Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-10-13
From Ashlev conntu

"eSs' E9uors; Our circuit court has just ad- Journeu. it without entirely dsposing of the nu- hierous es "ith which our civil and state dockets are at pr eht eumoered. This is not owing to the want ot nomptness or efficiency on the part of OUT worthy yige, but is mainly attributable to the snort pe4d of time allowed to dispose of the ae cumuiatY mass of business here. Two weeks "ouiu httle enough to devote to legal matters m 'his ce3nty' and therefore bill will be intro. duced m the next legislature for the purpose of extendiiY the time ofhalding circuit court here to two weeV as also another to reduce the judicial circuit Nx counties.
 foiihdS have suffered some during thepast week you may Test assured. It was announced here f, some time, that Gen. Fell and Judge sorrells would address the citizens of Ashley, at Hamburp on the Saturday preceding court, and consequent fy largecrowd assembled at the court house for the purpose ofhearing those gentlemen discuss the merits of their candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency. Owing to indisposition, Judoe Sorells did not reach here, and of course the Gen efai had IL all his own way. But although com pete nf the field aaa ss without rival near the throny" he certainly made one of the lamest efforts that We have ever heard him make It evidently gas an uphill business with him, for he hounceesSsd foundered for nearly three long hours without Fing proved one solitary postulate with which ii et out; and it was only enunciating some great dSs2pcratic truth that we recognized in the speaker once bold, manly and eloquent defender of demo ic principles.
 what tangled web we weave
 en hrstwe practise to deceiyer,
 Decid the best Bell land Everett speech made curing t, was the one delived by Mr. Carlton of Pin| Being first rate lawyer, and lons accu Speeious reasoning, he made the moss "a bad cause, and in addition to the thanks ited from his own party for the loci- cai' able tness manner in which he defended the oery conTehens're platform, it was awarded to him by men of all political parties, sincerity of purpose. and honesty of heart. Mir. Carlton was replied to by Pitts Yell, esq, in an able and eloquent man. ner, completely refuting all of the assumntions made by his learned antagonist, as also those.madc oy ms father, the General on the Saturday preced ing. From the ugubratious of some of the Rel n, d Everett orators. together with the contnrtions of some oi the yclept leaders in this county, they were evidently wrlthing under the stalwart blows oi tiiS young cnamplon of democracy.
 On Tuesday, Judge Sorrells addressed ore of tha largest and most attentive audiences ever ossem. bed within the walls of the courtroom: and al. though evidently aboring under great physical pros tration, he came boldly up to the task assigned him as an advocate of the claims of Breckinrdce and Lane to the next Presidential and Vice Presidential chairs From the notices given of Judge Sorrell aadfess elsewhere, we were prepared to hear a speech repete with good sound sense and reason. nor were we mistaken in our auticpatops. for on this occasion the Judge exceeded the most sanouiue expectations all He discussedin lucid. fair and impartial manner all of the great political questions of the day, disseeted with a masters hand all of the various sms which divide and distract parties. and more especially the abomnable doctrine of squatter sovereignty which has successfully rent in twain the nobest party that has ever existed in any state or nation.
 Being interrupted by the court, Judge sorreHs resumed his subject at night. H then took ,ip Bell and Everett's record which has become part and parcel of the history of our country. He fulIv succeeded in proving that they were not only non, but nave ecer been unSound on the slavery question: lie asserted fact which is but loo eoeU kno,cn here at the South, and that is that the southern wing of the party who are nO,o sustatniaq Bell, since his nomination at Baltimore, were in days past among the first and loudest. ill denounciaq him for his fredchery to the South. Vcriy successful nomi nation like "chaIty hides multitude of faults.',
 Judge Sonels closed his masterly speech by one oi the1most telling appeals to tie democracy to stand by their arms, and not to compromise their rights, or those of the South, by idly voting for Douglas, or Bell and Everett. Tn listeninr to inc thrilling appeals of the Judge. We were forcibv re- minded of Napoleon's last words in the grand charge at Waterloo, as drawn by Scott:
 "On! on! was still his stern exclaim.
 Confront the battle's ia4s of fams.
 Rush on the levelled gum
 My stee-clad cuirassiers advance,
 Each Hulon forward W tn his lance.
 My Guard, my chosen, charge for France,
 France and Napoleon!''
 If all of the electors and sub electors throuco,i the State have discharged their duties as faithfully as Judge Sorrells, the Ides of November will see the Democratic party of Arkansas crowned win q most glorious victory.
 There were several Bell and Everett sneeches from various speakers during court week, and also some two or three democratic ones Among the latter was one by Judge Hutchinson of your city. We had not the pleasure of hearing the judge. but were told by those well yersed in political matters that he made an eloquent and almost unanswerab,e speech. ARKANsas