Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-06-01
The c.nva.s for State Senator.

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 In auother column will be found the proceed dings of the democratic convention of the coun- ties of Prairie and Pulaski, held at Brownsville on the 24th ut. Col. F. A. Terry was unani- mouslv nominated as the candidate for State Senator from this district. We regard the se- lection as excellent, and one that will give satis- faction to all, for Col. Terry is true democrat, good debater, clever gentleman and is de- servedly popular.
 The last issue of the Gazette and Democrat, under the editorial management of w. F. Holtz- man, announces its whilom editor, c. c. Dahley, as candidate, and has the following editorial:
 1.-THE CANVASS IN PRAIRIE CoUNTY.-The Senatorial canvass, in this district opened, al Brownsville. Prairie county, on Tuesday last. The contestants were Capt. Danley aud Col. Terry; and we are happy to learn that, on the subiecs of the faithlessness of the admlnlstra- ton to the south, the reckless and high handed, State policy of the party Tn power, and the outrageous humbuggery of the presen. caucus system, Capt D. obtained a perfect triumph over Col T.
 The Col. made weak effort to defend the caucus system, which resulted in ridiculous failure. He also utterly failed to defend elther the administration of Mr. Buchanan or dov Conway; Tor did he make any defence, what ever, of the True Democrat. It may be set down that Col Terry Is a dead cock Tn the plt."
 Is not this cool? The idea of know noth- ing asking democrat to defend the adminls- traitor of President Buchanan or Governor Con : way is decidedly rich. They need no defence. Their acts are their apology. As to Col. Terry's defending the True Democrat, he knows that we are capable of our own defence, should 1t ever become necessary.
 The reader will observe that the programme of the policy to be pursued is laid down in the delectable article we have quoted:
 l. FathlesSuess of the administration to the south.
 9 Reckless policy of the democracy of Ar kansas.
 3. The convention system.
 These, we suppose are to be attacked, but there is nothing affirmative. Not word about "Americans ruling America;" not sign of op- position to the Catholic religion; not a splinter from plank of either of the many platforms of the know nothing party. In the course of cur life we have seen some cool impudence and some tall specimens of humbuggery, but this programme of the self nominated candidate is decidedly, the coolest and the taiest. When it Is well known that the country is just recov- eling from a struggle of the administration with abotiouisln; when the southern democracy Q man and such of the south Americans in Con- gress as had rot lost all sense of patriotism, ral- lied around and sustained the President and the rights of the south this man who gave a quasi Endorsement to the treason of Bell and Critten- den, gets up in Gods glorious sunlight and talks Of fathlessness to the south? A man who once claimed to be democrat, who was an ac- tive member of conventions and who supported the nominees, who afterwards apostatized and edited the organ of party that met ill secret, selected candidates and were sCorn to Iprt them this man gels up before honest men who knows these things and deuounceS conventions ? Can the force of hunbug go further than this? But the democracy will see the drift of this line of policy. Knowing that his past course is indefensiblc he shrewdly attempts to raise i'm aginary issues and endeavors to put others on the defence. By the lime he accounts for his political gyrations, his leaning towards aboli- tionsm, and his present attitude in connection with the two great parties of the day, he will find that bis resources are exhausted Col Terry has no opposition, and his election is certainif the democracy do their duty On the night of the first Monday of August, this " dead cock in the pt' will be alive and growing.