Democratic banner., 1847-08-09

.ington. There is considerable anxiety
manifested every where to hear news from
his camp, but the difficulty in conveying in
telligence between Puebla and Vera Cruz,
accounts for the delay experienced.
a. VINO Is TO BE oUR NEXT GOVERN
oR?-This question is already beginning to
be agitated by the various papers in the
State, and quite a number of names Of tai
.ented and highly respectable gentlemen
have been mentioned in connexion with
this important Office. The propriety of a.
some mode by which to insure the
entire vote of the great Democratic party,
to the strongest of her many strong and gift
ed men, must be manifest to every one who
has principles to be protected.
The Metropolitan urges that County
meetings be held throughout the State, on
the same day, and suggests the 3rd Mon
day in October next,) for the purpose Of
nominating Delegates to a State Conven-
ton, to be held in Jefferson City On the 4th
Monday of March following. The mea-
sure has been sanctioned, we believe, by all
the papers that have spoken out upon the
question, some differing however as to the
time suggested for holding the county meet
ings. We are decidedly in favour of the
measure, but are inclined to prefer a later
day, for reasons gwen by some Of our con-
temporaries, that less time would elapse be-
tween the county meetings and the State
Convention, and that we may avoid any
thing like the possible contingent necessity
Of reinstructing delegates, &c.
What say the Democracy of Old Pike
upon the subject? The peoples will be
done.
u We some time ago saw an extract in
the Hannibal Journal, and have since seen
it in the Mo. Statesman and other kindred
which stated that the voters of Fred
|erick county, Va. had decided against the
introduction Of the Free School System,
all classes equal advantages of an
education, whilst the voters of an adjoin-
ling county, Jefferson, by a large majority
had decided in its favour, the former being
Loco Foco, the latter Wing. We presume
the originator of the article to have been
quite as ignorant Of the causes that in6u-
lenced the vote, and of the state of the par
ties upon the question above mentioned, in
that country, as those, who have been hand
ling it around here as an evidence of Wing
generosity. He ought to have known that
Frederick is no more of a "Loco FOcO''
county than Wing, that she is frequently
represented by a Wing and a Democrat at
the same time; sometimes by two wings,
Uice versa, two democrats; Polk, we be-
I~lieve, carried it by two votes-so closely
are the parties divided. He should have
Igiven the true cause, Wig: that Frederick
lis a sparsely settled county, divided by
ridges and rivers that form natural obstyuc-
.ltions, SO that the system, it was considered,
would not work well,-said system requir-
ing the districts to be but four miles square,
which would not support schools in many
parts Of the county; while Jefferson is a
densely populated and a small level coun-
|ty. But that writer said nothing about the
vote of Loudon, another adjoining county,
better calculated for the disiricting system
than any county in the State, and consider
ed the States Gibraltar Of Whiggery, Civ
ling upwards Of a 1000 majority for Clay,
and deciding against the Free School Sys-
ten by a vote of more than two to one.
Will the above named papers let this fact
lbe known also?
a5. The Democrats of Massachusetts
will hold a State Convention on the 22d Of
next September, at which time two Dele
gates 70 the National Convention will be
chosen. The other Delegates will be Sc
Iected by the Congressional Conventions.