The Van Buren press., 1873-04-08

Commenting on our recent acknowlcdg-
ment of courteous mention received from the
Fayetteville Nows, the Van Barren Press say
Small favors thankfully received" Rather
have your back scratched" 10y men who
have kept the people OF the south and would
stu keep them. IL they could. uIder the har-
row, than TO be governor OF the state? \ on
are only one straddle from the minstrel
camp.
We will say that when We made that ac-
acknowledgement. we had the Fayetteville
Democrat, and not the News, in cur miud's
eve, The Democrat although of our side.
differed with us in the poicie. of the late
campaign. We are duly thankful for the
compliment, Of the News, The wicked vir-
gin OF the Press. with malevolcnt intent. has
done an actual service IN giving us the op-
portunity to eNpMip.-L. Il Cd3t;ts.
I'VE always obey tnc dictates OF demo-
cratic convention, even if 1t does sometimes
carry MS y little distance from the old land
marks of the party. Never will the party he
successful unless 1t follows the expressed
wishes of the masses in convention assembled
although it, action may not be strist ortho-
dox. ."-F. B. Press
The above is from the pen OF u man who
secuted the action of the Dardanrlle con
grcSsonal convention, and refused To accept
an appointment on the district committee
two or three years ago. Her memory Is fail
Ing or has she reformed ;"-L. Il. Gazette.
The poor, superanuated, forgetful old
woman!' It's almost impossible FOR her to
recollect from one week TO another. The
fayetteville Nelcs, one of the rankest OF Rad
zeal papers. gave the Gazette a very ilnttcrug
notice on her appearance in the new dress.
To which the "Wcman rcplys that she APP
preciated the compliment more. coming from
such a source" than she would to be Cover
nor of the State No one believed such folly
she didn't believe 1t herself-it j. but an evil
dence ofthe old woman's' overwhelming pro-
pensity for flattery, coming from any source,
But after We had copied the notice and con
graduated her OH the wondrous sympathetic
feeling between the two, she turn. II ght
about, rs above, and says she thought 1t was
another man that kissed her Tho forgctial
old thing can't rccollect from one week to the
other - it w,- only the week before that she
had recorded the demise OF the Democrat
with ~ lid lamentation. In the meantime the
Nees sees the illttering reference OF the Ga
seNe to It's notice and isAightily ticklcd. 1t
Is anothcr hand mark of the unrclmbility of
the Gazette, that the people OF the State so
loudly complain OF
The Dardanelle Convention was anything
but u Democratic Convention. but one
hatched in the Gazette office, and which ae-
ton forced upon the people of this District
JoBS EDWARDS, the plant tool If senator
CLAYros. This Convention MAS called With
out authority, at the ins,igation of parties
connected then with the Gpsette, aud the
same men that set back at the State House and
pulled the wires that inaugUrated the Hunter
movement in the last campaign, did the same
thing in shaping the action of the Dardanclle
Convention aud forced upon an unwillin.
people John Edwards. MS last resort
There seems to be hardly u scheme ailnat
In which the Radical party /. to be benefited
bur What Is traced back to the Gazrtie rs a
willing tool. We took no action In withhold
Ing our support from Hon. John Edwards for
Congress that we would not do again. under
like circumstances And events since have
Justified Our course aud condemned in im.
measured terms that of The Gazette. Noman
ever returned 10 his constituents with less Ia
yoi ;han the one. that the old straddle bug of
the Gazette helped to force upon this di.triJ,
at that time.