Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-11-03
'tBlack" Inprafitude.

| speculator, Peter surnamed Smith. Said Smitl began to be distinguished towards the close O his adventurous and scheming life for the null titude of his riches. The most vigorous arn could not "shake stick at each of his farm in an hour by the City Hall Clock He was millionaire long before that illegitimate wort was adopted into the English vocabulary. II was an old fogy age in which he lived, SC Peter never dreamed of making himself Presi dent or even Governor by means of his wealth Tradition says that he plodded on scheemingly cunnlngly and stingily to the last taking more pleasure Tn saving brazen copper cent than ht eyer took in cheating neighbor out of thou sand.
 Peter had son-only one son but that sor was whopper. He called his name Gerritt ol as he Was wont to pronounce 1t "Garret' for the boy was, next to hard dollars, in the very tip top of the old mans affections As young Smith grew in stature he grew in mischief Al an early age his pockets were filled with cash his trunks replenished by his careful mother and packed off to college. A quick wit. strong memory and due share of the paternal plausi bllity enabled young Smith to get through his collegiate duties without much labor and to de- vote the time thusleconomized to miscelaneou s mischief. He at length graduated with honor and was looked upon as the cream and top most sklmming of his class. Few eaualed him Tn his wonderful oratorical power, though he had then and still retains habit of refer. ring to Smith for proofs of assertions made by | Smith
 Ills career Is an old storv He studied law but waa too indolent to practise He embarked m pohucs but unluckily got upon the federal side. Ills federal party became whiy sparty and ihe whig party showed such signs of pre-. mature decay that Smith staked his political fortunes upon abolitionsm.
 Ills subsequent career is known. Elected to Congress, he found night sessions such bore that he was compelled to resign-such at leas, IS ms excuse, but the real reason vas probably that he was unwilling to associate with the scamps whom he found among the black re- publican delegation.
 Gerrltt has been chief among the niggers' irlends. lie has given away scores of thou- sands ot acres to the colored images of their Maker, dreaming fondly that his black breth- ren would settle upon the estates, thrive and raise up little darkies to worship Smith and vote the straight abolition ticket. Every day or two, to show the sincerity of his regard for all that Is African, he has the legs of some big runaway nigger thrust under his mahogany
 
 sion at Peterboro and his accomplished daught- er clad in broadcloth Boomers, sits at the church where Smith breaches, flanked to the right and left by colored sisters.
 But Smiths nigger land- holders sold his bounty and spent the money in brass rings. red walstcoats, onions and whisky, and now that he has become for the second time the abolition candidate for Governor of New York, the sable 1 lnUratpS rpluSa n, fo bip, bo, will devour his bread and beef, they will sell the land he gave them, they will travel as dead heads on the under ground railway" which he establishes and which he chiefly sup ports, they will light their pipes with the abo- lition papers which he supports but when it comes to voting for him they tlatly refuse- The very privilege of voting along with their white fellow-cltizens won for them by Smith, and now when he aspires to the office of commander-in-chef of the New York State mlllta, not a solitary nigger ballot can he get 1! Ihs Is shabby way to treat great phlanthro- pst, benefactor, preacher of the gospel, and the weathiest as well as the most eloquent of all the advocates of ngger equality.
 But the New York darkes don't want to "fro away" their votes They want to fuse with the Black Republicans Gas the Know Nothings tried to do at Syracuse) and so unite all the elements of opposition" to the slave driving Democracy"
 To show the feeling among the nigger cti- zens of New York, we append as a curiosity the Evenng Posts account of nigger ratifica- ton meeting in Brooklyn on the ins.
 The citizens of color belonging to Brooklyn, Western District, held ratification meeting at Granada Hall, on Monday evening. to hear the report of their delegates to the Troy Conv ention. Rev. George Lenox presided and made an able speech.
 Mr.W. A. Rodgers said that this was time Tor coored men to bestir themselves Political rights were what they all wanted They must stir, and move, and work for these things them. selves They could not depend on white abo- litionists to do all their work for them. He sometimes thought they would get along a 1 great deal better if there were not any aboli tionist white man. These men take all the meet anb give shucks to the colored people, l Gerrtt Smith was great abolitonst He wants them all to vote for him, because he is a great friend of the colored race. But he knows 1t IS fooishness. If the eleven thousand col ored people should vote for him, and so give the election to the democrats, the shareholders would ali say that 1t was the voice of New York for slavery and so would % on leeislat- lHS TUT lHC cOlOreu race worse than ever before.
 MT. Morgan was a friend to colored people. He will go for giving them their rights, for let. ting them vote, and be allowed to hold office If Gerrltt Smith was Governor he could do no more. But he cannot be elected, and every vote given for him is vote for slavery The speaker was their delegate to Troy, here ther had been talking over these things, and the convention there, all but three or fcur, were of the same mind. He would read the resolutions adopted at Troy and move that they be adopt ed at this meeting.
 MT. Henry J. Simmons, of New ork second ed this motion, and made speech urging that the eleven thousand coored voters of this State should give their votes for Mir. Morgan.
 The resolutions were then adopted.
 Rev. William J. Hodges now moved that they should have frequent meetings to enlight- en the people, till after election. lie meant to I pull the lions beard. If Gerritt Smith defeat- ed Mir. Morgan, he would have no more to do with him. He was willing to argue the ules- tion. He believed in freedom of speech. He would like to discuss with Mr. Smith.
 After some further interchange of views. the meeting adjourned to assemble again on Mon day evening next, at MT. Hodges Church on l Rrna a1