Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-10-12
Persecution!

a
 when you find a politician snivelling on
 the stump or through the press, you may | safely set him down as a demagogue who
 feara to get his deserts and who dreads jus
 tice. NIT. Hindman, we are told, attempts
 to create sympathy for himself by saying
 the True Democrat persecutes him, and
 having, by the aid of the bankites and know nothings, succeeded in establishing paper here to war upon us, that sheet echoes the wall of its controller, and talks of our attacks upon MT. Hindman The facts are recent and fresh, so we have only to recapitulate them to show who are the per secuted and who are the prosecutors here. Mir. Hindman, years ago, commenced a war upon Judge Sebastian; covertly at first, and at last, openly In the canvass for the office he now holds, he abused and de- nounced every man who opposed him, and persecuted better democrats than himself for preferring better men to him. This die tatorial spirit estranged some of his best friends and then he commenced abusing them. Last winter, failing in his attempt to control the legislature, he abused and de- nounced the majority of the democratic members in that body. He attempted to
 take the whole legislature by the throat for
 daring to disobey him. We refused to
 sustain him in his arrogance, and for this
 refusal he vowed to make us feel the weight 1 of his vengeance He went home and commenced the attack by finding fault with our publication of letter, written by Mr
 Butler, of Massachusetts, now the demo- cratic nominee for Governor of that State
 It was answered courteously, and 1t was hoped satisfactorily. He returned to the attack, and was met by ridicule in the hope that he would see the falsity of his posi- tion. He grew more bitter and vindicative, and used the lowest and most disgusting personalities; language as coarse as the ideas were vulgar, and proved, that if no politician, he was the quintessence of blackguard. Then the bankites got him and it was resolved to make use of him to destroy the democratic party His range of abuse now took wider scope, and ex- tended to both our Senators, to the Cover nor, and all the officers of the State Not content with abusing them through the press, he starts on tour, and the burden of all lis speeches has been abuse of demo- crats, of Conway, Johnson, Sebastian and every man who will not yield to his dicta- tion. While thus cursing and abusing others with all the vehemence of his i'm petuous nature, he has the hardihood to talk of persecution. Wherein did Senator Sebastian persecute him? Was it by treat ing him with {. silent and lofty contempt? On the other hand we noticed him, and, by so doing, gave him undue prominence Let us see how we persecuted this fellow. When he went before the people and recit- ed Danley's article about the public print ing, and the large sums said to have been paid, we published the exact figures When he sought to create the impression that these sums were uniustly obtained, we replied that every cent was fairly earned and paid according to law Falsely claim ing character for openess, he insinuated that the Johnson's had obtained money from the banks, leaving it to be inferred that 1t was dishonestly obtained and yet unpaid. In reply we stated that every dollar borrowed was repaid, with interest, and what IS more, great deal paid as se curity for others. His malicious sneers and false insinuations having been met by a statement of the facts, he goes before the people and, like blubbering school-boy, detected in the act of lying, declares that he is persecuted.
 This would-bc Cortez who "burnt his ships and destroyed his bridges" sets out to conquer free people, and when they rise against him, declares that they attack him. This highwayman who cries "stand and deliver" upon finding his weapon ar rested from his hand, falls to crying, and declares himself an injured mortal The floored bully weeps because he cannot be permitted to knock people down with i'm punity. For nearly year, with all the untiring energy of his disposition, he has assailed, abused and villifed us and others; he has stopped to trick, resorted to mean. ness, consorted with know nothings, struck hands with disorganizers and cut loose from all party ties.
 llthis time he has been steadily and per sistently abusing, falsely accusing, and viii lifying others False to his friends; false to those who elected him, an apostate from those principles of which he once made so much lip-profession, renegade from de- mocracy; the leader of the opposition party in Arkansas, for seven out of every ten know nothings are ranged under his ban ner, with hate in his heart and foul abuse upon his lips, he plays the hypocrite, bursts into tears and sobs out trumped up story of wrongs and prosecutions. The wolf throws sheep-skin over his shoulders and attempts to bleat like lamb The hawk endeavors to initiate the coo of the dove; but the howl or the screech betray him. Remembering that each and every attack was made by him; that he begun the war upon Sebastian; upon the legislature; upon the Governor; upon us; upon the democra- tic, anti bank policy of the State; that he has carried it on with bitterness unna. ralleled; that he has used language so dis gusting, that even he has found it necessary to excuse its use-remembering all these things, we may we'll ask who is the perse- cutor? Is not he, who is now slandering the living and the dead, by insinuations and false charges, the last man who should talk of persecution? Is not this Cortez.