The Arkansas banner., 1844-10-02
Little Rock, Sept. 30, 184z
TIE CLAY ASH POLE.

l. will ha recolectcd that after the return of semt of the Whig delegates from the Nashville Gonyen 4ieH the Wings of Pulaski gave notice and adopted resolutions, in a solemn manner, in the Clay Club that they would erect an Ash Pole in honor of Henry Clay in the city of Little Rock. This must w think have been recommended by that exalted per sonage, Jimmy Keats, known at Nashville as JuDGF Keats, and his worthy codelegates How he nan aged to jump into the judicial robes on the othei side Of the Mississippi river, is little mysterious as he had not been judge of any thing here, excep perhaps of horse raees and we believe he was al ways considered an excellent judge of quartel raee--at least we are told so; and we do mol tee disposed to deny him any laurels to which he i rightly entitled.
 In the days of faudalsm, the lord could ennoblt his faithful vassal and give him hoaors and es ane we are forced to believe uatl the contrary appears that the lord of Ashland must have made jimm5 Keats Judge Keats by proxy, which is a much more rational account of the mystery, than to sup pose he acquired 1t by being judge Of one or two Arkansas horse races.
 Nc return to the Ash Pole, from whiehthe sudden judicial distinction of Judge Keats diverted our at ten6on.
 Il is not material by whose advice the pole was procured; suffice it to say it was brought into the city, and erected on Saturday last, and became as great curiosity to our Whig friends as an elephant in menagere. Victory, said they, is now certain for who can resist the dumb eloqaeneeof the pole who dare look upon it and vote for Polk Which Of the Whig leaders thus apostraphised the pole '- ss Oh thou emblem of our chief, thou genuine Whig pole except what is pine; thy lofty head surmoant- ed with eoon shall pierce the heavens he and the coon shall stand like Mount Atlas.
 s'Where storms and tempests rage upon it's brow
 ''Aad ocean breaks her pillows al it's feet The stars and stripes of my own country shall float from thy samlnt-the 6 lone star.' of Texas ia not on it's folds. and never shall be, because bur ehiei has spoken t, and so it shall be Democrats trembe, for this pole shall be your un;9 and the gentleman took his seat amid thundets of applause.
 With a due deitrence, we think tho Wings were rather late with their pole and it is perfectly mani fest that t would not have been resorted to- unless they had apprehended danger; and therefore deemed t necessary to get up little show; for truly the canvass on their side has been as cold as death All the excitement is with the Democracy and il is that deep and profound feeling which springs from prn- cpe and patriotism, and is now brought into action to preserve the liberty of the people from the grasp of the most unprnciplod party that ever trod the soil of America
 Poles or no poles-coens or no coona, it is an evi- deace to us that our will triumph, and that if we do our duty, we can and will elect our whole ticket in the county At least, let every Democrat adoptthe acoae saying of the patriotic Miller, when asked if he could take and silence battery of can non, fii ty, sir: he tried and it was not in vain Let every Democrat be firm and active, and the day, with all the glory of rescang inc county flom Whig aseendaney, will be ours We have no poles, ban ners, and processions, they are the evidence of a weak cause; we do net inserbe our principles in broad letters on flag, but We carry them in our hearts, they are the only principles under which the country can prosper, and deserve from us q noble and splendid vindicatoa at the ballot box