Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-01-19

! ling. At first, in default of the gander, we dex- ] terously decapitated various ancient shanghais, | that had been wont for long years past, to an- nounce with trumpet like voice Aurora's east ern advent. They will crow no more. Bur. nah Pootra's noisy ambassadors, hang headless | trunks on that swayng gibbet, as mute trophy's of young American prowess. Peace to them; | they lived as kings, they died as felons. They forfeited thoir lives by living in direct opposi- l ton to the just laws of our land, in the prac- | tice of wholesale polygamy. Their thrones are vacated who will fill them? A wall is heard from the barn. yard; a cry of sorrow | from the hen-roost Pale melancholy speaks from the down cast face of the matrony hen, as she leads her troop of fatherless chicks to the scratch; the dropped wings of the coqueS tish pullet once the light of the harem,' tell of grief too deep for utterance; she will never roost again, her rooster is gone.
 Night closed the performance with the gal naceous victims, and the morning ap- pointed for a reunion on fresher steeds with real gander, for the next days equestrian exhi- bition With neck close picked and greased beyond the slippery point, the inverted victim was suspended by slack rope between two poes wide enough apart to admit of free rid | ing on fast nags.
 A half dozen entrees were made, and the judge stationed himself near the poles with whip in hand to stir the Tagging energies of the | slow paced ponies. dozen runs apiece were made, each giving the gauders neck telling l jerk, when one of the riders by an awkward grab got the gander's head inserted between his fingers in such manner, that 1t was an even thing, which gave way, the neck on his arm; fortu- nately the neck parted and he bore off the head in triumph. to the no small chagrin of the more skilful equestrians, who had not happened to the same lucky accident. The injuries sustain ed in the decaptation summed up as one or two dslocated arms, a few bruises on the head from careless riding within reach of the ganders wings sundry rents and mud spots ln- | numerable."
 The Batesvlle Balance has a rambling ar tcle in reply to ours of month or so ago. There are two or three points Tn It that we pro- pose to notice We cannot tell from the arti- cle whether the editor admits the charge of pre- ferring black republicansm to democracy, the part7 of the north to the party of the south or not, but he says that we succeeded in proving that Seward and himself stand upon the same platform. He states that he has neither the time or the inclination to read Stewards speeches and would not disgrace the columns of the Bal ance by publishing or commenting on them.- We beg his pardon, but we really thought he had For ourselves the drift of Stewards speeches and such ant-democratlc articles as have appeared in the Balance were so nearly alike that supposed the last author had read the first one. We are astonished at this con- fession of the editor, for he ought to know that it is a neck and neck race between Crittenden and Seward for the candidacy of the opposition As a member thereof he may have to support either It is time he was examining what his leaders are about We averred that the demo- cratic party was the pro-savery as distinguish ed from the anti.slavery party. There is no use to disguise the fact that there are but two parties and the dividing line is slavery.
 Its e'litor wants a national party and na- tonal President. Why in the name of con- mon sense oppose both when they already ex- ist? He further says:
 I've believe that the slave question has been settled and should be allowed to rest that no vauda hands should be allowed to disinter an issue that has rested Ike an incubus upon the | AHelICdu ptVpiG'
 We take 1t for granted that what the editor says is true, but it takes great effort to believe he is in earnest. If ever abolitionlsm was ram- pant, if ever anti-slavery men were active both at the north and in England, it is now. They are invading Virginia with white colonists, they are about attempting the same thing ;n Texas, they are stealing slaves every day. praying gh preaching, curSing and threatening. They boaJ | of having or that they soon will have the pow a CT to overSlaugh us and crush us. How ms h who reads the papers as the editor of the Bt u ance does, with these things palpably bef him, can believe the slave question to bel a tied is to us a marvel and mystery. Ie e quote further: I
 "We are opposed to sectionasm and sefn- i al measures We care not whether ti be l northern or southern; and for this reasonE are
 opposed to the agitation of the slave qflon, or to any measure which will again f,f that issue upon the country. We believe tb has been the main endeavor of the demoac par ty to keep upan excitement upon thiss s'stlon, and if possible they will force it intose next cenvass with the hope of again eknS the President"
 The stomach of the Balance maj squea- mish. He is opposed to sectionalsna ldc does T not wish to take sides He is perfey wiling , to co o,operate with black .repub!icap povl ded they will not offend him agitatins he slavery s question. He will not defend ifecause It l9I agtating. His nerves are delicaH.nd he love quiet. The unruy democratic frty keep U
 such an excitement about slaverthat It driVs his poor head distracted. The fmocracy SIT ply resisting encruachment, stIdnS on ie constitution and beating the wa,s as they che are such noisy set that they Jock the rel'ed sensibilites of this southern eIor. Bring nm f an easy chair sprinkle himfvith rose W'e'' l fan him gently, we pray yot Let the iV''e s go on,.. for our homes and ts for our comon |. rights, but do not let the dn reach his es for he fan would rest. Is thi the spirit thataouid animate southron at this juucture? lths time to be neutral? t
 But the Balance exuted over the lctores of the negro lovers, aye over victores;hieved in part by the votes of free negroes. could ( | Si'P iu' i"uuo e'hu '''O'A 'tiNii, iV 4 in the miserable shot. of "down VI demo- . cracy" but when we ask how soutrn editor i can find 1t in his heart to do this, becomes t very faint and feeble He is tired the " nlg- ger idea' The question he says'isettled-- !, Pray do not agitate it. "A littcivet, good ,, apothecary"
 On this question mainly, will pend the ap- l preaching contest. The issue nade up and there is no desire to evade it. If vas not forced upon us as. it has been. still we ould be for its |; settlement now Let us knowr late In l06O. Let us know whether we are aave our rights in the Union or to become vals. We have submitted, we have comprised, we have settled it too long and too fr8already. And we can tell the editor of u Balance that no candidate who attempts to nam neutral can carry even Maryland, at thiext election.
 The Balance ends bv oung the conclusion , of our article wherein we 7: