The Van Buren press., 1871-12-12

Is CONCLUSION.
Ihaye thks hastily summed up the opera
tions ofihe goverlment JlIrfngz the last year,
and made such Suggestions as occur To NE TO
be proper for your consideration. submit
them with 4 lconidence that your combined
action win he wise. and in the
best in,sres! Of s4s whole country
Executive Mansion. ncc 4, 1871,
THE WIDE AWAKE. We took oc-
casion, in recent number of the Press,
to copy notice OF the F" Vide A@aks, !"
edited by CHAs f. IsHAM, from the Fort
Smith Patriot, and also at the same time,
an allusion made by Mr.. Isham to Gen.
PIERCE, who, in passing down the river,
had made call on him. Without COM
mcnt we left it for the public to judge
which was the courteous publisher and
editor. 1t matters not who wrote the
notice referred to. Gen Pierce's name
only appears as Editor Of the Patriot,
an2i is responsible for it. We could not
believe Gens Pierce wrote it. We have
always found him very pleasant, affable
centleman, and do not believe that he
will endorse the sentiments Of Mr. Cor
WIN. Mr.. Isham we know to be very
worthy young man. Having worked
himself up from the ID to the editorial
seat, and under difficulties and circum-
stances that would have crushed out the
energies of most any ordinary man, Not
one other paper in the State, Republican
or Democrat, but what spoke cheering
word for the new paper of Mr.. Isham,
and after the most friendly and cordial
reception of the Patriot at the hands OF
Democratic editors. when first started,
we felt the notice, ungenerous and un-
called for. And now think the author
still more contemptibly mean. ,s..
AS Mr.. Isham has many friends in
Van Buren,, we copy from the press else
where, that they may sec how the Pat.
riots article is received, as follows from
the Little Rock GassHe and Dardanelle
| Chronicle: -'
We must say thatthe following ia decided
| ly the meanest thing we ever saw from the
pen of any journalist claiming even ordinary
deccncy. We clip trom the Fort Smith Pa
triot:
The LEwIsBURG WIDE-AwAKE.-We hare
received the first number Of this nasty look
ing, poorly printed. little eight by ten dis
grace to southern literature, and will thank
the publisher If he will not send US number
two. 1t. editorials read as If they were stoler
! from some other paper, or were written two
hundred years ago, in the reign of James the
Second, by that old terror to justice. Lore
Jeilries We have burned the copy sent us
and trust you will have the good sense not tt
aend us another. No, we won't exchange.
The truth of tho matter is, the Wide -Awak,
is small in size, bat is gotten up neatly anC
| printed in "A very creditable manner. wheI
we remember the difficulties under which tn,
publisher labors. Its editorials are decidedly
more chaste, elegant. courteous and argumen
tative than those OF its critical neighbor. Th,
Wids-Awake is edited and published by on,
man alone. lie writes, sets type, sweeps hi
office. makes his fires, and indeed, does every
thing connected with his paper, without Oh,
particle of assistance. The Wide-Awake /
a conservative journal. and of course is alon
dependent on tine people of the town OfLew
isburg and of Conway county for support
If the Fort Smith Patriot which Is the ollicla
organ for seven counties. had t. depend in
like manner upon its own merits, it woul,
not live IA month. Mr.. Charles +. Isham--s
sober. industrious printer. and n man Of dc
cided ability, as the Patriot man "ll find on
if he measures swords with hin-is the edito
and publisher of the w Widc- Awake, and he de
| al aig far ta in,r h, iaa "A
The sentiments expressed by the Patrio
scribbler are unworthy any gentleman. ant
more particularly of one who has stood at tn
ease himself, and who should, If he ever i'm
hibcd any gsntlemanly instincts, wish fcl
low craftsman God-speed in his endeavor t,
establish a business OF his own, even ii h,
does happen to. snjoy the public printin,
himself. secured at the sacrifice OF ~ principle
which Ishatn would blush to even think Of
Gazette.
GENs Pierce. the editor Of the Fort Smitf
Patriot sd!utes the Lew wlsburg Wide Awake
just about 10 we Wolild ypect sdtafl to salut,
st. Paul or St Peter. This Gen Peirce coult
not now satisfy us that he 10 any part Of I
gentleman no matter what he might do in ti1t
future. Mr. Charles +. lsham. young gen
tlcman well known In many parts Of tht
State as the very soul OF honor Is snuDbed by
this Gen. i. in the most impolite manner
MT. l. sent Hlln MS very nedI Ilttlc paper WI
the modest request to exchange. Gen. u. in
stead of simply saying nothing. MS gentleman
would have done il he did not desire to eX-
change. makes an attack on the paper and
pronounccs Mr.. unworthy notice and final
ly winds up by saying, ave wont exchange. y
Now VIC happen to know the reason why
MIR. Isham 10 attempted to be nipped by this
adventurer In the bud When a. A. G. Roy
crs WAS the democratic candidate for Congress
against o. p. Snyder this sdventurer, Gene
raf Pierce went around and made speeches
in favor of Rogers. the democrat, Isham wai
living at Monticello Drew county, ut the time
and heard some of these speeches. 1t Is be-
cause lsham knows something of this advcn-
turers former life that he has snubbed him
! lie knows lsham Is honest and will shsw up
his duplicity and expose his TWO FACEs-
hence he fears him W. have never attempt
ed to exchange with this General but now
we would not, We will exchange with gen
tlemanly editors or none Chronicle.
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MORE LOYAL RoBBERs.--A telegraph
despatch to the st. Louis papers from
Little Rock, says it is rumored here tha,