Year: 1859

<F not like Arkansas It is slave holhng State. It is democratic. It is the home of Albert Rust. Consequently Greeley lets no opportunity escape him to abuse and villify Arkansas. One of his last filings was an account of the passage of the free negro bill. We took occasion' last week, to show up some of the mlsrepresen- tations of the Tribune. It appears that you cannot touch one of the opposition without affecting all Our remarks in de- fense of the action of the State, aroused the ire of the Gazette of this city, and Tn his usual style he pitches iii. When we touch ed the Tribune, the Gazette quivered, though we might not see

 '.Th' electric chain

 Wherewith they are darkly bound"

 From Among the filth in the article of the Gazette, we may gather one or two charges. First, that we were silent as to the merits of the bill until it became pop ular. In the first place, the measure of the removal of the free negroes was recommend ed by the Governor in his message and then indorsed by us. It was again referred to and the adoption of the measure urged.- Again. we do not think the bill is so pop ular now as it was when it passed. Never theless we believe it to be good law That in some individual cases, for which general law could not provide, it works a hardship, is true, but the measure is one of safety and of necessity.

 It is true the Gazette apparently favored the measure, and by so doing came near running it. Indeed, 1t was well understood that its object was to nurse it to death in the hope its support would be fatal. Of the various bills before the General Assem- bly,, no doubt the best was selected. The measure was opposed by several good de- mocrats and during the pendency of the question it did not become as to interfere.- Had we done so, the cry of interference" "dictation, :" and such stuff would have been raised.

 The Gazette then has fling at the Sec retary of State, whose opinion on the ques tion he was at some trouble to ascertain by conversing with the members of the legis lature. We can assure him that the sec retary would not inquire into his opinion of that or any other measure. Whatever his opinion or views may be, is, we pre- sume, matter of supreme indifference to Mai Greer.

 We are told that this gentleman is the principal sensekeeper of the True Demo- crat, whatever that means. When it suits their purpose our paper is called " the Go- vernor's organ" and is represented as being under his control Now, the removal of the free negroes was favorite measure of the Governors But when 1t suits their purpose to say so, somebody else, to use their elegant language, is C sense-keeper." They should have better memories and stick long enough to one thing to make it appear consistent.

 Finally the Gazette works itself into rage and spits out it's spite. We have no disposition to play the child's game of "you're another' Last week we comph cated the editor on his apparent good hu nor. This week we regret to see he is in very i'll one. In replying to his brother Greeley, we had no idea we should tread so heavily on his toes.

 It is very easy, were we so disposed, to answer such slang as his. Such epithets as " the mercenary Swiss" fall harmless at the feet of one, who guided solely by prin- ciple and sense of right, never asked whether a thing was popular or profitable, but opposed or defended it on its merits alone. Such things come with a bad grace from one who stands in opposition to his former friends, and who, 1t is well known, would strike hands with anybody or in dorse anything to carry his ends. As to being in the market like sheep. we can not return the compliment. That would be strange market indeed in which he could command any price and the man or the party that would purchase him would buy poisoned shirt, like that of Nessus, and be far worse off than he who won the elephant in raffie.

 But enough of this. It is unnecessary to refer further to his slang. Its contempt ible malignancy renders refutation unneces sary.