Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-03-24
Number 9.

ning himself against an article which arq c I'd sometime since in your column over the sig ur U. "ir flay,' read a certiffcie trnH a rvt, ble Il''ACi N D oi Washington, Arks., wbo certified | at Df' o' D. Mitchell did Ga few da hct)rc deliver ,hs gse'hoefatic speech in Wasl gton, Arkais"s, II, io'"') say n his hearing that thee "as nothlhE objectionable in the know noting platioim, nG that it was good enon2h for whies democrats and all to stand on Alter Col. G hal concluded, Dr. Mitchell arose and simply ten'e tl charge in-the certificate. He then stated tha, he would support the nominee of the convection, no matter who he was and asked Col. c. if lie would sls as much. In Col. G's. reply he said if pr. Mitchell would con ,ince i'm that he clear of the charge in tie cer ifcatc or if he would repent, and promise tu be consistent democrat in iutuic, and Ii ec>r- veItion was anything like fair reflex oi he will of the people, he would not only pledge un sell to support him any other democrat that miSh' be chosen but he would use his utmost enseavo1s To secure his election Now l submit 1t to every honest democrat it it not such an answer us should come from eN cry man whose only oo,e~ts are the interests of his party and his country
 Like "Spectators,' we noticed one point of di'- ference which immediately attracted our attention; one on which, as we conceive, hangs the lr'sPet- itv and perpetuation of southern insutUiioIi.
 Col c. in the outset openly denounced Douslas and his abomnable s,iuatter sovereignty doctrine, and stated that he believed it be the prrntSe i duty of Congress to protect slavery in the siioieN' if DG uHftehdiy Leqlstdtt0n the people sAOuO a s'lP to exclude it thcreironl, that Congress aaG 70 power of itself to intsrjtre with slavery in a e'r;- tory, but vas sentinel whose duty it was i su'1i and protect the owner in hi, right. Dr. Michc:' n reply denounced Douglas with much h,i' err"-s as Col. G. and then added, that he and Col. z differed in regard the lights of Congress, he 's- serted that Congress had right to inter- H!,i slavery in a territory nor had Congress iqh 2 grotfa sldrery in trriory euen oqaii~t hjr3he;s leqislation he appealed to the Dred a"ott dcc'ic' to establish his position. Col. C. in reTlv to ts read the following clause from the Dred Sc '; r.- cision. "1he only power corered on Conlr.sT by the constitution, "iS the power coupled with ( duty to guari and r,otect the owner n hF- r'yiit
 Ii any doubts that Dr. Mitchell did @kc the position above given, 1t can be suOstal4tIAicd bH great many who were present.
 How it is that Dr. Mitchell can one moment dis card Douglas and his squattor sovereignty doc tr,nes and the next moment assert that CtnsTtes has no power to protect the owner in his proPt " against unircn Fly legislation, we can not cohccl't. It seems remarkably strange that " Y ectato.s did not notice ths point of difference be;veen ths aspirants.
 Believing that the democrats of South Arkan5ae, will show Dr. Mitchell and all other defenders ot this pos tion tier opinion of .uci damn ng doe tr;nes to tue South, ill the district convention at Arkadel phir, ana at tue biou box, we confidently and w'lingy submit it lo ther con-i cr ton md action. A DEMOCRAT