Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-07-14
; From Madison County.
EDITORS TRUE DEMocRAr-

EDITORS TRUE DEMOCRAT
 On 23d June we were honored with the presence of Johnson and Rector, candi- lates for the gubernatorial chair. A large audience were in attendance; Judge Rec tor led in the discussion He is good stump orstor; speaks splendidly. eloquent ly and impressively. His hobby was the tricks and frauds of the convention. By sophisticated arguments he rejected the votes of several counties: ignores the de- mocracy of the Little Rock conventions and thus, as he supposed, having swept away the visionary platform of crazy democracy. he announced himself csrdi- date upon equal terms with his opponent.
 We listened with some attention to the arguments of the Judge. and yet could not, by any legitimate deductions, gain his conclusions. From official proceed ings heretofore published, we had evidence before us, that the convention organized at Little Rock, appointed committee on credentials, and upon the deliberations of said committee, Richard II. Johnson gain ed the nomination.
 This. unless fraud was apparent, should by the usages o..democracy, be deemed final. To subject the official proceedings of the boly of democracy, to the censo
 
 rious analysis and criticisms of individuals, and especially aspirats for the same office, is virtually subversive of the essential laws of democracys If the official acts of the body reported in good faith be re- iected or denounced, charge of corup tion lies against the body,
 We do not deny the possibility of such corruption, even in the official acts of de- mocrary, We nevertheless are reluctant to yield credence to a few members who rise up and charge the body with corrup- tion Nor can we accord full merit to the di>interested patriotism of that aspirant who demonstrates his right to the favor of the party by dirert charge of fraud upon the entire body. If the conventions of democracy be corrupt, the party is cor rrpt. Hence we gain nothing by appeal ing to the ballot box. We very reluctant ly appreciate that principle of diSinterest- ed patriotism which demands the wreck of the body in order that a platform may be erected for one of it's aspiring members.
 In this part of the discussion much credit is due to Col Johnson. His pointed, ex plicit and conclusive appeals to .tacts, gain ed triumphant vindication of the con. sistency and democracy of the convention. Taking up in order the original pro- ceedings of contested votes, he, by pontel proof and unanswerable argument, male full and satisfactory deVon>tration of his right to the field as the nominee of the democratic party.
 The Judge in the exuberapce of his towering eloquence. in order that he might more success fully brush away the himsy cobweb of the Little Rock convention, made loud and sarcastic appeals upon the riaks and popular cheat of conventions generally. The people by few leaders were duped and driven about even as his broken down carriage horses.
 We do not deny the possibility of such trick Yet we are aware that the cry of foul riding is seldom heard till the race is lost. We have no disposition to question the political integrity of Judge Rector; yet I venture the assertion that the democracy of the conventions might have passed the ordeal of his cenSorious criticism with much less rigor. had the nomination been conferred upon him.
 The great national critic. Napoleon Bo- naparte, disallowed with menacings of ven gcance, the arrogant assumptions of the Pope of Rome; till the aid of his Hoh- ness was needed to separate his Royal Maiesty-a uinculo matrimonii, and then the supremacy of his spiritual dominion was not only admitted, but eagerly sought.
 The Judge submitted some views of the State policy necessary for the successful management of the State penitentialy.- Spinning jennieS were recommended, in or der that fabrics manufactured, might be colorel with pokeberres and sold to the ladies, etc. The fiscal affairs of our State are not sniff .ientlv matured; nor are we snffi iently approximated to the commer- cial world by railroads for wolk of this k.nd.
 With others of his predecessors, we award much crelit to the financial economy of our present executive, and admit that some progressive statistical maturity has been made. We nevertheless are we'll as sured that Arkansas would not only need protective tariff to enable her to com pete successfully in such work. but woul'l need surer star to guide her bark in the undertaking. Banks, spinning jennes and other speculative investments of the kind have been attended with success in some of the States-vet their statistical training and financial discipline. were better thar that which has marked the experiment 1T Arkansas.
 The views submitted by the Judge fo paying the State debt by selling stock 1T railroads were certainly little comical How it is that the State whose credit Ii deprecated, could sell stock in rairoad yet to be built. and thereby relieve her self from debt, is at least abstruse, and O that obscure cast of policy which admits of much difficulty of comprehension.
 This policy advanced by the Judge, re minded me somewhat of the sharp trading' of Yankee to make a quart of liquor