The Arkansas banner., 1844-01-23
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whlg meeting that was ever held in Benton.
 came otf at o'clock. And suppose from
 what have heard, not being present myself.
 that there were some twenty-five wbigs pre-
 sent, which composes perhaps. one half of
 the whig strength of Benton county. They
 convened for the purpose of nominating de-
 iegates to the great Whig Convention that is
 to meet Tn Little Rock, on the third Mon
 day Tn this month. After the meeting was or
 ganlzed, on motion, the chairman, who had.
 doubtless, been previously drilled as to what
 appointments he should make, appointed
 committee of three, to draft preamble and
 resolutions expressive of the sense of the
 meeting. The names of the gentlemen who
 composed the committee, you will doubtless
 see published, in large characters, in the Ga
 zette; the chairman's committee retired for
 few minutes, and drew from their pockets a
 preamble and resolutions, which was read to
 the meeting by the chairman of the commit
 tee; there was blank in one of the resolu-
 to1 for the names of the delegates. when
 the Knowing chairman of the committee.
 moved to fill the blank with the names of
 two of his committee, which motion was
 carried.
 Mir. Editor, l am fully persuaded that such
 preamble and resolutions never were pre-
 sented by any committee for adoption before;
 ana when the question was put upon their
 adoption, am credibly informed, that there
 were butfour orfve whigs present, who were
 heard to respond in the affirmative. My in-
 dormant states, that he was perfectly disgust
 ed, he being whig himself, when he heard
 the preamble and resolutions read, in which
 It was asserted, that the democratic party
 were composed of the fragments of every
 party that had ever existed in the United
 States, and, if my informant was not mistak-
 en, charged the democracy with having in-
 vented the plan which brought the Real Es-
 tate Bank into existence; which allegation
 the draftsman ought to have known to be un-
 true, or he certainly had forgotren Anthony II.
 Dav1es, the Chlcot financier. After the pre-
 amble and resolutions were read by this self
 important chairman of the committee, he be-
 Ing pregnant with speech, and having been
 III extraordinary pain for several days, no
 doubt thought that 1t was favorable time to relieve himself, and thereupon, obtained per- mission of the chairman to do so, when he arose, being perfectly tight with his speech, and after making some apologies for ap- bearing before them as speaker, proceeded to discuss the merits of national Bank, and to show the absolute necessity of such an institution, in order to enable the speculators
 to make their sudden fortune, from the labor of thefarming community He then went on to discuss the propriety of protective tariff; and also, to bolster up another great whig measure, to-wit: the distribution of the pro- ceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several States But when declaring the political principles ofthe meeting, he was very particular to say nothing about the famous Bankrupt law of 1841 One very unfortunate circumstance occurred while he was making his speech, he took occasion to charge ve- nerable old whig friend of his, with being an mcessant talker; intimating that he injured the cause of modern whiggery, by talking too much. The first orator of the day then concluded by charging the whole democrat ic party with being insincere in their politic- al principles, but that the whig principles were pure, and that the advocates of whigge- ry were sincere. Now Mir. Editor, this same orator has been heard to remark, that the creation of national Bank was absolutely necessary to answer present purposes, and that if our children were not smart enough to get clear of it before 1t worked an injury. that they ought to suffer the consequences that will flow from its creation then, so much for his public sincerity.
 Mir. Editor, you are, doubtless, curious to know what took place after the close of the first speech. Were you as well acquainted with the venerable gentleman, who had been accused of talking too much, as we are up here in the North, you would be satisfied without hearing more from me on the sub lect. After the close of the first speech, the chairman of the meeting, knowing we'll his duty, called for speech from another indi- vidual; but what was the result why, this old whig, who as he conceived, had been slandered by his brother whig, arose in def- ance of the call of the chairman, to defend himself, and in word, acknowledged that he was a great talker, and that during the whole time he had resided in the county, he had not been able to satisfy one single demo- crat that he was in error; to which confession the whole house, both whigs and democrats, gave their hearty assent; and if he had stated, that he believed he would not be able to make a convert in the next twenty years to come, the whole house no doubt would have agreed with him. The old gentle man being always fond of descanting upon the character and disposition of animals of his kind, told long story about hogs and jack asses, and squatted down. The chair man of the meeting now having an oppor- tunity of hearing his fayorite speaker, called him out; when he arose with an air of pom posity that is beyond description, and as polite as Paul Pry, set out upon the sub ject of the Tariff; but being very learned gentleman, he waded in such deep water, my informant was wholly unable to give me any correct information, as to what ideas he upon that all important subject; and I therefore, forbear, making any remarks in relation to his speech. And presume, that his whig hearers are now unable to inform their democratic neighbors as to the effect the speech would likely have upon their own minds. You shall hear from me again, Mir.