The true Democrat., 1855-09-25
From the Mississippi Free Trader. Another Triumph for the Know Nothings- Sol1n EsOr.auI and the SactheZ Courier.

SOl0n EOrlaHG and the NaCtheZ Courier.
 Whenever prominent man deserts the de- mocratic party turns traitor to his friends and principles, and goes over to the know nothings,
 there IS great ejolcng over him Ill the ranks of that party, and large expectations are based up- on his influence ill taking with him those whose political prlnci pies, like those of the editor of the Courier hau, so " loosely about them" that they are really to follow a temporary leader to any point of th9 political compass to which he may steer This was the case with Andrew Jackson Doneson, with ere Clemens and Sam Houston; neither of whom however added a feather to the scale in favor of Sam in the
 late elections in Tennessee. Alabama and Texas But the glorious, answering democracy march ei on, undismaycd by treachery, and unse luc- ed bv the influence of great names, to signal victories in those States, burrvns the rencgades so deep in political disgrace that the hand of resurrection will never reach either of them The notes of woe and lamentat ons for defeat
 in those States just named have not ceased to echo through the lanl when the know nothing press sends up a shout ol joy over the acc 9sson to their ranks of $ lon Borland, late Senator from Arkansas Minister to Central America, etc. a man known as much 10 fame by the abuse heaped upon him by the whg press, as for any thing he ever did of a distinguished or useful nature. They have declared him unfit for the offices he has held if not a disgrace to them; that he was bully, blackguard, sot, and almost everything but gentleman. But he is now all at once a marvelously proper man in their eyes. We shall not initiate the bad manners of the whig press, and disparage our whiom political friend. We have nothing 10 do with his private character even if we knew anything about it, which we do not except through the medium just named to wit: the whig press.- All we have to do Is with the reasons assigned for this change that has come OCT the sp- Tit of his dream," which are in a two column article purporting to be written by Borland, and taken from the Little Rock Gazette and Demo crat, and copied by the Memphis Eagle prefac- eI by an editorial glorifying the writer and the article, and declaring that
 ''On: blast upon his huge horn
 W ere worth thousand men,
 1 The article from Borland and editorial from the Eagle are both copied into the Nachez Courier, Friday the 3lst August, and doubt less considered by the latter sheet as quite a trump in the political game, judging from the conspicuous display made of the whole docu- ment by the aid of capital letters, italics and exclamation points.
 Borland, like all others who desert a party begins by asserting that he has abandoned none of the principles of the democratic party
 but firmly alheres to them al." Our old friend and sterling democrat, Richard NJ. Johnson
 used to define democrat to be man who steadily adhered to the principles of the party, and votel (or its candidates. This latter clause being considered by him as the best evidence that one could give of adherence to the princi- pies he professed; upon the ground that the tree was only to be known by its fruits Judged by this standard. than which there is no better, and Borand would be found wanting, and his
 mere assertion that he still adhered to the p,in- ciples of democracy would be worth no more than the assertion of John Doe that he was honest John Doe when he was caught stealing his neighbours pigs But our obi ,ct is not to review the whole article. It Is only to notice that portion of it ill which he gives his reasons
 for deSerting the democratic organization, and
 taking sides with the know nothings. The fol- lowing extract from that article embodies his
 chief reasons for the course:
 "This is intended not as an argument or H.
 lustration. but merely as an announcement of
 our position in respect to the political parties
 now before the country. But, as we alluded
 to the facts which have forced us into this po- stion, 1t may not be in appropriate, even here, to
 mention sonie one or two of them, which can-
 not be considered otherwise than of leading sig
 ni6cance and importance.
 Among these, is the .tact that, since the pas
 sage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, in all the Northern States, especially in those called de- mocratic, where elections have been held, or
 legislation had, the nationality of the democratic party is abandoned, and the sectional, abolition
 element is now in the ascendant. For proof of this, look through all New Englaud, Gncluding, even President PIERcE's own New Hampshire } x.,bo l,,,t
 cratic States. What is their position? Demo- cratic still-O yes! Yet abolition to the core, and led on by John Wilson, Charles Sumner and John ?. Haie! Then look to Wisconsin, Iowa and even to Mr. Douglas oa0n Illinois! Belong ing to the democratic party stl-O yes! and boasting of it; yet thoroughly abolitionizea and headed by such men as Durkee, H1rkand and IrumbuUr'
 Now will our readers believe that in this ,, whole extract there are as many untruths al there are assertions contained in it, and this fac , we shall at once proceed to establish by no les authority than the Natchez Courier itself; tn, very paper from which we have just read ant
 cppei the above extract! Senator Borlanc 3 says all the west and New England are demo cratic yet-O yes! they are. And the Courie ; copies and endorses this statement. Mark now : how plain tale will put them down. From the telegraphic dispatches, news items g or editorial columns, of the Natchez Courier VI Q take the following items:
 t August 24, 1853-Nineteen counties in low r gives Grimes, ,Ohig, gain of 4OOO over Pierce y Sept. 16, 1854, Boston, Sept. 12--From in a teligence received here there is every proba . bility that Merrill, the whig candidate, will b . elected Governor of Maine. The legislatur is entirely anti-N Nebraska. as also is the whol E of the Congressional delegation.