The Arkansas banner., 1844-02-13

Pursuant to call of the Pulaski Clay "Club, in December last, the Wings of Ar "kansas met in Convention, on this day, |" l6th Jan., 1844, in the Hall of the House "of Representatives, at 10 o'clock, A. M0
 Twenty-one counties in the sovereign State of Arkansas, obeyed the call of the Clay Club and assembled on the 18th Janua- ", to register their ''Edicts," in which they have set at defiance the popular will, and ac- knowledged the Whig party to be under the control and orders of the Clay Club. It is to be hoped in future, that we shall hear no more complaints of the Democratic party being controlled by ''Little Rock Junto.o
 It Is not my desire, in reviewing these acts and doings of the Clay Club, to attack their nominees. Far from it. have no personal dislike to either of them; while for some have strong personal attachment. l be- lleve that their ticket for Governor and Con- gress IS the most judcous Gall things con- sidered) that they could have made. My wish IS to see the two parties, frankly, openly, and zealously, fight the battle upon their prin- ciples; and then if the Wings can succeed, l, for one, will bow in submission to the will of the majority. If they can, by fair argument, upon the true issues, convince the people of this State, that our rotten corpora- tons should be revived, and the people be tdred to pay up the interests due upon the State bonds, (which will amount to S500,000 by the meeting of the Legislature and there by screen the debtors to those institutions, in Gods name let them do it. One fact is certain, either the debtors have it to pay, or direct taration upon those acho do not o1ce t must follow, or a resort to the Mississippi plan of settlement by "repudiation." Sag aciich you are for, gemlemen9
 If they can convince the people that an other '.Biddie Bank,n with a capital of $50, O,O00, should be fastened upon this country, coupled with the Distribution of the Proceeds of the Public Lands, thereby creat- ing the necessity for high Protective Tariff; and, to cap the climax, the assumption of the State debts, amounting to upwards of two hundred millions dollars! I repeat-if they can satisfy the people of Arkansas that such policy as this is for the advantage and interest of the people, they are entitled to administer the government. It Is the Demo- cratic creed that the maj ajority should govern, and we would have no right to complain. But for the Democracy to be defeated, not by the strength of our opponents, (for we have not less than 5000 majority in the State but by the dissensions and jealousies of our leading politicians, is mortifying in the ex- treme; and woe be to those who bring about such state of things. Let me, then, in the name of the Democracy of this State, acarn those who are doing more by their opposi- ton and disunion, to cause our defeat than all the Wings and Clay Clubs in the State together. Should your obstinacy and ambi- ton prostrate the Democratic party, and throw us at the feet of the Clay Club, you will be the first to repent your folly, and will receive heavy, and thick, the curses of an in- dignant and outraged people, Then, pray you, cease your wars upon your friends. You have an enemy sufficiently formidable to employ all your time, Heal mp your dis sensions, and treat each other as friends and brothers By so doing all will yet be we'll and Democracy will triumph; otherwise shame and defeat await us.
 JOHN JONES.