The Van Buren press., 1875-09-14
Outlook from a Political Standpoint
Respectfully yours,
CoNSTANTISoPIE.

EDITOR PRfss: With your permission and
space, as an humble citizen will endeayor
to give the public my views, as to the trou-
bles and dissensiens to be encountered in the
campaign of 1876 in our State.
1t is fresh in ,u;, memory Of all the good
and true men of the State, that Sue after me
election Of 1872 it was apparent to our people
that Elisha Baxter, the counted-in and in
stalled Governor by the Radical party, then
in power. would IN the end make a Governor
for the teholc people, and not partisan ruler
as the party in power had hoped. Their con-
ciusions were fully demonstrated in the quo
walranto case: that Baxter was for the people
and that Brooks revolutionary effort to usurp
the Office of Governor and rule over the peo-
pie, whether they wanted him or not was
only urged by Clay ton, Mcclure, Bowen, V
V. Smith and others of like ik, and class
calling themselves Democrats, who believed
that Brooks and his friends would succeed
and hold on to the Office Of Governor, and
who had a great desire to work in the lead,
they ofcourse espoused the cause of Clayton
in this contest, for Brooks was not at that
tiiiih aNtElhS " iiist HllilsCll upon We pt0Uie
in their interest but in the interest of politi-
cal Radical ring of trickstcrs enlisted under
the banner sfJoseph up to the Presidents
proclamation ordering their High Priest
from the sanctuary, they were so far commit
ted, or in other words " over the board, 4" that
they could not retrace their steps with anv
show OF soon working themselves into the
front rank of the party who stood firm. saw
and understood the situation and by their un-
firing efforts aided in delivering great peo-
pie from seven years bondage and oppression
They might have been honest--if SO, their
Judgment was evidently bad Their pro.
gramme will be to establish papers over the
State of the Bourbon aRe, called true Demo-
Gratis, etc, who win open up against the old
and long established papers in the State, raise
great prejudice against Little Rock politi-
clans. cripple if possible, the influence of the
Gazette, Press and other true papers-and all
this will be done for double purpose viz; to
cover their past sins and place them as lead
ers of a party,
In the establishment of this new party at a
time when our chief aim should be, to be as a
band of coherent brother. firmly united, in
dicates that these self-styied true Democrats
are not satisfied with the present Garland
government. Why not, must be because they
were not in the front ranks in bringing it
about.
Their enterprise in the formation of this
new party will be encouraged by the old Rad
ical party in the State on secret plan, and
tl-y ~ iil YnvItl-r pNn,ipo nth
and every source they can draw it, as they did
in the fall elections of 1874, under the new
constitution,
Sarbor is o. X, we'll contentcd with the
present order Of things and opposed to any
split in the Democratic party, except it be a
few in the north east corner OF the County,
where they suck Bourbon milk from johnson
county.
The Democracy ought to stick together as
band OF brothers in the coming campaign
ever appreciatipg the liberties we now enjoy
ever mindful of the cost and causes which
brought about our delvcrancc, ever Jealous
of the freedom We now enjoy never forget
ting the tirey ordeal through which we have
passed within the last seven years, and treat
all as enemies to the liberties we now enjoy
and opposed to the best interests. Of the peo-
pie who would make an effort to divide the
great Democratic party, in order to give them
aleadershlp, for it could result in nothing
else and that of a party greatly in the minor
ity.
True men. stand firm to the old flag; be as
we should, united; suffer no trickster to de-
eeiee yen; keepa constant eye upon the old
rolled around go to the polls, vote for the men
Of your choice and all will be well, and we
shall still be happy people. But fire brands
thrown into our ranks from the spade of Rad
iealism in the hands OF trickstsrs, may cause