The Arkansas banner., 1844-04-24

szssz5z.zzs fairness in ayowing and maintaining our prin- cples, especially i'll Virginia. We com menced the canvass of l840 under most dis couraging circumstances. The wings proper were in small minority throughout the Union; party had been formed out of the discordant elements then in opposition to the administration of Mr. Van Buren. Our eager ness for success induced us to extend our neis, so as to embrace the birds of every feather We not only asked no questions of those who offered themselves as allies for the war, but our own convention at Richmond actually repudiated the leading principles and measures Of the whig party We thus entered the campaign, discordant mass, some fight ing for principle and others for freedom, and animated by but one common prlnclple--that of opposition to the administration of Mir. Van Buren. We had a long and arduous contest, and achieved what we supposed to be a glorious triumph. But what advantages have we reaped from our labors :: The fruits of all ourtoils have turned to ashes on our lips; and we may truly exclaim, with Pyrhus, one more such victory and we are undone.' The treachery of the present executive, and of some of his prominent allies, derived coun- tenance and support from the whig address of lS40; and impartial history may find 1t difficult 10 determine whether the convention Is most to be censured for its indiscretlon Ill putting forth such an address, CT those very scrupulous politicians for availing themselves of it, -s pretext for abandoning their party.
 < We enter the canvass of 1S44 under far different and higher auspices. In lS40, we were weak and diseordant. We are now strong; and not only united i'll purpose, but in principle We have been purged by the fire of persecution of the dross that dimmed our brightness; and the whig party is now pure metal-seyen times refined in the fur mace.
 '' Let me adjure the convention not 10 re- peat the errors of f840, which have been the fruitful source of all our woes. Let them remember, that honesty is the best policy both in public and private life. think know something of the Virginia character. Our people arc liberal and ingenious; they will tolerate an honest difference of opinion, sincerely entertained and candidly expressed, but they abhor even the appearance of dis stimulation. Let the convention, therefore, boldly ayow the principles of the party-ad- vocate a national ba1k co nomiae, and without circumloeuton-a tariff with proper discrim- nation for the reasonable protection of our great domestic interests, and such other mea- sures as they may deem essential to the pur- fly of the government, and the prosperity of the country.
 '' l particularize national bank and dis eliminating tariff, because l deem them the great measures to be carried out by the whig administration, destined, trust, soon to come into poWer-measures which, in my delibe- rate judgment are inseParably connected with the prosperity of the whole country, and es- pecially of the Southern States.''
 And now how stands the ease? We ask inc people of Virginia to read the above, and to preserve 1t. We ask our presses to repub- fish it. We ask our orators to cut it out, and stick 1t in their Fade .Necums, and read il to every gathering of the people, until the end of the present campaign. We pass over, for the present, the two obnoxious measures which he now so coolly and earnestly recom- mends. We pass over the great connexion which he affects to have discovered between a protective tariff and national bank, with the best interests of the South. These dis coveries alone are, per SC, sufficiently remark able, and would enttle Mir Newton 10 the privileges of a patent. But we pass over these, in order to notice the superior ethics which distinguished the whigs of 1S40 See how strongly he charges upon his party a want of candor and fairness. How com pletely does it confirm all the speculations and charges we have made apon the whigs, for their insidious and reprehensible course in the memorable campaign of 1910. Here we are told, ca cathedrd, from the highest authority, of their :. want of candor and fair ness,n in not avoWing their real opinions ]; how willy they extended their nets, so as to embrace birds of every feather,n (by the mummery of log cabins and coon skins in addition,) and how they violated the famous maxim that ''honesty is the best policy.''- Learn from this, fellow-ctizen how little this party is to be trusted and see, also, by their own honest confessions, how much they deserved the fate which they have received, and how rightcouslY they were treated, when '" the fruits of all their tolls turned to ashes on their lips.' Sackclock and ashes ought to be their portion, instead of the honorS they are now seeking, and the office they are now claiming for the dictator'' of the republic
 From Tract No ?.
 THE SUB-TREASURY-W IS IT?
 .4 Treasury is a place mdcre treasure IS