Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-01-18
From the Randolph Herald. Randolph County and Col. Hindman

"Col. Hindman made very fine i'm presslon here to day. My thorough ac- quaintance with the people warrants me | ln saying so. His speech was necessarily very long, yet it was so interesting that the audience listened to 1t with marked attention. His audience was entirely re- spectacle, in point of numbers. They were mostly of the right stripe,' too old-iashioned anti-bank, anti-clique, anti fusion-caucus democrats. My honest opin- ion is, that Hindman will carry Randolph county without a struggle. The people are getting tired of the domination of the miserable J Johnson faction"
 | lOld Line Democrat correspondent from Randolph county)
 We had hoped that we would not be called on to say anything more on Col. Hindman's " little quarrel" and would not, had 1t not have been that "Old Demo- crat, Tn his communication, made some slight mistakes, in his article for the Old | Line Democrat, from which the above is an extract.
 "Old Democrat" says Hindman made
 fine impression here on Monday, the 24th day of October, which we admit, vet not as he would represent, not, by long ways, for he would make the people believe the Colonel had convinced them that it was right to kick Dick, Bob, (Dick's big broth er) Billy h., and some others, from the I ranks ot democracy and elevate him (Col. Il. to the proud rank of standard bearer to that party; when the case was, he did no such thing but proved conclusively, to the good people of Randolph that he had had "hMe muss' acih the True Demo- crdfs editor and wIted to make them party to his and Colonel Johnson's fight. lie told D.) further says that the reason he knows the Col. made fine impression was, that he was thoroughly acquainted with the people-perhaps he is, but, iudg- ing from the great blunders in his article, we would say he was not for if any one, with one grain of sense, after listening to Colonel Hindmsn's speech, could say it had any weight with the people who have contrasted hls course as democrat is easily convinced. For if we are not mis- taken, and we are not, the Col, in his speech here, did or said nothing to justify hls previous course, but on the contrary, dld everything in his power to cloak those short comings under fictitious charges against men who have led the democratic party in the State of Arkansas, to victory for the past twenty years.
 Ills speech was necessarily very long, yet the people listened to 1t with marked attention"
 So they did. Yet, Mr. o. D., when was 1t that democratic people would not listen to a speaker of the Colone's ability? But Tn this instance he was not listened to Tn the spirit you would imply, but with wonAr depicted on their countenances at the presumption of any mans even private ly, much less publicly, asking of the demo- cracy to uphold hm in the abuse of men long tried, and found not lacking, in the cause of the people.
 He also says his audience was respectable Tn point of numbers-well, so they were, Ii some 100 or perhaps, 150, in county that votes some 900, and that, too, on as puoilc a day as is our court day, after having had his postersbp for two months, notifying the people of the fact that he would then have talk with them, could be called respectable; and as to MT. Old D., we regret very much that it was not more respectable, for certain are we that he would have convinced more than he did of the good people of Randolph that the best thing they could do for the party would be to vote for the redoubtable Colonel to stay at home at the next election, which they most assuredly will, notwithstanding your honest opinion is, that he will carry Randolph county with out struggle''- for If he has over twenty-five supporters, outside of the defunct know nothing party we have not yet found them, and we certainly have better opportunity of knowing than Old Democrat, with all his boasted knowledge of the people.
 As to the Johnsons and Judge Sebas- tian, we beg leave to differ widely with the venerable old gentleman there, for the reason that no good and true democrat every yet found fault with any man for doing his duty, evea if that duty led him to the exposition of the short comings of its representative and more especially for expo- sing such grab as our legislators made in the State treasury, or for supporting as good a democrat as our present executive and tor following policy which, if presisted Tn, will, in ten years, clear our State of debt No, "Old Democrat" they never dld yet nor mH they now although you seem so confident of it.
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