The Arkansas banner., 1848-06-20
The Whis National Convention.

This distinguished asssmhlare convened at the Chinese Museum, InlPhllsdelphis. oa the 7th June. and GenT 2. Taylor. and Afllnra Fillmore. were in due time aominatsd, to iIl the twe highest elicss in the gin of the Americsa people. And has PoH whiggery got % low, that she must abandon the man who was her choice, and the very .ype of her principles. fSf one whS has declared trequenty, thas although whIg. he would not if elected. be governed by the principles cf that party. in admin isseriHg the gOvernmsnti Was 1t the availability Of the General, the bore lhat he would get few deiuded democFais CT his thres, that he would run as an indepsndent candidate If they did not nnmi- hate hin. that made him fhs choice of the eonven- tioni We all admire the military fame of General Taylor, his aprighincss and honesty of character, bat all this will obyale in no wiss the sbsence of information to the true policy ot the country and Inc want Of ordinary intelligence upon the great political questiOns..of the day. of which with the fraBkness of soldier be has sscwed in many lsi- ters bis inability tO form an opinion. Can such a party sutceedl With an acknowledged abandon ment of he principles which gave them name and identity forgetting sll their former hatred of mili- tary cbiefaius. they have aothing 10 urgs in the coming contest, but their love for the and bis military fame.
 We regret, that by inc failure of the mail Sun day night, we were anabe 10 zee the proceedings of the convention, as the report of the committee on credentials might give some light, as to the au- tio,ity with which the msinhers from this State were clcthed. We made enquiry of the Gazette. in in relation 10 ii, bat It gave a reply no more ex- .rA tory io the whigs &c., and should be in such case equally 50 to the democracy. Upon this ground. we have right then 10 be dissatisfied. for we have heard number of leading whigs, object 10 Colonel Newton's, giving vote in the Convention, as an expression from the whigs of this Slate, and more especially SO, as inc Gazette wa unable or unwii- ling to ts from what source he received his power to act
 The truth is, there is something very rich in inc manner by which Messrs Newton and Gaines ob- taned their credentials if we could only get at the proceedings Many of our readers will be surprised to Iearn that grea, Whig Sate Conservation was held in the back room of the Real Estate Bank one night, when there were present, four members from the out counties, and five from Little Rock. The cre- dentiaIs of the members from Pulaski, we arc in- formed, were not closely scutinized. and those of Ouachita were not needed as publication of their election, bad already appeared in the organ. A committee of one was appointed to draw up resolu- tions expressive of the sense of the meeting; tho committee with great unanimi'y reported in favor ot General Taylor for President, and Col T. w. Newton, and Col. Gaines, representatives to the Whig National Convention. This Is substantially, we are informed the origin of Col Newtons author fly to represent Arkansas. As the whigs make no at once give history of the matter and correct if we wrong.
 We wonder how many similar humbugs were practised upon the convention al Philadelphia.