Morning Republican

Political Meeting at Lone Oak, Prairie County.—On Saturday last, about four hundred citizens of Prairie county, about equally divided in politics, met at Lone Oak, to listen to a political discussion, by Gen. A. W. Bishop and Hon. O. A. Hadley, on the part of the Republican party, and Col. King Williford, and Dr. John Kirkwood, on the part of the Democratic party. Gen. Bishop opened the discussion with an able argumentative and eloquent speech, showing the fallacious and conflicting doctrines of the Democracy, and that the true interest of Arkansas demanded Republican success.

Col. Williford followed Gen. B. with a manly and gentlemanly speech. He labored hard to make out that the Democratic party was the negroes' best friend, but failed to convince any of the negro hearers that such was the case.

Hon. O. A. Hadley then addressed the crowd in his usual able and eloquent style. In answer to Col. Williford, he took up the question who was the negroes' friend, and showed to the satisfaction of every colored man, that the Republican party was his true friend, and all declared that they were going to vote for the Republican standard bearers, Grant and Colfax.

Dr. Kirkwood closed the discussion in a gentlemanly and desultory speech. He made a great effort to convince the negroes that they ought to vote the Democratic ticket, and thus deprive themselves of the right to vote hereafter—but he could not get one of them to see it.

The whole discussion passed off in a quiet and orderly manner, seldom witnessed in a political discussion. Great credit is due Dr. Harris and other citizens of Lone Oak for their efforts to keep perfect order, and to make the speakers of both sides feel that they were at home.