Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-11-01
TUE CONVENTION.


;.c,;oos IN n Conyenlion, have been removed oy .
The appearance of Gov. YOIl's address, IN "",e"'
be d, clines re. e.nomina,ion to Congress II nus
bscome necessary therefore that Coh'en',o"
should be held 10 choose his successor anu "'e o'
or I,c,,,v has been named as the day; the "a
of this month is proposed as tho cay i0f Inc 's
semblips of the citizens of this county, 10 n'm''
Da,s delegates to attend the Little ROCK eon'oH'
-, understand Gov. YeiI's address right
T., hs o,,ress!y therein declines nomination 10
Congress- he does no, say House OF Representa-
,ives, bu, Congress, he declines an e'ee'io" 10
Congress, both House and Senate lh'' Is CON
sopant with his circular published IN Inc h""'
nor Of April 24lh, 1874, where he says that he
wished and had determined to retire IRON uo''c
life, and endeayor to repaIr the pecuh'afy 'os'''
sustained by an absence Of five or SIX years i'o'"
home. and to attend TO the rearing and eouca''o'
of nv children" but it is not consonant "fhu
decaratio. IN his address, which Is mat WIG"
nv services shall have been reviewed and closely
scru.inized you Uhe people) will then oe aO0 ~
do,ermiDe wheihsr still be deserving Of your con-
fdencc and support" Here is an oversight a ''s'
crepaucy between tho two declarations; ssh' Is
here lost of repairing Pecuniary losses a'0
:. .d,co,ion of his Children" Gov. Yell as then
n candidate for Congress, candidate tor the sen
ate in opposition to Col. Chester Ashley ""o"'
he. and his friends are cndeavorng to supplah''
wben j, is known 10 him, and them. that Col.
sbIey is the choice of the people, that they
desired tha, the delegation in Congress shond re-
main as it was, and that they, not we alone, were
opposed to Convention, upon the grounds OF eA
pepse. etc. Did Gov. Yell not forsake his cid nom
commi.,al practice, of submitting his claims 10
tho neope. when he thus declined n reelection,
knowing that they desired him to 'eman IN 'Se
place where they had put him, and did not wish
to sustain the expense of another Convenhon'-
Has he not thus by not yielding to their "lsheS
Showed an unhoIy ambition! dissatisfaction VIII
, The git ofthe people! Let the people answer
We call upon all of the northern and western
democrats to remember and send a fuI! and stroht
delegation, who shall nominate some western OF
northern man to represent us in Congress Inc
imnortanco of such selection is manifest TO al
and equally important that firm and decided mcr
be chosen. by county meetings as delegates to the
! Convention; men who will not fpch one hair !
breadth flom their duty, nor allow that single
fea, Of juggery, which the clqucs at Little No;N
will put in play, detraud them OF their rgh'iu
representation in Congress; men who Will see ina
the strength. tie rots and the farmers OF the noF'i
and west shall be completely respected. A west
ern or northern man must he be, and one whC
will pledge himself to use his strenuous exer!ionS
at all possible times to maintain and render al
vantage TO the interests Of this great section OF the
SInte. and one who will seek his station TO benefit
tho farmers Of Arkansas, and so discharge HI:
duties, that his constituents shall be perfectly sa
tsfied with his endeavors. 1t Is all mPortan
that tho people should move energctlcaiIy an(
uni,cdly upon this point and that they send sucI
nen TO the Convention wfo will not suffer thel
ratio Of votes to be cast against their interests wht
will no, suffer their choice for Congress to be
sighted; who will not upon any consideration
bend the knee" TO the cli7ues and dctatorlal Sc
at Little Rock, who brand all their opponents
those who oppose their dIcaon and their selec'
.ions for office, al" pirates, and in hgh-hand'
ed manner assume 10 themselves the right OF
judging of others democracy, according to the pre-
posterous touchstone Of whether they do, or do
not agree with the creed Of the Banner, and It's
sef.organized democracy.
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