Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-04-07
From Johnson County.
Carksrlie, 1rk., March 21,

ClarkswUe, 1rk., March 21, 1860.
 Mn. EDITOR: l see a correspondent in the Old Line Democrat of the l5tf inst, purporting to hail from Horse Head in this county, who signs her name R0te WWtonos, in which she ladors to prove that this coun- ty is beyond doubttor Hindman and that the mass meeting held here on the Doth Feb, was not true index of inc sentiments of the people. Here it is well known (the assertion of Kate to the contrary. that the meeting held here on the Doth Feb, was the largest democratic convention ever held in the county; other causes besides being for Johnson and Wilson induced the de mocracy to turn out on that day. they re- membered to their sorrow of convention hel here two years ago to appoint dele gates to the Batesville convention, in which this county was made to go for Hndman, contrary to the known wishes of the peo- pe-the deleqate himself knowing that Hindman could not muster corporal's guard of adherents in this county In the aforesaid mass meeting there were twenty men, counting hate as one, afterwards the people demurred, but Kate and her follow CTS insisted in it's being all right, that the people could have turned out if they chose so to do, and as they did not they must take the consequences. This time the de- mocracy were determined that the people should have no cause to grumble; they call el a convention, advertised 1t in the Iure Democrdt for three weeks prior to the con vention, they also had large hand bills struck and stuck up in most of the public places in erery township in the county The result as a matter of coursC, was a total annihilation of all the Hindman crew.
 Kate, herself says, we dU assembled and the Hon. J. Gaston Watson of legislative notoriety was, by the voice of six or eight, called to the chair. Now in the name of God, if as she says, we aH assemJtedand a ma iority of true democrats voted them down, then if they claim to be simon pure demo- crats they ought certainly to acqulesce in the will of the majority, more particularly when that majority recommends democrats for office against whom they have not a word to say either personally or politically.
 One truth Kate mentions and that is, J. Gaston Watson was called to the char, than whom a more consistent democrat does not live-he has ever been true to his par ty and to it's nominees, and his only sin is that he will not bend the knee to kiss the hand of tie little wouldbe dictator-but as to his being called to the chair by the voice of six or eight only Is untrue, for when his nomination was put to the house, which was ..densely crowded the ayes that went up sounded like death knell to the homes of Kate and her followers, so much SO, that they became exceeding wrathy, they reared and pitched, they snorted, want ed to refer 1t back to Horse Head township for ratification, etc.
 Now Mr. Editor, if these wise Solons thought that the people were not represent ed in this convention, and that every thing was not fair and right, why did they not | leave, for we see by the proceedings that 1 Col. John S Houston, that eger anu conSis lent State-rights, ever living, never dying l democrat, who never works for pay, but would have no objection to the Presidents turning B. J. Jacoway out of the m irShal's office; but not only the gallant Colonel was 1 there to the end, we see that certain state official who lives not more than mile l from Breckenridge was there participating, | but then ne IS cNcuSdOie, as ne was once the know knothipg nominee for the principal office in our city government, and what is more, he was triumphantly and victorious ly elected, and it is the tightest kind of work to make the democracy believe that he is as good democrat as he should be, conse- quently he was not going to let the oppor- tunity slip of making a Iong gassy speech in O demorratic meeting
 Kate says she is going to have general mass meeting at some future time-now Kate don't We know your object, (for you have your orders from head quarters, you are satisfied that Hindman can't get the nomination at Dover, and you wish to have two sets of delegates from all the counties possible, in order that ..Hindman may have some excuse for running on his own hook. But Kate 1t wont win, you had better take in your sails, draw up your hoops and be sure to keep out of the way of those democrats who might happen to have on pair of patent flap pants, for if you do not. you might be like you was in the convention-whipped out.
 Should the general mass meeting come off you shall hear from it.
 SPADRA.