The Arkansas banner., 1844-04-17
THE FIVE ORATORS,


 THE FIVE ORATORS.
 The whigs had complete menagerie in New Orleans Among other curious ssyars mints, , there was the Devils darnng nee. dle,o buckeye bear, and nondescript ani- nal called the Kentucky pump-borer with their leader Clay. and trumpeter Prentiss.-. i They were exhibited, enIong other occasions, OH Sunday What moral and enlightened species of electioneerng It was too lnncl. l for the gallant Creole and the hi9h-minded American and it is honorable to the sense, l taste, and morality of Inc crescent city. that i its voters administered severe rebuke to the beasts and blackguarts Of course we do not include Mir. Clay or his more respectable associates in this description, though they certainly degraded themselves by assooiating with some of most despicabls crew. Did l he really think so meanly of the people of New Orleans, as 10 imagine that its sbooty and beauty,7 once saved by the herolsm of ! Jackson, could be won by q game of Sal! fours ;o Il so, he has received pretty good lesson. Immediately after the signal rout, the beasts and blaekguafds, in western phrase, ,sput oaf' with great precipitation, because the place was getting too hetfor them We trust that they will meet with as warm re ception wherever they go.
 Me are sorry te see a man who has played. so conspicuous part iii the government, i lend his gray hairs 10 such disgustful num- mories. We think moreover, that his friends, at least, should spare the community SO pain ] lul n spectacle In Ohio they made him ! walk in procession, followed by coon and now they drag him through the streets ef one of the most refined and enlightened eap- titals ol our country, in the company ei Pein- dexier, the Bear and the Bererl Is Il pos- sible to indict deeper degradation upon dis- 1 tnguishcd man. We gladly avert our eyes from so hpmiliaiing q. spectacle, Globe
 Ccniors saaM9y-An English paper cor- tains the following curious discourse, said to have been lately delivered by an eccentric preacher 1T Oxford.
 q am not one of your fashionable, fine spoken, mealy mouthed preachers, tell you the plain truth What are your. pastiines. Cards and dice, Adding and dancing, grzzling and guttlingl Can you he saved by dice ' i No! Will the fonr knaves give you pass- port to ieayen? Nol Gan you fiddle your selves into berth amoug the sheep? Eo You will daace yourselves to damnation among the goats You may guzzle wine Here, but vou'II want drop of water to cool your tongue hereaiterl Will the prophets say, Come here, eanester, and teach us the long oddsp 'Iis odds if they dot Will martyrs rant and swear, and shuiflc and cut I with you2 Noi The martyrs are no shullers ! I OH will be cut in way you little expect I Luciler will come with his reapers and his I sichles and forks, and you will be cut down and bound, and pitcheel, and housed in Hell. i 1 will not eil my lips with lies to please you, 1 l tell you the plain truth Ammon the AaEn- ] mon and Moloch are making Bethoron hot l for youl Prolane wretehesl have heard you wrangle and brawl, and tell one mother ] before me, s'I'll see you d---d first Butt tell you the day will come, when you will pray to Beelzebub to escape his clutches. I And what will be his answer I'll see you l d--d first
 TIE REWARD OF EnIroRs The Phila- dalphia | $ Gazctte makes the following remarks oa the retirement of an editor Eop his chair Who that knows any thing oi the life and labors and rewards of all editor will not agree to what is said2--.Lees. Eagte. l William Penn Chandler, for some time past the editor of the Wilmington Gazette, makes I graceful bow, on retiring. He has done very we'll in his way, and nlatle good editor. We arc glad for his names sake, that he has l withdrawn Why should he spend his life, and lend considerable aients, io sucil en oc- eupationi Where grows the grass upon the graves of three rich editors in the United States? They live in turmoil, are criticised, iauded, condemned, and die poor Fhe prf- sent generation, perhaps, has learned some ! thing. But the practice is not easily altered We wish the retiring editor success in hls fu- ture pursuits.
 \ SLIGHT CHANGE.-sThere has been ' slight increase in the anlolmtof cotton raised ' ia this country since l7s4. During that year an American vessel, that carrledeight bales to Liverpool, was seized on the ground that so much cotton could moi 5e tae i2rad:gce. q :fps : tFa,fed States. .:saa ftea gnncSsss To KILL. TIE PEACH TREE BoREK.-Mr. Jas. Camack. of Athens, Ga, ia letter pub | lished ia the Magazine of Horticulture, reco, mends fish brine, diluted with aa equal quan-