The Van Buren press., 1872-09-03
LITTLE Rock. AnC y. 1872.


amelioratio Is due In part to our exertions. y
Now. the dna action Of the committee must
be sufficiently unpalatable to the Gazette.
We would regard 1t unkln1 and impolitic
even to sag anything to make 1t more so. But
! must dissent from the closing sehtence OF
the foregoing paragraph. Very small are the
thanks which the Gazette owes for any
amelioration due TO It's exertions." Its
course embarrassed modification. 1t COM
gelled the defenders Of the action of the con-
vention to give Mr.. Brooks ticket such sup
port in advance ofmodiication as almost con-
WINGED the Reform party that any modihca
tion would be unnecessary.
| lwill take this occasion TO make a passing
allusion to an article in the Gazette of the
cath. replying to n complaint of the PREss
thata Gazette travelling correspondent, Ham
Eater" had "mlsstated the universal senti-
ments ofthe Democratic Conservative mass
es In Crawford, sebastian, Franklin and John
son. In that article the Gazette says
I'VE have not assaulted Mr.. Brooks or per-
mttted him to be assaulted, nor will we do so
"a long "a there Is a prospect that he will be
the democratic candidate.
And denies that 1t has ever conveyed the
impression that Mr.. Brooks, as the head OF
the ticket. "was a weak candidate for Gov
ernor." And yet in the very article contain
ing these denlals, II enters into a calculation
atlength to show that by no possibility can
! Mr.. Brooks be elected. and through its repre-
sentatives in the committee, opposed the reA
tention Of Mr. Brooks at the head OF the ticket,
| I,n Loo A..
ence
Now. it Is well known that the Gazette had
another little plan" " in store, which differed
from the action of the convention, by which
IL held cut the idea that everything could
be made right. which was perfectly consist
ent with the design of" Ham Eater" in his
correspondence with the Gazette from Van
Buren, and which proves that the Gazette, as
well us its correspondent. had been pretty
well stuffed with Ham, And here is the Ga
sete's description, In the article referred tc.
of that little plan:'
"Was it better to drive the enemy back to
| his stronghold and wear the democratic forces
out in Intellectual assaults against his Gibral-
tar Fraud orattempt by eoncaidtoyy 81 means
10 draw him out to an equal and hoaord6!e(!D
| contest:'
In other words, the Gazette proposed By
"conciliatory means" 10 draw a band OF
thieves and assassins out Of their stronghold
of Fraud. and thus induce them to throw
| away their implements of plumber and mur-
der and o1er us equal chances in an honor.
| able contest" for the recovery from them Of
the property they have stolen and for bring
ing them to punishment tor the crimes they
have committed. This would be chivalry sur
passing that ofthe famed Knight ofLa Man
cha. and have caused Bayard to die of morti-
tcation that his generosity had been eclipsed.
The Gazette then charges that the Press
has been " caught in the meShcs of its own
net" because the Pass had not put lup the
straight Brooks ticket But the Gazette
knows that the Convention contemplated Il
modification Of the ticket and it was not for
democratic papers to put 1t up until after the
committees lsG consulted in regard to those
notifications.
| One more alu.ion 70 the Gazette's article
and | will quit that subject. The Gazette
would show up rs one Of our"weak points y"
that the PREss repndiated the action of the
pard3nclle convention, The pRrss' ohjec-
| tion to the convention was based ON the fact
| that that convention took no action, aud
left us free to oppose Edwards for Congress.
as we did accordingly, and are not disposed
! to regard that as aaother OF our weak
| points, As 10 the Gazette's assertion that
the call OF the con gresSonal convention Is
subscribed by gentleman who was elected
as such by the Daulanellc convention, We
will beg to remind the Gazette that that gem
tleman had been previously elected chairman
of tLe District committee, 10y a regular demo
cratic convention which assembled at Clarks-
vile, as well as the Dardanclle convention,
under and by whose authorities, that call
| was made.
deemed 1t due to the Pass to 90 so far
into the course which the Gazette has seen tit
to adopt prior to the settlement Of the ticket
by the consultation just had. ] might go
further. but for this promptneSs which the
Gazette has shown, most crcditable to it un-
der the circumstances, in endorsing the set-
/ Element thu, made. | am free to commend
the Gazette tor its patriotic fortitude, unde r
the circumstances. But that this disposition
was anticipated by the committee its previous
course would have been condemned by the
&C mmittee The Gazette had endeavored Cn
vain) at certain conventions to have resolu-
tlons adopted endorsing It's opposition to the
committee, which faoI the committee passed
over and deemed it sufficient only to spread
the following on the minutes of it, proceed
ings adopted by the democratic committee
and also by the joint committees:
i Res diced, That all the newspapers in this
State in tavSr Of reform, and opposed To the
present sisv and National Administrations.
be requested to publish and advocate the tick
ct presepted by the reform central commit
tees. which met ut Ily;ls Rock on the 2ith of
4 August. 1872.
But for the Gazette's opposition to Mr.
Brooks and the reform ticket, aud the prema-
ture support it forced the committee and
press to give that ticket rs It was. " think
we could have had the ticket modified as 10
the nomination for State Treasurer and
others. But we mus; try and content our
selves with what was done. and go heartily
to work in rcconcllng it 90 those who desired
different results, and sink men in a contest
not for oQlee but for IiBEETY and rIFE.
The weather has been 80 hot that [ have
not been able to attend to aught beside the
proceedings of the committee and try ring to
keep cool. was of and on at the Metropoli-
tan. where We found our young friend. Capt