Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-09-28
For the Tuue Democrat

reputed son of OLD LINE DEMOCRAT, SR., aged five years.
 Again has the solemn thought intruded itself into our minds, that we are as the grass that groweth. In the morning it fiourisheth and springeth up; in the evening it Is cut down and witherith-the wind passes over it, ahd-it is gone. In the midst of life, we are in death.
 Alas, we can hardly realize the fact that the disorganizer is no more.
 The subject of this sketch emiprated to this State, some five years ago, from a county in Mississippi, to which his name from some cause or other presents strik ing similarity, { Kinds county) and located in thriving little village on the bank of "the Father of Waters'' Here bv his apparently manly conduct he made many strong friends, who clung to him as long as drop of his pure paternal blood coursed through his veins. When he had been here scarce two years, he put out appoint ments, ostensibly to address the people on the exciting topics that were then engaging the political world, really to fish for cer- tain office then in the hands of his brethren. s, Then was 1t, he was first attacked bv that malignant disease which has carried away one of 0. l.. D., sr's promising sons. Then might have been observed the incipi ent stages of that malady which was to wreck his political person.
 That ailment was an extraordinary itch ing to write "M. c." after his name, and his mind seemed considerably affected while at this place in '56.
 His attempts to create numerical ma jority' out of small minority, his at tempts to break up the assembly that de- termined not to submit to such myorities, and usher him into a new phase of exist ence, his finally withdrawing after trying the above and many other minor expedients to force himself forward on the track in the very teeth of strict and Honest maiori- ty, and then arrogating to himself ''great magnanimity so doing, indicated clearly to his particular friends great alteration of intellect, which symptoms, however, were kept from the public in consideration of his former position and services.
 During the remainder of that and the fol- lowing year he seemed greatly convalescent, so much so, that in May, 1858, he was deemed sound enough in mind to be pre- sented with the gift so long coveted and sought after. But that apparent sound ness of mind was only as the expiring ta- per flares up and momentarily sheds abroad brighter light and then dies out toreper
 Hardly, however, had he been thus ho- nored until his old disease broke out fiercer and with more virulence than ever, and so continued up to the period of his death- lie seemed laboring under mental hallu- clnation, and considered himself chief and arbiter of the bcdy of which he was but common member, stigmatizing, all us, fac tlons, seditions, sold, chattels, etc, who would not bow their necks and pass under his yoke. This sad state of mind continued until the winter of '5S and g, when he became worse. It was about this time, that by and with the advice and consent of the Philips county democracy he became connected with the know nothing family, that was the disorganizing. disaffected branch of Old Line Democrat SITS family, the result of which inconguous connection was the production of Old Line Democrats, IT,, but alas, the offspring from water on the brain or some other similar cause are destined to follow their lord and master and fill an early grave. Some say they found 1t at the same time.
 The mind of our little Ajar now turned on to the subject of caucusses, etc, vainly wasting its strength. His chief fear seemed to be that by enlightened views and politi- cal tolerance some of those who had seen SAM, and also, the error of their ways, might be inclined to enroll themselves un- der the banner which without troitorous in tuences was destined to carry the ship of State safely into port, and hus that party be weakened from which he toresaw he would, and eventually did receive his CHIEF sup port, but alas, for him his device was too fimsy. An enlightened democracy saw him on the one hand, crying aloud at the re- ception of good men, if know nothings, into a caucus, which was antagonistical to his principles, (which may all be sumed up in sELF) and on the other, enlisting them under hiS banner, calling them then, Old Line Democrats. He should have recol- ected that if rose smells as sweet by any other name, so will the opposition retain the same odor when traitorouSly arrayed against the true democracy and the interests of the south, though H may assume the name of the rose.
 Our little Ajax now breathed with diff cuty and soon became highly delirious.- Shortly after a certain adjournment or re- cess, while insanely mixing up a potion which was to annihilate, politically, his self made enemies he committed fatal mistake and drank and gave to drink to his own friends, and thereby brought lingering death on all; the chief ingredient in that potion was "per diem."
 7 His last struggle at that time related to certain bill that was promptly and right eously vetoed, which said said bill provid- l ed so nicely for making districts (congres- sionaD convenient -himself-hedging himself in by a nice little circle of coun- ties, but connecting the know nothing counties in which lived ALF WILSON, and A. B. Greenwood with counties on he ! Louisiana line, for what purposes others can well surmise, and also, that bill was to provide " a chance'' for him to canvass immediately before the election, not satis- fled with the chances given others heretofore.
 The vetoing of this bill was too much for our hero and utterly destroyed the equi- librium of his mind It was during the course of the last two events that he be- came very weak and exhausted, (and also during the passage of certain stringent re- solutions) so much so, that he had to make little notes' and get his chattels to breathe for him, as he could not breathe in the State halls, he would get others to do so for him.
 Taking short rest, he proceeded to do what no other man but himself ever did within the confines of the State, viz: can vasslng tor re-nomination before he had