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The true Democrat., 1855-08-28
Know Nothing Ratification meet
 ing in Little Rock Acain

The following extract we take from an art. cle of the Helena Shield, formerly whig, but now know nothing paper
 "The incorrect statements of the True Demo. crat respecting this meeting as to numbers, etc., are by no means creditable to that paper But we presume such perversions and misre- presentations can be regarded as the last throes of an almost defunct faction who have ruled and ruined for the last twenty years in Arkan- sas'
 What we stated in regard to the know noth- ing ratification meeting in this city, we again repeat. When the procession passed the post office, 1t had but 242 in it-and many of these were boys under 2l years of age We were told afterwards, that the procession numbered over 300 before it reached the place of speak ing
 The meeting, to judge from the procession, which was the only thing We could judge from, was miserable failure. At the speaking there were, of course, many more. But not many more know nothings. The numbers there were swelled by men who refused to join the pro- cesscn-who refused to be counted as know nothings. They went there sq bear the speeches but not to partake in the gratiiication of the Philadelphia platform. ass
 The Helena Shield may boast of the strength of know nottingham in this State, but We guess its boastings will turn out like the know nothing boastingssm Tennessee and Virgina-miserable failures The democratic party is yet alive, and when aroused, as it is now, is invncible.
The true Democrat., 1855-08-28
GEN. JAMES YELL.

The last Gazette crows considerably over the accession of this politician to its midnight con- ciayc
 We are not surprised at Tells somerset He i5 disappointed politician and consequently he IS embttcred a9ninst the democratic party For the last seven years he has been aspiring to the highest offices within the gift of the pco. pie, and his failure to get them has destroyed his confidence in democratic principles and his attachment to the democratic party. He was defeated for the gubernatorial nomi- nation, in l848, by Coy. Roane before q demo cratic caucus of the members of the Lesisa- ture. He was also defeated twice by Judge Sebastian for the United States Senate--once in l948, and again in 1852. These defeats have sourcd his mind against the democratic party, and hence his determination to quit it and desert it's principles. His apostacy will carry no weight with it, because it will strike no one with surprise who knows the man and his motives
 Yel's joining the know nothings explains one pat of his conduct. About the time he joined, he threw up his commission as one of the attorneys to prosecute the suit of the State against the Real Estate Bank. Capt Pike has got him. His commission as a States attorney was inconsistent with his know nottingham, and hence his resignation of it when he joined the order.
 Gen. Yell has done his worst to prevent the accomplishment of this suit against the bank.
 He was appointed by Gov. Conway, as one of the States attorneys on the 2Oth of August,
 1853; but though he held the office for two years, he never once appeared in court in be-
 half of the State. He would not resign and permit the Governor to appoint another law yer, nor would he attend to his duties | Such is Gcn. Yell, the new convert to know nothnssm We judge that from this on, he
 will have but little of the confidence of the people who are so interested in the settlement of the affairs of the Real Estate Bank
The true Democrat., 1855-08-28

NORTH CAROLINA ELECTIoN.-Th following statement, from the Baltimore Sun, shows that the democrats have carried the State by 5000 or 10000 majority which is a large gain; also have elected six out of the eight Congressmen. Hurrah for old North Carolnal { "The election in this State was only for eight Cpngressmen, and resulted as follows- lf First district-Paine, k. h., in place of Shaw, dem.
 Second-Ruffin, dem., reelected.
 Third-Winslow, dem, vice Ashe dem.
 Fourth--Branch dem., vice Rogers, whig
 Filth-Reade, k h., vice Kerr whig.
 Sixth-Puryear, k. h., supposed to be re- elected.
 Seventh-Craige, dem., reelected
 ghth--Clingman, dem reelected.
 The delegation last year consisted of 5 demo- crats and whigs. The democratic majority in the State on the popular vote is supposed to be 5000 or 10000, which is a large gain.
 P. S.-The Wilmington Journal says the &C., counts from the 9th district leave little doubt that Puryear, k, IT, is defeated by Scales, dem
The true Democrat., 1855-08-28

SOUND DoCTRINE.-In sermon delivered by Rev. Dr. Bellows, of New York, before the Western Unitarian Conference, is the foIIowIn! paragraph: i,
 For my own part. say it in all solemnlly, :. have lived to become sincerely suspicious oi il' piety of those who dc not pleasure in any ioTfa 1 cannot trust the man that never laughs; tnl is always sedatt that has no apparent ouIIss for those natural springs of sportiveness aIi gayety that are perersAal in the human soul know that nature taSo her revenge on SE'l violence. expect to find secret vices, mals nant sins or horrid crimes springing up m thS hot-bed of confined air and imprisoned spaGf and therefore it gives me a sincere moral grai' fication any where, and in any community, see innocent pleasures and popular amusr ments resisting the religious bgotry tba' frowns so unwisely upon them. Anything 5 better than that dark, dead, unhappy socia life--prey to ennui and morbid excitement which results from unmitigated puritanism whose second crop is usually unbridled licen'' and infamous folly.
The true Democrat., 1855-08-28
The Gazette on Know Nothing
 Defeats.

With dull pen and heavy heart, Dr. Bor- land undertook, in his last paper, to account for the many recent defeats of his maidn,qM party in the south The task was hard one, as his business was to draw from these defeats, some consolation to the dispirited members of his party. Over the victory of the know noth- ings in the old whig State of Kentucky, he gloriies wonderfully The know nothing achievements in Kentucky, always whig State, were a God-serd to him. They some what modified the bitterness of his party's de- feats in the other southern States. It is we'll that Kentucky went for the know nothings.- Had 1t have failed them, in the general crash, poor Borland would have died of broken heart, and the democracy of Arkansas would have lost the pleasure of laughing at him in August, 1856.
 | He refers to the election in Tennessee, but he does so with tears in his eyes. He calls the democratic convention, a triumph of the whigs. We will let him enjoy the deluson. It was no knoe0 notbing triumph and hence his tears.- We would hate to put the last ounce upon the camels back, by showing him that it was de- mocratic victory we should hate to add the last drop to his cup of bitterness and cause it to overflow. It is sufficient for us to know that the know nothings were defeated in Tennessee, where they counted with so much confidence upon a victory, and that ANDREW JOHNSON the democratic nominee was triumphantly elected Governor of the State.
 He next apologiscs to the know nothings of Arkansas for the defeat of know nottingham in Alabama and Texas. As a matter of course he attributes their defeat to the wrong cause. Contrary to his past usual custom, he has no congratu lations for the glorious victories of the democrats in these States. He views the dis astrous results to the know nothing party, whose apostle he has so recently become. and he dissolves in tears. Poor Borland! Who does not commiserate his infrmties and his msfortunes
 Of the terrible defeat of the know nothngs in North Carolina and the glorious democratic victory their achieved, he does not say word. By the time he had manufactured excuses for the know nothing defeats and democratic victo- res in Tennessee, Alabama and Texas, he was too much exhausted to allude to North Caroi- ma. Old North Carolina was one drop to much for his stoicism. He had not the courage to go further into tho disheartening details. He merely said something about the rapid qroaoM of the know nothngs and dropped his pen.- He even forgot, or seemed to forget, that things of rapid growth are things of equally rapid de- cay The old oak that weathers the storms of ages is a tree of the growth of years. So it is with the democratic party. Even the mighty efforts of Borland, the quordam United States Senator and minister to Central America, are powerless to interrupt its gigantic strides to vic tory and renown.
 What lesson Doctor, have the democratic victories in the south taught you! We sincere ly hope you will dry your eyes, and, like q phi losapher, profit by their teaching.
The true Democrat., 1855-08-28

and not Catholic have we in the county And where are there two more intelligent, en- terprizing citizens than they are? One of them is the most successful physician and surgeon that ever practiced in the county. The other, the best mechanic of his trade we ever had among us. Either of whom would discharge the duties of any office, as much to the interest of the American people, AS ANY KNow NoTH- ING, deny 1t who will. And if they would ad- init foreigners in the north. western States, and do admit Catholics in some of the southern States why should we be frantic with alarm! And to 'outsiders," persons who have, by their foresight and discretion, preserved to them selves the power of self.government, the lloer- ty of speech and the free exercise Of consclcnce who have kept out of the obnoxious, clan destne anti-American councils, let It ever be said of them, that they were too patriotic ano intelligent to make brutal sacrifice of the liberties, for the mere sake of following anc being bound by an iron rule to support the dis appointed o6ice- seeking denaagogues, who charac terize and RULE the know nothing party.
 MARTIN LINTON,
 T. D. LINTON,
 JESSE PARISH.
 Pope county, August 23d, 1855
The true Democrat., 1855-08-28
The Little Rock True DamOcra;

This able and jealous exponent of the de- mocratic party has come to hand, beautifully enlarged and improved in an entire new dress We regard the True Democrat as decidedly the best democratic paper in the State, and among our exchanges none is more highly przed or more carefully read. The Democrat being the organ of the party in the State, should be well supported by the democracy. We heartily wish 1t that success which its abilities and de- votion to the measures and principles of the de- mocratic party so eminently merits.-1rkansas ,SentineL
The true Democrat., 1855-08-28
TRUE DEMOCRAT, RICHARD H. JOHNSON, EDrroR.
 LITTLE ROCK, AUG. 28, 1855.
The Same Old CNnn.

The following is from gentleman living in the southern part of this State We give it that democrats who have joined the order may profit by the example:
 "A sensible democrat, having been seduced into know nothing lodge, after looking around and observing who composed the order, coolly remarked-gentlemen, you may consider me out. You have covered up that animal very we'll, but still l can see rings enough on his tail to tell that he is tue same oM coon.'
The true Democrat., 1855-08-28
T The following letter, from gentleman ln Fort Smith, to the editor is conclusive on the gold hunt. It is all a humbug

Fort Smith, Aug. 16th, 1855.
 DEAR SR:-The gold humbug has explod- ed. portion of the Fort Smith company got in day before yesterday and report that there is no gold in any of the country west of this place, about which so many stories orgi- hated. The whole company will be here in a few days and whatever others at distance may think, the people of this place and vicin ty are satisfied to remain at home and attend to their ordinary avocations 1 write this to satis fy those hundreds and thousands who were only waiting to hear from the Fort Smith con- pany to go or remain.
 Very respectfully, your ob't serv't,
The true Democrat., 1855-08-28
The Sore Backs.

Whenever aqtOndQn democrat of prominence announces his adhesion to know nottingham, it will be found that he is in bad ordor with regular democratic organization of his own State--that he is disappointed otiice-seeker-- q political sore-back.
 The following are notable instances of the truth of the above remark:
 "H. STUART FooTE" late of Mississippi, affiliated with the whigs in '53 and opposed the the regular democratic ticket:-utterly repudi- ated by the democracy of Mississippi, he left his country for his country's good and became a Californian. He is know nothing.
 The immortal J ERE. CLEMENs-Foote qeai- UiUus-followed the example of his prototype, the |" Little Pacifcator.' Kicked out of the party by the democracy of Aabama-denied office by the Pierce administration-he sudden ly discovers that democratic fellowship is unfit for so pure a patriot as himself "A,uaf'-- as DOgbeny would say-J ere, is know noth- ing.
 STEPHEN ADAMs-author of My Bill-was elected to the Senate in '52 by whig strength. As q,tid pro quo he opposed the democracy of Mississippi and acted with the whigs in '53- He Is now a know nothing.
 SoLoN BoRLAND--the hero of Grevtown- aspired to seat in the U. s. Senate from Ar kansas. Robert w. Johnson, the favorite of the people, opposed him. The democracy sus- taaei Johnson-the people endorsed him,-he was elected unanimously to the long and the short term This feather broke the camel's back-Solon looked about for soft place to fall on" Sam" opened to receive him-and as matter of course, he is know nothing.
 To these-and all and singular the sore backs who are against us-we bid long and last farewell. The best service they ever did the democratic party was to abandon its ranks.- May they never return.
 Over and with Foote, Clemens, "Uncle Steve and Borland, we hope Samnel will have "good time" They don't ship for wages but, if "Sam' has aught to give, will thankfully accept smal favors-larger ones in proportion.
The true Democrat., 1855-08-28

OE The Memphis Appeal, sound national democratic paper, thus greets the last somerset of Dr. Borland:
 Hon. SoLoN BoRLAND, late minister to Gen. tral America, and now senior editor of the Lit. tie Rock Gazette, has formally taken ground in favor of the know nothing organization. The only comment we have to make is, that there never has been a time in the history of the de- mocratic party when it could not advantageous ly have dispensed with his connection with it
The true Democrat., 1855-08-28

THE TRUE DEMooRAT.-This sterling demo- cratic journal has just been greatly enlarged in size and otherwise much improved, and now presents beautiful appearance, which, coupled with the great ability of its editor, and his staunch and unwavering devotion to the time honored principles of the democratic party, renderSsit one of the most acceptable papers to its subscribers in the whole country This en- largement was caused by the increasing patro- mage extended to the paper; and in order to meet the demands consequent upon that in- crease of interest which is manifested among the democracy, the editor has been at great ex- pense-which we hope will be as bread cast upon the waters" to return after many days. Theproprietors certainly deserves great credit for their efforts to establish newspaper at the cap- tai which will be an ornament to our State, and every democrat ill our borders ought to take the True Democrat It is the only d2mocratic paper published in Little Rock, and the only one issuing from that city through which the democratic party may expect correct dsselni- nation of their principles. If we had our say so, every body should take the True Democrat and the South Stampi-South Stump
The true Democrat., 1855-08-28

NOTICES OF THE PREss.--It is source of pride to us, that, by our course, we have ac- quired the esteem and confidence ofour contem- poraries in the State. The sentiments of re- gard they profess for us in the following notices of the enlargement of the True Democrat. we warmly reciprocate We wish to their papers a large and wide circulation, not alone for the personal benefit of the editors, but on account of their valuable democratic influence among the people.
 LITTLE ROCK TRUE DEMoCRAT-The last number of this able and consistent democratic journal, printed at the metropolis of our State, comes to us in an enlarged form, and otherwise improved We rejoice to see this evidence of prosperity on the part of the True Democrat, and hope that the unterrifed" throughout the State will come up manfully to its support. Its talented editor RICHARD H. JOHNSON. is doing valuable service to the cause of demo- cracy, and we hope he may be amply rewarded. -HeleaG StGr
The true Democrat., 1855-08-28

0TA new secret society, it is said, has beeH organized in Philadelphia. The object is ne. ther political nor religious. The purpose E simply to obtain drink of the ardent" ID spite of the law, on Sunday. A headquarta has been established in a subterranean place and regular signs and passwords have been d'' livered.
The true Democrat., 1855-08-28
Death of Abbott Lawrence.

Nei0 Fork, Aug. 18-The Hon. Abbott Law renee died at his residence in Boston at II o. clock this morning.
The true Democrat., 1855-08-28

PotITICAL APosTATEs.-Fo0te, Clemens and Borlad.--The following from the Memphis Ap- peal is the best thing we have yet seen. It's Jeauty Hes in itS htth. Read 1t democrats
The true Democrat., 1855-08-28
Consistency-The Gazette of Other
 Days.


 A few weeks since the Gazette and Democrat renounced its allegiance to the democratic party and gave in its adherence to the know nothings We now propose to show what that paper thought of know nottingham and its principles few months ago. If the declarations were notin print it would almost be impossible for an honest man to believe that any one could hold sentiments so antagonistic-so much at variance on different occasions. 4 somerset in politics acas neuer Jetore na0oe 80 complete and 80 sudden.
 The Gazette is now the leading organ of the know nothings in this State, and, in its bitter ness, it has no patience with any one who is not member of the order. Hear what it said just one short year ago upon the subject:
 "Of our own knowledge, we knoao nothing of the purposes of this organization; but, from what we can learn from outsiders, and from looking over the columns of the papers which profess to be their organs, as we'll as convcrsing with those who claim to be acquainted with the principles of the organization, we infer that it is based on political and religious intolerance-- that is, 1t is an organization against the foreign population and Catholic religion in this country If this be true, instead of the order being Ame- rican, it is anG-American; n;-based upon bigotry and intolerance its platform is too narrow, and too much circumscribed, for an American de- mocrat to stand upon"
 This quotation is from the Gazette of August 25th, 1654-just one year ago. It is plain, broad and unqualified condemnation of the know nothing order. It says that the order is BIASED UPON BIGOTRY AND INTOL- BRANCH" What are the editors of the Ga zette now? Out of their own mouths we con- demn them-thcy are know nothings, and con- sequently, are INTOLERANT BIGOTS.
 But the Gazette does not stop at this whole sale denunciation of the order but it goes into particulars. We commend the following to its brethren now. 1t says:
 "Taking it for granted that we have stated the creed of the know nothings correctly, it can be shown that it is an organization for the pur- pose of contravening the principles of the De- claration of Independence, and the constitution of the United States
 Believing this, how could the editors of the Gazette join the know nothings? How can they now denounce those who do not follow them?
 In its attack upon know nottingham, the Ga zette divides its article under two heads-.frst, the prescription of foreigners: second, the pro- scription of Catholics. We will give its 'opin- ion now of
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-11-03

Gov. Hebert has re-appointed 1hcophilus
Carey Callicot, Of the city Of New York, a
Commissioner Of Deeds for this State. Com
missioners for Louisiana in other States not
only have power to administer oaths, take de
positions, acknowledgements of deeds, ETC., but
are empowered to authenticate and attest the
signature, official capacity and official acts of
any Judge, justice of the peace or other public
officer holding commission Or acting under
the authority of the State or Territory in which
the Commissioner resides.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-11-03
FOOD FOR REFLECTION.


EMIGRATION CRIME - -PAuPER1sM-DEsT1Tu-
T1oN.
We give herewith some statistical informa-
ton for our readers, which we ask them to read
and reflect upon. Hundreds and thousands of
the foreigners that have been landing upon our
shores in the last few years were paupers and
telons from the poor and prison houses of Eu-
rope, and many of them, through the existence
and abuse Of our Naturalization laws, are to-
day voters, whose votes count as much in the
ballot-box as those of the best American citi-
0ens. Say you, then, you Of the anti-American
party that foreigners are equal to, if not better
than, native American citizens, and that their
rapid influx does not detract from our national
lty! That something should be done to coun-
teract the effects Of this sort of immigration, no
one will deny. Crime, pauperisn and destitu-
tlon are the three prominent features of all of
the cities Of the Union and of those States set
tied mostly by foreigners. What, then, shall
oe done? VIII you quietly submit to con-
tlnuance of this state Of things, Or will you
JON the American party, who seek not to wage
var against foreigners, but to jealously guard
the Institutions and the honor and integrity of
tne nation, as bequcathed to us by our fore
fathers2-
The census of 1850 shows that the whole
number NJ Of persons convicted of crime in the
United States, during the year ending June 80,
1880, was $4,000, of which 10000 were Of ma
i've and $4,000 of foreign birth. The foreign
exceeds the native 1000. We shall compare
these statistics of crime with the foreign and
native population, and thus determine the re-
latlve proportion Of foreign and native crime /:
Proportion
Criminals. OF crime.
Native population 2l ,O3l 500 IL, ,OOO Il to 1919
Foreign population. .2,l6O,207. 40O0. Il to l54
One out of every l54 foreigners is a crimi-
nal' and but one in every l,6l9 Americans.
ihe proportion of native and foreign crime,
then, is as l to 1O-one American to ten for
eigners.
But let us take another view of this subject.
In doing so, We shall again call attention to the
number of criminals who were convicted by the
courts Of several States in 1850. In Connec-
ncut, the whole number of convictions was
eoo; and Of these o45 were natives and 800