Year: 1860

addressed to the democracy VI 'hS N

 Arkansas, and signed by P A. Fennerty and others. It assumes that the State con vention did not express the will of the neople and calls fora new convention to be held in Pine Bluff, on the first of June rext. to nominate another candidate for Governor. Itis a singular document, being a bundle of incongruities and inconsistent c;es and from beginning to end IS Self'con- tradictory. It assumes that they' the s;cners to this singular paper, know the continents of the people better than the delegates from the different counties olo' ond that as the convention did not oo to -,o,so tba,, # must be done over until It sr;ts everybody. As to the dlssatislac'loh .. tho nomination of Mir. Johnson, that IS on fudce Among the bankites, with the know nothings and in few localities Ihef' ;s some grumbling, as there would nave hoon at the nomination of any other person. We ask the readers attention to this part oe tho oddress of these conscience keepers of dem ocracy.

 eff said convention has not expressed the will or tba domocr,tc partv then ask should the oarty he bound thereby? Would it not be undem- pcratic for an unfathful convention 10 Dlhd oy US cotton n faithful party? We are not opposeu to conventions and think the party should De pouiu hv tbem in order to insure success anu 'he l"e'o walton of our institutions. But should coh'en- and fnt will of the people, by putting forward ether prliioi nes or candidates not accept ibe to the party, we , inow of no way bv which the people can get clear of the action of such convention so just Tn tseii and so free from all obiection as for the people 'o | re-unite in conventions and speak forth what they | really feel and wish.'

 Who is to judge of these things? Where is such course to end? Now, there never was nomination more generally popular than that of MT. Johnson, though in cer- tain quarters there is bitter opposition to him. But admit that a few men may as sert that they are not pleased and call another convention. Of course their nom inee will not suit everybody, and another be called, and so on till the day of election. If there was wrong in the county conven- tions. the people of these counties were the proner persons to set them right, and not the people of Pine Bluff Set this prece- dent and you destroy the convention system entirely. The friends of the defeated as prants will call second convention ot course. The unlucky men at the second convention will call a third.

 These men, in their address say:

 "So far as we know and have heard justice to the party demands that we boldly assert that wide snread dissatisfaction in the democratic ranks exists | resulting from the nomination of Mir. Johnson-not l so much because Mir Johnson is not good demo- l crat and a worthy man-but because the people fee that he has been thrust upon them at this tlme against their will"

 With the except n of the bank men who are determined to seize the State and drain its life-blood; some disappointed aspirants and their friends who are soured at the re- suit; and some personal enemies of the nominee, the nomination is popular with 1 the people and will be sustained at the ballot box.

 The addressors are in error when they say that Mr. Johnson was thrust upon them. We happen to know that his nomination was unsought, nor did he aspire to the of- fee. When the county conventions com menced nominating him, which they did unsolicited, it was looked upon as merely complimentary at first. Other counties | followed suit until 1t became evident that the people had decided upon selecting him as the democratic nominee. No man ever used less exertion to secure nomination, l until the disorganizers swOre that he should not and could not be nominated, and then the majority in convention refused to sub init to the minority. He was fairly noml- mated on the second ballot; his nomination was made unanimous with the exception ot a dissentient voice or two, and the people were satisfied The State convention was regularly called by the chairman of the ex- ecutive committee; it was fully attended and accomplished its labors. To set aside it's action in one regard is to set 1t aside in all.

 We do not accuse others of improper motives. nor will we say that the object of the gentlemen whose names are signed to this address, is to create dissension in the party. This they disclaim, while the least observing among them must know that such will be the result of their movement We do not suppose that the greater part of them are aware of the in- huences at the bottom of this maneuvre, and we have so high an opinion of them as to believe, if they did, they would have suffered their right hands cut off before signing such paper. The holding of the proposed convention is impracticable, and the getters up of the movement knew 1t. The democracy have held conventions, sent delegates and expressed their preference. To suppose that they will do so again to please few who are dissatisfied, is a sheer l aDSurQlJY. uc lTdncIS Ol tHio iiIoNCiuOnb did not intend it. The scheme does not surprise us, only we anticipated the point would be at Des Arc, instead of Pine Bluff. The object is to make call as a pretext; then for the few active bankites in the diff ferent counties, or where they think they can do so with impunity, to get up meet ings of the favored few on short notices and send delegates or appoint proxies, and so get up pretended second convention. The more manly way and less expensive, though less profitable to hotel keepers, is to bring out disorganizing candidate at once. We have been threatened with this for two weeks past. We assure them that this humbug of second convention will not give him an additional vote. It is a trick so easily seen through, that there is not voter in Arkansas who would be | caught bv 1t. Nor will the true democ-