The Russellville Democrat., 1879-01-16
TIE C0UNTY SEAT QJES STl0N.
MR. WALLACE RISES TO EXPLAIN.
RussELLvlLLR, ARK., Jan. 4, 1879.

RUssELLvlLLE, ARK, Jan. 4, 1879.
 Editor DEMocRAT--Dear Sir: In your last number was most vche- ment assault against the motives of certain citizens at Dover, who pro pose to contest the late election held in our county upon the proposition to CHANGE the County seat, &c.
 Now, client and attorney, from thelr relative situation, are very in
 timately connected, and from this relation correspondent duties result; the natural inference is that the attorneys whose names appear of record, are the en- zines sought to give effect to the malignant design of this ''little cote rie of politicians" l am the junior counsel of those who oppose the change of the county seat from It's present location, and in defense of all for whom your reflections were intended, respectfully request you to publish this communication. That we should be heard is nothing but just to us, and to the public, for no other than enlightened public opinion should prevail. We there fore ask the use of your columns to repel the imputGtions against these citizens because they would exercise the rights guaranteed them by the f laws of the land.
 You commence your aggrcssions by protesting that it is your incum- bent duty to inform the mind of the voter of ''the gounds upon which a few men seek to set aside the PLAIN " EXPRESSED WILL oi the PEOPLE and rule as THEY wish regardless of the vote of the taxpayers of the county" Some show of virtue is necessary on such occasions no matter what is the motive, And this is a most spacious show indeed. To inform the voterl Yes. To inspire him! The poor taxpayer! What a commendible at titude you occupy to the people, When the devil entered the innocent bowers of Eden it was with protesta
 tions of innocence and undying love for our primitive parents, and yet he was sinner from the beginning; but then, of course, l do not mean to , say that there is any analogy be-
 tween the devil and the editor of the
 DEMOCRAT. Now, SIT, we think this
 is all effect. Such spacious art is , too stale to deceive the people.
 The PEOPLE and TAXPAYERS are 8 worlds of empty sound in the mouth of demagogues. The significant part to be played by the DEMOCRAT
 is to prejudice the minds. of the
 people against Dover in the event of another election, for certainly he cannot expect to effect more while , this matter is undergoing judicial , investigation. You charge that the action of the contestants finds par
 alell no where, save in the dark days of radicalism and usurpation, and that it is fac-simile of radical rule, in former days. A sublime ex- {; hibition of your motives. As you we'll know that radical rule has be-
 come term ofreproach to the great
 mass of the people of this county, l you have endeayored to make this q peg upon which to hang prejudice.
 Why, sir, you talk like man in the
 desperation of frenzy when he sees he must yield the conquest to his
 foe. What does the editor know
 about the oppression of radical rule?
 Why, sir, il those days l believe that the leadership of the people was to some body else, and the editor had
 not risen to such marked distinction then as now, but still in tones of
 thunder he is heard to ''tell of the
 strife of the right with the wrong," yet the most that he can say of it's
 dethronementis; "The glory is not mine,"
 But what about the recent 'radi- calY' Certainly he who stands nearest to HIM and initiates HIM most
 is most like HIM When we see two ; men fighting in alliance with each
 other and against their enemy, hay
 ing one common enemy, having one common purpose,we say those fight
 ing in alliance are friends, do we
 not? Yes That they have one common design? Yesl Now the
 republicans throughout the county
 almost universally voted for Change.
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