Southern shield., 1870-07-30
LITTLE ROCK LETTER.
LITTLE ROCK, July 26, 1870.

LITTLE MOCK, July 20, loIu.
 EDITOR SHIELD:-The county Convention c
 Phillips surprised no one here, unless it ma, . have been the little junto in the Executiv
 chamber. The decapitation ef MT RoBINsol , in order to give place to an Executive devo tee, and the requirement that every petty ap
 pointment for Phillips must be endorsed an(
 approved by MT. WHITE, as was clearly de
 monstrated in the case recommended by the
 venerable old patriot, Dr. BUTLER, was the exact policy to produce discord and party strife, and it took no one by surprise when your Convention, after two days contest, adjourned sine die.
 In Arkansas county it has been admitted that your distinguished fellow citizen WI. II. GRAY, or MT RooTs would have been the choice of nine-tenths of the Republicans, and | that the White managers stocked the Convention for Bennett, by sheer trickerv in the organization. If the vote of the Repub- hcans of the capitol were to decide who should be nominated Col. RooTs would get every vote in the city except the proteges of the Executive office and the Little Rock Re publican.
 There is but little doubt that Col RooTs will be nominated. He has been as active and attentive to the interest of his constitu encyas any man in Congress- He has been true to tbe Republican party and has faith fully labored fer the good of the State. He ought to be better fitted by his experience to accomplish great good for his constituency county from here te tnn hine Will support him on the final vote in Convention The canvass has been precipitated premature lv. There was no sound political sense or reason, for beginning the canvass in June for a Convention on the 18th of September, and it was manifestly unjust to do so before the of Congress, and while the member was serving his constituency and absent in Washington, and the people will certainly judge so.- It is reported along White River that this is being used with the timid: '' RooTs will not be commissioned, if he should be nominated and elected, for the Governor will count him out and give the certificate to the Democratic candidate" and ask, why throw away Republican votes upon Col. RooTS who cannot be elected For will not be commissioned" This argument was used as buster and bragg, to bring MT. RooTs into some compromise with the Cover nor for the next Senatorship, and has entire ly failed, and has not compelled Congressman ROOTS to surrender his manhood and inde- pendence, or join any mental admiration league for selfish considerations. He has cast his lot with the Republican party, and man. fully abide their choice for standard-bearer in the coming canvass in the First Congres sional District.
 Governor CLAYTON has pluck, and some nerve, but will never beoome~such usurper as the above argument would indicate. I
 The history of ANDREW JoHNsoN's usurpa- tions. His impeachment, and ignominious return to obscurity, are too fresh in his mem- ory to commit such fragrant and outrage ous act, and he will never do it.
 Whoever the qualified electors, at a fair cleo tion, choose for Congress, will by him be and those who affirm it will 'be otherwise ss'', Hnim to pe a pfi,5- and, utterly regS NH- his oath Of othce' and devoid of intergrity or honor and all such are self-Geceived The Executive will make rioid registeration; do all in his power to bring up a Republican Legislature, and one that will elect him the next United States Senat- or, and this will make Hon. JAMES M. JOHNSON his successor.
 It may be a matter of interest to some of your kind readers to know that the fifty per cent. clause in the Bankrupt law, has been repealed, and the law now stands as it did heretofore as regards all debts contracted prior to 1869. This will give relief to hun- dreds of bankrupts-
 METROPOLITAN.