Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-09-22
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 Afew newspapers in this State, pretending !. De dsmocratic, foff the want of sensible ob- jectjon ttaIeertain IrOmMeht democrats, have raised against thewofhe cry of "tassi1y." It is an old crs<snd hat is invariably resorted to, on Al occasions, by every ambitious politi- Clan in Arkansas, ayho has been disappointed and dissatisfied in the "wild hunt for office" It matters not how innocent those gentlemen who are classed together as "fam,ly' may have been of the defeat or disappointment of the unfortunate aspirant--lt Is all the same innocent or guilty, they are made to bear the burden of the blame.
 We never knew man claiming to be de- mocrat other than disappointed office-seeker, or broken down discontented politician, to in dulge in the cry of |" family" family clique" family monopoly etc. The motive for rais- ing the cry is always selfish one, as the cry itself is unjust It is an effort to make capital where there is no merit, by charging crime where there is no offence. It is, too, favorite resort to cover up the shame and modification of defeat and disappointment. It is resorted to by that class who wish office and cannot get it, who have aspired and disgracefully failed, and who have not the moral nerve to bear up under disappointment, or the candor and truth fitness to refer their failure to the true cause the want of the peoples confidence and re- spect. It is more gratifying to their personal vanity to attribute their defeat to an imaginary evil power, such as the family" than to their own want and merit.
 The cry of "tanaily" is not new one. It was first started by Woodruff, when he sold the only democratic paper in the State into the hands of the whigs in revenge for the refusal of the democracy to release and forgive him the amount of his dedication while State Trea- surer. Such is its origin. It was the cry in 1840, when Sevier was beaten for the Senate by the traitor Borland It was the cry of the wings and dlsorganzers in the contest of 1851 for congress, and in the contest of 1852 for governor. And, again, in the memory of all, it was the cry of the Know Nothings in the heated canvass of last year. It has ever been Woodruff, Borland, and Danley's favorite wea- pon in their malignant, tratorous assaults upon the democracy of Arkansas.
 This cry is now raised by few newspapers that pretend to be democratic. The weapon is familiar one its inventor is notorious, its use is well known. Though claiming to be | democrats, those now engaged in crying "fami- ly," family clique" etc., are upon the same road travelled by Woodruff Borland and Danley They have started from the same point, they are going the same way, they are impelled by | the same selfish motives. Their disorgauiza tion will at first be secret, then open and down. right; and the end, when reached, will be po liticAl death, ignominy and shame.
 We confidently predict that in less thar twelve months, these papers, now engaged il the senseless unmanly howl against the "tami ly,' will either abandon it, or be found openl, | fighting, side by side with the Know Nothings in opposition to the democratic party. Mark | the prediction. In making 1t, we are governed by the experience of the past. Such course of conduct leads to that end, and no other Woodruff, Borand and Dauley were democrats at one time shining lights of the party-they 1 pursued that course, and they are now ac knowledged members of the Know Nothing order.