Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-10-20
For the Tue Democrat. Fort Smith, Octobe 11th, 1858.


 MR. R. H. JOHNSON
 Sir: It is now, nearly five yers since have taken any part in politics excet to go to the pulls to vote, but, in view of tn. course of our neighbors and for fear that youmight suppose that their influence extended futher than from the Herald office to the law office on Garrison avenue, think it right to infom you and you readers Of the true standing of hat rabd know nothing paper, the Fort Smih Herald. Pre- tending to be democratic that sheet has uni iormly opposed democracy andplayed into the hands ot the opposition. In alate issue it in- dorses the democracy of McCnnell, the know nothing representative. Justsuch democrat as Nc Is, are the editor of tie Herald. We would have redeemed Sebastan county at the last election, but the Herald cmbined with the know nothings to defeat us aul succeeded If these fellows would come outunder their pro- per colors and give us a fair fight we could con- quer them, but they call themselves democrats and have the impotence to lut the name of some democrat at the head of;heir col umns. to mslead the people. But thsr true position is so generally known that it i useless to notice It only to assure you that her, no sound demo- crat puts any faith in the Heald, or considers It ltanything else but miserable, know nothing demagouging craft, attempting to sail under false colors.
 My object in writing this to notice a con- Dnnlcation in the Herald signed Democracy" and dated at Little Rock The hesh-marks of the article are palpabe, and needs no shrewd- ness to enable any man in town to point his hnger at the author, thoughhe dates his letter from your city. No matte who the author may be, 1t is with his assertms that we have to deal now In the first pae he asserts that Douglas of Illinois is the dmocratic nominee Tor U 5. Senator, and theralpon goes to abuse you because you do not inlorse Douglas. In the hrst plance the democratic convention made no nomination and in the se,ond, it passed reso- lutlons strongly condemnatry of the course of Douglas. The Senator is ,lected by the legis- iature, fact that seems b have escaped the notice of this writer
 When the writer attempts to make state- ments concerning the electon of U S. Senator in 1852, he either wilfull, misrepresents or is ignorant of the facts. Mir Sebastian had noth- Ing to do with the resolution fixing the day for going into the election of a Senator The att tempt to bripg on the eleciou before the meet Ing ot the democratic caucls was whig dodge and voted down by the democrats. The object was to bring on the election before the demo- cratic party had united on man in the hope to effect something by having the party divided 1t failed, as all such efforts should and the friends of MT. Sebastian voted against it.
 He next says that the True Democrat and MT. Sebastian opposed the two third rule and so far prevailed as to induce the southern dis trlct to compromise on majority of the whole. What MT. Sebastian had to do with the rule in the Camden convention cannot conceive.
 The writer harps upon phrase said to be used by you in these words" what signifies organization" My file of your paper is incom- plete, but after carefully looking over those have, l cannot find such an expression. No doubt it originated where the writers facts ha d their birth-in his imagination. When man sits down to garble, torture, pervert and mis- represent as this writer does, it matters little what phrase he uses. Sheer, downright lying serves him instead of facts and we are astound- ed at the boldness, and fearlessness with which he scatteas falsehoods Such things please the more violent of the opposition, but they dis sAst aem2eFaIs- and if We eaal eaal keen the Herald alive till next election its course will so disgust all moderate men, even of it's own party, that they will vote for democrats That paper has seriously injured the democratic party here by imposing upon the credulous, but as it begins to snow itself and is recognized as know nothing, It's innucnce wanes and those who once trusted It, wi'i aesplse it. Its day for evil is past an d It's bitterness now is driving true democrats hack to the standard. Its course has d;so,s,sa ,h. people With the mseable demagouginp of ;,s master, and if he hope ever to rise bigbe, ,h.n know nothngs have .leva.ed him. his no,;.,. should be 10 choke off his dogs.n and ,rv :. conciliatory policy insead of the violent and abusive one that they Lve adopted. V.