The true Democrat., 1855-08-07
Earnest Advice of the President of the State Council of Know Mo- thingg-The True Democrat to be Crushed by the Order.

This address is rich document. There l no name signed to it, though we know well th' ao'iig gentleman who delivered it. The plac, even where this august body, {" the State coun cil, ," held its sttings, is not mentioned. Under the cover of the night, skulking from the pry- ing eye of the public, it assembled some where to listen to the abuse of the president poured out upon the True Democrat. The True De- mocrat was singled out to be victimsed upon the bloody, proscriptive altar of the dark and misterious god.
 The address says:
 Little as we may regard the islanders of the pensioners of party, they need to be brought to their senses and made to feel that they cannot assail us with entire impunity. The paper that attacks the American cause, is not fit to be SUD- ported by Americans. refer particularly to that interruptions sheet the True Den,ocrat''
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 "I earnestly advise that you denounce it to the subordinate councils, and declare that he who aids in supportingi it does wrong to the order. A collapse of its subscription list would aid in bringing il to its senses''
 We are assuredly much indebted to the pre- sident of the know nothing State council for his kind and manly sentiments towards the True Democrat He is a whig He stands at the head of the know nothing party in Arkansas. That he has skulked into a secret concern where all around him was sworn to secrecy, to attack and lnalign us, is only carrying out his high monarchical principles which are at war with the rights of the people. He attacked us secretly and bitterly, but gave HIS no opportuni- ty of defence Did not even inform us of the attack. Kept us in ignorance that a concealed dagger was drawn upon us!
 The address has no doubt, been widely cir cuated since the 30th April last but no copy was sent us. He did not possess the frankness and chivary to inform Us even that he had made an attack upon our paper. He sent his |" address" clandestinely around under thick wrappers, to the subo,dinates," who were to act upon his skulking suggestions but ho shrank from the manly act ofdeivering copy to us.
 These unusual and unprecedented steps of the know nothings to crush an opponent, show plainly their fears of open discnssion. They show that the order is afraid to trust the True Democrat in the hands ofther members. They are afraid to trust it in the hands of those de. mocrats who have joined their order and who they are making tools of with which to put them selves in power.
 The know nothings thus have shown their determination not only to deny to the people the right of conscience, but even to assal the freedom of the press. Those papers who at tack them and expose their iniquities in Ar kansas are to be crushed and destroyed--thev do not intend to tolerate free discussion which results in enlightening the people. They have established q Spanish inquisiyion in our midst and are determined to rule Us with rod of iron. Where will this stop? Whther are we tending? We live under a government where all enjoy the freedom of speech and the right to worship God as their consciences dictate, yet we are surrounded by members of 2 secret or der, who deny to a portion of our citizens the right of conscience, and to our newspapers the freedom of speech. What more need We do | as our rulers, the leaders of this secret proscrp- tive political society?
 0IF Mir. McCowan, of our city, has just re- turned from New York, bringing us late papers, for which we feel under obligation.
 
 A KNow NOTHING REMovED-Thc follow ing from the Eldorado Union, breathes the right spirit about the removal of John Wilson. So soon as he became a h7aoao nothing, he ought to have been removed from office by the pre- sent administration. It is folly to say there is not another man in this republic capable of fill ing the office of Commissioner of the General Land Office.
 The Gazette of this city, heretofore, profes- edIy democratic but now the organ of the know nothings, made great to do about the removal of John Wilson and the appointment of democrat in his place. We commend to it the perusal of the following from the Union, a sound democratic paper:
 "The know nothings are terribly shocked at the removal of John Wilson from the General Land Office upon purely political grounds We do not think President Pierce has done a moro sensible or praiseworthy act during his admins tration. What!-has it become an outrage to Icmove sworn political foe? Itwas bad enough Ito retain him in office as whig, but when he took upon him himself a solemn oath to make war against Mir. Pierce's administration, we think the President would have been doing hi; party and himself great injustice not to remove him. But say they, his place cannot be filled by any one who is as competent Il the democratic party have not thousands o better men, and as competent as John Wilson it is time it were making them, if it require: an apprenticeship to the business. This is al stutf-there are plenty of men who can fill tho office with equal credit, and those, too, who ar, not st0oTn enemies to the government"
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