Arkansas intelligencer., 1847-12-18

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sne Claims OF the aspirants, now in the f;e,d ;,
say every democrat must say, not
=" leiation 10 the " township meetings ,, kna,
uvter 15s word, lhaye heard many saw The so NJ.
"ny was not full notice. OF these g tow nsh;, !,
.neeinss giyen,e ,eso that every democrat in ever
NIsp, .u""si'p, might have known and attended The
uhoS.e ,.h;,S why vas II thing known to but few
ration Thoagh1 acknowledge that 20 G'p,, ,;'i IL
oer ms county; yet have heard those ,vb, -
say .hey knew nothing of those parti.townsb;n
'i'ee.hSs Also, was at the Circuit Court sew
'e' uays yet the first and only intimation | h., i
o' 'he meeting in Bentonville, on the 2O,b NJ.
,here that very day, was in the InteIl oen'
80 MS was strange way of advertlsnp
p anu county meetings. Truly, the sin Of
intrigue, and endeavors 10 "tread down the neo
P'e' l,es at the other door. Nothing was more
open man the meeting of the 18th; nothing could
''''u.y De more secret than the parti i-townsbin
meetings., with the one held on the Goth. The
one was advertised to the ears of two hundred
aemocrats the other had simply notice known
10 lew. besause, forsooth, notice was placed
y" me oourt House door, (if one scas as put up)
OF posted to s. black jack" tree at the forks of
the road, therefore, these township mee,;nas :, Nd
that OF the 10Th, were Legitimate while the ono
the rom though attended by q mass was not Z
aHendod, as knew not of them none of the
'ownshiP meetings nor that of the 2Oth bu, from,
good authority, know their number was bnt q
=, oesSarty account of empty boxes.'' and that
ey were only begot for the sake of effect against
Mr.. WIson) in other parts of the Stale. yet the
rec expression of a mass must be weighed down
oy theSe thi1ly-attended primary meetings a nd
!, we De told, as good democrats, to obey their be
nest. AS democrat. for one, protest against
me Legitimacy, or democracy, of such meetinos.
and declare my firm conviction that Benton ,conn.
" holds hrm majority of friends to Wilson'S
Tn IN nfInn. and l,I1 r
democratic popularity, as well as power to send
delegates. OF the meeting of the 18th, as theAonly
real county meeting yet held in Benton, this can.
vass. notwithstanding o.. your correspondents
assai's 1t TO be "a bold and daring attempt to tread
down the people !"- How could mass meeting
. tread. themselves g downl' The idea is mus
ng- The lnsinuaton that the meeting of the
ioth might be INTENDED TO help. Johnson" is un-
worthy OF any Continent. Its author will proba-
ply be firstto cry Johnson should Wilson do.
eat Oldham.
As said before. the meeiInS Of the 18th was
leid, amid a multitude TO ascertain whether Will
on or Oldh1m had the county, If Oldham had .
majority he would of right be the first choice, !
ind ought 10 be; if Wilson's then, ought TO be-
This is all the meeting sought-all that Wilson'S
rIends seek. All that it attempted was to obtain
far expression of the choice between Wilson
md Oldham. Then how can it be called :" in
rgue 4" Strangely democratic intrigue it was.
But, If the first choice Of this county be Judge
oldham. why did his friends shirk from this meet.
ng !0-Even though they had their '' primary
meetings., possessing the majority, thev aIlege
hey do. why did they fear or deprecate this meet
ng! did they fear the action of the mass did
hoy shrink from public a contest with Mr..
wilson in trial of popularity Surely it seems
%.
One word to the injury done Judge S. c.
3oane, of the candidates for Governor, by The
r Il L
pressed first choice for Roane because q MAORI
y of citizens favored his aspirations. What sor,
If democracy, then, docs he, they, possess, E
Who, in consequence of an expression made for
2oane, in accordance with the popular choice, by
tody of citizens, endeavor tc defeat that will |
Who. in their primary descended county meeting,
epudIate tlrat expression who seek TO cast odium
ipon candidate for Governor, because that body
If citizens presumed TO nominate their choice
or Congress, person not the choice Of them
Of the ''townshP meetings ~ Truly, this
also smacks of s. nirigtIe,'' ard will, opine, meet
with intriguant's need. dislike all such mar
-ow- minded, one-yiew democracy. prefering to it,
he open. public, unshackled and clear enounce-
nent of fle peoples will.
| have made these remarks in Justice 10 the /
friends of Mr.. Wilson, TO Mr.. Wilson himself,1
and, as my name has been mentioned, in justice |
10 myself also The paper is long, but could
not say my say in shorter way.
Your friend. NORTH WEST.
Benton county, Dec. Sd, lS47.
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK, Dec. 7, 1S47.