The Arkansas banner., 1844-12-25
MRS. HICKS ADDRESS.

Our readers remember the address of Mrs. Hicks to the Democracy Of Philips County, the 2lst Sept, upon presenting flag from the ladies. Ow- to the suspended publication of the Helena Journal, and the rreguarty of the mails, we did not receive a copy of that paper, containing the Address, until some time in Nov. We then copied it into the Banner of the 18th Nov. Finding it already prin- ted, and, as supposed, under the immediate su- pervision of the competent editor of the Journal, we did not feel at liberty to make those alterations and corrections which suggested themselves to us upon reading the Address. Nor indeed did We deem it necessary; for in contemplating the noble senti ments the appropriate and brilliant illustrative inn agery, and the general elegance of style, whch commend that Address so strongly to the admiration of every cultivated mind found occasion to de- sccnd to any serious notice of typographical ewors or those other minor mistakes which no one, capa- ble of appreciating the excellencies of the whole production, would, for a moment think of attribu ting to its accomplished Authoress.
 The following letter from Mrs. Hicks, in relation to the alluded to- take pleasure in laying before our readers It evinces that sensibility of accurate and elegant scholarship as to the dress of their literary olspring natural to all good writers;
 senslbility that while it subjects its possesso to occasional annoyance, finds many and high sources of enjoyment, which duer natures never know, and confers the power of nstructing and delight ing the world
 We hope that the fair writer of this letter will not let her Address and Letter be the last of her contributions to the political welfare, and literary of Sba has al uiy idence of mental attainments of high order, and excited an interest among our people, which should not be allowed to sumber or abate.
 LICK CREEK, Nov. IS, 1S44 To THE EDITORS OF THE BANNER:-
 Gentlemen :-I have just seen the :. Ban ner" of the 18th inst, in which you have l published my address to the Democracy of Philips County, on the 2lst of Sept. last; and, without feeling the least desire to attach blame to any person connected with the 's Journal, ) or to encroach on your time or patience, cannot forbear making few re- marks, on the typographical errors contained in the address, as published in the "Jour- nal }
 There are numerous mistakes, where words 1 are entirely left out, and others substituted so totally inapplicable, as to set both sense and grammar at defiance. This can only be accounted for by the fact that both the Edit or and publisher of the 'sJournal' were sick at the time of its publications; and the prin- ting, suppose, was left to incompetent per- sons. There are others so palpably gross,- snch as the substitution of ,1ntoniUs for .4a- t@us, as to bear some analogy to the one once made by an .4merican Legislator, who drank for a toast--.s May the GREEKS long maintain the liberty they have gained by their great General BOLIVAR. am profound ly ignorant of any great prorerbiai fail ever received by s4ntoaius; and, inasmuch as he Is represented by historians as mere man. 1t seems quite improbable that he should have risen with renewed vigor from such q prostration as the Democratic party eXpe- -rienced in lS40. But, ill the case of the Neurological y4piioas, his renewed strength is satisfactorily accounted for, from the fac, that the very bosom on which he fell impar- ted to hisp new strength and renewed vigor. And where spoke of the wisdom and yir