The true Democrat., 1856-02-19
FOT tHC ITUe DGnOcr. Letter from Helena.
Hele1a. Ark. Feb. 1st.. 1S5(

Ilete11, dfk., feO. 1St., 1000. DEAR JoHNsoN:-
 We arc at the close of an adjourned term of our Circuit Court, and two of your citi- zens who have been with Us, are about taking their departure. Judge Beazey braved all the nclemencies of the weather, which might have deterred any less resolute man, and has given us our modcum of law and equity. And here let me bestow need of we'll earned praise.- It was an expression much used by the Know Nothlngs during the judicial canvass "that neither Of the three candidates was qualified for the office." Their object was to prevent Beazley deriving any advantage from his su pcrlor qualifications, and reduce him to the le- vel of their own candidates. The result, and his course upon the bench has shown that Judge Beazley is eminently qualified for the | office he fills, and each succeeding day gives him stronger hold upon his constituency. l wish the democracy no better luck than that they may have him for their candidate for Judge, at the next election.
 | "When the cat is away, the mice will play" is an old adage, strongly verified by the condi- ton of things here. Our new democratic paper cannot make it's appearance until the river opens. Consequently the Know Nothing or gan has no check upon 1t, and is making the most of its time. But day of reckoning will come. The present cndition of affairs in Con- gress, must hasten the crisis the faithful stew ard will receive his reward, and the unfathful one will be cast down into utter darkness | The masses of the southern people are fixed and honest in their position upon the question slavery, of and cannot be humbugged forever. The traitor Bolts, who desires to ignore the slavery plank from the platform, has friends and colaborers here. They must be exposed, and an nsuted and outraged people will give them leave to go to that north, whose institu- tions they admire so much-to depart from that south, upon which they are making secret war. Their bid for public plunder sits we'll upon the disgusted, with the wild hunt after ofice." The New York Times, and other kin dred prints, say that the anti-savery Know Nothings of the north, have allies in the south. 1 regret to say that it is true. We have those among us, who to enjoy the spells of office to gratfy their hatred of democracy, would deliver the south, bound hand and foot, to northern aggression. This is the harvest field in which the "State Rights Democrat" has to glean.
 The democracy of St. Francis county are about establishing a paper at Madison, to be called the Madsonlan. And while upon the subject of democracy in our sister county, let me say that Know Nottingham is at dreadful discount there-dyng of its own internal rot tenness Your senior ighbor made five and a half hour speech there some weeks ago, and helped to plant the death stroke. To use the | language of one of his own friends, " he left down at least fifty gaps;'' and told the people he did not belong to the party he eulogised.- An iuquisitive friend asked me, "why Dr. Bor- land should act with the Know Nothings to de- stroy the democratic party?' A question was not able to answer. Look to St. Francis county for at least the usual democratic majori- ty in August next Phillips and Monroe will range themselves under the same banner.
 Col. Hindman started on the 22d ult, to till the list of appointments he had previously made. He has had bad weather, but to a man of his indomitable energy, nothing is impossi- ble. Phillips county is proud of him, and Ar kansas may well be So. The canvass preced- ing the August election will be unusually warm democracy will need the services of her best men, and when the result is known those who ingsm, will be first to interpose the plea of infancy. |" Poor Sam. he was so young yol know-how could he fight the giant who was born at Bunker Hill, and baptsed in blood at York town; and who studied the science oi government with Washington, Jefferson and Madison?" TAats aohat / say. Little boys should stay at home, and not mingle in the strfes of grown men.
 That respectable individual, the oldest inha- bitant, has never seen such weather as we have had for the last five weeks. For the grater part of that time floating ice has filled the river and navigation to great extent has been ob- structed. Business of all kinds very dull, and but a slimmering hope of anything better within reasonable period.
 We are indulgng in slight expectation that the post-office department will contract for tri-weekly line of post coaches to carry the mail from here to Aberdeen. Helena ought to be distributing office, for the interior of the State is much more accessible from this point than any other on the Mississippi river. Let mail facilities be increased, information be dis seminated, and the reign of the dalk- lanternites will be short indeed. Founded upon ignorance, bigotry and fraud, rays from the sun of reason and. intelligence will dissipate it like the gem med fir rostwork of winters morn."
 A DEMOCRAT.