Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-12-14
Letter from Benton County.


 DEAR SIR: John Galbreath, the candi- date of the democracy, has been elected clerk over E. Dickson, the disorganizer's candidate, by about 100 majority. This defeat will prove an awful set back to Hind manism. Benton county has been claimed by Hindman and his friends as their strong hold of the west Here the famous barba- cue was gotten up, to give him prestige.- It was ill this county so many famous let ters purported to have been written. Here, the Hlndman men were counted by hun dreds, in fact over thousand; it was here that the Hindman clique banded together and wrote calunmnious letters to the State Rights Democrat and the Old Liner, attack ing private character; claiming maiorities Tn Benton and other counties in the west.
 What mighty falling off! Instead of being in powerful majority, they are in a hopeless minority. They can no longer write buncomb letters, and hectoringly die tate to the democracy of Benton. They have been fathess disorganizers; and after having united with the know nothings to crush the faithful democratic people of this county, they have in their turn, with their allies, been defeated and crushed out by the true democracy.
 Hindmanism is by-word of reproach Those who have not been prominent in their Reorganization, will hereafter deny that they were ever in it. They have been guilty of Reorganization; they have been guilty of defamation; they have misrepre- sented public sentiment; they have boast fully claimed strength where they have had none; and they have been exposed and re- buked.
 The Hindman men cannot pretend to say that the recent election in this county was not a test. So elated were they in their hopes of success; so sure were they that Hindman's recent visit would secure their triumph, that they voluntarily made this election test; and agreed to regard 1t as settling the question of Hindman's or John sons strength. send you an extract of a letter written by Dickson to Galbreath in the beginning of-the canvass.
 EXTRACT FROM DECISIONS LETTER.
 "Inasmuch as majority has always been claimed for the Johsonian party in Benton county, and knowing you and your friends to be warm supporters of that party, whilst I cordially indorse Mir, Hind mans policy, and since this appears to be made an issue in this congressional district the Johnson or Hindman policy, I beg leave to submit to you the following pro- position, viz:
 That we make this race for the clerkship on this issue or test. You taking the John sonian and the Hindman side of the oues- tion, and let the honor and glory be to the side that wins''
 "To the side that wins" "let the honor and glory be-" Here is the verdict of the people. Dickson and the Hindman clique proposed, and the people disposed. From this verdict there is no appeal; dissolution of the Hinlman party in Benton will i'm mediately follow. The know nothings, seeing that they effect no advantage to themselves will withdraw from the alliance; and the honest democrats who have been drawn into the corrupt combination will turn off in disgust
 The question is settled so far as this county is concerned; and even of the entire west, as the Hindman men have never claimed any other county in the west but Crawford, relying upon Hindman's s strength in the north and east But as there has been so much humbuggery and misrepresen- tion used by Hindman and his friends about his strength, we are led to believe that he has not much more strength elsewhere, than in the west
 Hindman's G Viator" letters and Peek's he about "One of the 35, have demoraliz. ed his friends.
 Nor ONE OF THE 35.