Year: 1860

Three numbers of the Old Line Democrat have been issued, and as yet the Pulaski county democratic ticket has not been re- cognized or supported. ill its columns. The avowed enemies of the nominees have not done more, nor labored more insiduously, to throw odium upon the democratic ticket, and compass its defeat, than has the Old Line Democrat. Upon the lips of the editor the word democracy necessarily dwells, and from his pen flows professions of his ardent attachment to its principles, and yet hls acts are in the veriest contradiction. He constantly claims to be a democrat-talks a democrat-writes democrat, but his acts are invariably in opposition GO the demo- cratic party.

 Mr. Peek is even inconsistent i'll his op- position. He savs-when Me proper time arriyes-mhen ID lis judyment Me cause of democracy may be benefted hereby, he so'H place tie ticket ct Me Aead of his columns.

 And notwithstanding this promise, in another place, he thus speaks of that same ticket:

 "We understand through an old democrat whose hair has grown grey in the service of his party, that the nominations confirmed by the late county con vention were in fact made by secret conclave as sembled in private room which was formerly used for initiating know nothngs in, and that Ill 'hat conclave presided, at least acted prominent part, the old bellwether of know nottingham him self; in which very room, owned by himself, he had prostituted to the faith and worship of sam these very know nothings that the True Denocrdf NOW so severely reprimand US tor occasonaily mih gling with in social intercourse

 Thus, notwithstanding his promise to place the ticket, dftcr while, at the head of his paper he is non busily engaged in giving currency to all the petty islanders that it's enemies are circulating against It.. We confess we do not comprehend Mir. Peek. We simply state the facts and leave others to judge him.

 The charge made upon the authority of the old grey headed democrat Is untrue and q slander We should like to see his proofs, and we now call for them. Let this " old g;ey headed democrat" appear before the public and sustain or retract his charge. The fact that Mr. Peek himself does not believe them is amply proved by the pro mise he makes, at some future day, to sup port the ticket How can he support it, if what he chronicles of it Is true?

 MT. Peek's course in this matter cannot be solved in any other way than that he sincerely desires the defeat of the Pulaski damocratic nominees lift can, we would be pleased to see the solution. In our opin- ion it is impossible for man to desire sincerely the success of anybody whom he assiduously labors to bring into odium and disrepute.

 The democracy of this county have had many hard battle to fight. They have passed through long night of almost Egyptian bondage, and now feel their ability to cope with their enemies, both open and disguised. Let them remember the past, and let that remembrance nerve them to their best efforts. The day of sue cess already begins to dawn, and it will break clearly and brightly on the first Monday in next August Old Pulaski will, at last, be redeemed, and victory achieved over the combination now formed will be all the more glorious.