Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-10-20

Mir. Sebastian, to use hackneyed phrase. is a clever gentleman" would perhaps adorn the bench, the ministry or the bar but will never emit much light in the sphere now occupied. Not only he is not luminous body of himself but he is poor reflector of borrowed light For who, ask, sitting under the concentrated intelligence, for ten years, of the American Senate, would not radiate spark or so of po- litical glory-done or said something worthy place in history. But you, MT. Editor, may excalm, thirty years'' is not so much the ad- vocate of Rector as he is the assalant of Sebas- tlan.i Reflect moment, and it is plain, that if 1t IS not wrong to elect Sebastian it is not right to elect any body else. Comparisons, must faln repeat, are odious-but they must be made and If the king does a wrong, in this country, he must be, will be told of it.
 But to revert again to Rector. proposed in the outset of my undertaking, to show that he was not only sound upon questions of national policy, but that his course touching the local interests of the state have evinced both patriot. ism and ability. He was among the first in the state, who took an active part in favor of inter- nal improvements. Whilst in the Senate as have recounted, he brought forward a bill fot the immediate application of the internal inn provement fund to general system of improve ments, and succeeding that, when the construc- ton of railroads was agitated, he was a jealous mber and president of the first internal inn provement convention ever held in the state; manifesting at divers subsequent periods an ardent zeal in the success of such enterprises. In l658, without previous effort on his part Col. Rector, was put in nomination before the Hot Spring congressional convention as candidate for Congress. His competitors were Warren, Rust and Burrow, and after fifty odd ballotngs, Warren received very small majority of the popular vote and was nominated Rector re- ceiving the next highest vote given in the con- vention.
 Again in 1854, against his express injunctions, Col. Rector was put in nomination for Congress, before the Dallas county convention, Warren. Flouruoy and himself, being the candidates; but neither one, after repeated balIotings. re- ceived sufficlency of votes, the name of Col. Rust was suggested, was taken up and nomi. hated as the compromise candidate. Immedi- ately succeeding this event, the democratic party of Pulaski county made requsition up- on him to canvass the county for a seat in the lower house of the General Assembly. Col Rector, actuated by that promptness universally manifested by him, when called upon to serve hls friends or country, consented to make the race and accepted the nomination. Having re3 gently settled in Little Rock, he was compara- lively stranger amongst the people; and no democratic nominee having ever been elected in Pulaski, Col. R. w. Johnson Gen. Hempstead, and others of the strong men, having been re : peatedly defeated, and considering also the al- most invincible strength of his competitor, Ber- trand, It was again thought he had bargained for more than he could comply with. But his great popularity with the people was abundantly demonstrated second time--defeating the strongest man in the whig ranks, Bertrand, who had never known defeat before for in truth, Charley is whole team himself and fully en- titled to his euphorious sobsiquet "The old set tier "--but < When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tup of
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 Upon the assembling of the legislature, Col Rector was almost by exclamation rendered the speakership of the house, but preferring an ac- tive participation in debate on the floor, and feeling deeper interest in the important aues. tlons at that session to be adjusted, touching the location and construction of railroads, and other works of internal improvement, than he did in self-gorlhcatlon. a spirit not often evinced by men in public life, he declined the honor of the station. This session proved an era in the po- litlcal history of Arkansas When the legisla- ture met three -fourths of its members were democratic, many of them veterans, but before thirty suns had set, an astounding revolution had taken place. The American party had be- come largely in the ascendant and controlled every important measure of legislation. Demo. cratic members who had not fallen victims to Sun were exceptions. Infexible nerve and great devotion to principles were alone suffi cent to resist the tempest that swept over the coun- try. But one sort of men could withstand the fire and refuse to look at Sana-of that sort and among the few, was Rector. He and some oth- CTS adhered implicitly to their political faith. But notwithstanding the formidable O position organised by this treason in the democratic ranks, Rectors influence as member stood unlmpaired, and was confessedlv paramount when occasion required its exercise Courteous, fluent, and under all circum stances tolerant Tn debate, he may be calculated upon as exercising an influence in any deliberative body in which he might be placed. Hay Ing SIX years experience in legislative par lance, he would have in the United States Senate an immense advantage over Hempstead and others who have had no experience in leg- islative duties. A gentleman unassuming and totally devoid of ostentatious vanity, intuitvey indoctrinated with sentiments of sound polti- cal economy, of the "staie right srhooI'' bold in his advocacy, gallant in his bearing souta- ern nun with southern principles, in the prime ofintelectual and physical vigor, cannot think of safer or better material out of which to make Senator--the people say try him. Born Tn Missouri when Arkansas was yet part of that territory he is in fact a native of the soil.
 He is the candidate of no clique, faction or locality, but is put forward upon hi. own merits with comprehensiveness sufficient of head and heart to care for the whole State if chosen for for the Senate.
 Remaining very respectfully,
 your ob't. serv't,
 "THIRTY YEARS IN ARKANsAs."