Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-05-11
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 the majority. as he says the number to make up that majority was made up of ttSe 8lo vof{ for fi]hp|ls. .DIIl aaa talks 5efa 9' blursiagi lies, ss but Hhwe eeres say as many ".blprted,," rraa1hhmed, iahmea and crammed into into the same same space, before seeing the extract below fro from that paper, we do not remember it. no We have read Munchausen's adventures, Gu}liver's tra- vels and the adventures of Peter Wilkins, In those works there was some thread of consistency, some faint resemblance to truth, and the falsehood, however startling, was re- deemed by the, humor. In the following there is neither consistency, the faintest semblance of truth or particle of wit. q.a .3;ttH proof De wanting upon this subject look at the Van yBurens.f the Dixes, and hosts of other abolitionists intNewa ork, who stand SC. hig gh in the church of the nal tional democracy that they haze 5oyarshao dowed Mr. Dickinson, almostnthe only de- mocrat in the northern Statesy who has stood by the constitutional rights of the slave. holders. If that does not answer, look at>the position taken by Vice Tressi- dent Breckenridge in his speeches during ! the last Presidential canvass, in which he repelled as false, the charge that the demo- cratic party was the proslavefy party-of l the country, And if not yet satisfied, look to Virginia and see the democracy running, and supporting Letcher, an abolitionist, for Governor of slave State; look at Letch- CTS declaration that if he had been in Con gress he would have voted against the fugitive slave bill; and look at the sympa- thy expressed for him by the National Era, at Washington, the central organ of the abolitionsts.''
 The Van Burens and Dixes gave in their adhesion to the Cincinnati platform and for four years, at least, have acted in opposition to the abolitionists. Nor is Mr. Dickinson almost the only man who has stood by the rights of the shareholders In New York there are thousands upon thou sands of national democrats who hold and ever held the same views. In Boston, one of the very hot beds of abolition, there are hundreds of men who are gallantly defend ing the constitutional rights of the south.
 Vice President Breckenridge stood upon the pro-slavery platform of the democracy, and never denied such charge. He did deny the absurd charge that the democracy sought to extend slavery in the free States. Only this and nothing more."
 We call attention to the calling of John Letchcr of Virginia, an abolitionist. The next thing to be told the people of Arkan- sas, is, that Seward, Giddings or Fred Douglass are pro-slavery men. The man who would call Letcher an abolitionist would swear Fred Douglass was proper man for southern men to vote for But the beauty of the thing is that while Goggin, Letcher's opponent was in Congress, he was steadily voting with Corwin, Gddings and other abolitionists, against the annexation of Texas and against the Mexican war, while honest J ohm Letcher was advocating the one measure and supporting the other. Letcher never gave vote that any southron should be ashamed of As to the sympa- thy expressed for him by the Era, it is done to iniure him. These men know that their most eflectual course to injure Letcher is C to damn him with faint praise.' But to return to Letcher' soundness. We have not only the record of his votes in Con gress, but we have other testimony as to his soundness. Senator Clay of Alabama and the Hon. John M. Sandidge, of Lou isiana. passing through Va., each delivered an address. Here is part of the speech of lIr. Clay:
 But there were two topics of especial interest on which Judge Clay dwelt with !ervent ea1nestness, and which must be par ticularly mentioned He has served six years in Congress with John fletcher, dur ing two of them lived in the same mess. He Is Senator from great southern State whose destiny Is dependent upon the main tenance of southern rights and the preser- vaton of southern institutions In regard to slavery he is PhariSee of the straitest scct none can doubt his fidelity; fool only could imagine him to b. waveling, O. inclined to tolerate an unsound man: vet he said, "J ohm Letcher iS sound enouqh southern man for me" "I have" said Senator Clay, '' been called fire eater. a secessionst, di unionst-I will not stop now to speak of all that; I repeat that I know John Letcher wel-have watched his course, heard his speeches, noted his votes, and that for six years; and he is good enough southern man for me y Again he broke forth in a strain of mingled power and beauty. "God bless Virginia her de- legation in Congress have been, since I knew them patriotic, and vigilant, and true and unselhsh; but among the most devoted of the patriotic, the most vigilant of the watchful the most unselfsh of the pure, ana tUc nlOSJ uHWdNcIlUS Ol tue ulenuS or the south has been Honest John Letcher.' "There is not man sounder on the sla- very question than John Letcher- to i'm peach him on that question is a calumny and a shame" So said the Alabama Se- nator."
 And thus spoke MT. Sandidge, who served with Mr. Letcher, boarded and even roomed with him for years:
 :" He treated with the indignation it de- serves, the miserable effort to cast a doubt on John Letcher's soundness on the slave " question. He served four years with Mir. Letcher; had even belonged to the same mess with him, and said Mr. San didge, if John Letcher is unsound upon the question of slavery, then am unsound also, and Mere is no sound man.
 We could produce other proof if we thought it necessary. Of course, no man i" with the sense he was born with" be- lieves that the democracy of the slave holding State of Virginia, would offer candidate who was not sound on that vital