The Van Buren press., 1875-11-23
Our Future--Our Duty.

in the way OF the success OF tue cphsef-
vativc party of the State in the next eiec
ton as want of unanimity. We cannot,
in any Of the events or circumstances OF
lite, succeed in any undertaking, if our
min Is are divided between the object
to be attained and something else There
must be complete, perfect, and systemst
ic concentration Of thought and atten
ton upon the object desired to be ac
complshel Now, what is true in indi'
vdual cases, is equally so in corpora
.ions or societies OF individuals
Anticipation is the bright light that
illuminates the path of the yet tocome,
but it only becomes happy expectation,
when it is the direct result of salutary
experience in the past, and lofty deter
mination in the present Tile political
past of our State points out to us the
reefs and shoals upon which we were
nearly wrecked. Its happy present re
minds US that the success of the conscr-
vative party of Arkansas may be attain
ed, in the future, by united and harmo-
nious concentration of the democratic
forces. Our Safe isas happy and peace
ful, now, as any of her sisters in the
Union, We are rid Of the iniquitous
and miserable rule of radiealism. We
have q governor who has written his
name in the hearts and cnshrined himself
in the memories, not only OF his friends,
but of his bitterest enemies. Is there
man in the State who desires to sec her
pass from present prosperity and happi-
nesss to resumption Of radial thiesery
and diaDolism in the future? Have our
people not 'feasted sufficiently on chat
kind of nourishment? Yes, and VIC
have procured change. Then, the ques-
tion is will we preserve, in the future, the
political happiness of the present? Do
you want glistenng anticipation to even
tuate in golden realization7 Do you
want the State to thrive in prosperity and
population? Do you wish her rich aeri
cultural and mineral resources developed
and her place and ndimportance in the con
stel|ation of States recognized as OF
yore? Do you desire that her future
should be as much more brilliant and
promising than the present, as the pres
ent has been than the decade Of disas-
trous years in the past? Do you
long for political purity and integrity,
and cessation Of the iniquity and THE
very that has Insrked the rule of republi
canism in the State and general govern
ment, for near score years. Granting
that we receive an affirmative answer to
gest themselves to our mind. First,
how can these happy ends be accomplish
ed? Second, what is our duty as demo
cratss "'~
First how can these events be accom-
plished? f? The misery of the State and
general governments, for many years in
the past, has been owing to the misru,
of radicalism, and the spite and infamous
meanness that its leaders and supreme
head have manifested toward, and practis
ed upon the southern States. The ho
meopathist' rule Of practice is T" wha,
will produce a disease, will cure it" On
that principle we found our assertion
that to cure the disease which radical pol.
itics has begotten we must give 1t polit
ical pill in 1876 that will completely cure
itby stopping its putrid and infectious
breath. We have got to root up this
miasmatic weed. and thereby put an end
to its growth. Radicalism must be de.
stroyed, or there will still hang over the
land the blast and mildew of political
ruin that fingers about the pathway OF
radicalism, as the shade of the murdered
haunts every football Of the murderer
1t will, then, be admitted, we presume
that politics is the medium through
which all our coveted blessings are to bC
returned and preserved to us, and the de
mocratic or conservative party the agcn,
by which this end is to be attained.
Second, what is our duty as demo
Gratis? We reply, in the first place, tc
be unanimous. To lay aside all the pet
ty strife and discord that found its way
into our ranks during the past year. tt
bury in the grave of political oblivion
every feeling Of animosity that has beer
engendered by the rancour and bitter.
ness of the past years political dissen.
sion. Yes, our party, in the State, Mus1
bury their petty chickering's, and MUST be
united and harmonious in concentrated
and persistent action, or the happy pres
ent in our State will be succeeded BY the
resumption of infamous radical misrule
Democrats, do you desire this result
knowing, as you do its diabolical pcrnic.
iousness? Have you ceased to love tile
good old State which is your home, and
refuse to reconcile differences, which. if
fostered, can only remand our lovely
Arkansas to the miserable rule of radi
calism? Will we not cease our onarrel