Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-06-15
The Senatorship for Ouachita and Calhoun EDITOR OF TRIE DEMocp,r.

The Senatorship for Ouachita and Calhoun. EDITOR OF TRUE DEMOCRAT:
 | As you have announced that your columns are open for the comments of the friends of all lidemocratic aspirants for office, desire small space to discuss the subject of the above head ing.
 convention of the county of Ouachita was held on the 18th day of March last, at which Dr. D. .. Williams received the unanimous nomination for State Senator for the county of ouachlta at the same time, a resolution was adopted, appointing delegates to joint con- vent'on, and inviting Calhoun county to meet in convention on the 10th day of May, in the city of Camden, for the purpose of nominating candidate for State Senator, by joint conven- ton. The county convention of Ouachita was as fairly gotten up and as fully represented as any convention ever held in the county.
 The township of Carroll was not represented but it only boiled 5 votes for Governor, and every one of said voters are entirely satisfied With the action of the convention, and will support its nominees unanimously. The town ship ot Jackson, recently taken from Missouri township and never held an election, was un- represented, and the convention decided ths t the delegates from Missouri should cast ten votes; so far as we are informed or have heard large majority of the 30 voters of Jackson township are satisfied with the action of the convention.
 Carouse, 36 votes; Smack Over, 22, and Bridge Creek, 26 votes, were unrepresented in the convention, but so far as we have heard, a large majority of said voters in said townships, are entirely satisfied with the action of said convention, and will support its nominees; only 84 votes (out of I'D unrepresented and they are satisfied.
 The remaining eleven townships in the coun- ty were fully ard fairly represented by dele gates of their own choice, chosen after due and public notice given, representing 592 democratic votes, and the democratic voters of said town ships were never better satisfied with the action of their delegates, and will support every one of their nominees.
 How was it with Calhoun county; on the 27th day of April A. weeks after the Ouachita cou- vention) Calhoun county held her convention n and nominated J. B. McCulock for senator as 'our first, last and only choice" and stated falsely, either from ignorance, or from mali clous intent to deceive, that Ouachita had cho- sen the two former senators; the well known and bare faced fabrication has been so thorough ly exposed as to need no further reftltation
 It has been proven that it was Calhoun that had the two former senators, and Ouachita, in- stead of demanding insultingly the third, DO. lite y asked to meet them in convention for the purpose of consultation and agreement, on candidate for senator for the two counties
 Calhoun county hurrahs for convention as far as it may serve the. purpose of promoting only two of her own favored citizens, McCul- lock and Stanton, they being the only nominees of her convention.
 Their next man cut and dried for nomna. tlon, they discoverered that old Sehorn would beat, and they broke up the whole swindle, and determined to make no more nominations They were first willing for county convention that would nominate their men, but they were not willing for district convention that would not nominate their man. "Oh consistency thou art jewell" we love democratic principles, we adore and honor its tme-honored usapes. we acknowledge the binding force of its old card:. Dal 6r1ar bot rla
 should rule, except when it runs against our choice; then we go in for men as our first last and only choice"
 Now for word or two about how this thine was got up. One township had no pretence O representation, another callc,, in a by stande, for delegate. and a third openly and malicious. ly, or ignorantly violated its instruction thus setting at deiance and trampling under foot the expressed will of their constituents. So fla, from the people of Calhoun county being satis. fled with the action of said conventlon. they have brought out opposing candidates, and it is very probable that each of said nominees will be defeated; and it is thought by many that il is peculiarly fortunate for the county candidates that their nomination was so fortunately broken off, after they found out that old Seborn would have been nominated if they had not have bro- ken up when they did.
 A candidate could now have no worse re- commendation than the Hampton swindle. il would insure his defeat. Let those men who thus attempt to dsorganize the democratic party and set at defiance its usages, and trample under foot and defy the will of the majority be marked for future reference II. K.
 ChamdersviNe May 2Sth 1858.