Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-05-12
Electors to vote for President and Vice
 President of the United States.

In section two of article two of the con stitution of the United States, it is provided That, "each State shall appoint, in such manner as Me legislature hereof may direct, sum5er of electors, equal to he aohofe num- be,!!of senotors and representatives, to wa'ch the State nqy Je entitled in he Congress- but no Senator or Representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be appointed an elector."
 The State of Arkansas is entitled to two Senators and two Representatives in the Congress of the United States, and there fore the State is entitled to four electors to vote for President and Vice President. The General Assembly of the State of Ar kansas has 6ylaw directed that, :" the quati- fed uoters in ttis ,State shall meet at their respective places of holding elections, and shaHproceed to choose as many ft and proper persons as he State shuU 6e entitled to 0s elec- tors of President and Tice President, which election shall be conducted by the judges who may have been appointed to hold the general elections of the State for the same year, and under the same regulations as are or may be required by the law regulating such qeneral elections s'-( See section two of chapter 63 of Gould's Digest of the Stat utes of Arkansas There is therefore no law in this State making provision for the election of "district electors" and 'eLectors at larqe.' The four electors to which this State is entitled have to be elected by general ticket MroughoMMe achole State; and under our law every quolyfed Ooter in M's ,State will have the right, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month ofNovember, 1860, to vote for four electors of President and Vice PreSident. UnCer the authority of the constitution of the United States the legislature of the State of Arkansas has directed how the electors shall be chosen. 1.-the legislatures of other States direct that Meirs electors shall be chosen by districts, except two electors to be chosen at large, persons who are lgno- rant of the laws of this State, should bear in mind that it would be violation ot our law and of the rights of the State of Arkan- sas, to force upon the people of this State a system of choosing electors by districts, as in some other States, when our law re- quIres that they shall be elected by generol ticket So much for the law
 It has been the custom of the democratic party to hold State democratic conventions to nominate candidates for all offices which have to be filled by general 0ote of dH Me qualifed voters of Me Stote. Therefore It has been the uniform custom of the State democratic conventions of this State to nominate candidate for Governor, and also candidates for electors to vote for Pre- sident and Vice President; because the Go- vernon and the electors have to be elected by he qualifed voters ot the mhole Stdte.
 If our law directed that the qualified voters of each district shall elect one district ezector, as they are authorized to elect one representative to Congress, then there would be a good reason why each district conyention should nominate a candidate for elector of that district But this State has 20 district electors, for they are all Slate etec- tors, elected by the qualified voters of the whole State.
 A Stag democratic convention of dele gates from all parts of the State, having nominated candidates for electors, we would advise the true democrats in the district conventions to beware of all cunning trick sters who, under plausible pretexts, may seek to divide and dsorganize the demo- cratic party of this State. We wish the democratic party to be united and harmonl- ous, and advise all good democrats to be true to the State ticket, and guard 1t from assaults of disorganizers.