the doctrine of Universal Amncs
V, 1t is proper then, this record should
be inspected.
RARE RECORD.
In the first place, Mr.. Boles was one Of
three members who voted against the
bill abolishing the Franking Privilege
thereby voting against one of the pet
measures of Grants Administration and
against the policy of his Republican col
leagues. Then again, Mr.. Boles intro
duced n Bill giving colored men the right
to homestead land free Of charge. have
no prejudice against colored men, but at
the same time / have none against the
white race cheers and think that if
! Congress proposes assisting the poor