The Van Buren press., 1859-12-02
Fur lie Van Bnren Press.
VAN BuaEx, November Is, 1859.


considered political writer. and have NTH
erto kept aloof from the miserable wrang
lings of the faction denominated the !" Hind
man party" and those who lower them
selves in the estimation Of all sound, union
loving democrats. by hurling epithets Of
abuse upon Nj. in!,nan. and y. K ing
their brain with the absurd attempt to an
swer puerile sophistry by fair argument
Nor do intend now to plunge into this pp-
litical cess pool, as l am fully convinced
that by SO doing l should only succeed in
lowering myself. aud detiling your excellent
paper. which. to your honor be it said, has
so far kept its skirts clear of the foolish
quarrel which reflects no credit upon our
State. You have, however, prompted by
genuine democratic feeling, opened your
columns to all who may feel desire to ex-
press opinions upon this vexed question. +
The conflict is triangular one The Irue
Democrat at Little Rock and its friends oc-
cupying one angle; the Old Line Democrat
and its founder, MIR. Hindman, and it's
friends and his friends occupy another an
friends the third angle. Now of all the ese
let us see who is most worthy Of the sup
port of the democratic masses of Arkan-
sas The True Democrat has dabbled in
the quarrel so heartily that all important
matter has been crowded from its columns
The matter Of fact farmers of Arkansas care
but little for this disgraceful squabble be-
tween the " family" Mr.. Hindman and
the X. f. Bank. They wish for the reali-
zation of the name neps paper /; and all
those paltry differences sink into insignifi-
canoe when compared with the Importance
of general news /; now those who devote
their time and paper to the fulsome ad ula-
ton of one faction or leader. and vulgar
abuse Of the other, ought not to feel in iur-
ed if the good people should permit them
and their papers to share IN the in ,siit :
tance allotted to the topics they ag,,a,f
Now the True democrat is last "A I.si ~ :;
ITS merted position among the ;n,.- lai-
cants of this State, not becau,c ~, T. Il
man an! III. Oil Line Demo ret . Var
ring upon IL, gu; ue.ause in lis .i.Ir. ,ic-
votou to the LEX talionis," it wars
against itself. The True Democrat is the
only dangerous enemy to the True Demo
crat. 1t MAS once the peoples paper. con
tanning matter Of interest TO the people.
When the question Oh hnow Notiiingism IN
was agitate,i throughout the State that pa
per was undoubtedly TIE paper. he ar>e
tha, question was one .. v,ta "a, or an,
an =. 80 wen .se ialna-,a. ..r.v an,l its
bitter enemIe>-..ri p7.,y .utr-.rne q ua;-
rel whose solution co.il ,..,nGni 10 40
good to any party. The present i, older
ent case
Whether Mr. 1inlmln i iemo rat o.
no,-whethr. ,ae True Deno. rat j, comp.-
tent 10 defend The gret, Iu.vros., of ,h,
central clique or family - or no,. amounts
to nothing Suppose the Hon. Cong sress-
man does travel the whole State of Arkan.
sas over for the purpose of abusing dem
ocratic journal. and assiduously striving to
| render himself ridiculous. He fully sue.
ceals in both-what then? Is he whit
more respectable in the eyes of his co rep
resentatives at the Federal Capitol, or is
the democratic journal injured among the
rejecting and honest democrats in the dis
trict. That the r. f. Bank is tender
question to the powers at Little Rock, and
was most outrageous swindie no one can
deny but who of these parties are compe-
tent to brand his co-worker in iniquity
are they not all " unclean, unclean 90 But
perhaps the True Democrat will reply that
the subscription list is as large or larger
than before the commencement of the quar-
rel. Well. and what does that prove? No
doubt many now take the paper throug gh Gu
rlosity, and those democrats who have been
taking 1t ever since it was paper. keep it
yet little while for the good it has done.
but many very many of these are sick and
tired of this foolish tieade which has lately
sSaen the burden of the song of the True
Democrat.
Turni2g to another angle of CIR triangle
we see the banner Of the Hin Imam fac..i'on
boastingly displayed. We hear the tram
pet o! the Old Line Demo rat sounded ru-
riously by the d>tenlel cheek of man
calling himself Pe'k Who sc is ". o
the West know no; y, San 20.
rs and We sre told ' A.
Nevertheless h tells n. ma ! Ts..
is tie man, an. that if W. sh,,. =. - So
go for any one else we will J., a-ov.r
blasted by hi, ansiismes "a. ~
s;soUs b. -p;u Pod, PIX L. m ,,,.
nj etc. rom .cus t.a nix, 81 -
and anteiii'"! .iemn ray. This STRANGE
gives us-who pretend to have some Iittle
knowie 'ge of the elementary nqinriples Of
democracy qneer exposition OF those
p-iu piles a. known anL ATTEMPTED to h.
pa tisea by ". Peek We hlvr. her.to-
'2s.. N tn. innlieity Il oav i,n4.,. b,.
l;"ya'i tha' ffe.i ,m oi ,houghi AMI .,ee. ION,
OF rer-h was the ve3y HE r,rner s;on.