Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-06-08
The I'm, pemoora, and Col. Warren.

We understand that this honorable gentle man, who should have been in Washington City attending to the duties of his station, is sailing the True Democrat He delivered an invectve against it at the Camden convention and another, more recently, at Washington, in Hampstead county. In our notice of these attacks, we shall lay but little stress upon the neglect of his duties to the people of Arkansas that they involve, for, as far the interests of | the people 0: Arkansas are concerned, 1t mat | ters nothing whatever whether he is in Wash ington at his post, or not. During the whole term of his service as congressman, he has done nothing at all, more than to render him. self obnoxious to his constituents by his opposi l ton to the democratic administration, and to l the doctrine of state rights.
 From controversy with Col Warren, how l ever distasteful to us, we have no cause to shrink. In his war upon us he may have few friends. but not many whose good opinion we desire or whose friendship we ever posses sed. The Washington Telegraph, in an edito- l rial and through a correspondent, goes into ec- stascies over his speech at Washington. From know nothings we expect nothing else. His attacks will meet with their encouragement, and if they can number enough, they will make his tour through the State triumphal march. They will attend his appointments and give him rounds of applause. In a controversy with l | L. side.
 The difficulty between Col. Warren and our self was started by himself and his adherents. It was not of our seeking. We were assaied frequently by papers D his interest for not in dorsing and putting his acts. Time and again we passed their assaults by without notice.-- We sincerely desired no difficulty with him. As a democrat we could not approve his course. It was in opposition to the national democratic administration and the national democratic House of Representatives of which he was member.
 His vote against the treasury note bill was in opposition to democratic Congress who passed l ii, and democratic President who approved and signed it. In this matter he separated himself from the democratic party and was found in the ranks of it's bitterest opponents. And he was found there, too, under circumstances pe- culiarly mortifying to every friend of the south. It was at time when the government was not only distressed for money to defray its ordinary expenses, but when it was engaged with des- | peraate band of abolitionists in a contest for southern rights. That Col Warren, represent ing a southern democratic district, should be found, at such a juncture, in opposition to the administration. was what we could not approve.
 His action in regard to Utah was, if possible, still more objectionable to democrats, and met with no consideration whatever at their hands in Congress. His resolution to declare the Nor mons in state of moral rebellion and to ex- pei the delegate from Utah, was opposed by the 1 democratic party. What has Congress to do with the nlorals of the country? Where is such power to be found in the constitution?- I Does it erect Congress into censorship over the morals and private conduct of free peo- pie? No--and to submit to the exercise of such an authority by that body, would be to yield all that is valuable in the cause of State rights.
 Col. Warren's resolution fell still born in a democratic House of Representatives. It met deserved fate. IL was ant-democratic and subversve of the doctrine of state-rishts. The democrats in Congress could not sustain it and they did not
 These acts of Col Warren we were called upon to approve. We were taunted and abus. ed by his friends for not doing so, and when we found we were being misrepresented and were thus compelled to speak out we gave our views to the public For this, Col. Warren charges us with an attempt to read him out of the party. The charge Is ridiculuous-it is fol- ly. We simply expressed our sentiments and we had the right to do so To be silent un- der the abuse of his friends may be Col. War ren's idea of our duty but it is not ours. We possess the same rights that he does-the same privileges. We own press that is untrammeed and unbought, and if our advocacy of demo- cratic principle, irrespective of individuals. is exceptionable to him, he is free as far we are concerned, to array himself in opposition to us with the know nothing party.
 The Camden convention, by resolution. in dorsed the course of Col. Warren, and this he represents as a censure upon us We do not think so. The convention did what was wronr and what 1t had no authority to do. It's mem- bers were not sent there to indorse Col Warren or to censure the True Democrat Nothing of the sort was in their instructions, and if hv their indorsement of Col. Warren they intended a reflection upon the True Democrat, they dis honored themselves more than us It would be strange if they should attempt to censure us for striking at Col Warren, when they them selves hit him harder blow than wedid. We only criticised some of his public acts--they kicked him out of office If the resolution re. fleets upon us, how much more does it reflect upon those who adopted it,
 The truth is the resolution was passed with out any regard for principle. Col Warren was present-his friends asked it, and there was Pty lelt Tor ms Tall. It was passed merely to sooth mortified prde-as balm to his wound ed feelings, and it should be no occasion to him for exultaton. He had been condemned by the people-he had been weighed and found want ing-and instructions had been issued to re- move him and place anotherin in his stead. The resolution to indorse him, goes forth unauthor- ized by the people and therefore of no force
 Col. Warren thinks it hard upon him and an injury to the people, that he should be dis placed before the expiration of his term and his influence thus impaired in Congress. If he were sincere in this, and were patriot why did he, two years ago, engage in displacing Col. Rust under exactly similar circumstances? If it were an injury to the people to dispace him when he was going wrong and doing nothing,