Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-07-21
For the True Democrat The Old Line Whigs.


 harshness, that he "cannot conceive of the
 heart of that man, who is so lost to sef-respect,
 who has become so degraded in his own eyes,
 and who will be so small in the estimation of
 his neighbors, as to believe, that there is one,
 aye even one, who will vote the democratic
 ticket at the coming eection," and closes the
 article by saying that having voted with the
 whig party from the time he was vested with
 the elective franchise, until its dissolution he
 fees it duty both to himself and that party.
 to call their attention to this mattei,'' as is for
 sooth, hi8 call and the abuse which preceded it,
 was all that was required to make them do as |s he desired. Why sir, this reminds me of a
 soldier who has deserted his colors, featuring his comrades for not doing so too.
 k Protesting to be whg and intending to vote "a the democratic ticket, in spite of what any
 know nothing car say, and not being willing to
 submit quietly to such unwarranted censure,
 lest silence mightmply an acknowledgment on # the part of old line whigs, that they were about
 to do a wrong ae have thought it the duty # of some one of ls to reply to him, not to de- "a fend, but to rebuSe and to show by contrast, & whose position bfore the country is lrouder- "a his or ours.
 For him or ar other know nothiug to pass H judgment in the temper and language he has
 done. upon menwho as a class, are every way,
 and in every degree, his superiors in political E. consistency, horesty and virtue is so full of
 arrogance as to excite surprise and contempt.
 He thinks, wepesunc, he did right in aban- 5. doaing, and theuslandering the old whig party
 and that ,0e haredone wrong in remaining true # to it. and in preserving our seif-respect. by lay # ing aside our prjudices and voting for the good
 of our country.
 x He abuses ior not voting ,rih him. but per-
 snqaes as eloqpantly as he is capable, for us to %& do so. He doit ask us, however to vote with ga him on plincple-no! lie could not do that <x because the Er-ty he now serves. advocates DO 2 single measuns the whig party ever favored # He don't ask IS to vote with him on the ground 8 that we wouL be acting with old friends for s# that he knoFs would not be true since the
 know nothig party is composed of democrats
 as well as wligs. He don't ask us to vote with
 him on account of the nationality, conservatism,
 or patriotism of his party, for these he knows
 are partof its characteristics.
 # His reaDns for thinking we ought to vote # with him, we presume, about as follows:
 because ht and other whigs happened to have
 bad opihon of their old party, and left it as # they state, on account of its coruptions, ergo, # the rest q Us were bound to do the same thing. # Because t was right for them to unite with |8 disaiIectd ofice-huugry democrats, under a 3 new naue, it was very wrong for us to act with
 true democrats, under their old name, or to put & in little stronger language, because he thinks z It right and proper to vote with the know TO- 3 thing plrty which is composed of untrue whigs 8 and tresclerous democrats, therefore it k de- A grading in a whig to vote with the democratic M party, which is composed of loyal democrats # and true whigS as allies. Tine contrast follow Ef ed further, shows that we never became so de- # graded as to desert our party, know nothings did; neGer lost the good opinion of our neigtbms, # by islander, as they did; never hst our self # respect so far to take oathset hat made it ne- 1 cessary every day, for many days of our lives ~ to pactice the Catholic dogma called mental
 reservation, as they did; never disgracea cur
 selves by swearing not to vote for foreigners, or # Roman Catholics, and then soon afterwards, ~ voie for them, they have done; we are not # So lost to shame, and all sense of right, or so pFatA iag of tbo for of .lo
 cis'ly our part of it, as they have become, as to # affiliate with set of ambitious, unscrupulous
 politicians who ont of spleen or purely captious
 opposition and for the hope of oflice have
 banded together to defeat the democratic party,
 at the hazard even of national ruin. Contrary # to all this, we have remained true to our party,
 are proud of it, think it was the best ever or
 ganized, and regret its dissolution. h casting
 our votes, we have not lost our independence; # are neither pledged nor oath bound; ere as free a to vote one ticket another, and choosing the ||E democratic have acted without concert, dcta-
 non from any quarter prospect of office or per-: suason. Our choice was nade each man for S& himself, with no motive to influence us. other s than sincere desire to promote the cause # which would promote the best interests of the # Union.
 Il Our political preindices, animosities and an- Il tpathis, being naturally against the democratic # party, and vet voting with them as we have z done, instead of with the know nothngs, is q Judgment So impartial, and which condemns So severely, as ought to convin,e every know mo- 8 thing of the utter uuworthiness of his cause
 and bring down his head with shame.
 If an honest politician was in search of good company, whose would be good? If in search # of great national union party, one that had
 controlled the destinies of the nation for years. 3 and had aided largely in bringing it to its pre-
 sent prosperous condition, and in fact, had but
 recently saved it from utter ruin, or one with & power and capacity to do good, which would
 he select? Surely not the know nothing parv q t offers DO inducements at all, of any kind; in iact it has no national existence, but has long 8 since been dsbanded. Out cf its carcass an
 effort is making to construct new party, with
 more attractive name and modified principles
 Under these circumstances what folly to at
 tempt, at this late day, by any appeal, or argu-
 ment or persuasion to toin votes, then how
 much greater the fool hardness to endeavor to
 obtain them by abuse.
 It is with pride that now allude to the high
 and dignfed encomium passed upon us by the
 oenocratic party, in announcing to their own
 political adherents, the intention of bestowing
 upon them, and them only, all offices within
 'aeir gift. This completely refutes any charge
 Interested motives on the part of old line
 Shlgs who vote the democratic ticket; as also
 aicharges against the democracy of making concessions or offering reward to us, for our Votes. It exhonerates both, places us before l the country in our true attitudes and pays the