Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-11-02
A Badly Balanced Balance.

The Batesville Balance deyotes column every week to the democratic party and the True Democrat. In the issue of the 21st ult., sentence, in due form of law, is pro- nounced upon us. We have read the arti- cle with emotion-with lively emotion.- We propose to notice it briefly. The edi- tor supposes disinterested spectator plac- ed in a position where he could see the events which have transpired, in the State, during the past twenty years. The Balance seems to think he would experience vari- ous emotions. We think so too The Balance goes on to describe the supposed emotions of the imaginary being, but, inas- mnch as he Is to be disinterested, we should. not suppose the emotions would be strong ones. First, he would feel pity and indig- nation for the people who submit to wear badges of subjection to an imbecile, yet pampered and arrogant oligarchy. Oil- garchy," as we said once before, is good word. The head disorganizer adopted It as Me word Arrogant oligarchy'' makes it yet stronger. "Pampered and arrogant oligarchy" is huckleberry over the per simmon of Hindman, the man of adjectlves But, when it comes to "imbecile yet pam pered and arrogant oligarchy,' the Ian guage is exhausted and the climax attained. The only drawback to the phrase, IS that 1t is inconvenently long and the disorgani- gers will fail to remember it. As speci men of strong writing, we admire and com mend it. With deferential submission we humbly suggest to Mir. Kennard, one more adjective-the single word " owdacious." 7" Perhaps, however, its meaning is included in the term arrogant.
 We are next told that our imaginary spectator would admire and despise. Next, he would feel an earnest and just sympathy "for the unfortunate minority who have never, at any time, had taste of power, in the State government" Mir. Remarks history is at fault here as 1t is again when he says the minority never had even the ghost of chance to get possession of any single office or trust' It strikes us that the legislature of 1854, elected and appoint ed ever so many members of the minority party. We do not know of a year in Ar kansas, when whigs and know nothings did not have offices of trust, honor and pro- fit. However, the said D. S., which is our short way of saying disinterested specta tor" is to feel lively sympathy for those poor fellows who hunger and thirst for pap, who yearn after the flesh-pots and groan in disappointment. There the Balance man leave D. s. feeling very bad from sympa- thy, and yet experiencing some satisfaction at the approach of daylight, from which we are led to infer that D. S. is a night walker
 After this figure, the Balance says the party as party is responsible for every act, legislative or executive: that it disa- grees and yet unites against common foe, as he says, for sake of the spells. In pass ing, we may be permitted to remark that these fellows are full of references to off ces, spells, and things of that sort. In their bills of indictment, no matter by whom framed, one count sets out at length their great hunger and thirst for fees, emolu- ments and salaries, and complains that they are not permitted to fill themselves. It is wonderful how their patriotism is stimulated by the prospect of gain, and how intensely disgusted they are at all feasts when their names are not in the pot. But to return to our mutton. Reading on, we find 1t said that presumptuous few sud- denly and unaccountably fastened their hold upon the public crib and the peoples affec- tions. This hold, the editor says, has been retained with an " unwavering iirmness, wonderful tenacity, a wicked cunning and an intolerabe insolence' That we have been firm we admit, tenacious in our hold upon the public's affections is true, but the wicked cunning is nothing more or less than our exposing the tricks of our adversaries, and the intolerable insolence simply our habit of talking plainly to the opposition and the dsorganizers.
 After all these things are duly set forth, the man of the Balance becomes suddenly inspired, sees visions, and dreams dreams He predicts our downfall and chuckles over our discontinue. He thinks he sees the triumph of Iiindmanism and the bankites He says no general concert of action has been plotted against us, and of course he knows. He grows ubilant and eschews such big words as " oligarchy" and substi- tutes |" family and "central junto. "- Waxing more elate and rubbing his hands with glee he grows contemptuously fami- liar, and calls us "Dick." Eiaculating, "ah," he talks of wheels, wires and ma chinery. Finally, like rocket that bursts and grows most brilliant just as it ceases to shine, his intense excitement and delirious joy find vent in mingled Hebrew and Scotch, as the English language was far too tame to express his rapture.
 Alas! that we should have to dash such bright hopes to earth. He evidently feels so good all over that it is pity to wake him up. In imagination the flesh pots had approached so near that he snufed the sa- vor. The well filled crib came in sight, packed with the golden grain on which he was to feed But it is all dream. Again, he must turn to the thistles that grow on the sides of the crooked paths of the oppo-