Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-06-09

Johnsons.
 owed my defeat by Mir. Warren four yours ago, Tn great measure, to the active hostility of gen tiemen sustaining the most intimate personal and political relations to Gov. Conway, and who, be- fore and since then, had been the recipients of his ofhcial patronage and, who, with singular nconsis- tency, opposed my re-nominatOn upon the ground that. being in Washington, l could not enter per sonally into the canvass, while they supported him for an office equally important, who had never made speech in defence of the principles, men, or mea- sures of our common partyin n his life.
 In the primary meetings, which appointed dele gates to the Camden convention, which nominated me by exclamation, the same men-embracing among them the then employees Of his Excellency were for reasons, not so obrious perhaps, consp- cuous for their opposition to the appointment of delegates favorable to my nomination.
 In every convention, until the last, in which my name has been presented for Congress, the record shows that have been neither the first, second or third choice of the Johnsons and, in the last con- test, they did not endeavor to wish to conceal from me that they had committed themselves to the SUD- port Of another aspirant, when it understood l would not be a candidate; and, if they did not prefer that other to myself l. and all my friends in the district were, and still are, under gross mis apprehension. My relations with the gentlemen to whom have referred, are cordial and friendly, and are likely to continue so but have deemed this "hi1ecH III JuSlCe JO iiiN own selfrespect and in vndication of my character for independence of thought. speech, and action.
 1, SIT, wear no mans livery, and when the trary is meant to be charged or insinuated, it is gross calumny Very respectfully,
 A. RUST"
 As the date of the above indicates it was written upon the eve of my departure form my residence for this city. When about to hand it to the pub fisher of the paper to which it was addressed, met the Hon R w Tohpuop nd f d Ina to the relations which for so long a time had sub sisted between us, to show it to him. He thought my conclusions were mistaken, and prevailed upon me to abstain from publishing it. Subsequently to this, the editor of the True Democrat affected desire to do all in his power to advance my preten sons to a seat in the Senate. The letter from which have quoted, and other evidences from the State, have convinced me that he and the influence of which he is the head, actively intriguing for my defeat
 The federal officers of the State and the depen- dents and retaners of the present Governor who is
 candidate for the same place, are cooperating for this object.
 The Johnsons, in their private relations, are honorable and amiabe gentlemen. do not com plain of the they have deemed it their inter- est to pursue towards me. The love of power is one of the most universal instincts implanted in the nature of man. They have long held undisputed sway Tn Arkansas, and it surprises one that they should relinquish it with reluctance.
 The partisans of Gov. Conway predicate his claims to a seat in the Senate upon the manner in which he has discharged the duties of his present office. Gan 1t be improper to examine his right to the appreciation and applause which he chal enges? He has administered the government of Arkansas for the last eight years though it were private estate out of which he had a right to manufacture political capital for himself and his friends Not content with subservng their political interests, he has prosttuted his office to promote their pecuniarv fortunes. He plumes himSefupon his bank policy. He and his silly partisans insult the public intelli- gence when they speak of the State debt Gov. Conway has paid off, as though he had contribut- ed means out of his own pocket for that purpose.- He has sacrificed great interests of the State to minister to his own selfish ambition. To make himself reputation, he has squandered the assets of the bank to swell the amount Of the public debt eztnguished under his administration.
 While lands were advancing in value with unpre- cedented rapidity, in opposition to the judgment and advice of the late Secretary of State, he has sold, or advised and permitted those belonging to the Real Estate Bank to be sod whenever a pur- chaser presented himself, for whatever price was offered, merely that his hired eulogists ght boast of another installment of the public debt that Gov. Conway had paid off" l call upon the legislature about to be elected to investigate the admnistra- tion by Gov. Conway of the assets of tEe Real Estate Bank, of which much capital is sought to be made for him. Let them compare the assets he turns over to his successor with those the chan cery court gave him control of during the first term of his administration. Let them examine the re- cords and witnesses with reference to the intrinsic value of the lands sold and the prices for which they were sold, and they will find that he has sacrificed assets belonging to the bank for one-tenth part of the consideration they would now command. The real estate belonging to the bank at the time of Gov. Conway's inauguration. together with the sets of every other description, would to-day buy every bond issued account oft and yet his tools and parasites, in contempt ofthe public intelligence, prate about the State debt he has paid.
 Every honest in the State holds that the debtors and stockholders of the bank, and not the people. should pay the debt contracted by the State on account of it. But every just man will admit that the stockholders had ri ght to demand of the trustees faithful and judicious application of the assets to the extnguishment of the debt for which they were bound, and not as eectioneering fund to advance his political fortunes.
 While Gov. Conway has affected the most vigi- lant watchfulness over the interests of the State, and has interposed the veto power upon trivial oc- casions, and when of doubtful propriety, he has permitted the most profligate legislation, without opposition remonstrance, to be consummated in to law when itwas to enure to the benefit of one of his favorites. l am informed that bill received his approval under which citizen of Chcot receiv-
  his plantation by State improvement, when the plantation itself was not worth half that amount
 There IS ground for believing that another one of the favorites had assurances from the Governor that if he purchased a tract of land belonging to widow and her orphan children, it would be i'm proved at the public expense. Certain it is that directly after it's purchase when greater public necessity existed for the work than before, con tract was entered into for ditching it, amount ing to some ten or twelve thousand dollars, to be paid out of public fund, administered by the Gov ernor. The value of the land will be greatly en- hanced by this work. Will not every maenani- nous citizen admit that, if the public interest re- quired this work, the incidental benefit resulting from it should have been enjoyed by the widow and her orphan children rather than their assignee, young man with already a prncely estate.
 The offering of improved lands by any of them for sale has been the signal for the ditching and leveeing of others belonging them by the present complacent chief executive of the State.
 There is, of course, no injustice, no favortism, no partialty in all this and would suggest to the Governor that he abandon all idea of longer serv- ing the State, and, like Cincinnatus, (if he will not be offended by the comparison,) retire to his farm, which his successor, in ackn0w wIedgment of his numerous and important services to himself and his friends, can have enlarged, ditched, and culti vated for him at the public expense.
 have extended my remarks upon the topics already introduced to much greater length than had intended, and desire to submit few words upon federal politics.
 A party in the South, whose leaders are at heart disunionists, and who now seem careless about concealing the aim of their policy, have availed themselves of the ust resentment excited in the popular mind of the South by the recent outrages pespetrated upon the citizens and soil of Virginia by the fanatic Brown and his followers, who have paid the last earthly penalty of their crimes by an ignomnous death, which should be accepted by the southern people as :he most ample expiation that could be rendered, to produce such a degree of sectional bitterness and exasperation in the southern mind so (to use the language employed by MT. 1ancey in his letter to Mir. Slaughter of June l5, 1858, to fire the southern hearto as would enable them, by q one organized concerted acton to precipitate the cotton States into revo- lution." 1 am free to confess that for such men feel neither sympathy or toleration; that regard their designs mischievous, unpatriotic, and crim nal and cannot cooperate with them in consum mating measure fraught in my humble opnon with ruin and disaster to my country
 l believe 1 may safely assert that those of the people of Arkansas who know me, know that am not too prone to submit to aggression from any quarter, and would, as their representative, be as 'eadv to meet consequences and dangers, and incur sacrifices in repelling any invasion of their rights pr assaults upon their equality, their interests, their honor as the noisy demagogue, who persuades himself that h &ttests his loyalty to the south by making unreasonable and unjust demands in her behalf, and advocating policy which must result ih lnealculable woes and calamities to her people.