Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-03-31
E. c, Boudin0t.

gong on ln the northern dlstflct. op serve with great regret the wranglers who are now seeking to dismember our old Ar kansas democratic party, to winch we nave belonged all our lives. With sorrow 1 hear the recrimination, harsh language and bitter invective of this unnatural warfare, and behold men who once stood loyal m the democratic ranks now hating each other with relentless animosity. fear that soon, (and fit must be, hope so, also, we shall witness the mask thrown aside and dlsor- ganization stand confessed, and openly de1y the democracy to combat with them tor mastery.
 Who and what have produced this result l snail not presume to say. We all nave our opinion, an opinin common to true democrats as to the origin and orlglnators of this unpleasant strife. l lay the evll at no mans door; but the evil itself lies there, and will ere long proclaim to whom the door belongs
 My purpose now is simply to speak. of Mir. l.. C. Boudinot, the able editor ot the Arkansian, and defend his character from aspersion, which his sterling democracy entities him to receive at the hands ot every true democrat. To the ability of perform ing this act of kindness and justice for hlm l layno claim; but I have waited for others who were more competent so to do, and who l supposed from their connection with him would long ago have done so. They have not spoken; l will.
 Iknow Mr. Boudinot well and intimately. I know him to be the soul of honor and truth; that in mind, heart and manner he is gentleman. Against no other man Tn this State have more slanderous and bitter epithets been hurled; while none have more galantly and openly met and refuted them Mr. B. was not the man to inaugurate this new mode of political warfare, which has already sundered neighborhoods and worked and forebodes great mischief. He has been the assailed party, as the columns of his paper can show. 1 know that ex- captions were taken to some things which appeared in his paper through contributors; but these were only aimed in humor and did not at all trench upon private rights or the character of any man. Ambush shots were fired from the other side and bad and unholy spirit has been coniured up which no one can tell the end of trust however, that this discord may be laid, and old fashioned Arkansas democracy not only triumph but win over its foes, and all the disaifected democrats, if, indeed, such a thing as disafected democrot can be said to exist; for he that is not with us is against us.
 Mr. Boudinot has been and is fighting good fight and keeps the true faith. He defends and assails when called. He does not ambush, take to tree," nor " fort up" Out on the broad level earth he stands where all men who list may find him. They who assai him and yet fail to give his due on the fimsy and set-up excuse that he is "no gentleman" ac- knowledge themselves not only to be desti tute of magnanimitv, but that they .tear Boudinot Such an inference do all i'm partial impassionate men draw. In de- nouncing Mr. Boudinot, and then when called upon by him to set up the plea that he is ''no gcntleman," these calumniatOrs prove themselves to be such, and that they are not only unwilling but afraid to do jus ticp. This is an inevitable deduction, and sorry am that any man would allow hlm- self to get into such a position. Recrim- nation is a poor political weapon; at any rate, 1t is not a Sgatre one.
 Not only has Mr. Boudnot ably defend cd himself but he has sped to the rescue of every good and true democrat who has been rudelv or falsely assaulted and in all his contests has proven himself no mean man. at arms. One of the very cries that are raised against him, that of his being "un- naturalized' and not "entitled to vote, and other vulgar and contemptble allu sons to Mir. B.'s blood, proclaim to the world how much these enemies of Boudinot fear him, how hard upon them fell the blows he dealt, how anxious they are to cripple his influence, and to what little, low and ungentlemanly arts they descend to injure him. If he 5c the contemptible man they represent him, why all these tirades against him? Why not suffer him to receive the treatment due all men and for which Ney So clamorously contend? They confess their weakness by their conduct; and it is mat ter of sorrow, will not say surprise, that any man who once ciQimed 10 be democrat, should permit himself to descend to detrac- tion to carry political, and perhaps, un important point.
 Mr. Boudnot is an educated, brave gen tleman; man of parts and the posseSsor of refined tastes. He is one who neither courts nor shuns encounters, but is willing to grant to others that which he exacts for himself Nor is Mr. Boudinot shamed in his connections. Many of his relations are gifted men, some of whom have written things that won the praise of good critics in the literary world. Many of them are eminent in society and education. Several of his kinsmen are connected with the Press, and have exerted influence in their several spheres; as for instance-J ohn F. Wheeler, esq.,, senior editor of the Fort Smith Times, and John R. Ridge, esq, the well known editor of the Marysville (Cal.) Democrat l And Mr. Boudinot's father before him was an editor and an uncommonly able orator and accomplished man, and was only 5 Cherokee. By the by, must here express my surprise that Mir. Wheeler, of the Times, has not long ere this informed those so de sirous of knowing, who Mr. Boudinot is, and claimed for him that he was at least en- titled to the consideration granted all men. | Not that Mr. Boudinot needs bolsteriny, but the veteran of the Times ought thus to have introduced him where he, B. was not known. It was courtesy that I can not but feel was B.'s due
 Mr. Boudinot's grand father and grand uncle, Major Ridge, shed their blood for the United States; they fought gallantly with their men at Horseshoe" and other bat ties. Naither of them ever asked or re- ceived pension, bounty or land But one of them, fast friend all his life of the whites, as well as lover of his people, was l paid for his services to the United State, by being slot doon on Arhonsos soi7, who's, death is unavenged to this day
 Boudinots grand father and nncle fouch. with Gen. Jackson; Boudinot himself i, fighting with and for the party which Gen. l Jackson so loved, and which so often .o honored him. Boudinots father and uncles were murdered because they advocated and carried out the policy Gen. Jackson, recom- mended, and from which he absolutely re- fused to swerve; they lost their lives for