The Arkansas banner., 1844-08-07
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 From tie Southern Refiqmer. i " ELL KNOWN CHARACTER OF JAMES K.
 PoLK-HIs PRINCIPLES IN VERMONT MT 1. TO DEGRADE THE TALENT AND GENIUS or THE
 wEsT-wHAT WE ARE TO EXPECT FROM THE
 ELECTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC TIcKET-oB-
 scURITY EITHER IN LIFE OR LOCALITY NO CRIME.
 IT has onalleged against JAMES k. POLK, that he is ali humble citizen of Tennessee, un- known to the great political arena of our country, and alike unworthy .of its high dis tinctions. It is a little astonishing, however, to find how extensive Is the acquaintance of our whig friends with the public acts of Mir. Polk. Not corner of the union, but we find a whig print with some kind of account of the gentleman. We would not slight the attainments of Tennessee whig editors, either l for zeal, ingenuity, tactics, or what shall give Emore solidity to argument, historica research :; but really paper now lies on our desk, the ..Vermont Watchman and State Journal,o , which shows a greater familiarity with the character of the democratic candidate for the presidency than many contemporaries ln the South and West We begin to suspect that James K. Polk, is too well known 10 the whigs. and that ikea 'streed cooa," this pre- tended ignorance, is all dumb show, The Journal brings Mir Polkto the bar, and charges him
 l. His first speech in Congress, Jan. g, 1926, was i'll favor of giving certain lands to Tennessee, to be disposed of by that state for Ate BeacGt of edacation
 ?. He votdd against distribution of He proceeds of tfe public lands.
 3. He voted against Henry Clay's land bill. i This is the bill which was so obnoxious to the poor squatter.
 4 He made long speech in favor of the presidency being filled by direct vote of the people.
 ,. lie voted against the high tariff of 1928.
 6. He voted against bill making an ap- propriation for internal improvements, 6Feb. 20, 1837)
 ?. He is in favor of the immediate annex alion of Texas. Pretty familiar with AIr. Folks principles. truly.
 Well, this is the same identical Polk of whom the whigs pretend to know so little.
 The fact is, twenty years of public life, a great portion of which time has been spent iu Congress, has laid before thenation chart oi the principles and character of. James k. Polk, which isnow in the hands of everyone. Ii is not this which in reality inyokes the supefeilious Acknowledgements. Thegreat West has heretofore excited but Hide respect and consideration in the eyes of the more opuleat, powerful, and Controlling North Our talent and genius, has been compared with our woods, wild and cratic We can l have no need of praise for our statesmen, unless they may have filled q place in the cab.netat Washington, or ran race fer the presidency, Though defeated In the same manner, 3 member of the bar Of Mississippi or Tennessee cannot be a lawyer, by practice ing in lis own state. This is only the privi- iege, forsooh, of the New York or Phila- delphia lawyer. There are neither lawyers, doctors. preachers, orPgliticians, in the south west. Ne have plenty of them, t Is true, 1 but then, they are all seerg s@atl potdfoe$n' Such is the opinion of fhe North. What is l a Tennessee governor Who is James K. Polk are words spoken in the same breath. ] He can overlook all this arrogance. as the common evils Of sectional prejudice, but when we find the iaundiced monster entering into the feelings of our own people; the mat l ter becomes Of more serious importance. ] We have. yet to show our opponents. that genius and virtue, arc the same, no matter what portion of our broard union may claim their birth. We can pay all due reverence to the learning of the North its liberal and important tributes to the domain of literature, science and philosophy. The policy of the nation, loo, in war and peace, las been guided by the North with an honor and credit which has excited the admiration of all Europe Yet, still, we can find in the rapidly augmenting south-West talent and enterprise, which tn- titles it 10 the respect and regard of every member of the confedefacy and we would be doing injustice to ourselves and to the many shining ornaments of society, in every department of knowledge, did we fail 10 as sert its claims 10 all civil and literary distinc- lions of our country.
 While our candidate for the presidency may be railed at for the assumed cohtempuous obscurity of his state; fer his intelligence and virtue, and his capacity to wield and destinies oi his country are above dispute-it may not be inappropriate to recur to an incident of Ro- man repHblicanism. Cincnnatus, when call ed uponto preside over the sestnies of Rome, was not only what has been termed by the indolent rich, one of the lolc-bofa, but d poor laboring farmer, with scarcely more than kitchen garden 10 supply all his necessities, or a second coatto his back. When, in fact. messengers cameto inform Cincinnatus of the honor which had been conferred upon him by his countfymen, history pictures him in rough peasants clothes, pIoughing in his fields un- der suliry sun Cincmnalus, however, rid his country of her most powerful enemies, al period pregnant with impending and fatal dangers, and established her in security and peace. Shall we, at this late day, have less of republican virtue to add beauty and power to the popular will2 The crisis at least calls loudly for it
 We intend to show tie Union that the Southwest, the valley of the Mississippi, can not only furnish presidents but officers for every department of the general government Il will not be long, notmany years, before the sovereign might of numbers will demand for 1