The Van Buren press., 1871-12-12


dence Of prosperity. The Press is one Of the
ablsst papers In the State.
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sr The man that shouted himself hoarse, cleo
snee ai Congress IL The "a district. at the last eicc
ton. should be the last one, now to charge Joseph
Brooks, or any other Inan. With being Judas. -
In thr absence Of Gen. Pierre. We. his partner,
take il upon ourselfto say that the general is pres
emit. and has for been the personal friend
tors, and other politicians in Arkansas, know this.
and without saying so, would 'asssna's by such ex,
friend, aud that he was once bs@ocraf. Ths charge
IVES made at public meetng in this city some two
months ago, when Gen. Pierce took occasion 70 de,
nounce ik author a. low, cowardly liar - and
furthermore, that the was true of any man who
said he ierce had been Democrat, or bad ever
made Democratic speech. 1t is possible the editor
Of the Press has fallen into the Of believing Gen.
Pierce to have formerly been a Democrat We there
Press to discontinue such nuations and to come
next time with sateme.t backed by ecideaee. p. ).
Patriot.
We accept the statement Of the Patriot that
Gen. Pierce was warm personal friend of A
A. c. Rogers" and nothing more. We
did not "ihsinaate that Gen. Pierce was
Col. Rogers political friend or democrat 7"
either. and after reading the above from the
Gen. Fierce was not u political friend Of Rog-
srs or democrat, was he, a lifelong Repub-
itean. making speeches in opposition to the
regular and only Republican candidate for
Congress. and in favor of the only Democratic
nominee9 What consistency is there In his
course then and aorl Was 1t tho almighty
dollar consideration. the General was
stumping the ID District for. In opposition to
.,nytier. the Clayton candidate and for Rog-
ersY No other construction can be put upon
the Pdfr,ot's article. for certainly Gen. Pierce
did not throw aside his political principles and
love of repnblcani>m for the mere personal
regard he had for Col. Rogcrs--in these day.
1t is not expected or rasked for. 1t is an old
maxim that the laborer is worthy Of his
hire. and Col Rogers is too liberal man to
ask At the hands OF a personal friend even such
\ favor without due consideration therefor.
We have no disposition to make it appear
that Gen Pierce was a Dcmocrat-knew he
was not. Democrats don't shout to-day for
Radical candidates and to- morrow for Demo-
cratic. For tear. however, that some of our
Republican friends may think we make the
state above without truthful foundation
we copy from the Noaticelioida Of recent
date. published in the I'd Congre 'sional Dis
trct. And IL the Editors of the Patriot are
not satisfied with this. We will obtain from
Col. Hill and Hon a. \. {. Rogers statements
oi Just how the matter does stand for We are
not disposed to do any man injustice.
A short time since, in Little Rock.
Hon. Joseph Brooks, in public address
accused Gen. II a Pierce Of riding
around over this district with Col A A
Z. Rogers, making speeches in his inter
eat. and Gen. p. got mp and fatty denied
doing 90. It is strange, indeed, that the
General would publicly deny what is SC
we'll authenticated aud so generally
known. He rode all over the district ir
the came carriage with Col. Rogers said
carriage and horse was furnished by Col
Rogers, and Col. Rogers footed thu
bilis: and he made speeches at all Col
Rogers appointments, and further, !
was understood by the Democracy thai
these speeches we're Intended to influence
the negLo vote against 0 p Snyder anc
for Col. Rogers. 1t was thought rha
Gen. Pierce. claiming to have been led
cral General and Republican, might in
huence the negroes against the Radica
party by showing up their rascality
which he did TO the best of his feeble
ability. And, after Col. Rogers wa
compelled to withdraw from the cam
paign on account of his health. he lef
Gen Pierce to finish up the campaign
In company with Col + N. Hill, which
Col Hill will testify Besides all this
be corresponded with the Gazette during
the campaign, which correspondence tha
Office, no doubt can produce.
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