The Arkansas banner., 1844-05-15
TIE TALE uNF0LDED.
CHATTER 2.
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as developed at public meeting in this city, on the 27lh of last November. We showed, from his eon- duct on that occasion, that he was~an unprinciped disorganizer in politics and morals, 'nether fish, flesh, nor fowl = but any thing or nothing in pro fsson. just as he mi ht suppose his interest would be affected And We made tcqually plain that he was SO regarded by the Bemocratie meeting then assem- Bled, which feDeataiea him, as wholly unworthy Of confidence respect or support
 What was his subsequent course? We proceed to examine. Seven days after that meeting, the Democratic State Convention assembIee-on the 4th of December. Of course his name was not placed before that Convention, although he hung around is Hanks like some troubled spirit while his aenia Weller watched, ea the floor of the Convention. for some opportunity to Jug in the name of his master. TAe Convention made is nominations, aad adjourn ed. Then 1t VAS that Byrd uttered curses loud I and deep, not only against the Convention, but a~ainst tha nominees. Then t was be threw of all restraint and al atssaise, and cane cut openlnouth ea. and ia all respects iFlig. 1 Nal5oaaI BeHb #as the theme e his conversation, the burden of his song, and gze iaal of his admiration. This is notorious ia Little Rock, and was the subject of common oIaaFl, at the time. ''Dck BFFdi5 Ba1t man, and acaadidate for Governor on his oeh hoo " was ta comnsa talls upon the streets. He declared himself 30. in p1igsse and in pabIc, a5 he dare not deny. for caa be proven by both Whigs and Demo eT9ts. now in this city. About the middle of De- pp,nber General Byrd conceived the wish to see his name in print as a candidate for Governor. Accord ingIv. upon meeting our foreman on the street, he incurred f the aBanner' would announce him as a candidate. and place his name in "the IoFePart of the paper." Mr Jones told him that were the proper person 10 apply to. Upon this, Geni Byrd requested 4Jr J to make the application to as.- Our reply was, that as we had no confidence in Gen B--sither as a Iaan or a politician we would re- ceive no communication from him, except in Wfi- ting. Accordingly, next day, the Gea1 called up on us in person. and handed ill the note which is to be seen in eur advertising .columns. For this we required him to pay the customary price, regarding if among several other cards, as mere aaeeFtlse- a1eat. For this. however it seems that Ne incurred the Generals hot displsasure, and lasting enmity But let tlis pass.
 As the time approached for the meeting Of the I33ig Convention, 90 warmed up the General zeal fora National Bank, so increased his close assoea- ton with Wbie leaders. so augmented the noise of his dananeiation of prominent Democrats. lis whole course being obviously intended 10 identify himself with the fElis party; and it wasso under stood, and the subieet of common remark, by both Wmgs and Democrats. Indeed 1t was believed by many of both parties that he would be taken pp by the Whig Convention, and nominated for Governor This was favored by a large numberot #hss and we do not believe that more than one leading Nhg in this city opposed t. He opposed it as asfisa and impoliie in any party, to nominate q nan of doubtful politics or no politics at all; iastIY alleging that even victory. eaiH#d by means ef such meas settled no principle zla effected no good.
 The 8tl of January alriged-jus one week before fhe meeting of tla Wbis Convention. Gen Byrd deemed this the time to make public display, and take a still more decisive step toward Wbig favor Accordingly, he invited the citizens to hear him |spsab at the Cl.y Haa Al, who heard lis speech on that occasion, concur in sating that he made zealous if not an able, speech for Whiegery; and the meeting. being mainly composed of Wings. eheefed and applauded him 10 the very echo. Fhathe openly and earn tig advocated a National Bank and Pre- tectiye Tariff. is matter ol public notoret. This he dare not deny, for ii can be proven on bim, by scores of men Hho heard him, both \ Aigs and Dem- ocrats In addition to these strongly marked taa- lures of Wlggery, he threw in, by way of eoloriHg we suppose, infamous islanders upon many Pronl- nent members of the Democratic party. GoY-"YelI came in for a share of abuse. And the Editor of this paper, for refusing to recognize Gen. Byrd as Democrat, was made the subject of loul and false aspersions In I word Gen. Byrd took his position as Whig, as decidedly as he could identified hin- self, for practical purposes, with the Whig party; arrrayed himself against the well known leading measures of Democracy; :; and played, what was con sidered by himself and his friends, his strongest card for a nomination by the Whig Convention.
 The Whig convention assembled on the l5th of January. What then Was Gen. Byrd's deporlmanG Who does not know how he played the sycopbant to the members of that coavcnticn-how he smiled upon them and praeticed all the cozening and cao- ling arts of the unprinep pied donagogue, 10 induce them to nominate himo What furnishing Bazzard ever hoverad more aaxiegsIy over earroa carcass or sought with greater afidity to satisfy theerayibgs of an impure appetite with tainted food, than did he over this embodiment of Nmggery He plead like very beggar fer the spoils of office. But he was not alone in these operations. He had friends l in inc convention: opeaed, ayowed and zealoas Wings, who urged his nomination as the &stp poli- lie step the convention could take. And when they found that majority Of the convention would not prostitute themselves to the open shame of giving the nomination 10 saeh man, they begged that 10 nomination at all should be made for the office of Governor; and that Gen. Byrd would then nun aeolc- 1 ely as a Demoyoi, but reqiiy as a Flig, and thus secure enough votes from both parties to elect him over the Democratic candidate. That Gen. Byrd was party 10 this proposition-that he joined in begging that this might be dono-that decent men would thus basely eonnhe at the consummation of his infamous schemes and aid him to run with sue cess his proposed piratcaI career will not be denied, because it can be proven upon him. When his friends in the convention found that they could neither get him nominated, nor prevent the nonina- ton of Dr. Gibson. one Of them, at least, withdrew