The Van Buren press., 1870-07-26
srARlE AN ESCAPED LUNArIc
HON. W. A. BRIT1oN,

HON. W. A. BKlIlON,
In response to loud calls. then came forward
and denounced the impudence of Searle for
daring to stigmatzc as rebels all those Re
publicanS who We're friendly to Boles. Were
Hay man, O'Bryon, Anderson, Turman, A. j.
CuOmer, Col. Mcconnell, Col. Churchill, Judge
liarrcll rebelsy 1t was an outrage that such
tried Union men should be nsultcd by Il wan
dering ollice-seekcr like Searles, whose idea
of Republicanism consisted in his permanent
occupancy ofotlce. (Cheers.) The speaker
for one desired that the nominee of the party
should be a gentleman, and not ole who
when he had last come to Van Buren had
boarded at Il Public House, where virtue was
more honOred in the breach than in its OBJ
scrvancc--( cheers He said Scarlc had spok-
en- much about Judge Boles being bribed, but
Elhanan had omitted any alusion to the fact.
that he. Searles whilst Provost Mars hal of Ft
smith in 1863, had imprisoned John II. Beck
cl, Union man, and forced from him checks
on the L. ;. Treasurer at New York City, for
So ls6 13. a receipt Cor which he, the speaker.
held in his hand cheers.) Searle had used
this money as lac expended his salary in buy
ing lands In Illinois. Searle had no support
ers among the white Republicans OF Van Bu-
ren. A bargain and trade had been made by
which one fellow was promised the Assessor
ship, another the Sheriii's office, over ten In
the county had been pledged the Registrar
SUPP HNN Itd pNtu llpNiiNNN u uNhliiatNil
for the legislature and to assist in all this n
wandering office seeker had been imported
from Sebastian, who had himself (Cries of
hardware, Lockhart etc. stated that he vas
to have the clerkship, provided ii was presum-
ed lie could carry the county for Searle. 1t
was corruption and intrigue that Searle relied
on to carry things, but he would say ~ his
creatures that they would get the pay they
had been promised for the reason they could
not deliver the goods. loud cheers The
speaker for one did not believe the loyal men
of this county would submit to being bought
and sold like sheep. (Chcers.) interruptions
politicians might attempt this here as they
had attempted it in other places, but the peo.
pie would never submit to the sale Cheers }
The speech of Searle to-day had dsgusted
every good citizen and il was only to be eX-
plalned ON the ground that this fellow who
wanted To 20 to Congress Wa, as crazy as he
Nasa year ago last winter when he at that
time was treated by Dr Skipwith of Little
Rock for being n lunatic, The Doctor after
wards Informed me that Scarc had fled from
his care before the treatment was over and n
much as regret to notice the misfortune Of
n fellow creature, | draw your attention to
his speech to-day as the best proofthat he had
better go back to Dr. Skipwith. (theers.) II
was all very fine for Searlc to roar now about
his regard Tor colored men. but when he was
in the service this champion of that race
would not allow black man TO enter his
camp (Checrs.) Searle had spoken of the
love all soldiers bore for him, but he had for
gotten to tell about the Door Arkansas boy he
had had shot. or to mention the circumstance
that all the men In Jasper who had been with
him had helped to club Boles delegates. pre-
cisely ms the same sort had voted In the same
way this morning at Cedar Creek. (Ihccrs.)
The speaker then denounced the ring that had
been formed to nominate Searle and gave u
graphic and witty account OF their railroad
transactions, that was listened TO with the
greatest attention. Capt Britton then argued
that this was all part Of = plan by-whioh