Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-10-19
What the Arkansas Papers Say.


 the Charleston nventon, asks If the south had not better insist on the nomination of some one else?' Will the editor of the Democrat be so good as to give his reasons for this question! Has Mir. | Douglas given any evidence of treachery to | the south? We think not, unless his canvassng | Illinois in opposition to black republican, be evi dence. If we elect man who will act as just | | y by the south will Douglas, then we will have l no cause to complain If the south wants a can ddate for the Presidency, who, if elected, will favor the opening of the African slave trade then she hand better put forward some one else. But if she wants man who will faithfully abide by and exc the present constitution and laws of the United States; in that event. there is no better man, if good, as Stephen A. Douglas. He stands firmly on a platform which has been published to the whole | Union, and one which we think no man, north or south, whoEwshes to abide by constitution, can | object to. 1 No sir Mir. True Democrat-Stephen A. Doug las is the for the south, he is the for the north, and he is emphatically the for the Un- | ion.''
 Reasons are said to be plenty as black
 berries and they are in this case, but we will content ourselves with two or three, which
 we hope may be satisfactory to the Adver- tiser.
 We differ from the Advertiser as to Mr.
 Douglas claim to the presidency, and hav-
 ing expressed our opinion on his course,
 have no desire to go over the ground again
 or renew and continue the debate on squat
 ter sovereignty. There are other reasons
 why the south should insist on the nomina-
 tion of another. l. The three preceding
 Presidents, Pierce, Fillmore and Buchanan,
 have heen from the north According to
 usage the south is now entitled to the execu-
 tive. 7. On the score of availability we
 should favor the claims of others. It is
 said that Mir. Douglas IS strong at the north.
 It IS doubtful if he could get as many votes
 Tn New York as Hunter, Dickinson or any
 other good democrat It is not claimed
 that he could carry any northern State, ex-
 cept Illinois, that any other sound democrat
 could not carry. On the other hand he would lose some of the southern States -
 The strength of the democratic party is at the south and for a southern man, or for
 Dickinson or Lane, her vote would be a
 unit. Whether right or wrong the doc trnes of Mr. Douglas are unpopular with many in the routh and, we think, with a
 majority. To be elected, the nominee must
 carry the whole south and the vote of at least two of the largest northern States Would Mississippi, or Alabama, or South
 Carolina support Mr. Douglas? Would not his nomination, if that was possible create division in the ranks of the party: f Admitting that Mr. Douglas can carry Hi nois and even Indiana, this would not com : pensate for the loss of part of the south = ern States. California is opposed to him t and Oregon will follow her lead. Perhaps : bedevilled Texas would prefer Douglas, but
 she is the only southern State. To sum il up, the advantages he proposes to bring arc v, uncertain; the disadvantages are palpable ' and certain. 8 He cannot be nominated . To insist upon the nomination of any one . man would be ruinous. The other possi i' ble candidates may have some opponent. ' but no general opposition, while that tc
 Mr. Douglas is an opposition of principle # and will admit of no compromise. If il S should be possible, which we do not be- V ieve, that he could get the nomination, il I would cause disafection and divisions il r the party, at time when. and locality V where, union and harmony are most need. l. ed. 4. We object to the position of Mir
 Douglas friends that he is he man. Nc
 man is the man. The democratic party is D not bound or compelled to nominate any one man. It is a party of principles, not Il of men, Any sound democrat capable O > carrying out those principles is as much M, v man as Judge Douglas We need nomi
 nee who will unite and bring the party to
 gether-one on whom both sections car ! agree and who will not be opposed by tht q strongest men and abest journals in tn $ south as Douglas would be- Men lik ' Hunter, Guthrie Breckenridge and other ,, in the south, or Dickinson or Lane in tn, e north, would bring strength and no divi l. sion. While we believe that others in tn Y democratic party are far preferable to Mr T.. Douglas we are free to confess that he i
 ten times better for the south than the talk D. ed of opposition candidates, Bell, Bates l. Bolts or Etheridge. Before these mel
 could be elected, the other wing of the op Is position would require them to pledge them nt selves to betray us and they will be unde at black republican influence and control. ie The Jefferson Independent says of tn '' cotton crop, that the promise for heav
 yield was never better. The new crop 60 which was coming in fast, was selling fo a. from 10 to 10f, for the better qualities 10 The following, from the Searcy Eagle, 10 short and pithy. Let the south bqware c l. such men as Etheridge, Bell, Bott Bate ;u E Go. They are as much to be hreade
 as Seward or Giddings:
 "As the press generally is specuIating in rela
 tion to the presidential contest in 1860, we presum
 it will not be deemed amiss in us to give our opir h. ion.
 Whatever others may think, we believe the COT
 test VIII De more tLdli dt any tune previously, he sectional strfe Our rights under the constitutio
 ,ciH be the issue Who will defend them is the in IT. portant question: Will every southern man do it lis We answer emphatcally, No. There are som
 men at the south, occupying high position, wh ITS would, in opinion, sacrifice everything but Ii wv to be President. you want to know who they arr , watch, and you will soon discover them tn be block offering theselres Co the highest bidder. Sue nd men we can not, will not support. We would pr' fer supporting an out and out black republican 1e any such m.n. We like the devil better tha ITO Judas. Whatever do, let us not be betrayed
 There are good men both north and south me er thoroughly acquainted with government in a yo it's mnuta, who willing, if called upon,
 serve the people in any capacity they wish them.- zee Among such men we must look for our rulers,
 we will soon he spoken of as the great nation th
 was. BECAUSE OF ALL SOUTHERN WITH NoRTI to ERN PRINCIPLES, in other words, WHOM IT he BLACK REPUBLICANS WILL SUPPORT"
 he One Phil. B. Daley, of Elmira, N. Y ng got up big swindle under the title of u ,re "Lawrence Co.'s Lottery" Among u