Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-07-28
Prairie County.

We never ask quarter of any political opponent, we are willing that we and our friends may be judged by the record, but we sometimes protest against want of fairness, an illiberal and unmanly spirit, such for instance as is manifested by the Prairie county papers. The Prairie De- mocrat outdoes, if possible, the Citizen in bitterness and the recklessness of its charges. It totally misrepresents facts in every political article in the last issue. We do not attribute to it willtm perrsrsion, but allow that it is honest in what it says really believes the absurdities it afirms.- The first article says Judge Rector "en- chained the audience!'' that he showed that he was as much the nominee as J.!!-that Rector exposed the fraud of the convention, etc!! Now for the facts: To " "enchain an audience" is above his powers, for though tolerable speaker, Rector is no orator. Johnson had three times as many votes as any other aspirant 0ithom e single 5allot. while Rector was not the choice of single county-so taking off all the counties com plained of by the disorganizers, and John son still had much stronger expression of popular favor than any other man, and the modest "Cincinnatus of Saline" had none -"nary wave" Did Judge Rector state well known fact. that when he was an office -holder-surveyo general-he was an active convention wire-worker?" Did he tell the people that he had once set in legislattve caucus without any legitimate authority, and supported J ohn S. Roane as the nominee of that caucuse The next article is labored effort to prove that Col. Cypert is the "pet" of the True Democrat, after we have denied it, and Col. Cypert over his own signature has given the lie to Mr. Peek for asserting that there was any collision between the True Democrat and him.
 The third article says: "The True De- mocrat accuses the editor of the Old Line of supporting Douglas in preference to Lincoln" There was no necessityfor mak- ing that accusation-Mr Peek confesses it-but what we do accuse him of is indors- ing unequivocally and without qualification sguatter souere'gnty-.adv advocating Douglas worst dogma. Under no circumstances would we indorse and advocate doctrine we did not believe in-wonld the Prairie Democrat? But what is still worse please take notice consistent neighbor and tell us your opinion of 1t next week we accused the editor of the Old Line of denying that he advocated "squatter sovereignty" Che alleging that 1t was not an issue in the can- vass) and then proved by his own edito- rial, published in his own paper in Illinois, that he did advocate this "heresy y"- When Col. Can't said it "would be dis organization not to support Col. Johnson, '" he said it, according to Turner's Southern Star, with a mental reservation, and was perfectly justifable in falsifying his word. Unless the Prairie Democrat resorts to the same process of reasoning how can 1t exculpate the editor of the Old Line, who has given up his own defence in despair- But enough of this-we merely wish to place ourselves rectus in curia. Why did not the Prairie Democrat quote what the Old Line said about the "Donation Bill, :" under which a large portion of Prairie county was settled? The Old Line quotes it as an instance of Johnsonan fraud and misrule, and intimates that men who pur- chased under that law defrauded the State. Ask the voters of Prairie county how they like this wholesale slur on their integrity, for that county received more benefit under the law than any other in the State?
 In conclusion we will give our cotempo- rary of Prairie a practical illustration of the situation in which Col. Cypert placed us. He requested us to publish his "cir cular," as he had no other medium by which it could possibly reach the voters of his district, many of whom he could not see. His own party was not organized, and his party papers had quite a limited circulation-he appealed to our generosity what could we do? We make the same request of the Prairie Democrat-will it do us the justice to publish the above?