Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-02-23


 bers of the legislature had been bullied and threatened, abused and told to their faces that they had formed corrupt coalitions, voted for defaulter and otherwise done very wrong, and when it was asserted here and all over the State, that they did not intend to close the session, but to take re- cesses from time to time, we thought 1t proper to deny this last assertion, and to prove it's falsity by mentioning that the two houses had agreed upon day for their dis solution. This we did in defence of the house especially, and it seemed to us due to them that such an impression should not be suffered to go abroad uncontradicted.
 This was published on Wednesday, and for three days was passed over in silence, but on Friday night an attempt was made to get up resolutions of censure for our de- fense, on the ground that it was reflection on the house. We are surprised to see cer- tain members so sensitive on this subject, and sorry that they permitted others so to distort our language, meaning and motive, as to do them great injustice. The real author of those resolutions will caczle over them no doubt, when we may notice them again.
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 RIvER-Twelve feet water, and at a stand
 axs- The editor of the Gazette, tired of being a know nothing, has set up for know something. If half what he says be true, he knows more about this paper than its publishers do. In his notice of the an nouncement of the junior editor he informs us, to our suprise, that the chief editorial work has been done by the said junior fora considerable time. He goes on to intimate, under cover of that convenient phrase {" is said,'' that Mir. Johnson intends retiring from the post he has so long filled. In this case the wish is father to the thought, for, in reality, nothing can be further from the truth. Mir. Johnson never did desert his post or shrink from service and now, when an attempt is being made to divide and dis tract the party, to punish those who dared to vote according to their convictions of right in spite of the attempted dictation of a very small specimen of a great man, and when pretended democrats are found play ing into the hands of know nothings to break down the democratic party, he will be found in the breach, if they succeed in making one The allies need not lay the hattering unction to their souls that he has retired or will retire from the contest They may prepare themselves for their defence.
 As to the remarks of the Gazette con corning the junior, they will be answered elsewhere, directly and he hopes satisfacto- rily. This course is preferred for two req sons First, we do not want to fill the leading columns of the paper witha person al controversy, and secondly, because it af- lords the writer of the answer an opportu- nity to talk to and at his opponent, with out the intervention of the editorial 'we." And it is due to the patrons of the True Democrat that the political opinions and standing of each person having connection with its editorial columns, whether tempo rarily or not, should be frankly and fully made known Therefore, in letter ad dressed to the Gazette, those opinions will be found, if any are interested or curious enough to read them.