The Arkansas banner., 1844-05-22

and here, too, perhaps, my opponents are at least equal with me.
 In 1889, l came to Batesyille, alone, an or plum and a stranger. Wishing to settle and become a permanent citizen among you, l entered the printing office as an apprentice to the printing business-botnd myself to serve for the term of three years, during which proved .'laithlul to my rust,n to which tactmy employers will testify. Short ly after the expiration of my apprenticeship, took upon myself the responsibility of maintaing a family, with the expectation of procuring and holding a situation in the print ing ofiice-and by my labor as a printer, to earn for myself an honest support. This situation did obtain, and continued in it for about seven months. At the expiration of this time, and at a time too, when l was ill a fair way of making something for myseli- and needed every facility which could req sonably expect from my frends-I was in- formed that had 10 leurc the printing office, give up my situation in order to make room for others more suppliant to the will of cer- tain aristocrats, and seek employment else where.
 But ask of them neither ''favor or afIec- ton" and have said this much in relation to the matter merely for the sake of show ing the manner in which left the office, and the reason why left-that no one may be- lieye 1 did so in order to run for the Clerk ship. Why Hey wanted me out of their way or out oi the s.mess,0 Is no grqst mystery. proved not 10 be the tooL they thought me not such a one, at least, as they wanted. { did aot, NOR WOULD NOT, NOR NEVER WILL, sign aAie Ciag Club p This was enough to condemn any man in the eyes of the Cijgfa-aRd hence the inference can be readily drawn. There were other reasons alleged at the time by deir menial, but they have but a small bearing, when taken into consideration with facts.
 The necessity of my departure was made known 10 me my MT. Locke, editor of the paper which was then engaged ill printing; but have since learned, and have good req son to believe, that there were others at the head Of this matter; for it is fact well known, by some at least, that Hr. Locke never acts unadyisedly OH any matter con- necyed with that office. He is controlled by a certain .,jaato'2 at Batesville, who seek to control the whole county. They own the printing ofliee-3Ir. Locke Is nothing but a hireliag and consequently kHHekles at Their bidding. l. is matter of indifference 10 him, whether he edits a Hhig or Demo- cr0tic rapeF-Which last, can be proven by his own assertions at Little Rock. The oi- flee Is maiHtaiaed by, and had t not been for the rulers of the whig party at Batesville- the'T1berdIity of Col. Ringgold, in furnishing q stock of paper, the "Nofth Arkansas" would not have gone into operation when 1t did, and is a doubt in my mind, whether ii crer would have gone into operation nder the lpretea3ed) control of 3Ir. Loeke,-had he notrecelFed Pecuniary facilities from some source, and he could not a7fr keep up, were he not toreceiHe the like assistance. But he has pact s.at his elboWn who are diStiH- gHisAed for their liberalify, h efrtaaa cases, that is, theyWould assist 4reat ataa, and at the sane time, send the BHagrg wid0w "toueripg from their door,'9 and it is not very improbable that the North Arkansas" may survive some time yet, with is lj0 or 200 subscribers Has t any more 4Ir. Ed itor
 This. siaato,' have held the desdaies of the county 90 long, that they thinHthcir hold too strong ever to be broken. Ii there is an oAe to be filed, Hcy hold mectiDg, NoorI- NJ THEIR CANDIDATE, and he HAS TO BE ELECTED ' This game has been play ed for several years, and they HOW have Their candidates in the field, and have declared that they aat5t and shall be elected They have not gone so far, however, as to hold PUBLIC meeting to nominate HcU candidate for Clerk, nevertheless, he is in the ffeld.- They ThjsPered in his ears that he must be candidate, and il was enough; he took the track, although .be docs mol aeaHt lhe office /"
 Donot understand me as speaking Gnlayor- ably of any candidate in the Geld,-lar be il. from me-but l am merely stating disgrace lul facts-facts, too, which for the credit and interest of our common community, should be done away with.
 As an instance in point, and one which will, think, help 10 establish what have already said, l would beg leave to mention the names Of John Rnggold and C. H. Pel- ham, members of the whig party, and now both candidates for the State Senate Long previous To the meeting of the Convention which Was to nominate candidates to run on the whig ticket in this county, 1t was well knovlH that Col. PELHAM was all asprant for a seat in the Slate Senate, and intended run ming on the Whig ticket, whether nominated or not but notwithstanding this, his name was not brought before the Convention, but Co., John Riaggold er-Cashier of the Bates vile Bank, Presidentof the BateSeHle Lyce- nm, and be propitous, o ye Gods } PETE WHErsroNE2s daddy-m-law, was s.unanim- ously nominated by the Convention in'
 These facls mention, not to prove any thing, for or against either of the candidates for the State Senate, but merely to sustain the grounds which have taken, and to show that there is spirit of overbealing aristoc- racy among lhe individuals who compose the bloated s:jualto" of Batesylle-a spirit, too, that would, if it dare, grind the poor class of the community into dust, and al the caOp ffplp prX- ont Gsn+ tbo cCII,ars 1f +I,.,