The true Democrat., 1856-06-03
Letter from Hot Spring County.

Hot Springs, May 23, 1856. Il. Il. JOHNSON, esq.,
 ' Dear Sir The Know Nothing con.
 Ventlon came off here on Monday last, and aC.
 ter counting and mastering into service some
 that were not delegates, there was twenty-five
 or thirty present, and majority of them iron,
 Little Rock, Pine Bluff, and Benton: amono
 them l recognized some five or six that bad once stood with the democratic party. They
 were not long in fixing up their nominations and ratifylng their abolition platform. saw the same old coon with an additional ring around Its tail, which was partially covered |" mud, but could distinctly read the n- seHption which was opposition to the Kan sas-N Nebraska sl!"
 At three o'clock, Col Grace, one of their cleo. tors, was called to address the convention which he did in very Pat-rotic manner. was amused and surprised at the presumptuous manner In which he accused the present ad. mihistration of abolitionsm, and almost in tho same breath abused it for supporting the same measures which brought down upon it the curses of the abolition freesoil party at tbo north either showing the most profound ig,o. rance of political affairs at this time or ina s'He" he was addressing set of Etheopan 'diots' He tried hard to make proselytes by trying to scare the people about the Dutch, Irish and the Pope; said, why would the peo. pie support President that had neglected Ar Kansas as Pierce had done? suppose he had forgotten Borland and others that received i'm. portant appointments; said he intended to take all the hair off of Gen. Heampstead's head thls summer. If he will do it. and put it in his pocket he will have more true American ism In his pocket than in his heart
 At night, the renegade Yell was called upon. and addressed the convention in three bours, speech to prove that he was the greatest man
 In the State, and before he finished he satis. fled all that he was the most complete dema- gogue that ever yelled for office. He had ne- yer been candidate before; he knew there had not been tune in Arkansas for the past ten years, but what he might have been elected. if he had chosen to run for the chief executive Of the State. How very modest Of couse he had not been a standing candidate for go- vernon and United States senator for the past ten years. Like Grace he accused the present administration of aboltionism, and made great many statements equally preposterous without any proof, other than. he, [Yell] knew it to be SC, ,and he klfew more than any other man Tn the State He had a great deal to say about the sperttat power of the Pope, and proved to his own satisfaction that the Catholics, headed by the poor old Pope of Rome would be down on us very soon unless he WIS elected gover- nor-Fillmore president, and Andrew Jackson Donelson vice president. He showed by &C., tual figures, and made it as clear as mud that in few years there would be scarcely any person in the United States but foreigners. and that the democratic party preferred putting foreigner in office to native born son of the soil. At this time shall not notice the bl- lingsgate language he used against Gov Con- ', way and others, it was only worthy of the source from whence it came
 The democratic ball is in motion, and we will give Conway and Warren much larger malorities than has ever been received here be- | fore. MORE ANON.