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for the selection of Convention delegates, will be
fully attended, and represented by the people,
There is a necessity that they be alert, up and
doing. Our county /. decidedly in favor of COL
Ashley being retained in the Senate, and It Is I'M
por,an, ,ha, the people see that such men be Sc
lectcd by, and from them, who will see that their
wishes be respected and that some man from the
north or ives, be seeciedas the person whom they
wish shall represen, US in Congress. We nave
before stated why this should be done, and we re.
commend thus early, that when the county meet.
ing shall be assembled, that the members Of it
choose some man, trusiy and worthy, one who is
able and willing to attend to the interests Of oil
the farmers of the State, nId who especially will
not fail to secure the interests Of this section oil
the State as far os practicable. Who that person
shall be, is not for us to say or propose, we can
only say that he must be man from the north or
west, and one who will use his utmost exertions 10
benefit the State. There are roads to be con.
structed, and rivers 10 bo rendered safely naviga.
BILE. which the increasing population and industry
Of the State demand, and no where more than in
the northern counties. We want man who vii!
give us such Improvements; who will see that Ar.
kansas river be ceansed Of its many distractions,
and tha, we have great road laid ou! and made
through our State, connecting for instance, 81.
Louis aud Memphis. ..


GrWe would here remark 10 our readers and
the public, that our columns are open to cores
pondents upon the present political topics, which
agi,a,e this Stute. Either party can here have
full and fair play, advocating any preference they
choose; with this premise, however, that their lot
ters be not too long, and that they be written b,
democrats. We do not suppose that the wings
have any interest in the family QUARREL and


will therefore send US no communications upon


tho subject.


| GrWe invite tho attention Of our Indian read


ers to an article copied in todays PAPER from the
| Albany Argus, relative to the admission oflndian


Territory, as States, into the Union. The views
of the Argus are sensible, and manifest lauda.
bic desire 10 see our red brethren in state ofhap
piness and prosperity. That such an erection OF
States out of their country would havea most ben.
efical effect, we entertain not the remotest doubt,
indeed. VIC conceive that such measure presents
the only alternative for their actual existence
The Choctaws and Cherokees nre in state of
such civilization, that we think they deserve TO
be reckoned among US, and the efforts of the
former to spread lheimeans of education amongst
them, command the highest praise; they are a
long ways in advance Of US in their schools
Weare free to say. that were they now included
in our Union as Territory, that their temporal
and moral health, would be greatly adsanlaged.
There are some objections, however, to such ad.
missions of States, which arise from the charac.
ter oc the titles that the individual Indians possess
to their lands. This can 10 remedied. but in
what way the limits of our pnper prevent US SET.
ting forth. We will be among the first, when the
Indian country shall be embraced within the area
Of our glorious Union, to give the hand of fellow.
ship 10 our red brethren, and bid him welcome to
all the high, and invaluable privileges which be-
long to the American citizen


GIVE hear some talk about certain 'p- omiscs'
that Col. Ashley is said to have made, that he
would not offer for recollection to the Senate Of
the United States which promises ire said 10 have