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thoughts for the consideration of honest
and fair dealing men of all parties, in refer
ence to the position ofthe Independent Ben
ton candidates of this county, and if / shall
devote more attention to one than the other,
it is not because they are mt equally vul-
nerable and open to criticism. There is
another reason for my pursuing this course,
to be found in the fact that Bentonism, true
to its instincts, is about to betray its own
bantling, and VIM. English will find on the
day of the election the few men that put
him forward as a candidate, will abandon
him and leave him scarcely a bakers dozen
of friends to swear By. Your remarks in
the last Banner has refreshed my memory
as to MIR. Fagg's course, and / beg to d.
rect your attention to them more in detail.
Mr.. F. participated in the meeting in his
township for the purpose Of sending dele
gates to a County Convention. He offer
ed resolutions in the meeting that were vo-
ted down, and he permitted his name to be
used as adelegate to the county convention.
The other townships held meetings, and a
large majority of the delegates were against
Mr.. Fagg and his Bentonism. Mr.. Fagg
saw this, and though at Bowling Green, he
did not attend the convention that nominal
ted Messrs. Vaughan and Henderson, but
the next Banner announced him as an indie
pendent candidate, whohGd ncrer surren-
dered himself To any man or body If men.
Thus you see this independent candidate
placing himself in the hands Of the demo-
cratic party Of the county, and by the very
act of going into convention, consenting
and agreeing 10 the will of the majority,
and no sooner does he find that hc cannot
rule the party and make it submit to his
will, than he resolves to run it ifAc can.
If he did not intend to take the chances Of
obtaining a nomination, or of having friends
of his views nominated by the convention,
he had nOth,ngN dO but 10 keep himself out
|yhe eonuenii1n, as many of Benton's fol-
lowers did. By going into convention, he
ltdciny submitted 10 lis Gcti0n and agreed to
abide its decision, and his subsequent
course proves co~nclusively that, like Ben
ton, he is very willing for the party to &c;
as it pleases, provided it acts to please him.
If he can have his way and his ambition
gratifed he is a good party man, If not, he
is an independent, striving to undo the very
things he has aided in doing. In the mat
ter Of a nomination for Congress Mr.. Fagg
is pursuing a course as much against party
usage, fairness, justice and honesty as he
has in reference to the county convention
and its nominees. You stated in the last
Banner, and the reading public will recol-
lect, that Mr.. Fagg with others signed a
paper, which was published in all the Dem
~ocratic papers of the District, calling upon
the democratic party to send delegates to a
convention tn nominate a candidate for
Congress. The time and place were fixed
upon, and St. Charles was named as the
place. This paper was signed long after
Franklin, Marion and other counties had
selected delegates to the convention. MIR.
like every other man who participa-
ted in getting up that convention and cali
ed it together, is in honor bound by its ac-
tion, and should support its nominee or
be driven beyond the pale of the party for
ever. Mr.. Henderson was nominated by
the votes of Franklin, Gasconadc and st.
Charles, and by delegates instructed for
Mr.. Bay, and yet Mr.. Bay has acquisesced
in Mr.. Hendersoi's nomination and his
friends will vote for him. But how is it
with our Independent candidate9 Viii he
or his peculiar jriemas vote for Henderson?
Is he not working against the regular can
didate of the party, whom he aided in nom
Iinating, with all the power he possesses, Sc
creHy and cLandeskineiy though it be, but
not the less zealOusly and heartily? Can
you account for the praises which wings
are bestowiug upsn him, except upon the
consciousness that they have that he is
working for Porter, and that he will prove
a traitor to the party to which he Prctessrs
to adhere.
It is not only agreeable to party usage in
both parties, but it is ~consonent with fair
dealing and honesty, that men who 60 into
a convention, and give them countenance
and appreciation in getting it up, are in hon
or bound by its acts. To admit any other
doctrine, il to make them Of no avail, and
gives encouragement to political gambling,
trickery and dishonesty. If it be allowed
that a man shall go into convention, direct
ly or indirectly, in person r by proxy, and
shall take chances Of getting an endorse
ment Of his views, or of obtaining a nomin-
atm of his favorite candidate, and when