Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-12-15

rect Tn theory or prlnclpie and only quastloha- ble as to its expedcncy manner. They do this to fail back upon to keepup their pretense and not to suddenly shock their readers by ful avowal of their treason. When cornered or driven to the wall, it is common trick with them to quote some isolated extract from the speech of some candidate, giving hls opln- ion of measure, but carefully to avoid any re ference to the expressed and explicitly declared principles of the party. When the well de served blows fall heavy them they hold up some doubtful journal or politician as shield to show that they not alone ill their delin- quencies.
 In an article in a late number of the Balance, the editor comes out fat-fooed. We admire plain speaking and dote upon frankness. When man chooses to go down on his belly, we like to see him honestly eat his measure of dirt If he really hates the pro-slavery party we are glad to see him boldly hiss at it. Sometime since the editor of the Balance threw off the cloak of neutrality and avowed himself a mem- Der of the opposition. He now grows bolder; writes his shame upon the record, and calls up- on all men to read it, in the following words:
 "No such demagoguecal subtrifuge will bol- ster up the rotten old party which has lived from the days of Jackson upon intrigue and party management. The people have suffered long enough from such deception, and useless we are mistaken in the signs of the times, their day of reckoning is at hand"
 
 Blu. in our article we spoke of the " adminis- tration wing' of the democratic party more particularly, and over its defeat do rejoice for never there more dangerous policy pursued by the executive of the United States than that pursued by James Buchanan, aud we rejoice, as we believe every la.fio, should, at his downfall.
 If the reader will refer to the pronunciamen- to of that arch-fend of black repubiicanism, Senator Seward, which we commented upon last week, he will find the same things said said equally as strongly, though not so coarsey with more ability aud with equal yeuom.- But Seward added something which the Bal ance suppresses. Speaking of the democracy, whose downfall he predicts as Justify and con- idently as the Balance, Seward adds:
 Every one knows that it is the republican party none, that shall dis Ilace the dcmocra- tic party"
 |" T he democratic party must go down, and the republican party rise into its place."
 And the editor of the Balance knows, and so does each of these opposition editors, that if the democratic party is beaten, the black repub- lcansare victorious-yet they openly rejoice at the defeat of the democracy! With all theft effrontery they dare not assert that the defunct know nothing organization can effect anything Beyond few mob governed cities it has TO existence. With these facts before them-with the knowledge that every democratic defeat is an abolition triumph, these fellows throw up their hats and shout hurrah!
 At the late elections in Pennsylvania, the black republicans and know nothings united and lail down as the basis of their opposition this declaration:
 |" Resistance to the growth and extension of slavery al d hostility to the administration
 With that sentiment on their banners, they went into the contest and were victors, ard over that victory southern press rejoices
 The Nashville Union and American truly says:
 "The Presidents policy in admitting Kansas into the Union will lro-flavery constitution legally and constltutionaiy formed, aroused the 1 despOtc intolerance of northern falatios, and | they determined to crush the power which | guarded the rights of the south from their law less invasion and angry assaults. The recog- milton Of southern equality in the admission of slave State, is the grave offence which Mir | Buchanan has committed, and for winch the | oppo iton organs tell us he has been rebuked. l The party which sustain the administration are | denounced the thras ard bond slaves of the south.' They have been assaled as the mean aud rve dependents of a slave hold lng allstocracy,' and the administration which they support IS represented as the head of a foul conspiracy formed to perpetuate human | bondage.' Bv such denuncIatioIs as these the democratic party has been defeated in Penusy- vana. Such Is the spirit which animates the party that has conquered them. Tie admins tration haS been rebuked, but it has been rcbuk- ed by the enemies of the south, because of its fidelity to her interests"
 In another issue the Balance pretehds to take offence at our statement of the vote in New York. There, the democratic vote showed falling off about thousand, the black repub- can vote a gain of many thousands, and th' know nothing vote loss equal to the gain the black republicans. Here were the facts and figures, and to escape the inevitable and damn ing conclusion he quotes an extract from tho N. Y. Day Book, concerning the American vote in some particular locality.
 It may have happened that, in some fierce contest, some self-stylcd member of the demo- cratic pirty in orderfo gain or retain power, may have made concessions to the enemy and utter ed sentiments not indorsed by the body of the party, and the avidity with which the opposi- ton here seize upon these and republsh them, | shows that they seek to cover their own shame | by the fg-leaves of others, and like other sim ners swear that all men vile, and they no worse than others.
 The Balance quotes from the Day Book, and admits it to be a democratic journal. Let the Balance, the Gazette, or any of these rcoicers, name newspaper at the north that is as sound on the slavery question as the Day Book that is that is an American or know nothing. Nay more; we defy them to name single abolition journal that does not oppose the administration that does not, like the Balance, rejoice over democratic defeats We defy them to name a single prominent abolitionist who does not laugh when they grin, shout when they exult and applaud when they cry "well done.''
 We say it in all seriousness and sadness, that the times are sadly out of joint when a news paper published in southern State boldly and unblushlngly ayows that it rcjoices over the de- feat of the democratic party by abolitionsts- when it admits that its sympathies are against the pro-slavery party. It is useless to deny that the democracy are contending for the rights of the south by citing the opinions of some Few individuals. The exceptions they are so fond of paradng but go to prove the general