Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-08-23
CONVENTION.

anu as Pu""5 '"N f~NI
State TO useless expense.
The end and intention of Convention Is 10
concentrate public opinion, and to hx upon sucn
candidate for office as will be acceptable to tue
peop.c generally, Throughout. the State. Now al
this time, we canno, see the object or proPriety o'
sucb Convention. Governor Yell is now IN
Congress, and has the confidence OF The people,
ond we do not believe that there is disposition
among the citizens ofuny one county otihe o'a'e'
TO supplant him or to nominate another IN MS
stead. Then why this Conveniionf why should
uo &c called upon, in these hard times, TO incur
the expense of such Convention! We lately
had occasion to visi, Little Rock on business ana
eau speak feelingly Of the ravages made upon our
smol, means, Such Convention must cost lis
N, mbers, on an average, from 90 10 80 dollars
n, least. and it, las the writer IN the Banner wish
es) tho members to consist Of fifteen or twenty
from each county; il will cos, over Sl5ou. Is
such Convention prac,icaBlel We think not.
The experiments of our party in the Conventions
held in December, '43 and April, "A should re-
mind us of its impraclcability. The first ono was
n minority Convention and tho latter scarcely
more, and yet these Conventions, besides Con-
gressman, had tc nominate Governor, Electors
for Presidon. and Vice President, and also had to
instruct the Electors how 10 vote. lfpractcabIe,
is such Convention necessary! We have heard
from several counties Of tho State ana all are
willing to support Governor Yell and wish HIM
to retain his present position. All are pleased
with our present Delegation in Congress, and wish
no change To be made. unless Governor Yell ex-
pressly declines being aconddate, and We trust
that he is too patriotic to lhwart the will and wish.
es of the people who arc anxious for him to re-
main in his present elevated position, so haiter.
incIy conferred on him by au overwhelming ma.
jorily
We are, therefore, decidedly against Conven-
ton and believe it not only ImpraclIcabie but
wholly unnecessary and uncaled for.
TENNESSEE ELECTION.
We have received no news further than from
Shelby county, in which Stanton the democratic
candidate for Congress overcome majority OF
32G and went out Of that county 81 ahead ;
making change in favor Of democracy, since
last elections, of 423. Brown was ahead Of
Foster, in the same county. There is no doubt
but that Brown is the Governor. Stanton, the
wings acknowledge TO be elected. We have nc
doub, but that wo will have a majority in boil
branches of tho Legislature, thereby securing the
election of an United States Senator in the place
of Foster. Hurrah for the Old Hickory State
she is redeemed from wbig thraldom, and will
once more take her stand among the foremost in
the democratic phaIanx.
LATEST FROM MEXICO.
In another column will be found extracts fIom our
NO. exchanges, containing the lates: and most
important news from Mexico. War had not yet
been declared, but every arrival at N. Orleans was
expected to bring news of it. The Mexican s:hf.
Relamtago came over TO New Orleans especial
" 10 take home the Mexican consul at that port,
and to close the other consula,os throughout the
United States. This vessel refused TO take out
the mails from the different offices in New Or
leans 10 Mexico, and some entertained the idea
TIM. she had brought as secret to the consul, the
news Of declaration Of war. The next arrival
will bring news Of the greatest importance, and
was axously awaited in New Orleans.
Ol3~,Fho St. Louis papers complain of too
frequent circulation of lrdiania bank paper in
Missouri Neither this, nor much else like mon.
ey has made its way among us lately. We are
against bank paper and we heartily wish that its
circulation in Missouri may cause the precious
metals TO seek lower level.
O. Serious difficulties havo grown up in Mis-
souri,, owing to the violence of a number of i'll
guided citizens calling themselves rcguIators.--
Tie worst accounts were apprehended at the las,
dates ..ndeed the dog star seems to reign in some
paris of Missouri. We read Of moro muders in
that State in sng &c week than havo happened in
Arkansas in whole yeat.
Suiride.-A highly educated ard accomplished
young lady, about nineteen years of age, drown
ed herself at Concord, Mass, on Thursday, Gath
uli. She was engaged in school keeping, and efii
her fathers house at an early hour in the morn.
ing for the purpose Of going 10 school, distant ,w
or three miles. and vas not missed unit, after.
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