Year: 1859

saw him, instead of appearing pleased, he would tuck his tail between his legs and yelp in anticipation of the thrashing he knew he deserved Some men are like our friends hound. They know they deserve and begin to blubber and cry be- fore they are called up for punishment.

 c. Federal Hemingway came to this State we'll indorsed, and his record was that of gentleman and democrat. We were one of those who republshed encomi- ums on him and took occasion to compli- ment him. The truth is, that though very nice man, he has one faculty that ab- sorbs all others. It is the love of praise

 You can hatter him as easily as you can Aatter girl. Upon his arrival at Little Rock, last winter, he fell into the hands of our enemies, who were engaged in the very dirty work of seizing all new corners and poisoning their minds against us. Morn ing, noon altl night, they poured lies into his ears and mingled this with so much fattery, that he got to believe that we were fends and he one of the greatest men that ever blessed the country. We have some rich anecdotes to tell in this connection, but not now. This very nice, but very weak brother, was kneaded and manipulated un- til they could make him assume any shape they wished. Ifthey told him to vote thus, he so voted; if they told him to make a speech, he spoke, and surrendered himself body and soul to the cunning tricksters who were twirling him around their thumbs.- We regretted this, because we believe if left to himself and uninfucnced, he would have done justice to himself and to us. If, however, hs chose to array himself against us, without cause or provocation, we might regret 1t bnt were too independent, or too proud if you please, to hatter or coax him into different opinion. Having gained him, the next thing was to use him. We never, in our lives, saw more complete abandonment of mans independence or surrender of manhood, than this same c.

 Federal Hemingway exhibited. When the legislature deposed Mr. Oates and elected a Speaker who would certify accounts for per diem during the recess, we were morti

 fled to see this great wrong done by de-

 mocratic legislature. We were taunted

 with it and told they would continue this game. The legislature fixed day for final

 and we cited this fact as

 proof they did not intend to repeat the

 wrong. Upon this our enemies seized, and,

 to add to their infamy, introduced the noto-

 rious sedition resolutions, in which they attempted to gag .he press Onthe discus

 sion of those resolutions C. Federal Hem ingway made a speech, urging the passage and assailed us in language unbecoming gentleman, and advocated doctrines that

 would have shocked John Adams and his

 federalist supporters, by their intense fede- ralism. In this speech, wherein he expressed his strong anxiety to become dog, toad, and other things, he was not content with abusing us, but slandered our friends and called his superiors, men as independent as he ever was, collar men and serfS And after he sat down, frightened at his own temerity, he asked his master who sat by to whip him on, if he had not said too much. Up to this time, in public or in private we had never uttered a word against this same c. Federal Hemingway. These sedition resolutions were in his handwriting, though offered by another, too notoriously ignorant to concoct them or to understand their import It would take strong evi- dence to make us believe that the nice man" wrote them, but no doubt he copied them. We denounced these resolutions and their reputed author. We had given this man no cause of offence, and when he became the tool of miserable intriguers, the monkey to pull their chestnuts out of the fire, we felt pity rather than hate for him.

 Hating us, as all men hate those whom they have injured, he agreed still further to assail us. To carry out their schemes and give vent to his malice, he has bought the Sage When this was aunounc- ed we were glad of it, as it gave us an op- portunity to come back at this preacher of federalism. Had he gone back to obscuri- ty-had he repented of his federalism and to atone for his apostacy and his attacks upon the press he might have been permitted to rest unnotced, But again he enters the arena. He does not come in boldly but like the dog, before men, toned with his tail between his legs and bowling. Remember that this federal spouter began the assault in an outrageous, and ungentlemanly manner, and see how his conscience gnaws, and in to bite us how he tries to make

 1t appear that he is the abused party Read it and you get an idea of the malice md unveracity of this "nice man."

 "When it was announced in the Sage that we lad become its purchaser, and would in few weeks

 ake charge of its editorial columns, several of

 he press were kind enough to give favorable mo- ice. To all such, we return our greateful acknow-

 edgments. The True Democrat, alone availed tself of that opportunity, as it has done several other occasions, to give thrusts of the most dis courteous character. We wish our readers to bear

 his fact, particularly in mind; for we do not rro-

 ess to be one of those, who, when smitten on one pack, as we surely shall, with that independence ,heek, will turn the other If then we shall speak which becomes a freeman, we wish them to recol-

 ect the assaed party-assaied, too, at a lime when it was known we had not the use of our pen to defend ourself."

 We wish c. Federal Hemingway, esq.,, to remember this speech in support or the sedition resolutions, when he asked his master if he had not said too much-when he took advantage of his position to assail us He intends to assail us and abuse us. Let him do so openly and manly. Let him not come with this stuff about his being the assailed party, when he got down on his