Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-15

many unfortunate states whose congressional
 delegation are only equal to or else inferior to our own; they must suffer excrucatngly and
 II they have not yet started the cry of rota-
 ton," they had better " hurry up the cakes' or
 thelr ruin will be even more complete than that
 or Arkansas. To think that gentlemen who
 had given their "taent, zeal. energy and per- severance, in behalf of the interests of their
 constituents" should at the same time. have
 been guilty of neglecting the interests of the
 state at large; of concentrating all their inAu-
 ence in favor of single town; of ignoring the
 very existence of the western part of the state
 so much so that it Is literally without represen. tation and will remain so as long as the "com.
 pilmented" delegation are retained in tn cir seats. that they are led away by their own private in
 terests rom the good of the people, seeking to increase the value Of their private lands, etc.
 are statements so widely at variance with one another that they are past the comprehension of an ordinary intellect. We would not in
 dulge Tn unseemly levity; where argument is
 possible we would reason with all courtesy. but
 ln thls 'abrynth we are confused and lost. The
 compliment to the ability and zeal of the Ar
 Kansas delegation was offered in A prl last, the
 structures on their capacity and charges against
 then official integrity have been made since
 then: Now, previous to the compliment paid
 them, Congress had ad journed, and the delega-
 ton have been passing the bi-annual summer
 vacation at home. They have performed no
 public official acts since March last: their record
 of service-ther deeds and msdeeds-was then
 complete. If they were worthy of the com
 phment when 1t was made they are still worthy
 of It, for, as Congress has not been in session.
 they have had no opportunity to forfeit it bv
 any public official acts whatever. If, on the
 contrary, they deserve the censure since cast
 upon them, and which they must then have de- | served as much as now, why were they ever | compllmented for their talent and zeal in behalf
 Of the interests of their constituents? We do
 not intend to be rashly inquisitive, we "hope
 we don't intrude,'' but this is just one of tbe 1 differences we have been unable to reconcile
 We leave the task to the delegation, twill prove pleasant means of whilng away leisure
 hour, when they are not engaged in calculating the rise Of their private property!
 l There Is still another difficulty we have en- countered Tn our reading of the Herald. and which we have been unable to solve It is the | cry or family" with which the Herald would rouse the people to cast aside W hat is sometimes called the "reigning dynasty'' of Arkansas | we do not thlnk that we need in this case con. tinue our quotations from its columns to show l that 1t frequently resorts to the use of the 1 phrase, It will itself concede the fact of such mention. Ii the reader will throw backward glance at the extracts contained in our present huhDef ne Will see :" the family" alluded to; | ana so great IS the lerald's repugnance to the family that In It's issue of Aug. 22d in admit I tlhS that, under certain circumstances it would | consent to pretermit the application of the prn- clple of rotation, and allow office holders to be elected "second term," (for extract at length see our last number) it qualities the admission l by the following provision: But we will never | be Tn favor Of one family being kept in office for lie" This proviso, taken in connection with the Herald's frequent declarations on the subject, simply means that it considers that the family" has already held office long enough. and goes in for trundng-rotatng-t all out and keeping them out. There are several | correspondents of the Herald that profess to l entertain a similarity of opinion, and if they are satisfied with the manner in which it reduces 1 It's ostensbe opposition to practice we can only conclude that their professions are of equal sin cerlty. "The fanily'' has become as signiti- cant way of designating certian prominent gentlemen as though they were called directly by their names. For ourself we can aver we know nothing and care less about the relations of affinity and consanguinitv that subsst be- tween and among them. We only know that popular report regards a member of "the family" A gentleman. resident of Sebastian county, whose name has frequently appeared in the columns of the Herald in connection with official position, and whose claims have found in it a ready and admring advocate We refer to him only there introduced, public man in connection with public station; as private gentleman we make no reference to him. The Herald of Sept 18th, commenting on the communication of correspondent, thus adverts to Its position in the last gubernatorial contest
 We answer that we did assist in the election of '56, in the elevation of some of the present incum- bents in this state and We ashamed to ac- know ledge boldly to the world that We did under the, then, surrounding circumstances. We advoca- ted the claims of gentleman of this city for the gubernaoral chair for weeks before the sitting of the democratic state convention in May '56, and there, understand it. the democratic rule was applied and We were found in the minority"
 And the Herald had previously, in it's con- troversy with the Pine Bluff Enterprise or the subject of rotation, personal references, etc, (see issue of Aug. 1st.,) taken occasion 10 refer direct ly to its candidate for the nomination, and thus vigorously defends him from the alleged impu. tations of the Enterprise:
 But in justice to Mr. Duvai we are compelled to contradict the statement made by the Enterprise. winch III substance, says he very much oua1ed and ctdGr5ued ut the nomination of Gov Conwa, in May, 56, for Governor This is attempt to injure Col. Durai without aiy foundation whatever Col Dnval never showed any dissatisfaction in regard to 1t Ill action or words. But the other hand, when it a,cerained that Conway had received the no- minati'u, Col. Duval came mp like any good demo crat and expressed d willingness t. support the no- minee of the party. And during the whoe car vass of last year he labored necessarily for the demo- cratic interests of this state.n
 It is no part of our purpose to deny to this gentleman the DO session of every qualification essential to the distinguished discharge of the duties of the positions with which his name has been connected; our argument would be just as strong were we to aScrlbe to him every vir- ture; but we are utterly at loss to see how the Herald can, consistently with its fulmina- tions against "the family" advocate the claims of the gentleman indicated for the chief megis- tracy of the state, and probably for seat in the United States Senate. The Herald's con- demnation of "the family," known throughout the state has been without reservation; it has brought to bear upon apl arently, every one of its members an indiscrimnate prescription; it has made no proviso on the score of ability, zeal integrity; the mere existence of relation ship-honorable enongh in itself for ought we know-is the all-sufficient reason for its sweeping opposition. Unless the popular re- port as to the gentleman named be mistake, the Herald will find which ever horn of the dilemma it may elect to take rather unplea- sant seat. "Consstency thou art jewell"
 In its advocacy of rotation, the Herald, see issue of Aug. lst, in reply to the Pine Bluff En- terpr'se, thus repels the charge that it had in view the elevation of any particular person to senatorial honors
 "When the Enterprise says have been for 1orl against any in Iar uar it asserts what is not -o all we have said rotation h that it isa good sound conservative and purifying democratic doctrine and have shown it to be such"
 In its article of Aug. 22d, from which we have heretofore made several quotations, the Herald, responding to the True Democrat, ob- serves: At the time referred to, we opposed the nomination of Gov. Conway, and were in favor of western man." This reference was to the gubernatorial contest, and the Herald simply aludes to its favorte as "a western man. in ore of our preceding extracts the He- raid directly names the gentleman. Following ,n the slLiect If rn..t;o.. IL =