The Arkansas banner., 1844-06-12

HE SPEAKING AT WAsHINGToN.-We were present. at Washilgto on the lst day of this month, and heard the speeches of Gov. YELL, and DAVID WALKER, the rival candidates for Congress. The audience assembled in the court house. to hear them numbered about two hundred They commenced about o'clock, and each of them occupied an hour and a half
 Gov. YELL spoke first, and delivered most cellent speech, abounding in able arguments, and important facts; and enliyened with pleasant ecdotes. The time to which his remarks were lini- ted, necessarily prevented his discussing, at much length, any one subject; yet he handled ina very able and satisfactory manner, the Tariff, National and State Banks Distribution, Pre-empton Laws, and the character of Mir. Clay. He set forth and advocated the principles of Democracy in clear and strong light and then, stripping modern Whig- gery of all it's disguises he contrasted it's hdeoas features with the benefccnt aspect of Democracy, in terms, at once, so just, forcibe and eloquent as to elicit thunders of applause from delighted ditory. in conclusion, he declared his advocacy of the immediate annexation of Texas, and made brief enumeration of the arguments in favor of that measure-said he regarded 1t as paramount in i'm portance to any, and all other, of the measures now before the country and that he was opposed to any man for any office who was not in favor of imme- diate annexation During his whole speech, he trea- ted his competitor with the greatest courtesy, and even with marked and kind respect He was lis- tened to with profound attention, and concluded amid shouts of enthusiastic applause.
 MT. Walker replied 10 Gov. Yell, in a speech of the same length. Upon the whole, it was pretty i T deed, than any one believed him capable of making. Being in reply it gave him opportunity of play ing of his little game of repartee, at which alone he has acquired some character for expertness having learned 1t is said, from Arlington, who has so often made him the victim of it. He seemed to know his t5rte and he stuck to 1t. Like most small minded men, of active temperament, he has good deal of snartness Indeed, he may be called, en- pbaticay, smart little man, whofees the pressing necessity of constant and desperate efforts to keep his head high enough to be seen. In this, he evi- dentlY overasked himself for he certainly staggered in the effort; and, certainly, not with the weight of his own argument Argument, indeed! He did not even attempt an argument, in his whole speech On all the subjects he touched and particularly on Bank and Tariff, he relied altogether upon au- thority; citing not the arguments, but the mere opinions of other men, the foundation of his And even in this he displayed talent either of search or arrangements for he delivered, almost ver- batim portion of the speech of Albert Pike, Esq., before the Whg Convention, which has been printed the Whie address, and furnished to Whg orators, as their text book We have no doubt but he has committed this speech to memory, carries 1t al- ways about him, and reads it every night. As in duty bound to Mir Clay, he declared himself in favor of mammoth National Bank, and consequently of rag money, rather than gold and silver in favor of high protective Tariff by which the laboFiag and pro ducing classes pay tribute to the manufacturing eapi talis indeed in favor of Clay and of any and every thing which he fafored and lastly against the i'm mediate annexation of Texas. He confessed to the cfauen f2ar of a war with Mexico and England, if Texas should be annexed; fear, the very expres- sion of which, should consign any American to dis grace. He clearly and Hne4aiyoeally took the Bri
 s side of the question; and, in effect, raised the shout for Henry Clay and England, against Ame- rica and Texas How wilisueh shout be received by the PaoPie of Arzansas' will they respond to it Wia they, Whigs or Democrats, send man to Congress who contesses that he fears the power of England and will not sustain the interest and honor of his country in opposition to British polyer Such man is Dapid IFalte; and yet lie asks the votes of American citizens-of the people of Arkansas Will he receive them2 We believe not-indeed we know the people will not vote for him. They can hot, if true to themselves.s
 Davy denounced newspapers in general, and De mocratic newspapers in particular; yet it obvi GUS, to all who heard him, that he had not an idea which he had not derived from a newspaper His researches never extended farther than the columns of a newspaper; and even if they had, mind of his size would be lost in the of learning which he could not underderstand. Our humble Banner came in for an ample share of Davy's notice and although he did not spare it in the way of denunci alton, he seemed to have preserved copies of for reference, and quoted it authority more frequent y than any other document. The first number of the Banner seemed to have been peculiarly rich in statistical lore, exactly suited to Davy's cabre and taste; for he had there found statement of the i'm port duty on sott soap. This he rolled sweet morsel under his tongue and declared his intention to visit the kitchen of every good old housewife in the State and gain converts to Whiggery, by preach ing up the benefits of the protective duty on soft soap. This passed for wit, and brought down thun- ders of Clay Club applause. But we regard it as wise determination on the part of Dayy; for to visit the kitchens, and 'ssoft-soap the old women is employment exactly suited to his genius and ca pacity. A humorous friend has suggested to us the propriety of dubbing him the ''Knight of the soap-tub," or ''Soapy Davy" Another friend says that either title will answer him admirably Davy is well known to be a very slippery fellow"
 l LEY was called upon and he rose. and delivered powerful speech of about an hour n-length
 A FALsEHoon NArLEp.--A few weeks since, the Wings were very busy circulating the rumor that Gov. YELL was opposed to Col >sEvlER and had denounced him as ''the thievng bond-seier.' Know ing, as we did the very friendly and confidential latons subsisting between Gov. Yell and Col. Se-