The Van Buren press., 1870-07-26

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SPLIT BETWEEN THE WHITES AND BLACKS
SPEECHES ny SEARLE, Mcconnell, GRA
pY, HOLMAN, and Marshal BRITToS
War TO THE BND-No COMPROMISE
In accordance with previous notice and ac
tive drumming the voters of the Republican
party of Van Buren, township were out OF
Saturday last for the purpose of aeiecting
Delegates to attend Convention to be helC
on Saturday next at Oliver Springs. for tn,
choice of Delegates to Congressional Con
vention From the indications all the morn,
ing, we anticipated good time" at tn,
meeting, and accordingly we made one o
the number present. We want it understood
however, we take no part in the quarrel, be
tween the friends of these two aspirants foi
the Congressional nomination.
Quite a large number were precautionary
of them uegros from various parts of the
County. Before the attempted organization
of the meeting Judge SEARLE was introduc-
ed to the assembly and made speech in sub
stance as follows:
JUDGE T. J. sEARLE.
The Hon. Elhanan J. Searle then lntroduc-
/ ed himself as man of purity, soldier OF dis
| tnguished yaior, and one of the leading Re-
publicans of the Continent. This modest sa
! lutatory finished, the speaker said that this
was great country, but alluded to the ter
! rifle havoc the ku-klux were making herein
The Democratic party was rapidly carrying
every thing and everybody to the dogs until
the great Republican party, which WAS found
ed In 1853, took possession Of the Government
in 1860. at which time the war broke ont. This
was a great State, but although it had been
exactly ~ years in the Union nothing had
been done for it, until the great Republican
party took hold of it. And then the accursed
ku-kluX reared their heads. But they had
never scared him; no, he was too good a SOL
dier to be "skcared.n He did not want to
speak about himself but If there was ever u
truer, better solger' in Western Arkansas
than he was. he would like to know him.
Cries of Bully boy!) The day after he
had arrived in Arkansas, he got into battle
with his knapsack on his back. Yes, he had
fought and fought the accursed rebels and
had seen the corpses of people whom they had
scalped but it had never "skcared' him
And now the kukluX were going to try this
business. But they shouldn't do il for he
was organizing the great Republican party
and they would put down the accursed.
damned ku-kluX. ("Bully.) lie would now
tell them-he meant his friends, the few
Democrats who were not accGrsed rebels or
assasnatng ku-kluX-that he knew little
story: The great Napoleon-A apolcon Bona
parte the iirst--had once captured Piper
not the Piper that is said to have played be-
fore Moses, but another Piper-a Scottish
IIighlandPiper, and when hc-Napoleon
Bonapartc--asked this Scottish llighlandPi.
per to play retreat the Piper proudly said
that he had never learned for to play retreat
Elhanan J. Searle thought it would be rather
a good thing for the great Republican party
to remember this story and when the accursed
ku-klux tLied to stir em up, let them proudly
reply in the language of the Scottish High
land Piper: never learned for to play a re-
treat. A fool, he did not know his name, had
nsulted him last night by asking him to de-
fend Judge Boles. This was a device of the
accursed ku-kluX and he would not desert his
colors no. in the language of the Scottish
ghland-Piper, he had never learned for TO
play retreat. The kH-kluX had killed 3S5
men in this State and he, Elhanan j. Searle
held them to a strict account for it. Let them
beware, for he WAS watching them and he
had the militia with him and neither he nor
they in the words of the Scottish Highland
Piper. had ever learned for to play a retreat.
In proof OF this, he might state that he had
been at the battle of Jenkins Ferry. They
fought there the accursed ku-klux klan. who
scalpcd and spit tobacco juice at the people but
he was not ateard for In the words of the Scot
tish Highland piper: He had never learned
for to play retreat. The fool who spoke last
night, had complained that he had said mary"
word about the reduction of taxes. When
ever a man talked that way, he was no true
Republican. He was Il scoundrel. a fool II
dirty dog. an agent of the accurscd ku-klux.
and he would not notice him, sayc to say to
him and to the Internal ku-kluX, that he was
not afraid of him, form the words of the Scot
ish Highland Piper: He had never learned
for to play u retreat. Yes. all the white men
laughed but every one who smiled was an ac-
cursed ku-kuX-he babe the colored people
beware ofthem, for even now these accurScd
ku-kluN rebels were looking at them wonder
ing how much they would bring. when they
got them back into slavery, as they would If
they got elected. But, let them not be afraid,
for he was with them and In the words of the
Scottish Highland-Piper: He had never
learned for to play retreat
The speaker then spoke for q quarter of an
hour, saying that nobody but the accursed
ku-kluN opposed him, and in that time intro
duced the Scottish lIighand-piprr some thir-
teen times The Gtigung frequency of that
musicians introduction was doubtless the
cause of the Hon Elhanan ccasing to talk and
the cry for Mcconnell, which arose when he
had taken his seat caused the terror of the l>u-
kluN and the friend OF the scottish Highland
Piper to leave the Court House ON the double
quick.
ATTEMPT AT ORGANIZATION,
After Judge Searle's speech, Col. Churchill
Chairman of the Republican Township com
mittee called the meeting to order, declaring
the first business was the election of perma-
nent Chairman Motion was made, that Mr..
Mr.. a. ii. CARSON be elected, which was Sec
jumped up and moved to amend by substi-
tutng the name of Mr. J. =. Grady. And
from that time ON pandemonium was turned
loose. \ motion for n recess for half hour
amid great confusion was carried. The me-
gros were all arranged on one side of the
Hall and were admonished by the friends Of
Mr.. Searle to remain in their places, which
they did.
After a sho { intermission, it was proposed
by Mr.. Hayman, that as Judge Searle had oc-
cupicd an hour and half, that 1t was due to
the friends of Mr.. Bolcs that his side OF the
question should be he lrd, and suggested that
Col. Mcconnell speak ~ minutes and Mr.. Di-
yilbiss close tor Searle, with minutes.
This was agreed to, and Mcconnell spoke
his time out. and Mr.. Divilbiss declining Mr..
Grady occupied the minutes, denouncing
the friends OF Boles In the most bitter and
violent manner. Great confusion and wrang
ling here ensued without the remotest pros