Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-10-18
For the Arkansas Intelligencer
NO. ,.
TO THE FReEMeN Of ARKANSAS:

address, now proceed TO lay open 10 your demo.
cratic eyes, the plan now being asiIa,ed. and OF
foot, TO supplant Senator Ashley. 1t is prett,
well known that heretofore we have almost i'm
pciy obeyed the dictation and orders of u few
men assembled at Little Rock, falsely called
Convention of tho peoples representatives.. with
out rejecting that those Conventions have beeI
gotten up by few interested aspiring dcmogosurs
with the view 10 promote their o.rn indiridudl IN
hreSi, and thar the public veal with them is
mere secondary consideration. A Convention.
however. whose delegates have been elected bN
all as a ma jority Of the voters of the respective
counties, would be properly constituted, and woud
reflect the public will But all know. and il
would be subvers,ye of truth to Disguise the fact,
that there never has been yet in any State such
A Convention as the one | have just indicated, ex
ccpt where the people were about changing or al
,eriuu their Constitution. Look back at the last
Convention as well as those preceding it winch
we have had in this State. How wcIe they con.
stu,ed! Is it moi notorious. that rot single
member ofany of these Conventions was voted for
by a ma orty Of the voters Of the county which he
pretended TO represent! Is 1t not a fact well known
and can it not be proved, that in several counties
in each of which there were over eight hundred
voters, no, more than forty Of these voters assem-
bled, and appointed three delegates to represent
tho arAoye county in the last Convention! CGII
We this the voice of the people, when forty men
can control seren hundred and sky! Is it not
true that in one county whose voters numbered
over two hundred, that ten men alone met in eau
Gus, and appointed delegate to represent the
rhole county in the last Convention! The truth
is that those who are ins.rumcutal in getting up
those Conventions for their own benefit, are not
anxious for a full and free expression OF the pub
lie will, even admitting that the advocates OF the
people would give them the leisure 10 proclaim 1t.
Those therefore, who arc seeking political promo
liop have their .'strkers" in the various counties.
who are slaves. and they don't know II. who are
fa,cred with the belief that they shall taste some
of the sm, II spare crums, aud are therefore per-
fc,,ly sltJservent to do the bidding of their mas
ters, Taev ure then ordered 10 gel up ii 'neeIng
or caucus in their county. TO be composed OF tie
proper kind Of men, such as they can influence
and who will appoint just such meh to represent
the ,rAJe county in Convention. as rW he sure 10
cast ihtr rotes as Mey are told 10 do! This is the
way ID which political Conventions are made. In
stead therefore of being the honest, unfeiered
echo Of tho public WILL which they pretend to pHr-
mort hcy are the base and fraudulent machines
by which that public will is ismanaged and control
ed; for tho great masses Of the people IN each
couny, are generally kept purposeIy unuPprIsed
of tie dongs of those political juntos, or If ap-
nrised arc unrble loattend. When however, NOM
irao ION is made by such Convention as the ore
dcx ribed, each one Of the great masses who dId
moi participate in sending delegates TO it, has here
losrc falsely concluded, that although he. hlnl.
srt had no hand in it, yet he supposed it fairly
constituted, and would, without. Investigations
vc.e for the person nominated. Hence the great
anxiety of political aspiranls 10 get Convention.
tne man in the west who is burdencd more with
egosm and vanity, than with talents and kno"I-
sdoe who is said 10 be an aspIrant, has. under
sand. remarked, all he wanted was nomination
by a Convention, as the people would be bound to
olcy its behests by voting for him. | he Tree and
umi.pendent democrats Of Alabama, have this
presen, year opened their eyes, and with their
tundering voice at The polls, have dIsenthralIed
themselves forever from the trameis and frauds
Of Conventions, BY clecting Martin sterling dem.
,crat by large ma jorIty over Terry the demo-
.ralic nominee of n Convention. Are we here In
"A Arkansas, not as free, as the democrats OF Ala
bama! 1t appears not; for we are about being
sadded with another Convention, and It VIII be 50!
I'M and constituted as have described. Its mem
hers will meet a, Little Rock, and will there do the
bidding and execute the commands OF 'heir mas
tor That master will be Archibald Yell, whose
M r,sans are now operating in his behalf with the
view 10 get up this Convention! You Will ask
what interest will VIC have in Il Convention! ]
will tell YOU by saying that when they assemble
ono Of their first acts will be to nominate HIM
for reelection to Congress. com
mi,,ee will be appointed to inform Gov. Yell, who
WiIl then be in Washington City, officially Of the
fact. When the thing has progressed thus iar'
some fellow will get up and say, "Mr' rresl'
dent. have tho honor to hold in my hand letter
from Gov. Yell, which | deem it proper at this
s,ape of our proceedings to have read" The Sc
creIary then reads the letter Of Gov. Yell which
is written with a modesty peculiar 10 himself, as
follows: "Washington City, December, 1919, my
de,r sir. had not determined until recently to de-
cline being candidate for reelection to the sta
,;on | tnye now the honor to occupy by the I'M
solicited suffrages Of my countrymen' nave come
10 This conclusion. with the more chccrtuIness as
,Ie democra,ic cause is now greatly IN the as
Sn,d.,,,s and does not at this time need my SER
..;cns IN unfold it. You are aware, however OF
,bs ;ndeiatiga6e zeal manifested and the great
,r;Gces endured by me, by which the cause has
boon Mace in It's present prosperous condition.
W. ,eo, desire is TO retire 10 the shades OF private
i;E Rat will say, whenever az emergency
I..,ons or my democratic friends shall insist
"'lf,', 1,,,,,,,,us Hy from nv plough handle.