Des Arc citizen., 1859-10-05


 CALHoos, Esq, has taken charge of this paper, published a, Helena. We have not seen the paper containing his intro- ductory. but judging from the manner in which he handles near neighbor, who has l" gone astray after strange gods" we are inclined to the belief that he does not belong to the l" colar-men' of Arkansas.
 TnomAs J. KEY. Esq, editor of the Helena Mole Book. Formerly the Souih- ron, in n recent issue of that paper, says ::
 "The Democratic party of Arkansas is known by it's Senators, Governors, papers, etc., just as it is known in Mississippi. These officers are the representatives of the Demo cratic party; any one opposing these officers in Mississippi would not be considered Demo- crats, and the same applies to Arkansas. Any person or faction opposed to the Democratic Governor and Senators will not be considered Democrats.n
 MT. CALmooN, in handling the above paragraph, concludes as follows:
 "Ne will not discuss the propriety Of MT. Keys assuming the character of Sir Oracle to this people. We will not al- | Jude to his fresh arrival from lands beyond the limits of Arkansas, nor ask by what authority does newcomer presume to dictate to old citizens, and read out of the Democratic party thousands of men whose heads have grown gray in the climate of Arkansas, under the old Democratic flag 2 But we must protest against the idea being circulated abroad or announced at home, that no man is an orthodox Arkan- sas Democrat who will not put bis lips to Bob Johnson's boot. Our idea has always been that Democracy was the embodiment of great principles everywhere the same; as fixed and immovable as the everlasting hills; and, that any man who believed Tn these principles could gain admission to a Democratic convention. But Sir Oracle says, "any person or faction opposed to the Democratic Governor and Senators will not be considered Democrats" and will not, therefore, be allowed to enter a Democratic convention.
 The editor of the Southron, or Note- Book, ought to be little more careful in the use of his pen.
 Now, we, our humble self, profess to be pretty good Democrat at any rate we have never been accused of any other po- l litical faith. Our worst enemies, even, have always given us credit for sound De- mocracy. But Nh coming to Arkansas we neglected to bring certificates of Democ- racy from our Mississippi Governor and Senators. We were silly enough to think that the principles we brought with in us would be sufficient to gain for us admittance into the Arkansas branch of the great Democratic church. MT. Key says not while he keeps door, unless we formally indorse Johnson, Sebastian, and Conway. That indorsement is, with him, the Shibboleth of Democracy.
 We have no belief in such Democracy Advocating this doctrine, we have no be- lief in the Notebooks Democracy, and thinking it precisely correspondent to the doctrine of Johnson & Co.,, we have no belief in Meir Democracy. No inde. pendent man would be Democrat, if be. ing such entailed upon hlm the duty ot applauding men in office as the fountains of Democratic orthodoxy on all questions, whether those men stood by or abandoned what he conceived 10 be the true Democ- racy. Shame upon such a creed, notwith- standing its distinguished originators and it's talented expounder."