Arkansas intelligencer., 1847-10-16
Col. Johus0n's Address.

la our last we promised TO s'try" md publish
this gen,leman's address "to the people of Ar
kansas" in this number. We have have failed
to do SO from the following reasons: lst Be-
cause its publication would exclude over three col
nn,ns of matter moro interesting to our renders
2I. Because R we published tha! only which con-
ccrned g the people of Arkansas we would in
ser rot much more than the beginning and con-
cuding paragraphs. The people" are sick of
the !" Miller casa," and the loss that is said about
the more agreeable will it be to the whole party.
No one feels interested in knowing the secret of
the hostility of the Democrat" to Mr.. Johnson !;
it is generally believed to be the continuation of
war provoked by MIR. j., and if he has discovered
that he has caught, Tartar it was his seek
ing. His controyersy with Senator Ashley is,
also, mliter between them alone, and 20, one
tina, should cause distraction in our ranks. We
believe that Col. Johnson provoked this difficulty,
and appears determined TO enlist his friends in his
personal dislike TO our Senator and seems TO ex-
pect that others will array themselves likewise.
In his determination he may fater himself that
lie is right but in his expectation he is doomed to
bitter disappointment, for majority Of the demo-
| cratic party feel themselves in no wise bound to
follow him in his personal gyra.ions to the de-.
siruction Of the harmony of the party.
/ Our third and best reason for not Publishing this
= address," while columns are crowded with
interesting from the seat of war; is that this
section of the State is now flooded with this docu-
ment in hand bill form. and like other depreciated d
! paper. the quantity hand exceeds the demand
"Washington county had their two candidates
upon the ground for Congress. Wilson and Old
ham, the remarks of the former needed both ami
nation and wit, to make them agreeable, yet he
has considerable strength in this county. OIdha
thinks the west should have the nomination ; de
cares II can furnish talents equal to any other part
Of The State, and with seeming modcsty, hints
that they can be furnished by the county OF Wash
ingion."
/ The above, we extract from n letter in the Lit.
tic Rock Banner. dated Sept. 2OSi. lS47, is false
in lis satoments and differences. The charge
that Judge Oldham DECLARED at the Barbacue, in
C!arksve, that he though" the West should have
the nomination" is untrue. HIS language in re-.
gard 20 locality, in substance as follows -
although he did not put hi: claims for success upon
locality, he had no objection 10 his location ope-
rating in his favor. He further maintained, tina,
mere sectional reasons ought not 10 be considered
without efficient qualifications. We were presen,
and heard his remarks, and remember well this
point, and observed that Mr.. Wilson expressed
similar opinions.
Tho charge Of egotism, 50 gratutodsly made
against Judge Oldham by that correspondent, is
tho prompting of sheer maiice, and displays tho
venom of the writer. moro than his respect for
truth. Judge 0. made no hints that Washington
county could :" furnish talents equal to any other
part Of tho State" A feeling of consciousness
] no doubt on The part of the writer. that in the
person of Judge Oldhems the county of Washing
ton can prcsen; one of our most talented and dis
! tinsuShcd men. inssated that i'm pres5on.