Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-08-25
The Man with the Mask.


 rzr The very alliance which in one breath they term !" unholy.'' in the next breath they seek to form themselves and exhert us to aid in forming with them. , |
 In our last issue, we expressed surmise that Capt Pike, one of the most dIstinguisheu mem bers of the old whig and American party III 'i;iS State. would be attempted to be used by them Ill snch an alliance."-OM Line Democrat
 It by no means surprises us that our disorganizing, pretended democratic neigh Dor should disregard the requirements oi veracity, but we are surprised that 1t has in the two last issues showns so little dellcacy and good breeding as to insult dlstins- uished citizen of this city-in no way con meet, d with IS polilically-ex ,ept that he supports John c. Breckinridge as the ex- ponent of sound constitutional prncipies' Yet the Old Line, with an unpardonaoie want of respect for the common decehcieS of life, intimates, and repeats the ntima- tion that sce have tempted him. and that we will try to use him to defeat some favorte pigmy of that sheet for the o' .: Senate We know of no man who would better grace that post than Capt Plke' but having himself expressly disclalmed any desire for office, the insinuatlons of the old Line are as gratuitous as they are in snlting. We wonder if our cotemporary expects to use every man that 1t compli- ments?
 The Old Liner says we "scek to form an alliance of the very kind we censure and ask it to aid us in so doing" We seek no such thing. We form mo ollionces. Had we done so we could very easily have elected our ticket in the recent elections. We stood uncompromisingly by our prln-- ciples, our usages, and our nominees, and this very well accounts for the fact that we lost the opposition vote.
 The Old Line may deny the truth, but the know nothings openly proclaim 1t, and justify their course by the plea that 1t will break up the democratic party. And so 1t aciU if the Old Liners keep up their disor- ganizing tendencies. It is only by the exercise of considerable forbearance, and the outside pressure of patriotic sense of duty, that the true democracy-and we call that democracy which stood by the nominees the true-can be induced to coa- lesce with avowed disorganizers. The know nothings see and feel this. They read their own deserters out of ranks too relentlessly, not to know the honest indlg- nation which a democrat feels for those, "Whose treason, like deadly blight Comes o'er the counses of the brave To blast them in an hour of might"
 Every sensible man in Arkansas knows that it was the avoaoed policy of the know nothings to resort to masterly inoctivity; which meant to put out no candidate, to aid secretly the weak and disorganizinS democrats, and to divide completely and forever the democratic ranks. Wepredicted this at the opening of the canvass. Every honest man in the State, whether whig, } Fknow nothing or democrat, will admit the iustness of our prediction, and the Old Line in denying it only subjects itself to contempt for want of candor-for shrking the truth and hiding under the guise of sophistry-the resort of every hypocrite since the great tempter seduced the pos sessors of Eden from first principles.
 But lest some one may set up the plea of ignoronce in justification of the Old Liners. in order to shield them from the real indictment--a sale of principles and time honored usages for the poor consola- tion of office uatom honor-we will quote from an editorial in the last issue of their organ to show what contemptible opin- ion the disorganizers have, at heart, of themselves:
 ..It is one of the first arts of every species of warfare to create disconfents and endeavor to bring about dirsions among the members of n contend | ing force. Most assdously will the enemy of the camp encourage the Traitor in the camp, asif in obedience to d natural instinct. The traitor as naturally looks to the enemy for od and c0In0r in his treasoa As he is ready to turn to any source for assistance in his weakness; so long as his weak ness is demonstrable, he is to receive it from the common foe; that by intestine broils, traitor and betrayed may be made equal to their mutual destruction if possible, without further effort on the part of the allied enemy.
 An unfortunate division has risen in the demo- cratic ranks. t IS the policy of te democratic enemy 10 enconrage this dipisi0n. In what manner are they likely to do this? by adding more strength to the stronger side of such division? It is at once obvious that such course would, by no means, fulfil the crafty design. The crudest notion of strategy mould suggest the encouragement Of the ,ceaker side. They like to be outside dogs in in the fight, nor care which among democrats in the end may fall under.' We could ask for no better evidence to prove which is the stronger side, l which is the demncratic side,