Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-04-06
FuyetteUiHe. March 25th. 1858

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 MR. EDIToR-It is very well known that the time is close by when the convention meets at Batesvile to nominate some person to represent the first Congressional district of the State in the next Congress It is also very generally known that Col. T. c. Tlindman is a candidate for that position; he has announced himself in the papers, and is even now canvassing the dis trct, and seems quite satisfied that he will en- counter DO serious opposition. So far as I am informed Col. Hmdman had no opponent un- til month ago, when the friends of A. NJ Wilson proposed him as the successor of Hon. A. B. Greenwood. This announcement was made at late day, right upon the heels of the convention, so late that neither Mir. Wilson or his friends expected that it would be generally known throughout the district that he was a candidate, before many of the counties should act. Indeed before the name oc A. NJ. Will son was presented to the people of his own town, some six or eight counties had instructed for Col Hindman. Since it has been known that Mir. Wilson is candidate Washington and Madison counties have held their meetings. pro- nouncng A. NJ. Wilson as their first choice for Congress, and instructing their delegates to vote for him as such in the BatesvIle convention. It would naturally seem that Col lIudman would be the last person to find fault with the premature action of county conventions. Yet no sooner had he arrived in Madison county than he is instrumental in calling another meeting, which repudiated the action of the former convention, kicked Mr. Wilson's name out and substituted Col. T. c. Hmdmans.- Now the friends of Mr. Wilson do not object to Col. tlindman being an aspirant for seat in Congress, but they do protest against the course pursued by Mir. tlmdman and his friends in Greene and Madison counties. The precedent has been established and approved by Mr. Hind man, and he cannot complain if Mir. Wilson's friends insist upon all the benefits and advan- tages which can accrue to him by like course. Madison, Greene, and Washington counties held their meetings and instructed for others besides Col. Hindman. When the name of Colonel Hindman had been prominently before the peo- pie for the last two years it must have been notorious to those counties named, as well as all the rest, that Col. Hindman was a candidate and that he very much desired the nomination yet they preferred other men to him. The se- cond named for Greenwood before it was known that Wilson was in the field, and the other two for Wilson. In the face of all this, second convention was held in the first two counties in which Col. Hindman is declared to be inc first choice. Now l ask if it is not fair and right that meetings should be held again in all those counties which have declared. before Mr. Wilson was known to be candidate that the preferences of the sovereigns may be explicitly understool. Let meetings be held in the nine or ten counties which have declared for Hind man, when he stood alone and unopposed. Let the name of MT. Wilson be presented with Col Hindmans, and let the proceedings of the first meeting be indorsed or repudiated, as has been attempted in the two counties before named. Perhaps by this course Mir. Wilson may gain what he is enormously supposed to have lost in the counties of Madison and Greene And perhaps Col. Hindman may receive fresh acknowledgment of the confidence of the neo- pie which will make his success the more olo- rous, but at any rate let us have these new meetings as matter of right and justice to MT Wilson. Shall we have them?
 WASHINGTON CoUNTy