Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-11-02
Here is that Letter.
Fayetteville, April 6, 1856.


 l Cor. T. c. HINDMAN-
 I Dear Sir: Perhaps you have not been fully Informed of the proceedings of a democratic mass meeting, held here few uays alter your visit to this place. So Will take the liberty to give you synop-
 The published resolutions and report of the secretary were correct as far as they went put the manner in which those 1eso- iu'iohs originated, and the gross imposition Played upon the majority of those who attended the meeting has not been thorough
 y exposed.
 A select few, intimate cronies of Mir. greenwood, naturally thinking. that the very favorable impression vou made in lnis county might materially iniure Mir. 0feehwood's prospects as regards the next eiection, vigorously set themselves to worl, to counteract it. They succeeded in tbe following manner. The midnirbt lo
 was burned over an elaborately e concocted set of resolutions revised and rerevised unt;l pronounced satisfactory by four or five individuals; next, it was arranged that when the meeting should be called to order friend, particular friend, of Mr. Groom. woods should be called to the cha;r wbo should be previously we'll instructed what persons he must appoint as committee to drctf resolutions. Ofthese facts II have nosi- tive knowledge The resolutions I cbanced to see some four or five days before the convention; and as to the intrugue, that was told me since, by a person who was present at the time it was agreed upon, the inten. tion of the Greenwood men was to surnr;sa yoar friends. And they succeeded. the chairman was selected, a committee an- pointed, and I thought l could detect in the eyes of several, an expression of anticipa ted success. l had no doubt after hearing who the committee was, that the resolu tions would be adopted, but had strong hope of a debate, and fair division of the house, into Greenwood and Hindman men, but in this 1 was disappointed. Mr. Teb- betts, one of the five who revised the res outions, and one of the committee, and also, who was the founder of the know nothing lodge of this place, read ''the resolutions prepared by the committee'' and entertained his auditors with aueulogy upon the character, services, and ability of Mr. Greenwood, abjuring, repudiating and condemning sectionalism, and yet, admit 1 ting that were 'Hindman in Greenwood's place and vice versa, he would vote for Mr. Hindman," advising the people to renomi- B nate Mr. Greenwood, and send Mir. Hind man as a presidential elector to the demo- cratic national convention. No one seem- ed disposed to support Mir Kelly's amend ment by speech. was urged to do 1t, but had too much regard for your interest to lesson it's significance by so feeble defence as 1 would be able to make So was con- ! tent with silent vote, or rather with a viva voce vote, for when the affirmative of the amendment was put, your friends tried to make up in noise what they wanted in numbers. The chairman decided that the amendment was lost. 1 demanded di- vision of the house, which was done. and l have heard it stated by members of the know nothing lodge that deducting K. Ms regular standing and minors who voted for Mir. Greenwood as first choice of this county for the next congress, the mo- tion of Mr. Kelly would have been sustain :e1. Col. A. NJ. Wilson voted for Green wood, but tell you in confidence he acouid preter your nomination. The delegates appointed by the convention were Col Wm. Adams, T. J. Kelly, Wm. Wilson, and two others, the names of whom 1 do not remember, but these three, are friends ofyours and will use all honorable means to secure your nomination, after obeying the instructions of the convention, which is to go for Greenwood as first choice, and if MT. Greenwood fails to receive the nomination at first ballot, and you should have plurality, you can count on three votes at least from this county Now a simple introduction (which is all the personal acquaintance have with you) does not seem to justify the familiarity I have taken in addressing you, but if my object is accomplished, which is to encour- ageyou by stating the feelings of the people in this county and enabling you to fathom with greater ease, than you otherwise would have done, the policy and intrigue of your opponents, then am content.
 Yours etc, E. c. BOUDINOT.
 To Col. T. c. Hindman, Helena, Ark.