Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-06-22
A Frog that calls Itself Mountaineer.

A Frog that calls Itself Mountaineer.
 If you throw stone at frog ne VIII plunge to the bottom of the pond and re- main there for a while If you wait pa tiently, you will see him come to the sur face again. We have frog in the pond of journalism. A little frog, but an inces- sant croaker A small frog, but an emu lous one. A political frog that has stretch ed itself to the point of bursting, in vain endeavor to assume the proportions of an OK. We have rapped this frog over the head several times, but he appears again in another part of the pond newspaperieal, and. falls to croaking again. Heretofore his croal1 was rather mounful, but in the Des Are Citizen, where he pops his head obove the surface again, he croaks defiant 1v Iii the same old croak little changed in it's tone.
 Of course the production of "Mountain- oar ;, in the Citizen, will be copied in the State Rights Democrat and Fort Smith Herald and paraded as the croak of Prai- rie county frog. But 1t. wont do. We know it is the same little, speckled-back, sbarp-nosed and red-eyed frog that we have been chasing His croak in the Citizen is on the old key-Mr Johnson, Mir. Sebas- tian that caucus, and the veto of the bill to deprive the State of representation in Congress. Our frog in croaking falsely, inadvertently uttered one truth. From the mass of falsehood that surrounds 1t, 1t shines like diamond in a dark setting. Here it
 is:
 eIn fact, 1t is no uncommon thing for those who are really guilty, to attempt to avoid detection by accusing others of the crimes which they themselves have com mitted.'
 How true this is may be seen by some instances we could give. We have been accused of dictation by men whose whole course was one of arrogant attempts to con trol others. We have seen a man go to a county and set aside the action of a con vention, denouncing those who dared to oppose him. We have seen him attempt to control whole legislature and ordering them to vote as he desired We have seen him denounce those who did not obey him as forming leagues with disorganizers and know nothings. We have seen him in league with disorganizers and know noth- ings to accomplish his purpose. We have known him to hold legee, when night and day the disafected met to scheme and plan in order to circumvent the majority
 We stood aloof and took no part in the
 contest Neither in the preparatory meet
 ings or in the caucus did we have influence
 or participation. We were asked to take
 sides and refused. For that refusal this
 little frog has since that day croaked at us
 with a perseverance worthy of a better
 cause. We have seen miserable attempts
 to deprive the State of representation-tc
 cut up the State into ridiculously shaped
 districts-to dictate to the legislature what laws they should pass and what officers
 they should elect-we have seen men bull
 lied, threatened, denounced, cursed anC then, when they showed a disposition to dt as they were ordered, praised and fattered
 We see men writing for the State Right
 Democrat, whose articles were approved , by the dictator, now denounced as then be
 ing an abolitionist, a know nothing and al
 infdel. In fine, we have seen that whel n men were independent and acted up t. their convictions of right, they were de . nounced and those who bore the yoke wer praised Of all overbearing, outrageou;
 tyrannical conduct, this was the most di(
 tatorial and the same men, now accuse |
 of the sins they committed.
 H And to render this conduct more inf
 nous, we find these same men vainly e
 deavoring to split the democratic part . while engaged in the work of disorganiz =, tion pretending to rail against disorgan
 gers; while seeking and giving aid al y comfort from and to know nothings, pr - tending to oppose them and accusing othe ', of the crimes of which they are most guilt :, And with a miserable pretence of beil :. simon pure democrats, they attempt
 draw lines in the party and call themselv " old liners, as if they, political advent Ill Ter and the faction he has got together, a
 the only democrats par excellence. nS But 1t is not worth while to notice the
 croakings further. Let the little fellow = fate himself and ''vex the dull, cold e e. of night" with his lamentations. Let hi ne grow pathetic or indignant-it matters Tt tn Perhaps some day, he may find there a ,e others besides himself in the world, and le should sink to the bottom to rise U nore, his loss would barely be noticed, f 'n this great sea he is but one of million Il, nd though he swell and puff and cro Id nceasingly, he is but small feeble fir ,d vho is fit for nothing but to croak, or aught and skinned, to make fish bait. 0' How will they Get out of It2 a. A week or so ago the opposition pap II l.