Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-09-13
CONVENTION.

-, tho convention. Now SO far as VIC IRE O
to Judge, the people, instead of being ~e P'""
,,HLtbc fine tired upon. re decidedly oppose
a convention, thinking it entirely useless anl
called for. When Col. Sewer was trt elect
ms delegate in Congress he was deemed Il c. caro-.
date for reelection thereafter, without Il cal oil
conventions. and all who opposed hm 7' SUCH
were looked upon as hostile to the wei 'ro H"A
success of the party. Twas the same sy ".n
Gov. Yell when he was elected as the hr'. r''
sentative in Congress, after the formation OF OH.
State Government. and no was supported 'H'" tie
expressly made known his wishes to the C '''a'
and declared himself candidate for Er'eru'
And we ueci scarcely refer to the case oi JW
Cross who was even supportedby the PartY'wH
uut a convention, aftef he had expressed WIS
withdraw; he was sustained by the democra'
order to prevent the election of doubtful or
warm aspirants. So also, with req ! TO {
Sewer, and Gov. Fulton, they were s1po'" y
the party, without the aid of conventions led /
such has been the nvariabc rulo Of tho nocra'
cv or Arkansas from the earliest times r2 10 the
present. without even solitary except Dc ana
why arc we asked to vary from this gooi llft.'e;
Is it necessary to the welfare of the party to name
Goy. Yel's successor almost before he has enter
Cd upon the discharge of his duties! Judge Cross
gave timely notice to the people OF his intention
10 decline reelection, and then convection be-
camc necessary not only to nominate su''aoIe
] hut also n Candidate
/ Governor, Presidential electors &c; here was an
instance not provided for by the usual customs OF
the democracy Of Arkansas and consequently the
ONLY resort was convention. But how was lhaI
! convention brought about? WIS i, By anonymous
writers in tho democratic journals! Plainly we
sayno. The people net in their primary assem-
bIic5 and nominated their delegates, and instruct
cd them of their preferences, and were not led on
or driven by few ambitious and selfish men.-
How is the case now! Gov. YoIl is at present
F member of Congress, and by the inyarob.e and
long established usage of the party. is n candi-
dae for reelection, untHhs expressly declines the
. honor, and any one attempting to opposeh him, would
certainly meet with and merit inc fate that form.
or disorganiz rs heretofore lad allotted them BY
,hcdcmocracy Of Arkansas. And, thcreioro,we
contend that there is no vacancy, and consequent
" no need of q conventions; that It would tend to
create turmoil and strife in our party, and should
not be comtenanccd by any good or consistent
democrat Such we believe 10 be the general oPn-
ion in Arkansas; and in answer TO tho puorIIc
questions of the writer in tho Banner, we will
say ,ha, they arc in accordance with the uniform
and well established practice in this State, which
every democrat well knows, Except some very
late emigran,s,) it devoIyes upon them to show
desire to sustain Let them undertake the Her
culean task of debating, or changing long and
well tried rules for the government Of tho party
and they will find that the democracy of Arkan'
sas are not to be twisted about to suit the purposes
of a small clique at Little Rock.
7 Now we say confidently, (anl VIC speak public.
", and should we be mistaken tho democracy can
correct u.s. that not one county in tho South,
North, or East, is in favor of a convention; VIC
aIso believe that none of the counties on tho Ar
kansas river is in favor Of it, and we further be-
Eeve tha, it is the wish. Of by far the greater por-
ton cr the democracy of the S;atc. that our rep
rcscnlaiion in Congress should rcmnjn as il IS now
and that they consider Gov. Yell and our talented
Senator Ashley as candidates for rrc.cccuon tolho
places that they now fill, and any change in thIS
must be 3rougat about by an cyprcssed wish from
either one Of these gentlemen, and no: by nnony.
NOUS writers in the newspapers.
Our convention for lSi3 was called by the
pcoplo-ard it is The only source that ever should
be hccdcd-anl not by political asprants, as we
arc constrained to beIiovo is the case in the pres
rnt instance. Let the interested movers in this
matter call a convention in any ono county of this
State, and let the question be "convcnton" or "no
convention" with the distinct understanding that
with a convention they intend as friends of Gov.
Yell to place him in nomination for the Senate,
and our word for it, they will be outvoted in every
instance. We speak advisedly on this subject and,
therefore, challenge them to point to one solitary
county where they would make the issue. If
Gov. Yell decl ines being candidate, we call up
On him and demand that he shall say so in the