Southern shield., 1851-06-28
R. W. JoENsoN's LATE LETTER.

the number of letters a man writes goes to constitute that character. R. w. JOHNSON has, during the last two years published more letters in the Banner newspaper, than the editors of that paper have fingers and toes, and yet, like the razor strop man, he appears to have"a few more of the same sort left" His course, as public man, has been so cratic, exceptionable, and uncommon, that it requires about half his time to write
 letters explanatory of it. They are more numerous than old Mrs. Partngton'sspeech- es, but not half so entertaining.
 The last epistle from this modern Cog, who has come before the people of Arkan- sas with many Banners, "a great company and a mighty army" "as cloud to cover the land," madeits appearance in his mouth piece at Little Rock on the l7th. Itappears to have been written to inform the people of the State, that he was nominated by ''dem- ocratc State Convention' held some time since at Little Rock; ;-that he has been, and lis yet "the truest and best friend of this Union" not excepting Gen. Washington, Gen. Jackson, or any one else; and that the Wings and Democratic "disorganzers" are trying 10 defeat his election, because he fought, bled and almost died for the South in the last Congress. No one can read it without being reminded of Falstaf''s ac- count of his exploits on Gadshl; or the elo- quent effusons of ancient Pistol.
 If R. W. Johnson expects, by such clap trap appeals, to bamboozle the people of this State into the belief that he, as their Repre- sentative in the last Congress, pursued a wise, conservative, and patriotic course, we apprehend he is grossly mistaken. If he supposes, that, by his whining cant about "democracy" and federalism" he can per suade any one of ordinary intelligence to be- lieve that he is not seeking to draw off the public mind from his extraordinary course in Congress, he will find himself calculating without his host. That is an old trick which demagogues have so long played that the people are entirely familiar with it. A man who has not the ingenuity to start election eering matter more original than that, ought not to go to Congress. The people have heard the siren song of democracy long enough; they are disgusted with it. They ask for bread, and you give them a stone. They ask for your opinions, and you an- swer'Democracyr'W r'Whiggervp.F ederalisml, and trihe with their common sense. Away with such wretched humbuggery!
 We quote the following language from this letter: 'I have been, maintain, the
 truest and best friend of this Union, and : am yet" Now in the name of all that is wonderful, what did the author of this mean, when he wrote his famous address to the "ctizens of Arkansas" from Washing ton, in January, lS50." Was he then "the truest and best friend of the Union," when he used such language as this to his con save us, either within or without tie Union" "The north are those who voCIFERoUsLY : deaOu1ce DisuniOn. IHe S0utherner Who joins Mem had better n1oUe 10 Hem. Hum : bLy Think so, and 80 acW the p'ople." Was he the "truest friend of the Union" when, in that address of some fifteen or sixteen pages, he made lengthy and earnest argu- ment to show that the North would be the
 loser, and the South the gaine-, by disso- lution of the Union? What does this mean, taken, word for word, from the address, IOP"At present all the emigration goes to : the North. DISSOLVE THIS UNION and you will soon see the difference Their manufactures are prospsring beyond parallel in the world, exempGfying them selves in the midst of accumulated capital, extended railroads, new born and pros- porous cities. They attract-but disSolye, : aud the South aOiU erhibH C parald, S.c." "In conclusion, allow me to remind you that : this subject (disunion) has neuer been agita- led an Arkansas. l hope every journal will declare it's position" ,"%5c. A.Thus boldly to speak will bring showers of curses upon me l know. But we are all free yet; and pusillanimous fear will not thread the way to our rights. 1 have no aspirations, at home or abroad. do not care who like or dislike my opinions" Now what, we ask, does all this mean? Does MT. John son suppose that we are fools, and do not understand plain, homespun language?- IThese are extracts taken at random from that miserable address, which is as full of disunion as an egg is of meat. We have it here in our office, and any one can see it, and other articles from MT. Johnson's pen