Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-02-17


is their personal choice or not. Old Crawford
has never disorganized yet.
lr Our neighbor Of the Batesville Eagle has a
queer notion of comparative independence. He
runs athwart of the democratic party, for its
nomination of Col. Roane. by caucus of demo-
cratic members of the Legislature. Although
doubling whether Colonel r. can be beaten. he
berates the Arkansas Democracy for IFS fidelity
to party. Now what would crafty our friend at
Batesville and elicit his good opinion of the DEM
ocracy9 Not pursuing an independent and manly
course, by supporting their party candidate In
despite Of all the taunts and revilings of whig
politicians and whig newspapers? No. Not by
rallying to a man, upon the denoc ratio candidate,
as do the wings upon the whig canddats NO.
Not by following out the same rules in the DEM
ocratic party, rs the achigs do in their party
No. Not by doing as they do2 No, but By doing
as they tell us 10 do. This is the answer TO all.
The editor of the Eagle would have US to throw
up our party predictions, our support OF princI-
ples and obey the dictation of ,chtg leaders. He
rebukes for yielding to the "dlctation'' of dem
ocratic leaders. OF course then he would have
US to be influenced by whig leaders.
1t comes in bad grace from the editor, in the
same number that he hoists the name Of Parson
Wilson over his own door at the bidding of some
dozen ,chig leaders at Little Rock and that too
so soon after his deliberate wish and opinion ex-
pressed-that there be no whig candidate. 1t
would seem that whig can bow TO dic;ation with
rs much ease and convenience as the poor '' be.
nighted chief ridden democrat"
Col. Roune was recommended by the unani-
nous voice Of the democratic members from forty
counties of the State. Parson Wilson is brought
out by ,centy-t,co citizens Of PULASKI county. The
democratic candidate is endorsed and brought out
by the representation Of forty counties; tine whig
candidate by few persons in one county. Now
we ask our friend a, Batesvle, which candidate
has the advantage in party endorsement We
| again ask whether the democrats the wings
are most guilty of tamey submitting to the dc
taton of few leaders! Again, ask did the
wings of Independence, of Lawrence, Green,
Jefferson. Arkansas, Crawford, or of any county,
save Pulaski alone, have anything to do with
| bringing out the whig candidate, either directly
Of tHIOuSn tnelT Te pleStHtdtFoS Dfu MOI tne
! representatives of all these counties, and of ali
that were represented by democr members.
have q voice in the selection of the democrat
candidate When the Eagle answers these
questions, candidly, we will upprehend no fears
er ON his rebnke, from the charges in other
quarters, that the democracy yielded blind obe
die nee TO party leaders. Neither will we fear
their seductive winnings. their oily tongues among
the true democracy. Those democrats who can
leave our candidate, because his nomination does
not suit the wi!gs, wings at heart and should
90 over to them oEce, and no longer ''seesaw"
on the fence. Tru., democrats know shat it is
better to "bear those ills we have than fly TO
others we know not OFF, nd although some may
not have their personal choice selected as their
candidate, they would rather bear that III than
throw themselves into the embraces OF whiggery.
and follow the "dcta,on'' of uaig leaders, 10 ills
they "know not Of"
GFThe whig papers are giving reasonable