The Arkansas banner., 1844-07-24
A PLAIN nrESTION.
TIE VOTERS OF PULASKI COUNT

&taii Lte SENATOR from tte county of Ptlasti, lR lie aert sesson of he Legislqtue ef rtaasas, bsfle yepreseataiiue cf g5o REAL ESTATE BANK, or of Ae PEopLF,
 fhr matters involved in this question of im- portance not only to'the people of'Puash county, but to the people of the whole State of Arkansas-- not only to Democrats but to Wings; for those mat ters are the interest and honor of the whole State.
 It is right, then that the question shall be answered. By whor shall it be answered-wlen shail 1t be an- s,yereds-how shall it be answered? As it concerns the honor and interest of the people it must be an swered by the people as the ensuing elections are to determine who shall be the representatives this question must be answered at he poiis on the dtSt Moadagia aert October fl answered, at all, with ef feet Hole t shall be answered, is with the people
 As We have said, this question is of equal interest to the people of the whole Statcis, in effect pro posed as much to one of the countes as another Yctwe have made in direct reference to the county of Puiasti. We have done so for seversl reasons, some of which we will menton This county of Pulaski, is the headquarters of the Real Esiaie Baak-the citadel and centre, the great heart from which all the schemes, plans and operations of that institution, originate and proceed, and to which their results all return, to be used and controlled by those who manage it. And, more than this, here, in this county of Pulaski, this Real Estate Baah has sent is saiaried ereeatiee eBicerits hired serraA into the field of political controversy, and demands that he shall be elected by the people! This makes our question relate. with peculiar force 10 the conn
 ty of Pulaski; and jugtifes our peculiar application of it. Why has the Bank put candidate in the feld--and why does t desire representative in the
 Legislature! The answer to this question must be obvious to every mind The people of this State are al issue with the Bank-the representatives of the people, in the last Legislature, tried this issue and decided il against the Banll-peculiar ci4cum- stances have, far enabled the Bank to tfanple on the decision of the Legislature, and laugh the public authorities to scorn--tbis issue s to be Tried oeey again, by the next I4egslaure-and it is then to ba determined who shall govern and control this State whether the people through their representatives, or the Real Estate BaRh, shall rule in Arkansas. plain enough, then, ,ed the Bank has put it's can1i- date in the field and ,chy it desires represeatatre in the Legislature. ltis plain enough that il de- sres, and intends, if possible, by means of its paja scrpants, to sit in judgment upon ifs own ease--to decide in its own favor Will the people allow this Were the Legislative Halls of tis Stale established for the benefit of moaeg corporations or for the use of the Peopie2 Shall these halls be degraded into mere offices of '.mouey changers or shall they be held sacred for the purposes of patriotic legislation '- Shall the Bank usurp possession of them, or shall they still be held by the peope3
 We have said that the Real Estate Bank had sent its saA3fiea oBiccrits hired sergaat into the field and demanded his election by the people. Is this mol trae3 Who is the Baak candidate for the Sen ate, i'll Pulaski county? Is he not THOMAS ". NEwroN2 And who is AGf. Netcloa2 We mean no personal disrespec to Mir. Newton for we feel none, in asking this question. We ask it as an act of duty to the people; because the circumstances un- der which a candidate is brought out, He ia- tueaces tder phica te lipes and the necessity from 'ehie ae aeis all legitimate subjects of popular inqairy-absolutely necessary indeed 10 be known. in order to determine whether he be eompetent and qualified to represent the true interests of the county and fairly reflect the will of the people Ia.vie1v of all this, we again inqurc--wlo is Ihomas F. Nete- lon? The answer is at hand:-He is, and has long. been, the Casaier, Secfeiarg of the Real Estate Ba1f, with n salary of TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
 a goa qad sloer, and the rent of an elegant dwell ling house Besides this he has been agent and CO., operator in all the transactions of the Baul and in the character of those transactions his own renta tion Is involved. Thus il is perceived. that Mr. Newton is bound to the Bank not only by the ties of pecsiay interest but by the very tenure of his character as a man; in a word that he is .part and parcel' of the Bank-inseparably connected with it that by it he lives and with t he dies In a trial of the Bank, then, would Mir. Newton be a compe- tent iudge' Has he not already preudged the case. andresolved decide in favor he Bank Indeed, he would be trying himself for it is for s acis that the Bank is to be tried; and in clearing her he would be clearing himself; while in condemming her he would condemn himself. Can any one doubt for moment how Mir. Newton would decide? Surely not What interruptions presumption, and bare-iaeed eiIron- tery, then, for the Bank to become candidate. as
 twere, in her own person, and demand to be placed
 nthe Legislature, to adiadieate upon her own easel And how indelicate, in Mir. Newton-how reckless of the suspicion which must attack to him, to oc- cupy such position How can he take the oqtl or Heaatof, when he has already tatea pag to do the bidding of Bank; Whether he will take the Sen. atoral oath, if elected is question for his own con science. Whether he shall have an opportunity to take 1t, is question for the people, And their de eison of this will answer the question we set out with-~shall the Senator, from the county of Pulas 1, be the Representative of the Real Est1fe Baak | or Of the people'''
 These questions and considerations belong to the | people. Ne shall advert to them in our future mum. bers In the mean time we commend them to the serious thought of our rcaaers and suggest their free, but respectful, discussion to our correspondents