Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-06-29
Temperance Orders.
From Pope County.

publlcanism, there appears to be a good deal of restlessness among many democrats, both among some of the distinguished and some of the lav members so to speak, many of the former have gone over to the enemy or are affiliating with them whilst many of the latter are sliding off after those who have not been regular and con- slstent democrats, some times out of the party and then in again, others who have recently made their advent into the democratic ranks from the scattered remains of the old whie party. Now to such democrats be cautious; is it not the better and surest ground to occupy to take up men for office that have always been consistent and stable in their political course?
 Most assuredly so common sense reasoning says so, our past experience most pointedlv tells us so.
 In addition to the above is it not worse for de- mocrats to lead off after one who has been de-
 feated before a-convention and pledged himself to abide its decision? Would he not most likely
 brake any pledge he might make to you? To those democrats suffer me to exhort you to be-
 ware and not let your personal feelings cause you to wander from the grea, democratic fold
 Lending aid and support to adisorganizer, cer-
 talnly Is a departure from the rules and regula- tlons that have ever made the party so power
 ful and mighty to win so many battles. Are
 those great democratic principles, we so cherish and love, worth making some sacrifice for? let us
 glance briefly at the past history of the party,
 see the working results, and might say the
 vast cargo of fruit produced Who has manag-
 ed the affairs of this great nation? The demo-
 cratic party with the exception of slight inter-
 cracy, who are held up as the great models;
 and lastly l come down to the James Buchanan
 democracy, who has held on to the legacy that
 has been handed down and still keeps the gov
 ernment firmly fixed upon that most remarka.
 ble foundation the constitution. Now democrats
 take a view of this vast nation, what almost
 unbounded prosperity has attended her, what glorious privileges We enjoy; do not old demo- crats recollect the doctrines they had to con- tend against, in by gone days? When the old
 wing party was in her great strength, and head ed by some of the most gigantic interects in the nation, what were some of those doctrines? High protective tariff, no extehtion of terri tory, national bank and the most abominable abuse heaped upon Jackson and all of his mea- sures. Democrats suffer your minds to peram- bulate back, and imagine to yourselves wh 1t would likely have been the results of those doctrines of our opponents had they been fasten- ed on to us; our borders would now scarcely be west of the great Mississippi; and national bank would have fixed over us moned aris- tocracy and to cap of all, protective tariff would have sealed Us to such restrictive rights that we would have been n but little better con- dition than old England herself This vast re- zion of country on to the Pacific would probably have been owned by some other power or pow CTS; democrats think of these things, and will you not say that you can make sacrifice of minor considerations for the cause of emocracv; suf- fer me to refresh your minds O: some of the tricks aid doings of the year forty, when it appeared like this nation was drunk and wrap ped up in wild confusion deluding the masses; l might say to use the common term, by all kinds of tom fooery and humbug, leaving principle entirely out of view.
 What was the result, only six States of this Union gave majorities for the democracy; where was the hero of New Orleans after this result? Why urging the democracy on to carry out his measures notwithstanding many of the dstin- guished leaders, looked on with perfect aston- ishment and the venerable Benton on one occa- sion proclaimed that he never had doubts be- fore of the capacity of the people for self-go- vernment. But now said he have doubts. to see the American people carried away almost in mass by the tricks of foolery and humbug. and leaving out of view principle almost en- tirely, whilst others insisted the sober second thought would bring things right, others again held to that good old maxim, truth will prevail and did prevail, and is now pre- vailng; and every measure of the old hero was finally and fully consummated. Should we not take lessons from the past and watch for the future. and let principle be our main theme and guide, drive back the little petty objections that is so fre- IT, quiry should we make after candidate? Is he respectable good citizen, is he capable has his political course been a consistent one? Now if we, according to the democratic creed, take principle for our guide, we set all those little petty objections and disorganizers aside The men the Dover convention nominated every way come fully up to the above requirements. They men advanced in years and have been battling in the cause of democracy for more than a quarter of century and have never even wavered the least particle; are not these the kind of men we should promote to office in those days of party making? One that has been in and out, would most likely betrav you, and take up with the first ism that came along, and probably it would poster you to brake your hold, and would it not be wisdom to brake it now. Take the motto be sure we are right and go ahead. F.
 How TO KEEP OUR IIousEs CooL.-The Sci entifc American gives the following directions for the securing of cool houses in warm weather:
 The first necessity is a through draft This can always be obtained by opening every door and window in the basement, the top of every window above, and by throwing each door wide open; but above all be shure that the trap door in the roof is open, and their is plenty of air room from it down the stairs, so that which ever be the direction ofthe wind. there will be at least one ascending current of air in the house. Ano- ther requisite is shade. Our common slat shut ters answer we'll for the windows, but the most cheap and convenient shelter for the roof is to cover it thickly with straw, dried reeds, or rushes. These will resist the influence of the monday sun, and keep the garret almost as cool as the basement. One of the most simple methods, and at the same time cheapest means of artifcially lowering the temperature of room, is to wet cloth of any size. the larger the better, and suspend it in the place you want cooling: let the room be well ventilated, and