The Arkansas banner., 1844-06-05

blaze, who did not yield ready and earnest assent to the palpable truths which he so ably demonstrated. The tariff as advocated by the whigs, and the distribution policy, met no mercy at his hands. The designs of the whig party, in thus insidiously endeavor- ing tc effect the passage of prohibitory tariff act, were fully exposed, and held tip to the reproduction of the meeting
 Mir. Read was followed by Senator Allen, of the State of Ohio Wefeel that in attempt- ing to give even synopsis of this gentleman's ] most able, eloquent, argumentatlye, and con- vincing address, we are about committing all act of gross injustice; but, from the total in- ability which. in consequence of the dense crowd, we experienced in taking notes, our friends must make all proper allowances, if we merely glance at the points which formed tic leading topics of his speech.
 The honorable senator commenced by ex- pressing the pleasure which it was now his good fortune to enjoy, again to find himself in the presence of the democrats of Baltimore He came there, not to obtrude himself upon the meeting, putin compliance with request extended to him by the committee appointed for the purpose. IL had been his happiness on former occasion to address the democ- racy of the monumental city. That occasion Was one which was too deeply engraven upon his memory ever to be forgotten. It was OH the day when the present distinguished and r venerable Chief Justice Fancy received at the hands of his fellow-citizens of Baltimore a cordial welcome after his rejection as Secre- tary of the Treasury by the United States Senate. That day was to him memorable and a proud one. After the lapse of len years, he found himself again .belore those whom, on that day, it was his happiness to address The honorable senator commented in iorcible terms upon the corrupting meas ures of the whig party. The couuphng in- fluence of the United States Bank, as eXhib- ited in former years-even on the floor of Congress-was fully exposed; aud m glowing language he cautioned the people to beware l how they permitted themselves 10 be again I fettered with an institution of similar character. The chains of moneyed power once rlveted upon them, would endure probably forever. The bankrupt law was next exposed, in all its naked deformity and dishonest tendencies, to the minds of his auditory. He demon- strated that its provisions were mathematician 1 the laboring men, or the poorer classes of our countrymen-it was intended for the ba2lkiRg m5tlionare-the individuals who would spend more in one nights debauch, than would be sufficient to pay the debts of the honest farmer or mechanic. With the latter, when unable to meet debt coming eonstable's warrant, 1t was of no avail for them to comb back i their hair, and i'll bank-ike tones to say, ''my dear sir, have suspended.n No! this would not answer: the dray and horse of the la borer, the furniture, and perhaps the very bed of the workingman's wife would be taken ] from under her, leaving her in want, destltu- ton, and misery. The address of Mr. Allen occupied some two hours in delivery, and was, throughout, listened 10 with breathless attention. interrupted only by the hearty and enthusiastic shouts which democrats alone can give. He concluded by one of the strong est and most eloquent appeals that we have ever heard. He urged upon them by all that they held dear and sacred upon earth-by that regard which they felt for the perma- nency of our republican institutions-to be distrustfui of whig promises; to adhere faith fully and determinedly to the democratic party, and they would have the proud satisfaction of seeing their country prosperous and hap py-the admiration and pride of an enlight- ened world. As regarded the Texas ques- ton, the position which he occupied as a senator prevented him from expressing him. self He would go thus far, however, and say that nee must hare H. He spoke of the dissensions which our opponents allege exist in our ranks. They were mere family jars and when the nomination was made, the mind l of the democratic party would smooth down, and present one general and unruflled surface. He called upon them to adhere to the nomi- nation when it shall have been made He conjured his hearers, by the respect which they entertained for the gallant dead. whose names adom yon proud monument of our city's patriotism, (pointing to the battle mon- ument,) to SWEAR to support the NOMi- NATION of the democratic national conven- tion-BE HE WHO HE MAY. The hon orable senator concluded by the emphatic sentence, that, for himself, he knew but two duties-the one to his GOD-the other to the PEOPLE.
 When Mr. Allen had closed, the immense cheers-one simultaneous, spontaneous burst, which made the welking ring again.
 The honorable Wm. Prick next arose, and read the following resolutions, which were adopted by exclamation:
 RESOLUTIONS.
 l. Resolred, That it isupon a moral base alone, that the security of our political fabric rests; and that the real solid glory of re- public depends upon the virtue and intelli- gence of it's citizens. That free and unbiased opinion, the result of sober thought and re- hection, expressing through the ballol-box, the will of the people in the choice of their rulers, is the only reliable guaranty for the perpetuity of our laws and institutions.
 ,. That the substitution of fictitious en- thusasm, butiooncry, and revelry, for truth, reflection, and morality, with the obvious effect of stimulating the passions, ,and exciting in the people blind allegiance to party lead- CTS, reiaxes the essential energies that give ] | (