Washington telegraph., 1856-07-09
The Approaching Election.

of Arkansas for the ensuing four years is
rapidly drawing nigh. On the one hand.
the American party present for the suffrages
of the people candidate who TO: years has
been favorite with the masses; man who
with unainching energy and zeal has thrown
himself boldly into the arena OF public DIS
cussion. challenged his opponent to meet
him and argue the issues presented to the
voters of the State man who holds truth
to be omnipotent and public justice CERTAIN
and who does not hesitate to invite the
strictest scrutiny into his public life, bis
opinions and the policy which he advocates.
This man is James Yell, who has been
called forth from the arduous labors OF his
profession to the more laborious duties OF an
exciting campaign by the voice of the people,
and who now appears before them as one
of them, having their interests at stake
as one of them combating zealously the
abuses and corruptions which have rendered
them almost helpless for nearly quarter
of a century-as one of them determined to
spare no efforts to infuse into their minds
the spirit of opposition to these crying evils
AS one of them asking them for their own
sakes, in the name of their best and dearest
interests, to assert their independence and
shake off the incubus which has so long
weighed so heavily upon them. to break up
the monopoly which has proved in every
sense of the word SO disastrous to them and
to the State and her advancement. He has
been assaied with the bitterest vehemence
by the unscrupulous partiz1ns opposed to
him, every species of contumely and abuse
has been heaped upon him in unstinted
measure, but caring nothing for the frowns
Of those in power, or the opposition of his
relentless foes. he has pursued with quiet
industry the path of duty, and every where.
where he has been heard, the people have
recognized in him true man and an honest
one, and the sturdy yeomanry of the land
have gathered around him, and pledged TO
him their influence and support; aud to-day,
over his head the skies are bright and
Frightening. and there is every reason to
entertain reasonable hope that success will
crown his efforts, and the voice of the people
| in August next herald his introduction into
the Gubernatorial chair Of the State. Gen.
Yell stands forth as the champion Of a con
servative progression-as the representative
of principles which once obtaining hold
upon the people of this State. will nerve
them to the task of political regeneration,
aud inspire them with the determination
and ability to undertake in the proper man
ner the development of the boundlcss re-
sources of the State. Gen. Yell stand:
squarely upon State platform which. in it
completeness, fairness, boldness, and undis
guised reprehension Of the political char
: iatanry which has made Arkansas what ht
is, has secured the admiration of ali intel
: ligent men. And it is worthy of notice
, that all of the powerful electioneering tactics
/ of the party now dominant, have been ad
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e political enormities which have marked theil
' long continued sway. Conscious of the
: power of the principles of the American
, party to arouse the people and win them to
f the support of its candidates, they have no,
e dared to attack either platform or principles
but ignoring their very existence, they have
| exhausted the vocabulary of unmeaning ant
y empty denunciation of men. hoping to hide
o in the cloud of their slanders the light which
D is leading the people of Arkansas to see
f their true condition, and to learn how to
e apply the remedy for the evil.
We trust the people will consider these
things. Gen. Yell is one of them-a man
e from the masses-a man whose sympathies
are with them, and who will labor for their
good and their relief from tae burdens which
twenty years of misrule have imposed
upon them. And what burdens A debt
of millions of dollars, hourly increasing as
the interest hourly accumulates; lack
d an utter want of facilities for the transpor.
d tation of the very necessaries of existence
an inability to move hand or foot from the
mire of idleness, surrounded and cramped a
they are by the malign influences which
T have reduced them to this pitiable straight
C Can the people OF Arkansas hesitate in theil
ehoice2 Does not every consideration which
should actuate men in their conduct appea
to them to move at once in this great matter
l. and select from their own ranks man who's.
e honesty. intelligence and fearlessness viii
a enable him to apply properly the rod o
! correction-properly to set about reme3ying
the present confusion in our State affairs
Can the people hesitate in their choice be
4 tween Gen. Yell and his principles and Gov
: Conway and his antecedents- policy
and the history of the party with which be
is connected and which for years have
''ruled: in Arkansas and almost ''ruiued'
+ the State ? We cannot believe it. Viii
they endorse policy which has imposed
burdens and restrictions upon them, such a
the people of no other State groan under
: Impossible. There can be no room to doub
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