The Van Buren press., 1872-10-22
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As the Gqssit. - xter the death of their
d" bantling, mlgx * extracts from letters
from Washington (ounty, attempting to
bolster up the position they have taken, We
publish below let, + from Boonsboro, writ
ten before the nc9 Of the withdrawal Of
Hunter had reached there, showing how il
was denounced in IN locality The Gazette
is mistaken if they tAuk the 3" new move -
had any strength in Se Northwest:
THE rHINNEss pr THE MOVEMENT,
EDITOR OF ruK PREg&:-
"a strategist the Gazehe with the little
band Of conspiratorf in its confidence, is a
miserable failure, Amonth ago. the Garetts
profeSscd to believe that the deliycramce Of
the country depended upon the success Of
Mr.. Brooks and the L tlorIn ticket. 1t award
ed much credit to Aim for the yigor with
which he was making the campaign; it pre-
dicted victory il rel bleed in the assurance of
success. Suddenly n change came over the
spirit Of it, dream. We shall perhaps never
know precisely how this change was effected.
We shall perhaps never know the lRt coHstd-
Grafton. How much Of actual grccnbacks
came up from the depths Of that deep, dark,
Minstrel pocket, - to gladden. the heart Of lhe
mlserly Old dam, we can only conjecture.
The laborer i, wort ny of his ,her) hire. ~
the work has been q ,ty, filthy beyond meas
urc, let u, hope III the consideration has
been in proportion to the utter nastineS' Of
the job. BUtatter tir-S.hamclcsS proceedings
this bare faced etfr mtery, let Us hope also
that this autiquatrr Prostitute will nejer pre-
..tfv . D i Ia
IS my friend who ciuds at my mill, says
the Spanish proyer6,ranO certainty the Ga
<etts is grinding Hlreh Clayton. Does any
man outside Luniycn. Asylum believe that
the new ticket caly of Focteas viii the great
Prforn, , "riV ar ever samp ~ tb most
nIIrit iiri' dm,os .o Or Judge - stI ms STATE
Congrcssloi Whom we kn6i township
pledged rJttdge of good -. cJing as to the
candilils office on the subject For situation in
-" Go,-nleRil
the new, Ackleness of
men, the ~ pslNusans and the
power of f-gUldXA seiH.haye an abiding
faith in the Dew masses in Arkansas
The people walk sht and will do right
in spite OF the SEN ,hoWould turn them
over to the tcndeNo ~s of Minstreli,m, for
a few years longera But thousand evil
dcnccS" dollars y ct'hyince the Gazette that
the Brooks ticket cartlAot be elected. Indeed ,
Dlu the shouts or apH0auSe NHlch nave greet
ed Brooks from tlfte assembled thousands
wherever he has 81 oxen. the sullcn silence
and Kisses which hay e greeted Clsyton-dd
these uttcrmces seeFa as If the people have
been Indifferent n 10 the character Of the
great struggle in the state? Were these free,
warm, spontaneous uttcranceS Of the people,
among the " thousantl evidences which had
such a sudden effect dn the mind OF the Ga
zcttef No, sir Hero is the whole matter
Day after day Brooks ana ilyncS belaborcd
/ Clayton and Baxter. Day after day the pco-
/ pie shouted for Old Joe AMI hssed Clayton
/ This was apparent everywhere. Clayton fol-
] lowed on till near the close Of the canvass
/ he saw the handwriting on the wall-SOme-
thing must be done and done speedily or
/ Minstrelsm would fall. He posts on to Little
/ Rock, reports the situation, conrcrs with thc
soreheadS, tells the Liberals how they have
/ been shamcfully ignored, sees the Gazstie,
/ tells the old woman not to dread her con-
/ hncmcnt, calls on DR., Jennings As accouchcr
and 10 the bastard is born. But in spite
/ of the kind attentions of such distinguished
/ friends of the old woman as Judge English.
John Mortimer ilaudl and JccmS Pettigrew,
and in spite of their assurances that the old
/ lady is doing ~ well Is could be expected,
/ the bastard is bound TO die. And however
/ kindly the people of old Washington may
have regarded the OLE lady in days gone by,
rest assured that they can never tolerate her
amours with Clayton. and they will only re-
ioice when this lastpoor little unfortunact
shall be laid in an ealy grave, as it will be
about the month Of November Yours.
/ Game Hill, Oct. u, y. j. NJ.