The Van Buren press., 1876-11-07


a.S~ Col. Witch, warm, personal
friend of Judge Stuart. was travelling
with Smithee and Mcmillan, but did not
appear to enjoy the company he was
with, and particularly he did not relish
his Van Buren, bedielows.--ft. ,Smth
Herald.
We are not surprised at his dissats
faction here. Thomson stuck to him
like death to Niger" trying to con
vince him that he and Granville totcd
fair in the last election. We don't know
who would relish such ed-fellows.-
Pan. Baren Press, 900
To the foregoing dirty and character
istlc fling at me in Dunham's Press OF
Oct. 3lst, the following letter Of Col.
Witch. written four days before, is Il
sufficient answer. Ii, f. THOMSON. .
OZARK, ARK, Oct. u, 1876.
Gen II. F. THoMAsoN;
Dear Sir: 1t is impossible for me to
meet the appointment at your place.
Personal consideration influence me to
give my vote to Judge Stuart. These,
however, existed long before the pres
ent contest between him and my friend,
Col. Cravens. The association with
which am brought into contact in Civ
ing my vote to Judge Stuart in this can
vass, is exceedingly distasteful and re-
pugnant. The fact that J. S. Durham
and b. J Brown are prominent in sup.
port of Judge Stuart, and who have
abused and villitied me unjustly and will
fully. would be sufficient under ordina-
ry circumstances for me to oppose Judge
s. And. while shall vote for him, and
desire his success, cannot and Will not
associate with them and the internal
clique they control.
The above is part of the reasons
which induce me not to fill my appoint
ment at your place. reiterate that
companionship with such persons in any
cause, however meritorous 1t might be,
is utterl y rcpugnant and nauscating.
lam, very respectfully, yeur obedient
servant, j.. l.. WITCH.
We publish, above, Gen. Thomason's
answer, which we find in the Argus, to a
little squib of ours, in which he was
made to figure. We always like to give
antagonists show in our paper. Con-
sequently we copy the Generals rejoin-
der. Our squib, taken in connection
with that Of the Herald's, we do not see
anything very dirty about it. AT
least we are not able to discover in it
half so much vulgarity as that displayed
by the Generals squatting himself on
the floor before an audience composed, in
part, of ladies, and kicking up his heels.
So far as Wittich's letter being an an
sWer to what we said, is concerned, we
cannot for the life Of us, see the point.
He was not here by our invitation, nor
did he keep our company while he was
hero. He does not belong to that kind
with which we lave much to do.
But Witch was almost continually in
the company of Thomson, and we know
that Wilcox and Witch were hale fel-
low, well-mct,a in Hawkins saloon,
drinking, with arms around each others
neck, Now, Sparks never should have
said--knowing, as he must have done,
who were Wittieh's companions, while
here--that the Colonel did not like lis
h 81 lallo'es." We Thought EF"rit5 hne"
what he was talking about, and we
thought we would tell him the cause Of
Wittich's distastc. And for this Thoma-
son says We are " dirty
The fact is, that Witch was so tight,
while here, that he was not in condi-
ton to talk. We are rot seeking the
companionship Of either Witch or
Thomson, aad care but little What they
think Of us. There is not much love
lost either way,