The Arkansas banner., 1844-04-24

1ngfy and obsfinately sustaining, throfoh all time, the foundation they had laid ''l'
 At the first step we find GIBSON, in the Ie- glsiature, leading committee, sitting in trial. and Judgment upon Col. Seyier; that com mlttee composed of SEVEN deteyajaed no6t- acat pponentS--THREE of them yioIeui ner- soaat enemies, lto-wit: Gibson. Gaines. of Chlcot, and Bean,) examining into m inn mense mass of matters and facts-With inc active and of Thomas ". Newton, anefler personal ehemy-rcporti8g and coaeicfine Col. Sevier, and even casting upon him i,l- Ja@o@S detdmdtory insinuatioaS, founded on suspicion onl y,-all done in his absence. without giving him one solitary intmation of thef proceedings, or hearing from him one word Tn explanation or defence This is the manner Tn which the report was gotten up. Gt6Son h'mselt d1ee up the report, although personal enemy,-and Bot the chairman of the committee. Was 1t fair committee :- Was 1t fair trial when the person tried was never present to say one word or defend him. sell There IS no better established truth than that, s'one tdle iS good tiH thc OTHER is totd." 1he enemies ot Col. SeUier Haue told he1rS. Let @s hare his, since he sags tseiys 1S baSely false, and he aeiU proue it before the neal Legislature. These things l state in short, for have neither time nor space for lengthy details and have loo much to say of these honorable gentlemen, with whom do not propose shortly to part company, nor from whom will 1, under any circumstances. be turned aside.
 This then, was the beginning of all that to1c ndhgnancy of warfare, for which our State has become distinguished, and the which, charge to the individuals named.- It's foundation has been laid in personal and political hostility, has been built LID with lalsehood, and devoutly consecrated to pri- vate revenge and political triumph Col. Se- vler was the nucleus around which all their hatred had gathered-'stet him pcrish,o say they '.guiltless though he may be, and would beproFen-if his constituents could but hear him; crush him to the earth in shame and lgnominy; private revenge is gloriously con- summated. We chuckled secretly before :; now we will laugh loudly; and the first step IS accomplished towards great political re- volution"
 For the next great cause to which turn. III tracing out the sources of our present po- lltical distractions and disreputable personal anlmosities, ALBERT PIKE is more immedi- ately accountable. alIude to the formation of that erudite code of political ethics, and to the collection of that distinguished assembly of politicians ol every shade, and huc of ''HoTeH-PoTcH ? aotoFiety. Here, their dis satisfaction and tlzcontents were brought to a head, and 0e8Hs3 UitB WitacSSes Here that celebrated Eaa 53ioa was framed consid- cred, and sign by the Hotcb-potcbcrs, upon which Sabal 0To.e his lengthy and aYro- gdH con aries d which, if his be q corfcet eI Ess ifi0n, am5odies principles that any cH3zs5i of oue sosenment ought to be asba b aYow Ia the REAL ESTATE BizG 'at siab ofsin and iniquity, that im- pf3gz ole BAsTILE= which still towers above t9e power of the people; bidding to them deHanee, and threatening to them the heavi- ezt caIamities in that MYSTERIOUS cAsKnF where lies the secret of few bloody deeds and many injured, uniustly injured reputa- dons in that ABYSS of degradation, d1aiici- pdted and mepifable STATE BANKRUPTCY, and unavoidable and rremedia6lc PRIVATE RUIN there. in that BANK, which is now possessed and fortified by ALBERT PIKE and THOMAS ", NEWTON, which has not paid specie since 1889, yet pays to the first as her Attorney, TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN GOLD. AND SILVER geaflg. and to the latter TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS. In that unhallowed spot, at the hour of night, first met in solemn concia8e. the .'Hotch- Potch' Politicians, stragglel som all parties, and abandoned all their form rnciplos, and banded themselves together.
 A laudablo undertaking Is dom conduct this '1IEotch-Potch'' Club conducted, that lit- tie was known of it by the public for months and all of it is not yet known; 1t has fallen to pieces and some b or Is months have elapsed since it's origin.
 The effect of this secret eonelaye was to commit maay public men of distinction in the partv-to sour end eAl6ittcr their feelings, and to make them, whilst laborihg under temporary estFangement from their party, take decisive steps, which their pride of position should render lasting and ire This eeas be effect, to some ex- tent, attained, by this sllillful manGuyrc. It was a mere gnlt-trap of the Whigs, to catch erring brothers in the Democratic party. It injured the Democratic party to some extent; but neuer injured the aeajg party, or solitary whig It constituted emphatically the Redl Estate Bank party, and built up for the s'as- signment' a strong and decided interest Its effects in this last respect, have not yet eeas- ed to operate; nor will they, until the "as e;nnp,ont11 n OvarfhrOVrn or Itntil its ctrpr rfh becomes S. as to defy all opposition. It's power in my opinion has already reached the latter point. The vast means atthe disposal of the presea conductors of the Real Es- tate Bank, has been used most skilfully to strengthen themselves. They control over the people of this State, debt of tago and C half 10 Mree millions of doliars Ia debt ex- tending to almost every man of importance in the State, and among that number, some who arc most hostile to the assignment. But advantageous arrangements have stopped the mouths of powerful opponents, iii some in