The Van Buren press., 1873-03-18
TUESDAY, MARCH IS, 1878.
Organ Grinding.

The relitical organshp OF the democratic
conservative masses of the State seems ic
trouble certain of our up river contempora'
ries very much The Van Bnren Press Il
quite surs the State will 20 to the devil IL the
people look to the Gazette for friendly cout-
sci ans advice. TIE Herald. OF Fort Smith
evidently cntertains the same opinion II we
NAV Judge by recent correspondence from
this city to that paper. and the general tone
OF the Herald towards the Gazette for a 'ohg
time past. We desire to say once Tor all that
the Gazette does not aspire To the distinction
OF the organship The Gazette Is democrat
ic paper. but it Is not subseryent to the views
and ends and whip-lashes OF politicians and
clioucs. We will not speculate on the wrongs
OF the public for selfish purposes or to smooth
the Way OF lew ambitious men TO attain Of
flee.
The field Of the central organising. as Is the
the printing business in general. Is an open
one. Manifestly the Herald men and 1--WE
could almost swear the other, wish to plant
their vines at some such corner ", Little Rock
Come on and we trust you viii flourish ac-
cordiny to your deserts You can get any
kind of treatment you deserve from the Ga
zette. from the calumet to the seal ping knife,
We are nevertheless of the opinion that the
sure road to the salvation OF our people does
not lie in the direction of fomentiug divisions
among conservatives, as appears to be the
wish of tho Herald ana Prcss.-Lntle Rock
Gazette.
The trouble Of the Press over the "organ-
ship OF the democratic and conservative
masses of the State, : is all Inauguration OF the
Gazette. We know of nothing now or here
toforc that could have induced Us to 90 to
Little Rock and embark in newspaper en-
tcrprise Never had the least ambition or de-
sire and never expect to have. We do not be-
lieve the Press Is alone in believing that " the
State will 20 to the devil If the people look to
to the Gdsstte for its information and guild
ance-it lacks the confidence OF the masses Of
the people Putting ltself forward as the on
ly democratic light at the Capitol, which all
outsiders should bow down and worship, it
has failed entirely to command that respect
respect due central organ For two year,
there has been no reliability or stability to
the Gdsstte's course of action-triting and
vacillatng on all important topics, and at the
crisis OF battle totally untrustworthy, the
people have lost all confidence in IL. We
envy the Gaseste ia nothing-i;. bonds orr
reputation, II 1t can sustain its treacllcry in
she hour Of trial and doubt, before.the people
thus betrayed and outraged, we have nothing
more to say.
1t is a grim joke, however, Of the Gdscitc
when it calls itself democratic organ. There
is hardly u democratic or conservative paper
with exception Of our own in the, state, but
what Is marked with ten times the editorial
ability displayed BY the Gdgeue-potwith-
standing 1t has grown fat, pompous and die
tatorial of the patronage of the people OF the
whole State. It's assumption and arrogance
is only equaled by its stupidity and treaehery,
The Gazette is good local newspaper but,
aside from that it Is nothing, and there has
not been paper published at the capital for
two wears past but what has surpassed 1t In
editorial ability. so much Tor our organ
grinding"