The Van Buren press., 1875-04-20

EDITOR lEEsS Hermit me 10 say tliat inc
statement In your last issue that James
Paralce." who L. now confined in the Craw-
ford county jii and, consequently, under
nv Immediate charge. has received lot Of
flowers" presented by the " coored maid
ems of Van Buren,, Is utterly without truth
and the paragraph could only have been edit
cd BY your local while IN one OF his mid
night wanderings installing the stately cot
tonwood. near the Jail. for II" bouquet" for
which am not responsible But, As rtscibo
to him presume his honor (Quineg) thought
it best to perpctrate one OF his characteris'
tic "puns" upon "Flowers." This might
have done for immodcst madcns," but Il
seems to us out of place In that great rcposi
tory Of wit that flashes now and then. upon
u.s. 1t may be that "mcntal exhaustion
blunted his perceptions, and forgetting, thus
the common respect due little flower" and
the common deccncy and all acts OF kind
ness. Yes the mental apathy and unnindhil
fnryettuluess Is II sufficient apology for the
item When Kind hands offer amy prisoner
In the Jail " flower" it will always be my
pleasure to present to them. or any one else
In my charge, without regard to race or
color. GORDON +. STAMPS.
Jailor Crawford Co.
The above. although purporting to be from
the hands of Gordon +. Stamps. Is, never
theless. the laJored production of the unac
countable and irresponsible brain of our
friend, DR.. Dccherd. We did intend not
to say another wold in regard to the fool
ish matter that has called out any remarks
that we made at the close OF the trial Of Matt.
and Tom. Wallace. If Gordon f. Stamps
will note closely the item that calls for so
much Indignation, he will see that the PEEss
Of last week. said
I'VE understand that the colored girls. APP
ing the white girls, are sending fragrant bou-
uucts to Jim. Paralee, now In Jail. deprived of
his free born rights BY the high hand OF the
law"
We will also ask him where he discovers
the word =" flowers in the above item?
We take Stamps word for it, that they did
not send jim. bouquets. and we think they
have shown excellent and commcndablc taste
in so doing. Mr.. Stamps makes, when he at
tends to his business, very good jaior. but
when he attempts to air Dechcrd's wit through
tho Pnnee. at his own expense, hc makes n
very stupid ass Of himself He had better
attend to his own business, and let ours alone.
We ask no favors Of Gordon Stamps or any
one that may make tool of him. We pub
lish our paper, In the way we think best;
print IN 1t the occurrences Of the day. so far
rs they come to us. Ii young, thoughtlcss
girls put themselves In positions and commit
acts they are ashamed to have known to the
reading public, we cannot help it. We said.
last week, that we had none but the kindcst
feelings for the young ladies; and, as for the
Wallace hoys, We venture to say, that outside
Of two or three families, they have received
more favors from our own, up to week or
two before the trial than any other one
In Van Burcn.
We disapprovcd the course pursued in man
ufacturing public sentiment In favor of these
boys. They were brought to this county for
trial, for the very reason, as was stated by
them. that public opinion and public sympa-
thy was against them in their own county.
But no sooner were they here. than syste-
matte effort, and successful one, teo, was set
afloat to create prejudice and sympathy In
their favor, and not q word, rs far us we
know, to counteract these efforts. We know
OF no one hero that wished the Wallace boys
convicted Of the crime charged against them.
But 1t wasdue the citizens OF johnson county
due the good name Of the citizens of this
county. that no improper effort should he
made to hamper the legitimate process of law
aud justice In our court.
With these remarks we take leave of this
matter. hoping that the Wallace boys will so
conduct themselves. as to command the res
lsect and good will of the people of this
county as well as their own