The true Democrat., 1856-07-22
ROckPnRT. ARK. .Inly IS

RocKPoRT, ARK, July lS 1856.
 Col. R. II. JoHNsoS-Dear Sir-ln the with drawa card of Robt. II. Dedman, esq, published in the True Democrat of the 9th inst, sec some state ments which are calculated to make an impression that would do me great injustice, and which Mr Ded man had no intention of making.
 say he did not. t.iutend making tine impression winch hls card Is calculated t make for two reasons FH$t l. Is not true. and MT. Dcdman if l am not deceived ill the man and am satisfied that am nCt) iS the last that would intentionally nsrepresent personal enemy much les one for whom he not possibly have the least unkind feeling. Nec@9dlV have met him on the stump in Saline and Jackson townships in Dallas county, and while he cxtolled Judge Murray fer his magnanmity in coming to Princeton and drawing the long stralc he stated the facts correctly, and did me no injustice
 The impression which hi. earl may have made upon some oi the readers of the True Democrat is that he Judge Murray and myself had struck hands upon mode ot deciding which one of Us should run Tor the once ot Prosecuting Attorney and that had boited. This were violating contract. The facts as stated by me in my speeches in Dallas county, and which Mir Dedman admitted to be true, are briefly these:r
 When met at this place in the latter part of Fe- bruary, Judge Murray proposed to submit '' our claims to the Hot Springs convention" ." To this MT. Dedman and myself objected for the following reasons fust, We supposed that large majority of the convention would know nothing of the will of the democracy of this Judicial District and Second1g That Judge Murray having more extensive acquain- tance with the politicians of this congressional dis IlCI WHO would pfOOaOIy De members Of that DOdy,
 his friends would be able to bring bear in his favor outside influences.
 And beside this the delegates to the Hot Springs convcntion as every body well knows were appointed oy the people for political purposes only. that is to feet candidate for Congress for the southern district and elector for the same and furthermore that ventlon was composed of delegates from eighteen counties outside of the Judicial District in which we were candidates. The delegates from district were not instructed the other delegates could not in terere outside of their own district
 It was quite an absurd thing to propose to remove the selection of acanddate entirely ofour dis trlct and away from the people who were interested Tn the discharge of our duties.
 Mir. Dedman and myself continued to oppose this mode Of deciding who should run until we reache l Ashley county, which was in Apr-then for the first time Mr. Dedman made known to me his willingness to accept the proposition Judge Murray and he now says that led him to believe that I would also ac- cept and his action since goes to prove that he was under that impression. Judge Murray not in Ashley county at the time.
 Nothing further said concerning it, nor did we again meet until the first Monday in May. We then met at Pine Bluff in the office of friend and instead of proposing before to refer the matter the Hot Springs convention they proposed to submit it to the delegates to the Hot Springs convention from this Judicial District. This less oblectiona be than the former proposition but rejected it. and gave my reason for doing that had learned from Gen. Gaines and Mir. Norris who passed through Pine Bluff on Saturday, their way the state conven- tion, that the county of Chicot in which had for melly lived, and the county of Drew in which I now live, would not be represented in that convenient and that the delegates from our Judicial District would leave home without knowing that that matter would come before them, and therefore would be prepared to reflect the will of their constituents And besides this knew that some other counties in the district had appointed proxies to east their vote in their delegates did not attend the convention This indicates that they themselves thought it proba be that their delegates would not attend and had they not attended matter of course the vote of those counties could not have been cast for Prosecuting At torney.
 Who can censure me for declining this mode of settling the difficulty.
 have also refused to submit my claims to A con- vention of broom straws tha is to draw straws and
 have since refused to submit to another similar mode ot settling the matter: but that Judge Murray MT. Dedman and myself did agree at the same time to any mode ot determining which should be the candi- date Is not true nor is it true that expressed an uhwilhngness to be governed by an expression from the people.
 would have been willing to submit cheerfully to the decision of any fair convention fresh from the people called to pass upon this particular subject or this subject and others if they had thus shown dis position to make it political contest | had announced myself candidate long before either of the other democrats made known their de- sire to run.
 l was surely entitled 70 some fair mode of adust- ment, something better than setting on a stump and drawing straws.
 There is another misrepresentation "goinp the rounds" in some parts of this district, and that is hatJudge Murray had proposed to give me the vote of Chicot and Drew counties in case their deecates did not attend the Hot Springs convention. heard noth ing of this until late in June, more than a month after the convention at Hot Springs. | our respectfully, SF. ARNETT.