Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-11-11

purify uCScItuoCSSS WHICH Will run Mr Od!nOun,
irrespective of the Baltimore Convention, as tho
champion of free trade and sailors rights, and
thus throw the election into the House of Repro.
sentatives, where Mr.. van Buren, would be outvo
ted without question, for there the great State
of New York would have no more votes than
| Rhode Island or little Delaware. In this aspect
of the matter the contest will assume, at early
day. an exciting character. AT present only the
light troops are skirmishing, but shall
have the body of the army engaged in the encoun-
'er' and then we shall detail with more minute
ness the movements, encounters, tactics, ard
treacherles of the opposing forces.
ihe NATIONAL Convention in all human proba.
bilty. will divide and nominate several en- ndidates.
for Its organization, now indicated, will not be
submitted to, and the party will be thrown into
disorder. Dick Johnsons friends will be found
strong enough to entitle them to some considera-
tlon, and an attempt will be made to unite the Van
Buren and Calhoun delegates on him, while they
will be irreconciIeably opposed to each other.
But the Calhoun men will trust to the House of
Representatives, which will throw the election be-
tween Calhoun and Clay, and it may possibly re.
suit in q coalition of singular description. None
of us yet know what wonders we are designed to
witness.
Dick Johnson is showing much sturdy independ-
ence and immoveable determination in this mat
ter, and hence he is about to invite the Undertook
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west. and partially in the south, and now in com.
ing to the north and the east. lie will be here in
lew days, and will re-enkindle the slumberinc
emoers OF the zeal of many of his admirers. lie
may possibly draw to him some friends Of Van
Buren, and hence the cid Hunkers must take old
ecumseh into their charge as soon as he arrives
give nm a few lunketings, and pass him beyond
Ihe boundaries Of the Sta:e and thus ge, rid of his
dangerous contiguity. There is much affection
n hoo 70 far r,,l
Will bubble up maugre all the schemes Of pol,-
clans; and his presence here will be an oven,
winch Will require watchfu vigilence of the wire.
workers. With all the exubera't kindness Of his
heart, Dick Johnson is dangerous man in these
"dlgglns,' and he must 30 got rid of as dscrcelv
as may 6e.
Thus then we stand. The party leaders are
eyeing each other askance; the Calhoun mon, how
ever. betray the most unadulleratcd innocen, sim.
pllcity, and consequently the old trick may make
up the game for their opponents. All the ole.
ments of u general election arc being brought in.
to action; we have pure principle and political pros
ttutIon, truth and treason, chcanery and chow
der, and we deman nd ga fair field and no favor for
each and nl.-N. Y. Herald.
Let Peel and his journals look 10 the facts. If
our suferings are delusion, then they may be
sure that the agitation is delusion also. If we
are making dishonest pretences for disturbing the
public peace, then they justified in thinking
that sooner or later will be put down with
shame and confusion. But If there are tens of
thousands OF sad homes which furnish these mon
ster meetings with artizans, idle because tho pro-
duce OF their country is spent in foreign cities
and hungry because they are idle, and who look
to the issue of this agitation as their relief If
there are millions of tiling the soil from sun
rise TO SUNSET, and receiving for their pal rs less
| than subsistence-a scanty and insufficient sup
| nIU hal
have no employment at all, and exist on the cas-
ua charity of their more fortunate brethren, who
are permitted to toll without the legitimate reward
of lnbour-if hundreds of merchants who have
seen our ports full of ships and warehouses of
customers-and hundreds ofmanufactures, whose
trade has died Of inanilion, scattered through
the cities ana towns of the kin gdom then let them
be assured that the agitation is not delusion but
an awful reality. Then let then, beeve tha, as
well may the robber hope to carry Off his punder
with impunitv and without complaint, as any pow
that nfcts these evils, whether it had its birh
half century or seven centuries ago, hope to
continue them without resistance. This is :. the
ailment" for lack Of which the agitation will not
die. There is recorded in history by
which kingdom rose or fell, or dynasties began or
ceased, that had juster grounds. They have their
root in the first law of human nature and it is as
wise to leave their cure to time, that of rum
ming cancer or open artery.-Duhin Nation.
O'Connell's Inauence.-lthas been considered
moral phenomenon how Mr.. O'ConnelI could
restrain the fiery spirits of the thousands upon
thousands whom he addresses; why continual vio-
lent outbreaks do not take place, which would
furnish the Government with pretext for inter-
ference. Wo read in the correspondence Of the
New York Journal of Commerce an anecdote il.
Illustrative of his consummate caution in this mat
ter. On his route to Tuam, the leader of Repeal
was to pass through the small village of Ahascragh,
and the Inhabitants to do him honor, erected a
triumphal arch. The village belongs to one Sir
James Mahoon. who ordered the people to take
down the arch; they refused, and being magis.
rale, at the head of the public he proceeded to its
destruction. The people resisted, connic, took
place, and ono Of the police was injured, but thir-
ty of the Ahascragh boys were secured as prision-
ers. Mr.. O'Connell was indignant when he heard
that the people had resisted the authorities, righ, or
wrong, and at first refused to proceed to Tuam at
all, but he finally was prevailed upon to do so ma.
king considerable de,our to avoid passing through
the scene Of strife, purPosedIy and empha,icaIly
to mark his disgust at such outrageous conduct.
i He sent off Tom Steele to the spot, there TO de-
nounee all parties engaged in the contest, to inss.