The Arkansas banner., 1847-10-04
Madison County Instructions, and vsIs of Gen.
 Cenway under them.

The crowded state of onr columns last week pre- vented us from noticing the very soPhiscai article of the Democrat in relation to the instructions giv len Gen. E. N Conway. proxy to represent Mad iscn county in the Democratic State Convention held in Little Rock. sth January, is46.
 The Democrat first assailed Gen. Conway for voting he did. ailcdging that the vote of Madi- son county cast in direct opposition to the wish of three fodrths of the democracy of that county. In the Banner of the goth ut we published the proceedings of inc meeting, and the instructions of Gen. Wood, the chairman, under which Gen. Con way acted, and showed most couclusively that he truly and most faithfully obeyed and carried out his instructions; and that, too when his brother stood, next to the Hon. Robert w. Johnson, most Promi- nent before the convention. Aiter batioiings it very apparent that neither the first, second and third choice of Madison county could bs Heia;s hated for Congress. The contest was then between the Hon. Wm. Conway E. and the lion. Robert w. Johnson. one the other of whom it was evident would be nominated
 By violating his instructions Gen'I. Conway might have secured the nomination of his brother, but that he would not do but on the sth ballot voted, as in siructed for the Hon. K. w Johnson who was minated for Congress.
 The editor of Col. Asbley's paper. the Demo crat'' was himself in the Convention and is we'll ap prised of these facts Why then the democrats of Madison county oheld the meeting, Gen. Wood chairman of that meeting, and Geh'l. Conway their delegate, assaiIed' Why does paper protesting to he democratic, the organ too of Col Ashley, who was elected as Democrat to the U. s. Senate teem every week with abuse and misrepresentations of many of the best Democrats in the State'
 Why is Col. Wood assailed by Col. Ashley through. his organ, and that too when Genl. Wood, as captain of a company Is ia Melico fighting .for his etuntry'
 eievery democrat pause and reflect about these matters. Let all bear in mind that the Democrats of Madison county, Gen'l. Wood their chairman, and GenI. Conway their delegate in the convention did not support Col. Ashley for the Senate but pre- ferred Gov lell, or some other good democrat.
 If Col. Ashley should persist in his attempts to prescribe every democrat who did not support him for the senate does he suppose that the de- nocratie party will sustain and bear him out in his wholesale prescription. Having succeeded in his election to the Senate should not Col Ashley be satisfed and rather seek to harnonize and unite the democratic party. and thereby sustain its principles, than to cast hrebrands into the party and pursue without magnanimity but with spirit of RANK all democrats whether at home or in Mexico fighting for their country, who have exercised the right of freeman in prelering another to him
 Some of those who opposed Col. Ashley's cleo ton 10 the Senate predicted that if elected, he would ruin and dsorganize the democratic party in Arkan- sas. Does the Hon. Senator wish to verify that predictions
 Let the democracy jadge: his organ, the "Demo- crat" speaks as he wills; and whether that paper is advancing the interests of the whig or democratic party most, all who will read and calmly reflect can tell We must bid the democracy to look we'll to the interests of their party. The dsorganizers, Chap- man of the "lndependent Democrat" i" and Weller of the "Times K Advocate" met no favor from you and departed from our State, but the same disOr- ganizing evil spirit who breathed through their columns now reigns over the s'Demo- crat, >s