Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-07-21


 beautifully arranged. True it kills off Judge Rector whom the address is careful never to mention, and stabs Rust under the fifth rib" but what further service can they be to Col. Hindman-
 "Who bears like Turk no brother near the throne.''
 To give Rector too much strength would be raising up rival in Duval to take the fasces of power out of Hindman's grasp. He fears the treachery of his friend, Peek, now the nephew of Rector and Duval, knowing it will be impossible to satisfy their cormorant appetite for ofice and that his success would only be apparent while others, if not checked now, would enjoy the beneft-that las sceptre would be bar ren one:
 "A barren sceptre in his grasp,
 | Thence to be wrenched by an unineal hand,
 No son of his succeeding.'
 Taking this view of the matter, Col. Hind- man really prefers the election of R. H. Johnson and lets him off as mildly as he can possibly do and at the same time hide his broken faith to Rector We told the latter months ago that he was the dupe of designing men, who would desert him in the hour of peril. Like Cassandra's s of old our prophecy was disregarded, and after a tedious canvass Rector arrives in Little Rock, shorn of one half of his original strength, with his "right bower" playing into the hands of his opponent, and defeat and humiliation staring him in the face This treatment is perhaps deserved, but we regret nevertheless to see Judge Rector de- ceived and betrayed, led first into rash and ill-considered canvass, and then left, like Uriah by the order of David, to inevitable ruin.
 On the other hand we pity Col. Rust's contemptible posture; decoyed by Hind man to betray his truest friends, running blindly muck every influential man in Ar 1 kansas (for even Douglas men cannot be considered by Rust as his friends, he too is now betrayed in turn by his great temp ter. The Old Line Democrat first ceased to lavish praises upon him, and now direct ly under the mantle of Douglasism Hind man plunges the dagger of ingratitude into his bosom. Poor Rust he vents his in- effective rage in coarse and scurrilous cir cular, striking out through the darkness like a blind Cyclops, and only wounding himself against the walls of dark fate into which he has been unwittingly allured. The Old Line Democrat first damned him with faint praise. and then turned him out '.to grass" lest its potential voice might elevate him too far above that journals favorite pigmy, Donation Ben. Duval, who 50 generously V bestowed his ninety-six dol lars per diem on "my nephew" Col. Rust has this satisfaction, however, that Hind man himself is getting jealous of the new family oligarchy, Rector, Duval and Peck, and deserting them, is making a bold bid on the strength of John C. Breckin- ridge to get into the U. $. Senate.
 In regard to the latter point IL is anus | ing to see to what a shift Hindman resorts | The Old Line Democrat, waiting to hear 1 from Hindman, neglected to hoist the names | of Bierkinridge and Lane. and when forced 10 do SO by our broadsides, put them up in silence, and lets them stand even to this day. without one word of approhation.- | Regarded as Hindman's gan. it will be compelled now. since Hindman has cha ked out the way, to come out with show of boldness, and a mockery of patriotic ndig- nation against Douglas, notwithstanding the Illinois record' suspended like glcaming scmetar above the head of the editor. The latter will be compelled to brave it out, or resign his editorship after the State elections, only two weeks off, un- til the storm blows over.
 But in the meantime Hindman fears that he and the Old Line have lost something | by delay, that the direct, open, manly course which we pursued has accomplish ed more than cunning and diplomacy on their part, and that the True Democrat will be regarded as having lead the van for Breckinridge. In view of this construction he sees his senatorial honors whitening away. and the great trump card on which he has stalled his political fortunes, likely to be caught" To get to the U. $. Sen ate, Hindman must conciliate the southern district where Johnson and Breckinridge are bo.h strong To do this he betrays 1 Rector, claims in advance the honor of carry ing the state for Breckinridge, kicks the Douglas men over to Bell, and then kicks Bell and Cypert out of the State. After this Blondin feat he laughs in his sleeve at his dupes, Rector and Rust, compliments himself blandly on his congressional ex- plots, and closes with visions of future hon ors in all the splendor and vivid pageantry of imagination floating before his enrap- tured gaze.
 Having given the sum and substance, the scope and aim of the address, we notice, en possant, one or two minor points. It is a matter of curious speculation whether Col. Hindman has just now for the first time succeeded in extracting the arrows with which the True Democrat has often peppered him, to hold up their bloody points to sympathizing public, or wheth- CT, after the State had almost forgotten them, he took up file of the paper and ex- tracted them slowly and carefully as hag selects and prepares the ingredients of her cauldron, before she mumbles over the seeth- ing mixture her internal incantations. The poison will probably take effect so far as was intended, that is far enough to keep mp the Hindman sympathy in the northern | li,tr;nt vot mt for anouvh to 1o Rect or