Arkansas intelligencer., 1848-07-22
HEMpsTEAD COUNTY, June 2Sth, l44S.

HEMPSTEAD COUNTY, June 2Sth, I44S.
CHARLES b. MITCHELL, democ atic candidate
for the House. and will, if he is elected, of which
there is no doubt, 90 for Sewer first last and all
the time for U. S. Senator. He will also vote
for Gen. X. d. Royslon for Col. Ashley's vacan-
cy.
Gen. TYRA HILL, late member, is a candid
ate for reelection and will vote for Sewer and
Royston for U. S. Senators.
JOHN L. EADs, a democrat, but kind of f.'wring
in," operated on by the wings and tender footed
democrats, is asl a candidate, and if elected, (of
which there is no earthly chance,) will go for Sc
vier and Royston.
JOHN S. CANNON is a whig and has pledged
himself to go for Sewer, but as to the other va
cancy, do not know his favorite.
BARNARD +. HEMPSTEAD is brother Of Samuel
Hampstead, is whig, and pledged 10 support Se-
vier for U. S. Senate; and will vote for his bro
ther, if elected, of which there is no earthly
chance. So you will perceive that have
three democrats in the field against two wings
We elect Mitchell and Hill, our candidates
on the democratic ticket--though We would feel
somewhat better, if we had but the two. This
county has but one choice for u. S. Senator, and
that is for Sewer and Royston. Sewer county
will be equally strong for Royston; but not
quite so much so Cor Sewer.
Armstrong and Wynn candidates for the SEN
ate In Lafayette and SEWER | understa nd, are
both In favor of Sewer and Royston.
\ GU will find against the election comes on,
that The tcit0Le South, very nearly SO, will 90
for Sovier; and Royston is more favorabIy spoken
of in all the southern counties TO fill Gen. Ash
ley's vacancy, than any one of the aspirants now
before the people.
Let me know how you all stand for o. S. SEN
atorS, up your way: report says you are divided.
The above extract is from the letter of an es-
teemed correspondent, who, notwithstanding the
change that has come over his dreams, since last
we met retains our respect for his opinions and
statements. He has undergone an immense
change in bis views of the best policy to be pur-
sued by the democratic party; from a strenuous
''ani-lamily' man, he has taken the respective
representatives of the tlcO families and formed a
queer combination, upon which he goes it against
the field. We have italicised the words .'the
whole SOUTH to arrest the attention Of our read
ers, and to call their notice to one fact. The
North and West have been denounced as selfish
and sectional, when they asked for one of those
Senators and presented only one candidate, by
our brethren Of the South. The Banner seldom
ever appears without communications, denuncia-
tory of the North and West for exercising a COM
mon right with other sections ofthe State. While
at the same time they advocating the election
of Sewer and Hampstead or Sewer nd Royst
What greater degree of compromising spirit do
our fellow citizens of the South expect from US?
We only ask for of those offices, and we give
hearty support to a Southern man for the other
What less degree of selfshness, or ambition can
we exhibit! We present only one candidate nd
the dnti-SectiOnaI South and East, who denounce
US for our inordinate ambition, present to US the
spectacle of Str open aspirants, and about Six
others who are seeking to .'Pave the way" against
the meeting of the next Legislature. If ..the
whole South unite in sen.ional preference for
Southern men. they wonder if the achole North
unite in preference ofa Northern man?
We again dsclaim sectional feeling, no further
than self defence. 1t has pleased some aspiring
demngogues of the South to charge US with sec-
tonal feelings for no other purpose than to ere.
ate sectional feeling in the South, in their fa-
vor. These men who are conscious of possess
ing merit of their own. trusting to ride into
office on the blind prejudices which they them
selves excite. Their policy is to divide the North
west by making appeals to their magma nimity-
thus creating diversion in their favor in the
North, and then they appeal to the South TO unite
on them, through their sectional feeling.
Our correspondent states that, '.report says
you are divided" We are, between two men
Borland and Oldham.