Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-06-14
Correspondence.
LITTLE Rock. ARK. May %, Is!

Correspondence.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, May %, 1856.
10 the Editor of The -Amsrican Organ
Sin: In the absence of some ADLER pen, have
thought brief notice of the American party in
this State might not be uninteresting to your read
ers ~
Well, by way OF beginning, Yet me say, that We
are in fine spirits, have made excellent seiecfi2ns
of candidates, and have a tolerable fair show OF
carving the State in August, and still better one
of carving il in November for Fillmore and Donel-
son. 4Ia tE S
OF our candidates, / will first speak OF Gen. JAS.
Yell. He was nominated at our State Convention
by reclamation, as the candidate of the American
party for Governor. As debater, he has no supe-
rior in the State, and has an influence before the
boys that no one else has. He has been the lead
er Of the Democracy in this State for many years,
and, like his lamented uncle Geo. Yell, has hold
on the affections Of the old Democracy, that will
elect him beyond doubt, provided, he can get the
people to hear him. But every effort will be made
to prevent them from turning out Our present
apology for a governor, is candidate for re-elec-
ton, but he win not meet Gen. Yell on the stump.
Colonel Absalom Fowler is our candidate for
Congress in this district; he is man OF very hne
talents; an able speaker, and has been citizen OF
this State some twenty EIGHT years Originally
coming member of the American party. His
opponent is E. A. Warren, Esq, who was in Con-
gress from this State two years ago, and thrown
overheard for the Hon. Albert Rust, who now is
thrown overheard for Warren The contest will
be close one between Fowler and Warren.
In the northern district Hugh +. Thomasson is
the American candidate, opposed by Judge A. b.
Greenwood, the present incumbent. Thomasson
is one of the first men in the State; raised E Ar
bx,h Ma a.tsn hao hp mar
a shining mark among men; always to the period
of his becoming member of the American party,
Democrat Of the strictest sect 1t will take some
thing more than the slang of political demagogues
to cause the old Democrats of the hills and hol-
lows Of Western Arkansas to give up Hugh f.
Thomasson for ever 30 clever and gentlemany
man as Judge Greenwood.
Three of our electors have been chosen, Judge
w. II. Sutton, of Chicot, and W. d. Reagon, Of
Washington, for the State at large; w. ?. Grace,
of jefferson, for this district, and in June the
elector for the northern district is to be chosen,
They are all three very able and excellent men.
and viii canvass the State thoroughly Our nomi-
nations for county officers have in the general
been capital our aim has been to get out our very
best men.
The American party here labor under many dis
advantages. The power and patronage OF the
General and State Governments are brought to
bear against them. We never get any public docu-
ments that contain palatabe food for an American,
while all sorts of tough yarns against us are scat
tered tolersbly broadcast over the State. | do
not blame our delegation for this. 1t is perhaps,
very natural.
Fillmore and Donelson, it does seem to me,
ought to be q ticket good enough Tor every South
ern man, and every conservative Northern man.
Fillmore won golden opinions, from all sorts OF
men, by his admirable administration, and that,
too, in a very trying time; and IL the tears shed
by the Democrats when he was thrown overheard
for Scott, were not of the crocodile order, why, he
issthe very man for them.
Here, in Arkansas, the great weapon used
against us for q long time was, that the American
party was Wing trick; and even Pike, who, though
born in Massachusetts,, was too pro-slayery man
TO stand on platform broad and sound enough
for the owners Of a hundred negroes, aud natives
of the South, has minated it was such. Well, IL
looks rather strange to see Toombs, Stephens,
Jones Of Tennessee, Benjamin of Louisiana, &c,
with sundry lesser lights, such al Cauthers, Oil
yer, &C., pitching into IL ike a thousand Of brick.
That good old Wing organ--the Inteihgencer-
where is it? And that able Wing paper--the
Missouri Republication stands its Why, 1t Is
now almost Douglas organ. wish 1t was little
more Of . Wing trick.
Well, Mr. Editor, the American party is bound
in the long end to succeed, even II we fail to elect
Fillmore and have no fears about his election I;
we must, in the end, triumph. Americans are
bound to rule America This is fixed fact. /
know it is hard to please every one some object
to the American party for one thing, and some for
another; yet it will bring them together ip the
course of time. III Ft%
The opponents of the platform of the American
party remind me Of Dick Cole when he went to
buy powder. Stepping into store, he asked the
merchant II he had any good powder for sale
"Yes," the merchant said some frst-rate.n
"Well," said Dick, eff it is real 6rst-rate I
want it. but If it amt don't"
The merchant told him to try it--so Dick. care,
fully wiping out his rife loaded with the powder.
The merchant called him to the door, and pointing
to some Wild geese on the opposite side of the
river, which vas more than one hundred yards
wide, told him there was chance TO try the pow
der. Dick raised his rife, and at toe crack, over
tumblsd goose. The merchant sent boy over
in canoe Tor the goose, while Dick stepped back
into the store. When the merchant got the goose,
he discovered that there was a ball hole through
the head, and, exultngly entering the store, held
up the goose, and showing Dick the hole through
the head, observed, you viii admit il is first
rate powder. Dick took the goose, and, after
examining il turned to the merchant and said,
that powder won't do; II II had been 6rst-rate, !
sConid have ha him ia the eye.
Truly yours, Prrr.