The Arkansas banner., 1844-08-28
ISLANDER EXPOSED.


 good name of Governor YELL. In their busy search after charges, with which to flood the country, in hopes to injure him with the people they have left no corner unexplored, and no stone unturned; not even emitting the foul recesses, and suggestions of their own hearts. On more occasions than one, they have wilfully misrepresented his motives, his words, and his conduct. They have cast imputa- tions upon him. vile and malicious in the motive which Suggested them, as they were wicked in pur- pose, and false in fact. Governor YELL IS hated by
 the whig leaders of Arkansas, because he stands m
 their way--because lie is strong ip the respect, con fdence and affection of inc people He is enFiet and his place desired by those, whom the people do not henor and will not trust. ssfhe head and front of his oGcadiag hath this extent--no morc' For
 this, he IS hated-for this, band of hired slanderers as reckless as they are destitute of honor has been employed to traduce his public and private character, fer the purpose of dslodgng him from his high sta ton, and robbng him of reputation, won by life of private virtue and public service, alike honora- bic to him and useful to his country. But his enc mics, and their Jaclas, have searched in vain for any truth with which to assail him. His acts have eyer been open as day to inspections and fearless ly abide the just judgment of friends and enemies. All that ask in their behalf, is faH represeata- tioa Who will refuse that, even to an enemy? But that has not been accorded to Governor YELL, by his enemies Instead of it, misrepresentation, viii ieation and slander, foul and interruptions, have taxed all the ingenuity of conseienceless invention, and circulated against him with all the industry ol fendish maligniy.
 In the main, these fnisrcpresentatiohs and slan- der5 have been so bald in their invention so shal- low in their object, and so papable to the common sense of the people, that we have not deemed them deserving notice al our hands, or worth the space their refutation would occupy in our columns sat isfed that their own obvious alsehood and maligni ty would sufficiently condemn them, and make them recoil, with fatal force, upon their authors. In this expectation, we have not been disappointed The people, who are ever willing and able to do justice, detecting the unprnciplcd source, and malicious ob- ieet of these islanders, and justly regarding them as an insult to popular intelligence, and base attempt to iniure q meritorious public servant, have made
 the cause their own, and, themselves, have under taken the vindicaton of Governor YELL Thus, every assault, which has been made upon him, has recoed upon those who made it, and served as an other stepping stone to raise him still higher in pop ulaf avor-still farther above the malice of hisen- mics.
 His sanderers have become well aware of this. They find that they have, not only, like the viper, been bitng file" but have been forced to swal- low their own venom. But grown somewhat bod- CT, because We have, hitherto, allowed them to pass in silence; and become desperate from dsappoint- ment; they resolved to make one more effort, sur passing all previous ones, in the black malignty of heart which suggested it. in the witul and base perversion of truth which marks its every feature, and in the unmanly, eewardly and sneakng adyan- tage it was designed b take of political opponent This last eilort-ths charge, Of which we speak in terms of such plauntss and severity syly hint ed at, by the Gazette, two weeks ago. if to feel the public pulse ;; and, in the last number of that paper is openly made. What is that eharge2 Ii is that Governor YELL from improper moiires, and for improper piaposcs just as he going outof of flee, remHed Strteea of inc heeaty-oae gears of i8- prisoameai, fo, Which Sami c. 1fo,ebridge sea- teace2 10 He Peaiteatay; learjag only tre for him 10 sefce This is the substance of the charge, as may be seen hy reference to the last Gazette. To shew the metive which prompted the Gazette, and the purpose designed, in making this charge, we quote the following passages from the editorial art cle which contains it;
 ''Of the gang of thieves and counterfeters who were, at so much trouble and expense to the State, arrested tried, and convicted n this county, for their manifold crimes, about eighteen months since, SAMUEL c. TRowBRIpGE was the most notorious, and was considered the ringeader, or, as il were, the master spirit among them.
 After long investigation, involving considerable expense to the State, the crimes of himself and his nelarious crew erreted out and exposed to the light of day, and they were at length tried and made to suffer the penalties as our people supposed justly due to those who had been steeped Ill wicsedness for many years. In view of the long career ol crlme proved upon FRowBRIpGE, he was sentenced to the pententiary for the term of tweny-one years.
 Yet this man, who the chief plotter In all this iniquity, who had been daily suggesting plans of fraud and yillany for years, who even had the hard hood aud bodness to write to his compeers in other States to come and assist him here, has had six teen years of his imprisonment, as we are credibly informed, remitted, and will remain no more than tHe years in the penitentiary, before he gets his discharge.
 And by whom was this mans punishment remit ted to five years, By Gov. YELL, as one of his last acts before he laid down the seals of the Governors otlice to run for higher and more lucrative one before the people. He could moi trust to the eRieacg of his successors. He was fearful that they might not view the conduct of TRowDmpGE in the same mild light he did, and might not extend to him the pardoning power which is given to the Executive ot the State for wise purposes and not to let loose inveterate criminals upon the community. He, there fore takes time by the ioreock, anticipates duty, which, it belonged to anybody, belongs to his sue cessors. and signs the pardon.
 Fellow citizens! Most of the evils which have afflicted Arkansas and which have retarded her pros pelity, by deterrng emigrants from her borders, to be traced 10 failure to enforce the criminal code with rigor sufficient to purify the community of logaes villains aud marderers, and, thereby, make il desirable 10 good, moral and worthy citizens, who can with safety build for themselves home among us. But now when our juries are beginning to per form their duty in this respect, and to make crimi nals pay the penaliessof the laws, they have out ragged our Governors, forsooth, are standing ready 10 destroy he salutmy influence of such rigor, by indiscreet exercise of the pardoning power Should such things be, without meeting with your rebuke , It is ag you to answer, because you have to suffer
 Such is the charge; and such are the unworthy inferences, and ungentlemanly appeals, with which the Gazette attempts te wied 1t to the injury of Gov