Des Arc citizen., 1860-06-09

|
 1 Gov. Conway. and every member ot thls
 clique was fresh in the memory of every
 body. And yet, in 1853, without apolo- gy or alonemeni on his part or explana-
 iion on theirs, he was adopted as iheiI
 iavorite aad protege. Unmindful of the
 claims of those whose services and friend
 ship had been life long. they have taken
 him into their confidence and conferred
 upon him first one office and then another
 seeming themselves never to be satisfied
 with the favours with which they have
 loaded him, s.sa..........,. ...#-. .o ,r5
 When, for the first time, was a mem
 Der of the Legislature in 1872. and the
 personal and official character of Col, Sevier were assailed with violence and acrimony which many of you will remem-
 Der, actualed by sincere respect for his character, admiration fo- his talents, and
 belief m his. innocence, defended him against these assaults, if not with ability, certainly with an earneslness and dlsln- terestedness which elicited his warmest acknowledgements. ,ae a.ii=as ,5as | If. m several of the contests which re- suited in the nomination of MT. Johnson for Congress, he dld not owe his success 10 my efforts in his behalf, he and many of his friends have placed an undue es.i- mate upon the services l have rendered | him. 7.
 Yet the interest to which have refer red, and of which until recently he has been the active head. has never imposed upon me the slightest obligation. They have never in single struggle In which l have been engaged been my friends.
 | Of this I have for long tune been convinced, and as an evidence of my con- |.iclions long ago, will now publish the following card: e ri b ea- | gleH4g5 RocKYwAy, Nov. 27, 1859. | "EpIToR OF THE OLD LINE, DEMOCRAT :-- In your paper of the IL instant, in alluding 1 to the manner in which, and the persons by whom you charge the appointment of my successor already to have been made, you say. l let gentlemen look into the facts of history and ask, can they point to. one Democrat who has ever filled one of these positions, (high and responsible offices,) in opposition 1 to the wishes of the dynasty' and answer, | No.' By implication yoa charge that owe the position which, now occnpy to the Little Rock unto and dynasty. l will not be sodis- ingehnous as to affect to be ignorant of the persons whom you suppose to constitute the iunto and dynasty ; and, if what you write be true, bv whose snfferance and good will l wear the honors of Representative from the Second Congressional District. and to whom I am indebted for whatever of political pre- ferment have hitherto enjoyed in the State. If l believed that lowed my seat in Congress to any power, cause, or interest, other than the favor and confidence Git may be but little de>erved) of the people who have the right to bestow it. wonld resign it to-morrow. If accepted upon other tefms than these or, if did not owe all the OBLIGATIONS which such distinction conferred imposes upon me to the PEOPLE of the district so far from re- garding it as an honor of which l might inst- iv be proud, [ would consider it as an igno- m ny aud disgrace. By 'junto' and dynas- ty' you of conrse mean the present Governor and the .ohnsons. bileSl A 3g4t '' l owed my defeat by Mr.. Warren four years ago. in a great measure. to the active hostility of gentlemen sustaining the most in- timate personal and political relations to Gov Conway, and who, before and since then, had been the recipients of hts off 'ial patronage !; and, ho, with singular inconsistency, oppos ed my renomination upon the ground that, be- ing in Washington, could not enter person. ally into the canvass. while they supported HIM for office equally important. who had never made a speech in defence of the princl- pies men, or measures of our common patty in his life.
 .. In the primary meetings, which appoint ed delegates to the Camden Convention, which nominated me by exclamation, the same men-- embracing among them the then employees of his llency-were for reasons, not so oB- vIoUs PERHAPS, conspicuous for their opposl- tion to the appointment of delegates fayora- ble to my nomination. E.c a7sl ..Jr
 '' In every convention, un il the last, in which my name has been presented for Con gress, the record shows thatl have been neith
 CT the first, second, or third choice of the Johnsons and ill the last contest, they did not endeavor or wish to conceal from me that they had committed themselves to the support of another aspirant. when it was understood would not be candidate; and, if they did not prefer that other to myself l, and all my friends in the distlict were, and still are, un- der gross misrepresentation. my relations with the gentlemen to whom l have referred, are cordial and friendly. and are likely to con | tinue so; but have deemed this note, hastily written, proper, in justice to my own self-re- l spect and ill vindicaton of my character for inde pendence of thought, speech, and action 6 ], sir, wear no mans livery, and when the contrary is meant to be charged or insinuated, | it is gross calumny.
 "Very respectfully,
 |.i"2HA A. RUST.'' As the date of the above indicates it
 was written upon the eve of my departure
 fro my residence to this cny. When about to hand 1t to the publisher Of the paper. to which 1t was addressed, l met the Hon R. w.. Johnson, and considered
 Ii due 10 the relations when for so long a tune had subsiSled between us, to show il 10 him. He thought my conclusions were
 mistaken, aud prevailed upon me to ab.
 stan from publishing il. Subsequently to this, the edlor of the '' True Democrat !" affected deslrs to do all his power to advance my pretenslons to seat m the
 Senate. The letter fronf winch have quoted, and other evidences from the
 State, have convinced me that he and the
 influence, ,oi. which he is the head, are actvely intriguing for my defeat.
 The Federal officers of the State and the dependents and retainers of the pres.