The Arkansas banner., 1844-02-13

sul PiiSe' at the unanlinty which exist ln the Democratic ranks; they looked only for dis cord and jargon from us. They are also sur prlsed at the known popularity of our can dldates, and ashamed of the imbeciitv of their own dear Owsley, who takes three months Tn writing and learning the smallest kink ol speech, and then forgets one half of it be- fore delivering, They are afraid of the pop ularlty of the gallant Col. Butler, who is the universal favorite of all parties and persons in the State of Kentucky and has fought po- bly for his country, aad sustained her honor
 m the hour of danger and peril He has fac ed the blazing cannon in the field of battle, when carnage stalked on every side and the bullets of the enemy tore up the ground un- der his feet, he did not quail al dangers like these; and why should we fear to trust him at the helm of State 1: every citizen will an swer, we are satisfied 10 make the gallant Col butler Governor of this Commonwealth Ill August next, for 5 years thereafter. We have seen many prominent whigs who as sure us that they will vote for Butler instead oi 0wsley, at the August election what more flatterlng prospect could the Democracy of this State want than they now have? We think that they could not ask for any more Although this is the banner State of whigee- ry, yet at the last election the representation was equally divided; and that too, after the tederallsts had distreted the State to suit them selves, and cut off, as they thought, the De- moeraey from having the leastpossible chance But God rebuked them in their evil dongs and sent victory to perch upon our standard; for noble victory il was, and il made the tarro dealer of Ashland tremblc with exceed ing fear. Some of the whig leaders say that It dlsheartened him, at the mean support he got ln hls own State, and said that if Ken lucky did not set better example in lS4i, that their career in the United States was ruin ed to certainty, and if they los; that cleo ton they were lost, perhaps for a century, Those were the words of the old stone-ham- mer, at the Whig State Convention, Did not that acknowledgement show that they thought their cause hard one, or doubtful at least ? We thmk so too, or else men of experience would not have said 1t when they knew that their opponents heard it, and would publish it to the world whenever 1t become requisite for them to do so, to further their cause.
 Our candidate for Lieut. Governor, Gen. Wm. S. Pitcher, is another lion of our party. At him alone, are all the vile shafts of whig- gerry thrust; on his head alone fall all their curses, but according to the old proyerb, ''thata good apple tree is known by the quan- tity of clubs hanging among its branehes''- we can expect nothing else The eIoquence of Gen. Pitcher, is capable of confounding the greatest whig orators in this common wealth, and they know it well, else they would not fear him as they do. Some of their contemptible prints have attempted to turn him into ridicule and to laugh over his claims, but twas bitter laugh to them- He came to this city some ten years since, poor and unknown, but by industry and per severance, and a strictly honest course, he has continued to rise gradually in the esti- nation oi his fellow citizens until now, when he has become one of the first men in the State in point of talent and popularity, A truer Democrat never existed in Old Ken tuck. The people hail him as their champ ion, who Is to give the death blow to coon- cry on the ''dark and bloody ground.o
 He is, in fact, the most powerful speaker and the ablest reasoner we have met with in the State. The whigs have tried many ways lo put illll uOWi He ldS DecH SHOt al III the street, by some of their mercenaries during and election, when he was candidate for the Legislature, but they missed their aim, and his life was spared, to harrass them in after years. Yet, notwithstanding all this, he, during that very election boiled many more votes than the usual democratic vote of the city. You will naturally ask, how did he become so popular We answer, that it was by being kind to the poor, and sustaining the rights, of the mechanic and laborer; he is a lawyer. and no man can say that Pitcher, ever refus- ed to attend to the poor mans case who was not able to pay him fee He has attended to hundreds, nay, thousands of cases where he never expected to get fee he did it for the cause of humanity for the sake of having justice done the poor man as well as rich. There are thousands of things which might be urged in his praises, but we will say no more at present.
 The other candidates nominated at that Convention, are all men of the highest stand- ing, and the strictes integrity among them is our illustrious fellow citizen, Jas. Guthrie. Esq, one the strongest pillars of Democracy in the State, whose name needs only to be mentioned to insure victory