The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-13
ARKANSAS.


The Approaching ElcctIea In ArlGansas-A
Large White Majority Registered-Tho Call
for a Convention Ccrtain 10 bc Voted Down
Ex-Unisn Omccrs Supported fer Once by Ex.
Rcbeis.
LITTLE Rock, Nov. z, 1867.
General Ord has fixed the time for holding the
election in this State to determine whether or moi
she will hold convention, to commence On the
9Th instant and continue until the 10th.
At the city Of Little Rock the two colors will
vote on separate days-the whites voting On the
18th and blacks on the 10th.
The official report shows the number Of registered
voters to be &C ,3l6-43,l7o white and 2s LAG black
giving the whites o majority Of 2o.024. Il is safe
to conclude that about one-eighth Of the blacks
will vote with the conservatives or not at ALL The
negroes do not, as Q general thing, stay long in
one place, and many will not be in the township
where they registered when the voting takes place.
and many viii forget the names under which they
registered. From all causes, the radicals will lose
about one.fourth Of the negro vote. I do not
think there are over Eve thousand whites in this
State who viii vote for . convention; and IL the
election be conducted with any fairness, Arkansas
will 60 largely against . convention. The only
thing we have to fear il frands. The radicals are
not too honest TO do anything but may be too cow
ardy to do enough to entirely defeat the conser.
natives; for Arkansas will cast such large ma.
jority against convention that they will have
some trouble In getting rid of it without making
the fraud too palpable.
So far intellect is concerned, the radical party
10 very weak; they have not management enough
to keep up even the appearance Of organizations
among themselves: Office being their sole object,
AL want some place; heoce they are falling out
The most thickly populated county. BY blacks,
In Arkansas, has split up and the blacks have their
swn candidates. There are two white men and
two negroes running on the radical ticket
one Of the most conservative men in
Arkansas, when he was applying TO our
last Legislature for keeper Of the Penteutiary."
and now one Of the greatest radicals in the State.
and Jas. Kinds, Northern adventurer. The
other two are blackstone calling himself Thomas
Johnson. and the other Henry Rector-neither OF
whom 10 noted for anything except bis color. The
conservatives have acted with great prudence and
Judgment 10 bringing out their candidates. They
ave attempted 70 unite all the different elements
OF the county. Their candidates are 6. c. Faulkner
an old citizen, popular with both white and black,
anti the "Arksnsaw Traveller" Robert A. How
ard, young lawyer and democrat from Pennsyl-
vanilla and federal officer during the late war, who
will carry many OF the federals with him; John
w. Marphy. an 1rohman, who was also an officer
in the federal army and democrat, and Captain
Gustsvvs Slange, German who was also federal
officer during tho war for the Union,'' and will
remind the "Dutchr that Mr.. Wade
still thinks the negroes are a. intelligent as the
Ignorant Dutch and Irish foreigners" Thus you
sea the conservatives have laid aside prejudces
and are supporting men who once fought against
them, but nov think with them on the one great
question before the peoples Shat the constitution
Of the United States be respected or Detl and u
the radical party does not do bettAr than IL los
been doing OF iste, they will even lose PGlaskt
county, Notwithstanding the negroes have major
iiy Of over nine hupdred votes