The Russellville Democrat., 1877-05-17
TYURSDA ', MA Yi7, 1877.

NchpiuuNb, stbA tiNbi tiiS i~tb tie Rock agency.
 It is amusing to see the com ments made by the different state papers in regard to the new paper which is talked of at Little Rock.
 -FRED DOUGLAS IN DIsFAvoR.- Washington dispatches say petitions are in circulation for the removal of Fred Douglas because of animadver- sions upon the people of Washing ton.
 On the Sth inst. the last sew ing machine patent expired, and as there will hereafter be no royalty for manufacturers of machines to pay, we may look for very appre- ciable decline in prices.
 -MEMPHIs CoTToN AT AMSTERDAM. The cotton exchange of Memphis has received official notice that the gold medal had been awarded their bale of cotton at the International Horticultural Exhibition at Amster. dam.
 --THE MoRMoNs.-That Brigham Young and others in authority among the Utah Mormons, are pre- pairing for resistance of the United States laws, and for fight if necessa- ", is apparent from the activity with thelr military organizations are being drilled and armed.
 LET NONE BE SLIGHTED-The Star complains that neither the edit ors, proprietors nor anybody else connected with that paper, havebeen furnished transportation to the Press Convention at Ft. Smith. Bro. Frolich, send the editor pass. Let us have no one left out.
 STILL NOT Packard, al. though the poor wretch might have died calmly ,,and without struggle, still continues to kick and howl over his political grave. The latest from him is wall which he has just transmitted by telegraph to Blaine, as follows:
 'eThe overthrow of the lawful state government was appropriately cele- brated to day. Detachments of the United States participated with the white leagues of Alabama and Louis jana in this celebration of Democrat ic success. Did poetic justice de mand that the honors of this achieve ment should be equally divided? In the absence of the Commission the1 Gray was accorded the post of honor, and the Blue asked for no apology. The Custom House and Post Office were closed in honor of the event. It is probable that United States in- terference will not be required here after"
 The subject of a new Democratic central organ for the State oi Arkan- sas IS being discussed. What ob- jection any Democrat can have to the Gazette is more than we can see. It is always in alignment with the policy of the party, is ably edited, excellent in mechanical get-up, prompt to time, reliable and digni- l fled in utterances. What improve mcnt can be made on those essen tials is more than our limited philos- ophy can divihe.-TeXarkana Dem ocrat.
 All very true, but then why pre- judge any other proposed democratic paper, and endeavor to prejudice the pubic against it before it's birth, as some of our State papers are dong. Can't the Gazette still live, and still continue to be able, true, virtuous, excellent, reliable, dignified, &c., with another democratic paper at the Capital? Has any one paper mo- nopoly on the democracy of Arkan sas?
 The New York Sun is still ap plauding and encouraging Hayes Van Buren Argus.
 The Argus was never more mis- taken than when it makes the above | statement. If there is q paper in | the United States which has care fully abstained from saying anything calculated to give responsibility to a president who holds his position by title clouded with doubts and tainted with fraud It is the New York Sun. If all papers were just as cautious about allowing them selves to be blinded, by little sur face show of fairness-forced fair ness, at that--to the magnitude of Mir. Hayes crime in accepting all office to which he was never consti- | tutionally chosen, as is the Sun, it would be better for the country.