Arkansas intelligencer., 1847-05-29
OUR NEXT REPRESENTATIVES,

Lsq', nave oeen pfematurely, we think, presented
TO the public as suitable persons to be selected as
candidatesin lsis. These gentlemen are as well
known 10 our readers the limited circulation
OF our paper can make them. From wha! cause,
such early nominations have been made, We can
not conjecture, unless like TOO ..raccrs," the
friends of each, are determined 10 get the inside
tract, and thus have, Unexpectedly, thrown us in
view Of 4 race. Other gentlemen have been
suggested 10 US, and their friends will no doubt.
enter them in TIM.
Believing as VIC do, that i, is an unwise poll,
cy, 10 aglIntc this question, SO early, ye. as we
arc the peoples organ, and those in whose service
VIC are engaged, havo though, proper 10 move
in the matter, We are willing to givo space in
our columns 10 the rrcnds of cither party, and we
can assuro readers that we will not cspouse
tho cause Of either of the ca nddu!cs until after
the meeting of the Conventions. But at the same
time we shall deem It our d"ty, at the proper
time, TO advocate tho paramount Importance Of
selecting Western man. We have rights and
interests in the vest, which cannot be represent
ed or protected, except by man whose resi-
dencc among us, can give him a knowledge of
our wants. One whose worldly gear is si.ua-
ted in our midst, for "whercvcr is his treas.
ure, there is his heart one whose IncaI braches
are locked and cntwined in the community, which
he Will represent. These requisites will ensure
a thorough knowledge Of our interests, a dcvoi-
ed adherence to them, and faithful discharge Of
duty, Of the Representative.
AZ. I,r,
lin, Scott, Yell, Polk, Washington, Benton,
Madison, and Carroll couutio>, that determine
alton exists among their citizens, TO select Wcs-
tern nan TO go 10 Congress in $40, auL from
verbal sources we are assured tina, such is the
lctcnton in other counties of the West, and
from this section of The State wi,l satisfy the
people.
Communications have been addycsscl to US,
recommending other ndiviluuIS and it would
have given US pleasure to have published them,
but We were deferred from doing so. because
they embodied uncharitnbie illusions to other
aspirouts. We lave admitted communications.
to individuals in such manner. as
now, "fcr ref elton, VIC udn..: should not up-
pear in our columns.
Tile Ii1!ison Boys.-On Thurslny last, Capt.
ALLEN WOOD, L. S, A., with T. recruits. passed
through our town, to rendezvous, at Font Smith,
where ihey will be joined by Lieut. FElcu with
~ others, raised al that place. for the same com
pany. II is now complete and ready to march
to Mexico, whenever funds arc sent to fit them
out.
These recruits wcro all raised in the prtrio!ic
county Of Madison, who's" citizens are emitted to
great praise for tAo spirit in which they got up
his cornpany, in SO short time, and for furnish
ing such good materials. They are fine athletic,
spirited young farmers, WHO hqyo abandoned
he furrows Of the plough, for the sqnguinary
path Of glory, and are warranted to make the
1cst kind of troops.
Although tho government has neglected to
Onward funds for recruiting purposes. tho 900
work never sacked, Col. II. S. WlL~ov, a lo,ri.
'tic citizen Of Huntsville, stepped forth. and qd-
'anced the funds required to keep up the Recruit
ng Rendezvous. and for their subsistence, on
heir march to Fort Smith. We hope 1t will
''' ~ 'N'S DC'OIG iutHS "lC sun on, 10 pace
his fac compnny en- route for the wars; and to
cimburso Col. Wilson.
AS they marched through town, they flung
o the breeze tho coors presented to them, BY
he tairer portion Of EIunis:i,ic, (tho ladies,
Lord love thcm,') who are ever roremos, in per-
ornng acts Of love and pprio,ism.
Daring short halt in oar streets, portion !
II the company sung the souI-siirring song Of
The Rio Grnndo," and as they marched eff, our
itlzens greeted them with :hroc hearty cheers. .
o. A letter from an officer in tho Arkansas
Regiment, continuing an account Of the good
onduct Of certain individuals, was handed to Us
or publication, which VIC refused to publish
firstly, because, in il we saw 4 mean dcmogogiug
tempt at cIcctionccrng, that considered DIS
rnccful TO those engaged n it, and the paper that
would suffer lis columns 10 be mado the m,dum
+ such transaction. S condly, because we
now of dozen ofthcsc priraic letters that hayo
zen written to the citizens Of this and adjoining
oun.ics, in which great praise is given to the
ons and nephems Of men whom t is supposed,
an wicld somo influence in the elections, and
shcn the same praise is withheld in public com. !
nuncations, whcrc it should bc mentioned i'll