The Van Buren press., 1871-08-29
+" "Buryine the Hatchst -
The Way Bro. Joseph proposes 70 do il

As the Little Rock Rspas'ieas Of a re
cent date made orersnres 10 the Stat
Joureal, edited By the Hon. JosrrI
BROOKS, TO bury all pas. differences ant
leave /, for the State Central Committed
to designate a line OF tpolicy TO De adopt
ed by them hereafter, pledging the Re
publican to abide by its decision, etc
And as i, has been extensively circulated
here, BY gentlemen recently from Little
Rock that harmony aud good feelings
now exists between the Brindles and Min
stre!s, and ;ha; al open fight would nov
be made on the Gazette by both journals
We give closing extract from the Editor
of the Journars reply to the Republican,
armistice proposition:
We have naught but resistance to ten.
der the official vultures who are sucking
the life-blood of the State, and who look
forward for their security in power only
to the most glaring expressions and
frauds who, by their wholesale corrup-
tions aud injustice, undermine the moral
force of social order, and by their op-
pressions, and promotion to the bench
as reward for taithlessness to the peo-
pie, destroy the moral authority Of law ;
who, BY price for venality and fraud,
and q penalty for honesty and patriotism,
and q policy which makes law and au-
thority synonymous with outrage and
wrong, are rapidly tending to produce
disorder aud generalization Of the popu
lar mind
These are questions which appeal to
the patriot, not to the partisan and,
gentlemen Of the "organ" and of the
west wing Of the State-house, we advise
you that the only terms upon which We
will agree to an armistice with you, are
repentance and conversion from youl
evil ways When you shall have restor
ed tie State credit and returned to the
treasury all that you have already stoler
therefrom in railroad bonds, levee bonds
militia claims and school funds, and com
pleted the work freparation--when yol
shall have ceased to stuff ballot boxes
and desisted from your expressions ano
usurpations, and transmogried the ju
dietary from political machine for per
sonal ends, into tribunal Of law and +;
fountain Of justice--in word, when yo,
shall have ceased to do evil, and Learned
to do good, and like the sorrowful pub
lican kneeling afar Off from the hol,
place, reproach yourselves with peniten
tial groans Of mea calpo, med cnlpa
mea marima culpa. Then, but not til
then, can we cease to warn or denounc,
you. Until then peace with you woulC
be " a covenant with Satan and a leagu,
with hell" !" and to call it the harmony o
republicanism would be simply cor
rupt lie, There can be no harmony Will,
there is corruption--no peace while ther,
exists wrong. We want the peace be
gotten of an honest administration o
republican laws enacted 10y just mel
elected by a free people and this we shal
have, and have, too, through republi
can State Convention; for the heart ant
conscience of the republican party i:
surely and rapidly arousing against you
and you know it. 1t is resolved to rio
itself of the load Of official corruption
and corruptionists who are weighing il
down like the "old mar Of the sea, >
and get out into its pure native air o
justice and liberty, which has ever beer
the true inspiration Of its triumphs.