Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-12-28
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 The editor of the "Old Line Democrat in his last issue betrays far more puerility than is becoming gentleman of thigh bred dignity" In the following lachry- nose strains he says:
 "And in this summary manner the great lead. ing democratic organ Of Arkansas disp0seS of the great national tragedy at Harpers FeTy.!! Only sir lines in denuncaton of the most startling de- velopment that has been made in the last half century, aohiLe column after column of that paper derofed to communications ,cose sole object IS 10 prejudice public mind aQainstthe Editor ftis paper; who is day and night using all his powers and highest endeavors to defend the institutions of the South, and to arouse the people to sense of the dangers that threaten them. People of Arkansas democrats of Arkansas IS this right?
 The editor of the "Old Line Democrat" started out with flying colors and his friends will be grieved to see him So hu- initiated. Surprised we were to hear the plea of persecution, offered by follower of him who "broke down his bridges and burnt his ships" We "preiudice Me public mind'' against Mr. Peek! Before he knew us, his mind was ''prgudiced" against this paper. When he was stranger to this land, his paper, by pros pectus published in Memphis, announced the object of his coming here, to be war to prejudice the public mind against the "editor of this paper" ito destroy, if pos sible, the True Democrat That prospectus was abusive and calumnious Mr. Peek discovered it, and did himself no credit when he did so. He has consistently and faithfully followed the road to which it pointed as finger board. Some one wrote it. It looks like Hindman. It reads like Hindman. We are so sure that it was Hindman, that we would stake our word upon it. Better Mr. Peek had writ ten it himself. Mr. Hindman wrote it-it was policy laid down-lnarked out. And Mr. Peek tolloped a. Mr. Peek is an nde- pendent man and had right to follow it. But, thongh the Johnsons were strangers to him, he undertook, by communication first, and editorial shortly after, to "toprJudiceMe public mind ogoinst He editor tthis paper" and now like the wolf in the fable, charges us with muddying the stream 6elow him! He came here with his arm uplifted against this paper, a friend and follower of the little Helena upstart, in bis expedition wherein he has "broken down his bridges and burnt his ships" His avowed object was our destruction, and complains that we don't submit our necks quietly to his strokes. He makes bed of thorns for others-trave- ed thousand miles to do it, and appeals to the people to condemn us for putting him self in it.
 Had we gone to Illinois, having had it duly heralded weeks in advance, for the purpose of assailing and denouncing Mr. Peek, as the prospectus of his paper did us, theu he might have with justice, com plained that we were trying to prejudice the public mind" against him. Had we gone there with editorials in our pockets, written in another State, and with instruc- tions to assai and denounce the democratic Governor, two democratic Senators, the democratic press and democrats holding office by virtue of democratic votes, and by the will of the democratic party, he, as editor of a democratic journal would have denounced our course as disorganizing- heasonable-as being persisted in by the most unpardonable impudence! In that case we would have merited such rebuke. But, Mir. Peek can do all this and in his conceit imagines it all right.
 It is not us who are "preiudicing" the people against Mr. Peek The little Tippah county bully and his band of buccaneers came to this State, like Walker to Nicara- qua, to secure the public offices by arms, if argument failed They have shocked the moral sentiment and aroused the indignation every peaceablc man in the State We speak candidly when we tell Mir. Peek that the odium, which is already damning them, will attach also to him, as the peculiar and special friend of Hndman at this place.
 The other charge in the same article, that we devoted "only sir lines in dcnun- citation of the most startling development that had been made in the last half century," we are satisfied does not meet the concur renee of Mr. Peek's belief. He reads our paper and we think he can find more than six lines in the very art icle he reviews, besides other articles.