Arkansas intelligencer., 1844-05-25

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ment, met the people at Fort Smith, where he
delivered an interesting and excellent speech.
Ills efforts, and hits upon 'his worthy competi-
tor" were, weEtimed and happy. He avowed
hlmselfa Republican,; that he had always been
one; that the Wings were Federusts and support.
ed federal Institutions and measures. He gave
us short history Of Banks; their authors, and
happily explained the way in which their mana.
gers gulied tho people out Of their hard.earned
money, by raising the prices Of property, and at
the proper time letting them down agaln. leaving
the PEOPLE the only sufferers. Mr.. Clay also came
IN for slight review. The tariff was explained
he was in favor af a Democratic Tariff for reve-
! nue., TO support the Government and that an econ.
omHai one; he met all the leading Wing meas.
ures, and exposed the evils of each. He avowed
openly that he would never vote for any man as
President who was not fully in favor of the an.
nexaton OF Texas, desiring Mr.. Walker to come
out equally bold. He, however, lodged the ques.
'on, by saying he was in favor OF annexation q,
the proper time, whom the dignity Of the Ameri.
can government should not be compounded, and
that he would dnot make hobby of the question.
Afraid of it, ehs Dare not come out opposed
oit for fear of the people-dare not favor it for
! fear Of Mr., Clay. e
Gov. Yell pledged himself to do all that the
good Of the country required, if he was elected,
SO far as ho able. The frontier defence should
be fully attended to, he would endcavor to have
Fort Smith finished, and the whole frontier put in
condition to repel any attack. Ee would aso
exert himself 10 procure the construction Of a
! Great National road from this frontier to the Ar
senal at Little Rock, so that arms could readily bo
got upon every emergency; and would leave no
measure untred to cause new District Court
to bo formed, the seat of which would properly
belong to Van Buren, the county seat and con-
cuded by declaring he would, as he had always
strove to do, represent the interests of his people
faithfully and energe,icalIy. Gov. Yell is dec-
dedIy the best canvassng speakerin the State.
Mr.. Walker followed: He commenced by
saying he came there not to amuse but to instruct,
not 10 paly with the people but to present facts.
And ho presented them with vengence. Here
and there picking them up to prop the poor and
anG hobby defences the Wings make ogains. the
truthful charges that they the old Federal
Party. He went on to show that he was no,
Federalist, there were no such persons, he be.
heved. He opened his books TO show the people
that the Republicans voted for federal measures
said that Washington, Jefferson, and Madison
the War-President--were in favor of tho United
States Bank: but did not tell them that they all
considered that BDnk unconstitutional and an
evil, and that they signed the charters because
he nth li,apt h,r,
pay the debts of the country: neither did he tell
f '''o'' 49, 80 -. - ;.'r-HA country and that
these Pres dents were forced to sign the bank cha
ters so that money, in some shape, could be had
leaving it to the tuturc situation of the countr,
: to throw off the evil; which Gen. Jackson did b,
Vetoing the bill for recharterng the United State
f bank. And we unhesitatingIy aver that, accord
ing to tho principles of such Democrats as Wash
ington, Jefferson, and Madison had either of then
t been IN Gen. Jackson's place, they would hav
done rs he did-vetood the bill for tho re-char,e
OF the bank of the United States, that child O
Hamilton, and the darling scheme of the Fede raj
lists, as now of the Wings. The Federalists, he
} said, voted against the Bank, therefore it was
republican measure. Fine reasoning that. WHY
"i" tiiC ious, Hot VOte! because The bill was no
: based upon all their views, because it was no
wholly federal measure, but one only tolerated
tor a certain period, by the republicans throug
| the poverty and debt of the country, and becaus
! the feds would have had the charter unlimited
5 they would have had an endless charter for tn
Bank. These are the reasons why they vote
against that Bank. For the same reason that Mr.
Clay opposed Tyler's "Exchequor;" Clay woul
have Clay's Fifty Million Bank, or none at all
the fedcraIists would have their Bank or none.
When Mr.. Walker first arose he piled up hi.
books, and documentary Evidences consisting O
bits from this news paper and that all tailed
: together SO as to make ou, his testimony; pro
pared TO inhict upon his audience.a dry and of
told tale, a musty argument which endeavore
to prove that the Wing party we're the onl.
: republicans, and that the National. Bank, tn
"American Systom," and other schemes of Mr.
Clay, were republican and for the best interest
OF this country. His argument was 'stale fiat an,
, unproftaUe."
He however, made the best speech he ever did
, one whiclrso much surpassed the expectations o