The true Democrat., 1856-01-22
Little Rock, Dec. 23, 1855.

NENIhhMf.N - our !etIer lnVlJlnS me to be present, and address the people at democratic mass meeting to be held near Danyille on the 18th inst, has been received, and duly appre- ciated-
 Nothing would afford me more pleasure than to avail myself of this opportunity to place myself upon the "record,' touching the inter- eSting questions that are now at issue before the country, and to offer hearty concurrence to the sentiment that the democratic party Is neither ''ef1ete," nor corrupt"
 Private engagements will, however, prevent my being present. Please accept theseniments contained in the following, in lieu of any that might say in person. Politicians are often got ten up out of quite malleable material, and alas, when finding themselves OH the shady side of popular favor, they make it convenient to conclude that their old associates are corrupt, and their principles |" ef1ete'' The most unm- tigated aspersions seem to fall from the lips of certain converts having democratic antecedents. 1 According to these new lights, fostering cor ruption is oozing out of every pore of the de- mocratic party. Strange, passing strange, that these " ColunabuseS' of the Know Nothing re- formation did not find out long since, that they were soilng their fingers by protracted contact with the democratic party. Every party has its holiday lriends-every camp its descrters. The revolution was not without an Arnold, and Christ was only crucfcd by the peridy of a Judas.
 If, say they. the democratic party is not cor rupt, it las become efete"-barren of good, worn out in its principles, and from its smoul- dering heap of ruins, is 10 soar aloft, the half hydged bantling, " Know Nottingham"
 Most unenviable soubriquet for party com posed ,f American frecmen--that the demo- cratic party is "barren of good, ais an egete ac cusation, worn out long since in the hands of John Adams federalsts. IL was eGete with them, because it opposed, and supplanted alien and sediton principles; because, during the ad ministrat!on of Monroe, 1t exposed and defeat ed the reckless and unconstitutional projects of a general system of internal Improvements; within the borders of the sovereign States; be- cause in the days of Jackson, it thwarted, and killed the national bank monster, sucking like a vampire the fife blood of oftherepubIic; because, under tie administration of .Teferson it "ex- tended the area of lberty," by purchasing Lou isiana and Florida, and formed out of that ter rtory, the sovereign Southern States Louisiana, Arkansas Missouri and Florda-because by the influence of this same democratic party the people by the workings of revenue tariff have been furnisl ed with cheap fabrics, woolen, silk and cotton--cheap salt, and cheap iron- and still another garland was added to the wreath of democratic flowers by the admission of Texas, and the acquisition of California; and last, though not least, by democratic votes the western pioneer, has been protected by pre- emIton that he might procure home for his wife and little ones.
 But all this time, whilst these sautary mea- sures were being brought into practice by this same democratic party-it was denounced as "corrVpt,' "e6ete,'' or " barren of good, . "worn out'-the same syreu song that was sung then by the fedcralists, and their successors, the whigs, is echoed now hy the degenerate scion " Sam'-that same old coon, who thinks him. self reiuvenated by having an additional rngor so painted upon his tail, and feels himself safe ly ensconced in the democratic fold. But our faithful old coon dog, the constitution will drive him out of that Hut, on to his broad and we'll beaten Pike, where pursued by the demo- cracy he'll be found Iez-ing, Fve Quail-d'!
 But to treat the subject in a like seri- ousness with its import-if there are politi- cal abuses, (and no doubt there are) consttu- tional grievances; why do the Know Nothings address themselves to the public, through an association ofnidnight consprators? Harsh Ian guagc perhaps, but do not the iacts justify the assertion? Are they not conspirng against the constitution? against religious sfreedom-aganst the volition and liberty of ctizens-yea, even their own members Fair America is not like down-trodden Ireland, revolutionary France or Jesuitcal Rome No bristling bayonet stays the pulsation of the American heart, when it beats for freedom-there are none here to make us afraid.
 It Is the pride and boast of the American citizen that he may think, act, speak, as he pleases in the face of day, and by the light of the sun. He tarries not until the sable curtains of the night shall hide him from his fellow, to strike blow for freedom, or tell of his coun- trv,s wrongs. Wherefore then this abominable secrecy? Ought they who are going about pro- fessedIy to do good service, to be abashed by intelligent scrutiny-distrustfu of a neighbor. father, brother or a friend? l repeat, IS there any thing here that needs be, to make men afraid? An. sirs, I am seriously apprehenslve that the ends of liberty is not so much thelr aim; but that sordid avarice with some, lnordl- nate ambition with others, and religious ntol- erance, last though not least, are the principal condiments in this notch -potch, and makes mp the conglomerate. For nsoluble and dscord- ant material, no party, no ism can vie with the Know Nothings. There are found in this re- ligous crusade the followers of Christ. and the instruments of his Satanic Majesty black spir-
 it's and grey, dests, atheists, and skeptics; those who go to church all days and those who never % at all, alike interested in the religious well fare of the country, have assumed to take it under their peculiar guidance, and are fired with indignation at the faRced approach of Pope Plus in Italy. The cause ot the Gross would seem to be in this, confded to the keep inc of delectdJle instruments
 But the temporal power of the Pope is sure to subvert the government? Bronson the Ca. tholic publcist, in some of his religious vaga- ries. comedies the power of the Pope to con- strue the constitution. Admit for the sake of argument, that his pious majesty, and Mr. Bronson as well, would, if they had the power, establish and exercise temporal power in these