Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-08-11
The Fort Smith Herald.

wltn articles which have appeared in other dis. organizing sheets, to say some plain things to the editors of the Herald, that may also apply to others.
 We have waited until the election is over; frst because we had matters of more importance to attend to, and secondly, because we did not wish to give the opposition an opportunity to refer to pending controversy between our selves and papers protesting to be democratic. The article in the Herald was as follows:
 1 The True Democrat.
 "This immaculate sheet seems, of late, to nave gone on tight Its course ever since tue meeting 70: the Camden convention reminds us or the wrthlng of scorched snake Its irehzled thrusts at men who are too indepen- aent to nave It manufacture their political sen- tnents, are as weak as various. Its evident ina oility to keep up the farce of assuming to be the impartial organ of the party and be in real- ty' the organ of few individuals, is making it desperate
 Its little petty jealousy of aspiring men who refuse to make 1t their mouth piece Is both mean and contemptible.
 whenever aman assumes, in the democratic party, the position to which his talents and servces entltle him. without first swearing by the True Democrat, it commences its insid lous attacks on him. It opens its columns to every scrlDbler that chooses to vent bis splenetc rage or Jealous envy, and labors to cast cloud over ms political record, no matter how free and un- sullled. Such course will ever be condemn- ed oy the enlightened intelligence of the people.
 We are confirmed in these opinions by the issue of that paper of the 9th of July In one colnmn we find chapter on ''politica rascaIitv exposed," from which one would believe that the True Democrat office, was the fountain from which all the principles of democracy ema- nate; Tn another we find lengthy dissertation on conventions, from which it might be suppos- ed that the True Democrat was the only paper which understood the degree of feality due, by party to the action of conventions And in the same paper we find a letter, purporting to have been written in this place in which the writer after blarneying Gov. Conway and plastennS Senator Johnson,' sneers at the Cam den convention, as the but end' of democracy who assembled at Camden. and said nothing about the 35th parallel We are afraid if the ealtor Keeps on at the gate he has commenced, oy the hrst Monday of August he will have gone bind, like most other venemous reptiles lie ought to keep ill mind, that the ice crop fa- ed last winter"
 Our readers who may note the spirit and ma llgnant tone of this morceau we have copied may ask what we did or said to call down such flood of filthy abuse? The article in our is- sue of July 9th. that so stirred the bile of the Herald, were an exhibition of political rascality in which, no doubt the editor of the Herald were secretly concerned, and defense of con- ventions, to which, in their hearts, they were opposed. We mentioned some facts going to show that the opposition had concerted plan of action, to bring out, simultaneously at diff ferent points, candidates in opposition to the democratic nominees. Drew, whose circular and letters first saw the light in the columns of the Herald, was one of their tools, and we have not the shadow of shade of doubt, but that the editors of the Herald were in the conspira- cy Hence their rage at the exposure, and dis comilture at the overthrow of their scheme. In fact 1t was not until week or two after the publication of Drew's circular that they made up their minds that it would be the better poli- cy, or they received their orders, to give a nomi. nal support to Rust Our article on conventions was simply an argument in favor of holding them and friend of the system would not cer- tanly find fault with defense of it. In neither of these articles did we assume to be the only persons who knew" or to be "a fountain of democracy" Without daring to deny the facts or attemptlong to controvert our arguments the Herald, to give vent to its chagrin, makes personal attack. According to the Herald we are not to expose political rascalty or express our opinions on general subjects because the jackanapes at the head of that sheet might be led to suppose" or believe"
 There are two or three sheets in this State, owned and controlled, each, by some one man who owns press and editor, type, ink and what modicum of brains may be in the concern- These men are everlastingy and eternaly seek ing office regardless of their unftness and reck- less of the means employed, and seem to be in- stinctively aware that all men having the well fare of their country at heart will oppose them Because we will not submit to their dictaton- will not laud them--wil not help to elevate them, they abuse us. Their abuse does not af- feet us for we are above and beyond their reach; it sometimes annoys us as men are annoyed by the buzzing of insects, the barking of dogs, or praying of herd of donkeys.
 Our readers will bear us witness that in the selection of candidates for Congress, the True; Democrat, before the meeting of the conven- tons, sought not to influence in any mans favor; in no way attempted to control, much less to dictate and in no manner expressed preference for either of the gentlemen named as probable candidates After the nomination we support. ed the nominees and opposed both the avowed kpow nothing and pretended independent de- mocrats who announced themselves Other journals pursued different course, as they had perfect right to do, and urged the claims of their favorites. They, while doing this, while attempting to force their choice upon the peo- pie, accused us of dictation who had not even named either of the aspirants. It is pitiful, it is disgusting, to see the attempts of these fel- lows to control public opinion, to influence and forestall the judgments of the people,; their frantic cries that their master is the greatest man of his section; that he has
 "Atantean shoulders, fit to monarchis bear
 The weight of mghtest mornachies,"
 and their rage when any person presumes to doubt that there are able men as their owners. For ourselves, we are content that the people shall select, content to let the friends of each aspirant use our columns, to set forth the claims of them all and when the expression of the will ofthe democratic party is arrived at, to labor to carry it into effect. Doing this, at the same time, we have resisted all attempts to engraft new heresies upon our time honored political faith, to crush treason when it showed it's front and unmask traitors, who, like the editors of the Herald, stole in tbe democratic camp to SOW sedltion and to maintain a correspondence with the enemy. rtl