Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-04-21
The Heroic

We admire fine writing. We like to sec tho agony piled on. "Hoss talk T pleases us. When Connor played at the theatre, it gratifed us to sec him beat his breast, cross the stage with his head up and chest out, and test the strength of his lungs. Especially do we like to sec an editor in the heroics. It shows that he is acting his part with energy. What were adicctives put in the language for, if not 10 be used? What is the use in saying black is black, when you can call it mid night, Ethiopian, Stygian, and all such words? Our neighbor of the Old Liner is fine writer. He is melo-d dramatic. He piles on the agony immensely. lie shouts at the top of his lungs. He gesticulatcs like Chinaman. He applauds like 8 CIaquer. When it comes to tho little "politician about lIclcna," his genius de- velops itself. When it comes to pulling his boss he approaches the sublime. Ow- ing to the activity of the per-diemists, the want of concert among the true democracy, it is probable that lIindman has ma jority of the counties instructed for him. It re- mains to be seen if this be the case. But, upon the suppostion that 1t Is so, our neighbor crows, flaps his wings and crows again. He lets himself out and spreads himself over a great extent of ground. Hear him: "He has won victory greater than any ever achieved by C@sar or Bonaparte," etc. Nothing IS said of Alexander, Gen. Jackson, Wellington, or Scott Wonderful victory of few active men over the apathetic many. Yet Caesar had his ides of March, and Bonaparte his Waterloo Again, still speaking of his beloved Tommy, he says:
 "Tt will strengthen him in the further discharge of his arduous duties, and even cause him to for get the cruel and unnatural treatment that he has received at the hands of his own misguided peo ple''
 HJs misguided people! How did hc get the ownership of them? How are we to know his people from freemcn who are not his? And his !" arduous dutics." Well, buncombising may be hard work.
 Our neighbor not only grows eloquent over Hindman, but, unfortunately for Mir. Can't, he has concluded to take that gen tleman on his lap and dry nurse him awhile. He calls him ''the gallant Can't " and, in week or so, it will be the noble, the pure, the chivalric, the incorruptibIe Can't. Hooray! Then he finds a line in southern paper which says that Dr. Mitchell will get the Sorrell's vote, and all at onco discovers the biggest sort of a nigger in tho wood pile. He jumps on his stilts and sounds the alarm. He storms and fumes, smells treason, trickery and corruption, threatens to turn the great Gy- ascutus loose, and to arouse storm Of righteous indignation in the breast of every honest man in the district, etc., etc., all of which is done up in the most approved, intense, blue-fire style. Hooray, again! We decidedly approve of the high-pres- sure system in others. Boilers sometimes burst, but that is the engineers look out. We admire our neighbours style-we do indeed. Ho does the motions up splendid ly. He rears up before and kicks up be- hind. Don't hold him, but let him go, with head and tail up. In these times, when tho river is low, and mails uncertain, we need something to enliven us. And nothing is more innocently amusing than the highfalutin antics of our neighbor, of which he is evidently proud. We are not gifted that way, so can only look on, ad- mire, and, upon the cutting of an extra ordinary caper, clap our hands and cry hi, hi, or hurrah!