Washington telegraph., 1853-07-20
A Scrap of History.

A highly interesting controversy is now
going on between the editors of the two
democratic journals at Little Rock, as to
which is the best friend of Col Warren
To an outsider. the question at issue does not
appear to be one of very grave importance,
but it is otherwise regarded by the parties
themselves. The Editor of the True Dem
ocrat charges the Editor of the .Gazette &
Democrat with attempting, by his course,
to defeat Col. Warren for Congress; and
the latter in return charges the former with
having opposed the nomination of Col War
rem ''to the bitter end" The Gazette"
man says, the nomination of Col, W. was
opposed by, what he terms, ''the whole
Bourbon influence, meaning the friends
of the late A. H. Sewer. and states that
the grounds of their opposition resulted from
the fact that Col Warren voted for Major
BoRLAND, for U. S. Senator, against Col
SEWER.
The Gazette & Democrat" has evidently
taken hold of the right side of the subject
as every one that is at all acquainted with
the circumstances as they transpired, knows
that the friends of Col Sewer denounced
that act of Col. Warren's as a violation,
and total disregard of the wishes of large
majority of his constituents The county
of Ouachita, which Col Warren, in part,
represented, was regarded as being favora-
BILE to the reelection of Col. Sewer. and
consequently, his friends calculated with
some degree of certainty upon the votes of
the members from that county. The con-
test was close. and Sewers friends charged,
that Col. Warrens vote defeated SEWER
Had he voted for Sewer, the democratic vote
would have been equally divided between
the two candidates, in which event Col. Se-
viers eletion was considered certain, as a
majority of the Wings then in the Legisla-
ture, representing counties favorable to his
reelection, would, have supported him
These charges, whether with or without
foundation we do not pretend to say, were
made at the time and many of Mr. Sc
viers warmest friends declared publicly, that
in no event would they support him for Off
cial station The election was fierce and
excited one, exhibiting much i'll feeling on
both sides, and resulted in a division of tie
party; and bitter hostility has existed between
the two factions from that time to the pres
ent, except when upon the eve of an elec-
ton, they found it necessary to unite to de-
feat some Wing whom, they feared, through
their dissensions, mi ght be elevated to office.
Their hatred for each other, politically, was
only equaled by their hatred of the Wings
Each faction has since, at times, been sue
cesSful over the other, and the result of the
Hot Spring Convention, was regarded by
all who understood the run of political af-
fairs III Arkansas, as triumph of the Borland
faction. 1t is well known that Col Warren
was not the choice of the Sewer wing of
the democracy-had they been successful,
the choice of the Convention would have
fallen on Col Rust of Union, or Fl. NJ. Rec
tor, Esq, of Saline.
These things are all matters of history
they have appeared in the public prints have
been spoken Of in the streets, and are known
by all, who for the last five or six years,
have been familiar with the political history
of this State. We only revert to them to
vindicate the truth of history, and as the
foundation Of the premises from which we
have drawn the conclusion that the Editor
of the Gazette Il Democrat" in this mat
ter, has taken hold Of the right end of the
yarn.