The Arkansas banner., 1844-07-24
In haste yours, NORTH AND EAST OF ARISS.

In haste yours,
 NORTH. AND EAST OF ARK'S.
 For Me Arkansas Bassser.
 A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE EDITOR OF THE TELEGRApH
 AND w.
 W.-Good morning, Jim. Well, I per celye that you have given that fellow "Cato'' the devil Tn your last paper don't think he will be disposed to write for the Ranger agaIn, after reading your severe remarks. ' ou perfectly used him up
 f1dtfor-fB Flushing, and then putting on long lace and elongating his upper lip )-[ don't know whether 'sused him up'' ornot. but was severe upon him, that's fact My editorial was djgnifed, but there was con siderable point in it, every sentence-every line ot 1t cut to the quick. never write long editorials, but write eoncisely and with PotM. To write in a dignifed style and with Rotat, IS better than to indulge in abuse, But few know how to write with point There Is considerable art in it. always write with point.
 W-Jlm, you are great man, and no mistake. ! ou have long head-and it's not long for aothing. It seems from your editorials that you have read almost every book that ever was written. Even in your replies to 'Cato3 You gave evidences of your profound learning. ' ou alluded to Don Qulxotte and the wind-nills and called ssCato'' the .modern,' hinting, you know, that you knew considerable about the noble old Roman of that name. And, again, Jim, II appears that you know the meaning of ev- cry word Ill Walkers and Webster's dction- aries, and to have seen some words. in them that have always eluded my research. The word at the head of one of your editorials in' reply to sCato' called sfTYfERNooGEN,'' D was little too much for me; did not un- derstand 1t, because, l suppose, am poor scholar. Confound it, Jim, I wish 1 was learned like you, so that could use such words as ''hyfernoogenn and talk about Don Quixotte and the wind-mills
 Editor.-Such language, w., coming from another, l should regard as the encomiums oi the parasite; but know you always award lpralse to those who merit it. believe as youdo, that l possess the qualities requisite to great man; especially those necessary to make good politician. have the inge- nuty of making what Is white appear black, and what Is black appear white; and, un- derstand the art of slipping from one side of I question to the other, without its being easily Perceptible. Y GU may recolect that, n regard to the Texas question, one week l wrotean favor of immediate annexation, and said emphatically and unequivocally, that aoac was the time to annex Texas and that, the next week-having in the interval got a squlnt at Mr. Clay7s letter, and without wait ing to be dictated to by any one else than hm-l came out i'll my paper and boldly said that the present was not the proper time to annex Texas, that just now 1t was inexpedi- ent, and probably 1t would be best not to an nexlt al all. This sudden change of opinion was not noticed, or even if it had been, yon know could have used such powerful argu- ments ln support of 1t, and written with so much point, 1t would have been mere fun for me to have smashed any writer who would have had the presumption to charge me with Vaseillation. I ou recolleet what an easy matter 1t was for me to stop "Bruus'' from writing, and how slickly evaded his ques- tlons about Mir. Pike's speech. The fact is, It would not have doae 10 have given the lel- low a direct answer about the speech be- cause the people were Rot pleased with it, and 1t would have been improper for me, editing whig paper and MT. Pike being a whig leader, to have said SO; and to have said that the people arere pleased with it, would have been falsehood. In my replies to 'sButus" said some things that were td the point. The comparisons drawn between Brutus and Solon of old and ssBrutus" and i Solon of the present time, were excellent superb: there's where showed my learning and made display of my ingenuity of wri- ting to the point, will wager that ''Cato1 Is frightened into fits, and will make no reply 1 to me. Bounds w., am smart man, but beside you and myself there are but few who know 1t. All that is necessary, is for me to be 1 placed in situation where my brilliant quali- ties would be brought into action, and then would astonish the denizens of Arkansas, and attract the attention ol the world.
 U.-Jim, you say that scarcely any one knows that you are smart: you are remstaken A great many know it, but they won't ac- knowledge 1t. Why, have they not evidence of your brlliance of intellect? Think of all the splendid pieces of poetry you have writ ten, particularly the achig songs, which ex- celled any lyric poetry that ever Tom Moore wrote. You know the whigs were so highly 1 pleased with them that they sung some ot them at the Clay club but they were sung in such manner that fear all present die not discover the beauty of the thoughts and sentiments contained in them. But the sing. ing of those songs made the whigs feel mer- ", and inspired them with enthusiasm, and l'll be. hanged if you did not come near dis, tinguishng yourself by writing them.
 E!ditor.-There is nothing so much de- test as self-hattery, but the fact is, w., ca write good poetry. have written some yer ses which know displayed every thing tha is necessary to make poetry good-beautifu sentiments, pathos, harmonious rhyme, &c- ] but did not hear them much praised There are two or three here who say and do all they can to depreciate my literary reputation, ant