The Arkansas banner., 1844-08-14


 in reference to DIr. Russell and MT Clay, which were published in the Frankfort Argus in 1923. The spirit of these letters will pc shown by few extracts, In the 2d lettef are the following passages, viz:
 ssEtler you have never taken the trouble to inform vourselfre relativeto the greatnational western interests, which have been committed to your charge, or you have misrepresented and concealed facts, as you knew them to exist. It will be admitted by all, that your acknowledged habits ofindustry and research, leave little room for you to cover your errors on this point, with the mantle of ignorance" 
 1t was natural for Mr. Clay to think diff ferently and feel differently from what you pretend to think, and actually felt, in relation to admitting the British to the navigation of the Mississippi He could not conceal from himself the fact, that the existence and use oi this right had been one of the causes which led to the disasters of our arms on the north western frontiers, and the exposure of all our back settlements to the relentless rdvages of savage foe. He could not forget the conse- ouent murders ill Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, catalogue of enornities at which the heart sickens Remembering all this, he could not but wish-nay, with his ardentand generous nature, he could not but urge, with much earnestness-the policy and justice of excluding the instgators of crimes so horrible, from every avenue of access to their willing instruments Nor could he but feel difie- rently from you. In consequence of the unlimited access of British emissaries to our Indians through the Mississippi and other channels, more of Kentucky's precious blood was split, than could be purchased with every fish that swims i'll British waters. Many dear friends, and one near connexion of Mir. Clay, had fallen victims to the Indian tomahawk, made on British anvils. When he departed for Europe, he left social circle, and even a family, clothed in mourning for these victims of British influence oyer savage minds. Pass i inc from the midst of the mourners and the maimed, how could he feel as you did, who, far distant from your bleeding country, en- crossed with theeve fanotherhemisphere and admring the Titus of his age scarcely heard the thunder of war rolling oyerthe heads of your countrymen, below the western hori- zon. IL was surely natural that he and you should feel differently. You ought therefore, to have excused Mir. ClaY's zeal, against once more admitting the British traders among our Indians, and hazarding a renewal of the bloody scenes of the Pigeon Roost, the River Raisin, and Fort Meigs. He could not calculate so cooliy as you If, in the excitementcausedby by recent Anglo-Indian murders, he preferred the lives of his fellow citizens to all the fish which might, perchance, be caughtwithin three miles of the British coast, you ought to have con sidered, that his mind was not in condition coolly to weigh dollars against blood and surely you would rather have excused him as a generous enthusiast, than censured him for compromising the interests of his country.n
 The 4th letter contains the following pas- sage, viz:
 By facts, by the rights of your country, and by your own assertions, we have proved, that at the time of the negotiation at Ghent, the British Government possessed no territory on the Mississippi, and that, consequently, that river was within the exclusive iurisdic- ton of the United States. In supporting and voting for Mir GaIlatin's proposition, you therefore committed a violation of the very letter of your instructions; and your declara- tions at the time, as well as subsequently, to the British Government, prove that you did 1t knowingly
 The Eth letter contains the following pas sage, viz:
 ''lt was not without astonishment, that we discovered how presumptuously, in the shor space of eight pages, you have sporied with your own character for consistency, and wltE the credulity of your countrymen. That one who writes with almost unexampIed rapdity should forget in page l04 what he had said in page 100, is hardly credible but that any man who has the least regard for his owr reputation, should, with his memory and hi: senses fresh about him, have the hardihoot wilfully to involve himself in the grosses contradictions, staggers all human belief. We rather suppose that with a vivid fancy anC powerful intellect, you invent as you pass along, premises and arguments to suit pre- determined conclusion, on which you strike as certainly, and with a course so crooked, as the lightning falls upon its destined obiect'
 The Sth letter contains the following, viz
 "We have pointed out many of your incon- sistencies and contradictions both in argument and language; have exhibited your conceal ments and perversions of known facts; have shown you vainly endeavoring to shelter yourself fIom censure by testing the meaning of'your instructions by the claims of our enc my, making the boundaries and territory ol your country, as well as our right to navigate the Mississippi, a conditional grant, the con dition of which we have expressly refused to fulfil, arguing againstthe rights ofindependent nations in favor of British monopoly, and Jeopardizing ourrights to tho whole fisheries, by making them dependant on a contested principle.
 '' In fine, we have shown that your boasted publications relative to the Ghent mission, are full ofabsurdities, inconsistencies, and contra dictions; and that the injustice of your denun- cations against your colleagues of the minor- fly, can only be equalled by the cloquence and boldness with which they are uttered.n *
 " By the past, by the present, by the con