The Arkansas banner., 1844-07-17

ReSolred, That Martin Van Buren, now private citizen, and no more a candidate for public honors, stands, as he has long stood, pre-eminent in the hearts of the democracy. In his quiet retreat, we now regard him as the retired statesman, the record of whose we'll spent life is the true exemplifcatlon of democratic fidelity and truth; we speak of him as one to whose virtues we may render our just eulogy without the imputatlon of interest or Aattery; as one who, elevated su- perior to the strife of party, speaks to us, and will continue to speak to us, by the wis dom of his counsels and the force of hls ex- ample. When the struggles oi the day shall have passed, and the impartial voice ot hls- tory shall utter its calm but enduring language, the position to be assigned to him will be proud among the great leaders of democracy, whose names will live as long as civil liberty endures. Our political history cannot be written without telling the story of his life a life, through every vicissitude, marked by the same quiet, deep, and unfalterlng truth in the virtue and intelligence of the people, the same firmness in support of their rights, the same reliance on their judgment, and dlgnifed submission to their will. While we may not again tender to hlm our support in the attainment of the highest ot earthly honors, we offer him all that as citizens, patriots, and democrats, we have It III our power to bestow-our whole hearted appro- val of his noble public course, our admra- ton for his private virtues, and our most fer vent wishes that, in every relation of life, he may enjoy that happiness which IS the sure result and the appropriate reward of a career of usefulness and honor.
 Resolred, That we cannot allow thls oc- casion to pass without manifesting our sense of the noble conduct of our distinguished senator, Silas Wright. High-minded, self sacrificing, exalted by talents which would dignify and illustrate any station to which human ambition can aspire; but ever governed by sentiment so true, so honorable, and so lofty, as to shrink not only from all means of personal advancement, but from the spon- taneous calls of others to stations of useful ness and honor, when assent might seem to any to be unconnected with the claims of public duty or private obligations; we want words adequately to express our appreciation of his character. Ever ablest among the able, steadfast and inhexible, compeer in patriotic labor and personal fame with our own Van Buren, we welcome him back to the State which he has so truly served, and whose cherished representative he was in the councils of the nation.
 John Townsend, esq, offered the follow ing, which was unanimously adopted;
 ReSolred, That the thanks of this meet ing are justly due to Dr. Duncan for his un- tiring efforts to restore and perpetuate the purity of the elective franchise; and in rem dering this just need of praise we cannot restrain the expression of our own indigna- ton at the conduct of those who, under the nimsey pretext of triling expense to some of the States, have dared to set the will of the people at defiance. We hold that in the breast of every man who is a friend to his fellow-man, no pecuniary consideration should be allowed to weigh q feather in com parison with the holy cause of liberty, of equal and exact justice.
 Letters were read from James Buchanan, c. G. Atherton, Edmund Burke, R. P. Dun lap, and others, for which we have to-day no room.