The Van Buren press., 1874-06-16
Men are Known by the Company they
Keep.
EDITOR OF THE PaEss:

EDITOR OF THE PaEss:
Can any one longer doubt the status OF the
Thomason Locke-Wicox ring, after reading
the letter from Van Buren of 7th inst to the
Little Rock Republican. Weask you TO read
and determine for yourselves where these
men and their followers stand. Ihey seem
TO think. because they carried that niue
packed convention Of which not one-tenth OF
the people had notice that the victory Is won
They rush into the arms of iiIeir patron saint
the Republican, to abuse, Witty and ridlcule
their friends who have worked shoulder to
shoulder with them against that vile sheet
and its crowd of cormorants for years. Is II
any wonder now that they objected to the
impeachment of Mcclure ct. al? does this
moi show to the people where their sympathes
are? If they had to have vent, could they
not, to keep up at least some shoe of not hav-
ing gone over entirely to Clayton and Nc
Clure, have sent their communication to the
Fort Smith Herald, an advocate of their doe
trino, heretofore known as democratic pa
pers. We say to the honest men OF Crawford
county, do not be led BY these men, for you
see where you will land, They seem to think
that by their little packed convention that
the matter is settled that they can kick and
cuff those who differed with them as to the
propriety Of convention as mnch as they
please, that they are bound to support their
nominee. We wiH see.
The resolution referred to in said letter,
concerning which they pitched into B J.
Brown, is as foelss
! WHEREAS, ~ time given for the meeting
1 of this conventHn was not sufficient for the
people generally TO have notice of the same,
and the townshipconyentions were necessa-
rly very sparsely attended, and the actions
OF said primary meetings do not give fair
expression OF the people of them. And,
WHEREAS, There seems to have been a mis-
understanding ofthe political complexion OF
this convention, some acting under the i'm
preston that it was to be a Democratic Con
servative convention while Others understood
it was to be Peoples convention. And,
WHEREAS. There is understood to be no
difference of opinion on the question for or
against constitutional convention in this
County. And political conventions are only
to be resorted to when party lines are strict
ly drawn and it is understood that there are
to be no party lines drawn under old organ
izations in this campaign. Therefore,
|
! it neXpedient to make any nomination-that
we refer the whole matter back to the people
| to let them make their choice of candidates
at the ballot-boX on the 3Oth of June, aud
leave the candidates untrammced by nomi-
nations and with an open field and a fair race
Resolution laid on the table without form
al vote.
We presume that gentleman will not feel
] lut hu II a.. Jut, TO ,ln
who had no notice of convention or that he did
not show himself the friend of the masses of
the County when he drew it up and advoca-
ted it, although he is charged in said letter
with having so much to do with the conven-
ton. when in point of fact he did not return
from Little Rock until the 3Oth ult. at night
after all the conventions had been called and
| part of the primary conventions held.
! Now we are convinced that these men have
gone over to Clayton. Mcclure & Co. and pro-
| pose to bcrate all who do not see fit to follow
them. Let them go--we will try and survive
| the shock.
But we say to the good people of Craw ford.
do not let them lead you with them. There
will be candidate to vote for--one that en-
dorscs Gov. BaXter-and We hope you win
come up and support him, and thus give the
/ lie to those men who are trying TO SANDER
our county, and have not failed to take adj
vantage OF and endeavor to rdieule one ofthe
best men our County ever had, Hon. JESSE
TURNER; who has been citizen ofthi Coun-
ty for nearly forty years, and was never
known to do or suspected OF wrong act
If it was crime in you. Mr., Editor, and
Others who supported so good a man as Mr.
Turner. we plead guilty to that heinous of
fence. and we propose to be guilty of the
further crime OF not supporting the candidate
of the ring who were determined to beat Mr..
Turner because he did not bow to Clay ton
and Brooks general orders The people were
for Mr.. Turner when it became known he
would accept and they will not be driven to
the support of Mr.. Thomson, who takes oc-
casion to brow-beat and insult every man
who dared support Mr.. Turner.