Washington telegraph., 1856-08-20
sas~ we copy the following letter from
the Uazette q Democrat of the 10th inst:
FAIRwAY, August -. 1856


FAIRwAY, august II, 1856.
DEAR CAPTAIN-That our pol;tical
friends outside of the State may be enabled
to understand our recent defeat ard tla
true HISTORY OF our past defeats, and bv
comparing them, see, that like the ,e;,w
SAID, whom Noah refused to take IN his
ark, there is not going to be much q; =
| freshet alter all, i give YOU extracts MN,
the record.
| Ii ever party had just cause to CON-
plain of treachery and villiany on the
part OF its members, that is the American
party-of course, allude to the Pizer;ne
tums-those who are politicians by trade
and would swap off their best brother for no,
lltlcal advancement. And when it is horne
In mind, that Conway owes much of his
vote to that unblushing statement which
was again and again repeated in the True
Democrat, that he had Cancelled 81 .OCO OOO
worth of the State bonds, and the preiudices
against the Real Estate Bank,-and that
the old line Wings, generally voted for
him, we may very well account for his large
vote, and yet, it is but little larger in nro-
portion to the vote cast than the Demo-
cratic majorities have usually been. But
for the record-the official record.
In the contest between johnson and
Newton, the former received Ii ,S9l votes
the latter 9 PA, and carried but coup,
ties, and in none did his majority reach
100 votes. Two years after, Preston GOT
1924 votes, to Johnsons IA, 456. and
the former carried but 8 counties. In is
. 40 DIaroa , 10
439 and the latter carried two counties in
the State, Bradley by eight maj, and
Phillips by 8. -Four years ago, both cand-
idates for Gov, were democrats judge
Greenwood had no opposition in the lst
Congressional district, in his two first con-
tests, nor had Col. Rust, in this district
in his race, any organized opposition-and
now Y ell carries Pulaski, Phillips Sebastian
Lafayette Scott and Columbia, SO oafterallt the
growing over Conway's election, it seems
Arkansas has always been sold to the
Dutch, and he who ever thought she would
90 for Fillmore, did not examine the past
record. 1t is true, we have crowed some
that is always excusabl, !, when mans
iii a tight place. | for one, shall rot give
: mp Arkansas, but shall increase my labors
for Fillmore, and so ought every Ameri-
can, who wishes to depart from the world
with q good conscience. Arkansas is a
| very small spot in the political horizon,
but still worth struggle
In horse-racing beat is a beat, and 50,
/, | presume it is in politics Dick Ten
Brock once bet a fellow a hundred dol
lars that one of the two horses, running
in a race, would be '.cI-sa Jadiy Leatea. .
Well, 1T was perfect nip and tuck thing
and the fellow claimed the money, but the
judges decided any sort of beat, if only
by an inch was 4 s'd-n bad beat"
No rain yet If Conway's majority
should scare up one, l should not so much
regret it.
Every thing is burnt up 4 horse
: need not set his mouth fodder-fashion in
these parts. If he can't cat shucks, be
had better leave
Never knew Pcach-trees so badly broken
by the fruit on them, as is the case, thi,
year-and | do not understand why it is
for though quite full, the fruit is very
small, and to add to our misfortunes, nM
ac0nt claJ6er.
i Truly, YOURS \.