The Van Buren press., 1872-02-13
The Rogsrs-P,erce Canvass,

A. there f. an eyiarnt disposition On the
par, uti ol"nrl Rogers and his friends. To COW
er a., and ialliate. or mi,lead the people of
the state. hoth Democratic and Radical, 10
tie position occupied by General Pierce, dur
( ing tie canvass between Rogcrs and snyder
in the Congressional canvass in the ~ Dis
tri,t Ne are constrained to again refer to til.
nla,ter. by copying from the NoAt,ceiloHiaH.
democratic paper. published In the 81 Dis
Iret called forth after reading the Hon. A.
A.C Rogers letter TO Mr. Corw in, as follows:
Col. \. \. G. Rogers has written u letter at
the Iusugatan OF General Perce. or lii. light
bower Mr. oorw IN and which is published in
/ the Pat,i0t
la .hIs letter Col Rogers m0destly declines
! To make n thorough exposition OF the Peirce
matter. Nor are va surprise at this. Col.
| Rogers IL u man of honor snd after once en-
tcriug into the confluence of Gen. peirce he
would not willingly or wilfully expose the
matter and il Peircc and his friends bad half
the honor. they would not have askeu such Il
letter ut his hands when they know. as docs
toi Regers that IL ,cas generally understood W
al parties hdtMc General ras caHuGssing in
The utercst ~ Cot Rogers. the representative
OF the Democratic party. In our conversation
with Col. Rogers on this subject. while in the
town Of Monticello, We understood that Gen.
peifec was canysssng in the Interests of our
party. and ia our intercourse with General
! peirce. we shaped our conduct according TO
this understanding, and no word or action Of
the General ever created in nc the slightest
suspicious that we were labOring under false
impression. but on the other hand he Gbused
ne Radical party Of The STATE as Freely as zee
di2 and endorsed Col. Rogers as chcerfully
as did ourselves or Col. Hill and in his speech
OF that occasion. in speaking OF the Radical
party Of the Stlte-0f the corruption of the
state olliccrs-ofPowellJ Jlayt ton and hi. ring,
hg said his motto was honest men In Office
and thieves in the peniteniary.' In speak
ing OF the oStrayi igancc OF the Radical party
--of the enormous salaries given their otli-
cils he spoke OF the wonderful accumnla-
lions of The commissioners of oflmmigrailon and
said that he tPciree) held the very same Office
ia Dictator, or where ever he came from, and
two other officers and they would not suspect
him. The whole tenor Of his speech was to
show To the negroes that kepubicanism "
North was n noble and trustworthy institu-
zion. while South it Is a band Of thieves that
ought to be in the penitcntisry and their
places filled by honest men,
ANA To show that the Republicans Of our
town understood that General Percc vas
canNnSsing in the interest of col Rogers, we
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Snyder. Williams Peirce and Hill were here
to speak. Rogers had gone home and left Col.
Hill and Gen, Pclrce 10 finish up the cam
paign. There being but few here. it was de-
cided to have no speaking. After Col. Sny-
der had gohe, a few more people gathered in
the town and having heard OF Gen. Peircc's
wonderful specches-how he literally de-
inolished the Radicals, wha; magic effect his
speecheL had on the negro, and how much
good he was doing for tho Democracy. we
were anxious to hear him speak, and detrrln-
ined Ia give him the chance. some of the
Republicans OF our town came to us and ac-
cuscd us OF taking advantage of them by put
ting up Pcirce in Snyders absence We told
them that Percc claimed 70 be n Republican
and that he was n" bluebslied Yankee one
Of their own "kith and Kin and that we
were only wanting to hear Republican
speech. But they said "he WAS in the Interest
Of Rogers and when we showed disposition
to question this they said Rogers had him
hir.d--pay his way and they would not con-
sent TO let him speak without Col. John A.
Williams was permitted to reply. Gen. Pelrcc
spoke rs IL was understood In the interest Of
itogcrs. and Col. Williams responded in the
interest OF Col. Snyder.
The lacts in the case are, that it is generally
understood by all classes and by all parties
throughout the "a district that Gen. Pcirce
canvassed the distfct in the interest of Col.
Rogers and in our opinion, he was as much
the hireling OF Rogers then, as he now is Of
CLAYTON 4 Co.