The Arkansas banner., 1844-10-30

 1 head, and carried with him such of the de- mocracy as had adhered to lhim personally. Mr. Adams was the ostensible head, and be- came candidate for reelection to the Presi- dency, in 1928; but on this occasion the de- mocracy, with General Jackson as their can dinaie, achieved signal triumph, and re l buked the coalition that defeated the popular voice i'll 1925.
 The election of Andrew Jackson was an
 era in our history The government was now
 administered on the principles of Jefferson
 4 period of great prosperity succeeded, ahd'
 but for the machinations of the United States Bank, which coalesced with and lent It's h. I fluence to the National Republican party, m
 order to extort a renewal of its charter, the
 tide of success in every department and branch
 of industry would have been unparalleled.
 In l932, Mir Clay, at the head of the Nation al Republican party, and sustained by the
 United States Bank and the monled arlstocra- cy ol the country, made feeble effort to sup plant General Jackson as President. After this defeat the party again changed its guise, and assumed the ad captandum name ot Wings, which, although in itself not express sive of any principles, is endeared to the American people by many Revolutionary as soeialions, and IS proianed by this assumption of an ambitious aristocracy. The people oi l Tennessee, with remarkable unanimity, sus- lained the policy of Gen Jackson's adminis- tration from its commencement to its close, and stood proudly forth in the front rank oi l democracy. We honored him for his military services and patriotic devotion, and pointed exutingly to the wisdom and success of his administration, as reluting the opinion of those who ascribed to him no other merit or ability. His honor, firmness, energy, and flores fight characterized this administration, and we all felt that our country and our State were elevated by it. We claimed Andrew Jackson, with all his success, his honor, his glory, as our own, which 1t was our duty to guard with jealous anxiety
 In 1855 Martin Van Buren and Hugh L.. White, both friends and supporters of Gen. Jaekson's administration, were brought for ward by portions of the democratic party as candidates for the Presidency. The whigs, despairing of eleeting candidate of their own party, espoused the cause oi Judge White, as being less objectionable than Mir. Van Bu- ren; their leaders, Mr. Clay among them, and their presses made repeated public pledges that If he would permit his name to be used
 in opposition to Mir. Van Buren, the wings would support no candidate of their party, but would unite upon Judge White. With this assurance the democratic friends of the latter determined to run in as their candi- date, notwithstanding MT. Van Buren's having received the nomination of the democratic convention at Baltimore.
 Had the whig party adhered to their pro- mise and acted in good faith towards Judge While, his success would have been almost certain But with perfidy which Is charac tefistic, they violated their pledge, and brought forward Gen. Wm. II. Harrison as their can didate, whom, after dividing the democratic party, they hoped to elect. In this, however, they were defeated, and Mir. Van Buren was elected and here beg to be allowed to say a word in vindication of this gentleman, of whom took occasion, in my letter accepting the nomination as a candidate for elector in 1886, te speak disparagiHgly ly@It=was- often charged against him, that as politician he was artful, designing, uncandid, unsteady shifting his course to suit the varying popular breeze. These charges had been so often made and reiterated, that l, with thousands of others, believed them to be just, and ill my letter referred to, 1 repeated the same allega tions. But sense of justice compels inc to say, that l have been an attentive observer of Mr. Van Buren's political course since that time, and that no public character is less oh noxious to those charges, nor has any one been more open, candid and explicit in avow- ing his opinions on all important topics on suitable occasions.
 In the heated contest of l935-36, the pres ses and public speakers in the interest of Mir. Van Buren were unsparing in their abuse and denunciation of Judge White. And here permit me to call your attention to the prin- cpal and most obvious cause of the late po- sition of Tennessee, in unison with the whig party Hugh L. White had great and well earned popularity in our State, and but for his name having been used in opposition to Mir. Van Buren, she would still have reman- cd unshaken in the democratic ranks. His excellent moral character, respectable talents, strict integrity, devoted patriotism, and firm, unwavering adherence to democratic princi- pies and doctrines, had won all hearts for, ill Tennessee, with a few rare exceptions, we were all democrats. From his entrance into public life, he manifested decided opposition to the strong federal measures of the first Adams. He sustained the democratic ad- ministrations of Jefferson, Madison and Mon roe, supported the war of 1872, and by his influence in Tennessee, contributed greatly to it's success. He opposed the charterng of the United States Bank in 1916 as unconsti- tniional and inexpedient; and in 1877, being a Senator in our Slate Legislature, he pro- cured law to be passed, taxing branch of that corrupt and corrupting institution, fifty thousand dollars per annum, should one be established in this State In 1924 he cor dially supported the nomination of General
 Jackson to the Presidency, and denounced the coalition that subsequently,, in the House of Representatives, defeated the popular choice on that occasion. As a Senator in Congress, he opposed the high protective tariff ol 1928; and when Gen. Jackson came into office in 1929, he supported his admin r ,li nf ,,s r,oo.t,,>. ...a..,,.U.