The Arkansas banner., 1844-08-28
g pFOPTIE OF ARKANSAS.

r and State oi 4AitA''iA0''
 " "Dr years. 1 have now, for the first
 Hs T.j for your suffrages, as a candi-
 PuD-4 loar 1925, to the formation of
 'Gs Grogernment, in 1886, the principal
 I nd 5isagreements in the commu-
 anu anaorsonal, and not on political ques-
 Is Ethical parties had not, then, been
 fOIas here, Men, and not measures, un-
 l , , 'encaged the public attention, and
 ss ao nortion of the community in
 Ons rsinst the other In those conflicts,
 almost necessarily, a prominent
 i of consequence, made many very
 a1p, ] .ctivc o personal enemies. But, dur
 .SoIe hole time, being solely engaged in
 c,.sional pursuits, and not candidate
 l,s oaice. have, except in single
 V never responded, through the pub
 E, if to inc calumnies which the malice
 s' .sen,ies nj has published against me-
 a s'I'li pcted wisely, in thus remaining
 7 ao1er calulnnious imputations, may
 fdonbt did so, however, because
 'so' and do still believe, that the in-
 @ of tbis community could not be
 ' " mon by the licentiousness of a ve-
 7. or the selfish malice of individ-
 '., stacking the character and conduct
 s;t;7ons. into which the public had
 4'' to enquire. But, having accepted
 ';notion as Presidential Hector, l feel nosition is materially changed; and
 t acknowledge the right of the pub
 informed of the character and qualif-
 fall candidates for their favor Thus, ss well as inclination, prompts me to
 1 to any and all charges made against
 any respectable press, or citizen. l Eonine my response to charges ema-
 from respectable sources only.
 ooc other matters charged against me,
 fr:t notice the-THE REPRESENTA-
 GRAND JURY OF THE SUPERIOR
 in August, 1885, handed into the
 by the Foreman of the Jury, among Flictments found by them, of which the linz is a copy:
 meeting of the Grand Jury, on the N of their session, it was resolved un- I6sy that, from the testimony which Een introduced before the Grand Jury, |er opinion that Chester Ashley has Egolty of the crime of Subornation of ET. in having Loveley claims proved up l Land-oflice, at Little Rock, although |tgidence has not been sufficiently ex- land direct, upon which to found bill kctment."
 Is Representation was signed by all the Ias of the Grand Jury, except one. It kuch a representation as never before } ssad from Grand Jury; and was, mani l ill direct violation of their duty as ben. It was signed at 10 o'clock at at the close of a session of four weeks; Jas signed by large portion of the ny, with the view of calling the attention Eubsequent Grand Jury to the subject; |bt with the expectation or belief that |per would be handed to the Court, but |lbsequent Grand Jury, by the ForemdN Et such Was the view and understandN John Douglass, sen., Jared c. Martin, lester, Jno. Y. Lindsay, Valentine Bra |se Bland, Richard Fletcher, and Rich Hawkins, eight of the signers, l have, ] my possession, their written declara- Egned by them in 1885,
 'lbe morning after the Representation Iade, l demanded trial of the matters d ill il, and the Court decided that was nothing to try. But stated that if se to move to have the paper taken from les, 1t would be so ordered. l refused Ike such motion; but desired that the should be filed, and itwas, accordingly with my consent.
 the same term of the Court, the Grand had found a true bill, for subornation sury, against Joaatiia, Clark, jr.; and, such finding, Clark was called before ury to give evidence; and upon his nents, alone, the Representation against aslounded! After the trial and acQuittal, d Clark, on the indictment, ] proca,ed Ifdayit, showing what evidence he had to the Grand Jury. In this affidavit, lnow hold, he swears that--''he had lowledge of my (AshIey's) having pro- evidence to establish any donation s,lraudulent or otherwise; that l Ash had proposed to purchase of him, at the price at Little Rock, tor to locate on s all good donation claims, properly n at the Land-oilice at Little Rock; and Ashley had been employed, by him, Attorney, to attend to the proving some $, in the Land-oilice at Little Rock; but lAshley) was to do no more than to hat the evidence was set down, by the officers, as given by the witnesses; but Ashley never had any interest in the $ proven by Deponent, at the Land-of- t Little Rock.n
 le written statements of the eight Jurors, n now have, and to which l have al- , show, also, that Clark's evidence was lat was given against me. When Clark before the Grapd Jury, they believed guilty of su5sfhati& of perjury, else would not|lave indicted him; and Ii icted of that crime, he would have been lpetent to give evidence. Under these instances, 1t may appear strange that the ,1 ol such person, swear what he might iu nave been received or regarded. Blu E explained by the fact that my friends ae Jury, were willing, and more thai ng' that any charge against me shoul( Masestgated; M therefore, solely to bring natter before subsequent Grand Jury slgled the paper, which they supposed uluef thair aot I, ,,f eooroe.t\ t3N bo hon nf