Year: 1860



 EDITons TRUE DEMOCRAT

 .Sirs, In the Old Line Democrat of the 10th inst. appears long communication from this county over the signature of A Young Democrat, coming down on the de mocracy of this ,od county generally, and a certain old democrat particularly, who dared to write short letter some time since for publication in your paper.

 Now if the calling of hard names and loading an opponent with n ses is argu- ment. this young beardless dsorganizing old liner is master writer. It is not my desire. Messrs. Editors, to bandy epithets nor to break ances with this gallant knight, but simply to notice few of his statements. He says Old Democrat was pushed forward by his friends, whom he politely styles the moccasin gang, against his own will to reply to Young Democrat. You are mistaken Mr. Young Od Liner; if I was modest like you l would say that you had written a falsehood Old Democrat has no gag in his month, no collar round his neck. neither does he have to call council of know noth- ings and submit what he writes for the press to them and have it approved.

 Young Democrat intimates that my object was to iniure his character. How he ar rived at this sage conclusion is matter of astonishment; it is presumed that by some rule of reasoning known only to old liners the types make me say Young Democrat uses the personal pronoun l nineteen in instead of thirteen times in his article of the 10th May. l suppose the universal scape goat for the sins of all scribblerdom will have to bear this too, viz: the printers devil. perhaps though it is we'll enough the error occurred as 1t affords such infinite satisfaction and gives him chance to talk about Smiths grammar. the Cherokee Ian guage, etc. Young Democrat doubts Old Democrat knowing which he belongs to. the masculine or feminine gender; then in the next sentence refers him to the Old Liner of the 10th May, to see how often he uses the pronoun l. 70 consistency thou art a iewel!" l heard not long since a regular built Old bipe Rectorite talking about the English alphabet, he said there was only four vowel lcttefs; that they were a, l.k,p. Soyousee they caIhbe put together and made to spell Peak. if mol. according to the most approved Illinois style. at least so it would be understood in the back woods. Don't you think Young Democrat had bet ter take his brother under his special charge? No doubt. but he coul advance him as far as horsebo;k in little time, and also teach him how many vowel letters and what lct~ ters are vowels in our alphabet, and per haps which he belongs to, the masculine or the femir inc gender

 This young defender. of tbe>fa;th next says that Old Democrat denounces Col. Hindman and the mass meeting held in this county on the 15xh March last. Now refer the gentlema6 to the True Democrat of the 23d of June to see whether said the 18th March ornot. lam truly, truly sorry Young Democrat don't know IF from 10 when it is not in Cherokee but plain Eng fish. And as to Col. Hindman he is now the nominee of the democratic party for Congress, and no democrat in this county is disposed to make war on him. Young Democrat to the utter astonishment of every body, informs the world that the good people of old Conway has lately resolved to do as they think best--to listen to no dictator. When sir did the people of this or any other county in the State submit to dictation, or bow the knee at the shrine of any eemagogue or clique? He misquotes my language with regard to the mass meet ing and then goes into histories over his own interpretations. l again refer to my communication, read it one time more, see if you find anything like this: ''each and every friend of Col. Hindman turned out and took part in the convention" Thus he puts words in my mouth never uttered; such though Is in keeping with the courtly braring and high bred dignity which char acterize old liners generally.

 Young Democrat also sets up | tremen. dious howl sboat bsing called disosgan,