The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1878-01-08

not permit him to see who Is the sure
enough" editor Of this paper, and he has
gone to guessing, in order to obtain this
piece OF valuable information.
Wei, we guessed "right up to the
handle" and found it was " Jeoms, the
" same old coon" Sparks again:
Will il crafty you for US to admit that
Maj. Sparks is an occasional contributor
to the columns of the Herald, and that
services rendered in that capacity are
net only appreciated by our readers, but
by us, too II so, we cheerful y remove
the "cobwcbs of uncertainty on that
score VIII you, Mr.. Press man, be SO
candid as to tell the people on this side
of the river, who is the Fort Smith edit.
or of the Press, and likewise, the name
Of the Little Rock editor? Who is do.
ing so much heavy writing for the V. B.
Press ? As the question Of authorship
is in order, we feel entitled to some sort
of explanation from you on the mooted
question.
Not Mt all gratifod. We knew it.
Everybody could see " Jeems" sticking
out. Now, Sparks, it is asking a little
too much to inform on our Fort Smith
and Little Rock editors. But, when you
find one of these gentlemen going fol
you" undcr the garb OF the Press, do as
we did to you " hit them between the
eyes They'll soon squcal as you do. Do
you suppose that il we found an editori,
al, under the cloak OF the Herald from
Col. B. T. DuVal, (but we know he would
not do it.) skinning us, we should sit
quietly down, and curse those two good
boys, Gallagher and Britt? Not a bit
of it. We should say Why, that is
you, Ben,' is it, my boy +" and hit him
right between the eyes, This is our ad
vice to you when you find lawyer
doctor, Judge or professor, striking out
at you, leems,' pull your coat and go
for him. We have no sympathy for such
baclSbiting cusscs" dixie you, for in
stancc,) and it gratitics us to see them
get Hail Columbia" Go for them,
Jeems,"
Such retort on who are, and who are
not the editors of the Herald, comes
with rather a bad grace from you, Mr..
D., when it is Universally admitted that
your journalistic ability proceeds mainly
from a pair of scissors and paste-pot.
In regard to your " befogged- intellect"
it was hardly necessary TO make so can
did an admission, as every one III Fort
Smith or Van Buren,, within the scope
of your limited acquaintance, was aware
of the fact. Poor Arkansas has had many
sins laid to her door, but, thank God, she
is not responsible for your" betogged
intellect that was brought to light in
the land Of ,hasswood hams and wooden
''AN...sAu@'s You speak of great debt of
gratitude due Wy. Baxter wffcn can
never be paid We agree with You on
that scorc-for when your kind gets II
chance, you will scale old Elisha's debt
at nineteen cents on the dollar, and then
call it square with him.
That's where you get us, Jeems."
The paste pot and scissors are our "strong
hold 1t would be more advantageous
to its readers, if the Herald would resort
to the paste-pot and scissors more fire.
quentIy, and less to Sparks. 1t is fact,
too, that we are not known much, and if
our standing was no better than
" Jeems' it is well for us that we are
not. We don't know that we would, if
we could, have been born in any other
than the land of Eastwood hams and
wooden nutmcgs," and when we came
down South, and found il represented by
such nincompoops, we are not surprised
they brought their nutmegs" to this
market for such gudgeons as Sparks 10
CRATE, Where Sparks como from, or
where he will go, the ID only knows
and he knows that he has him ready
whenever he calls.
You ask US what We mean by the
- drollery" Call to the Unconverted"
We meant that Bakers address deliver
ed to his constituents lately, was a call
to the most uncoverted set of wretches
that We ever heard of As you show
some dislike to having your candidate as,
ISOLATED with " BaXter's Saints Rest"
how would it suit you to class him with
with the " Buzzard's Roost in the An
thony House. four years ago,
GOV. Baxter is entitled to the lifelong
gratitude OF the people of the State, for
his devotion to them in the hour of her
trial. You may call it " Blizzard s
Roost,' or what else you please, but when
Gov. Baxter took counsel ofsuch men as
Senator Garland, Judges Rose, Compton,
Williams, Miller, Howard, johnson,
Clark, and thousands of other good men
of the State, rather than with its enc
mics, he raised himself in the estimation
of the State beyond computation. But
for him, and his stern, uncompromising
hackers, the State would, to-day, be in
the hands Of its old enemies, the radical
party.
Speaking about WIT, We see no wit in
your reference to tho intirmitics of Mai
Sparks, but rather more evidences OF
your weak intellect, for no true gentle
man would make sport Of the infrmitics
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