The Arkansas banner., 1845-04-23
Eor Me RGnner.

,1Rc uoy1: of prescription is aote moriag oa Lbe he car Qf fJaggunout, slo'cIy but cruelty"
 Thus whincs the National IntelIigencer in dolelul article alluding to a few appoint ments recently made by the President. Any intelligent man, at all eonversant with the political history of the country for the last 1 or years, when he reads the above, can Eut smile at the brazen hypoericy of federal ism as eyineed through it's British organ at Washington. The deprecatory tone in which the IntelIigcncer speaks of the recent eXecu- tive appointments, can excite in the breast of every honest and intelligent man, no other feeling than that of the most supreme con- tempt. Do the worthies of the lntellgeneer forget the disgracelul scenes that character ized the eventul Hirty days reign of the liar rison dynasty; or are they merely breathing forth their indignation against the new ad- mnistration, because some of the recipients of government favor under the former rickety concern have had their own heads brought to the bloody block from which Hey vaulted into poweI2 Do they forget the sickening and disgusting drama that was presented to the American public by Bell, Grainger & O., in their indiscriminate removal from office of demoerats, from Attorneys, Marshals, Clerks, Sc, down 10 the woo5-carriers and lowest seullons about the public departments Surely the foul transactions which gave to the thirty days reign of Tippecanoe their distn- gushing characteristic, and which even as- founded intelligent whigs, must have escaped the recollection of the federal organ
 Among the many notices emblazoned up on the whig standards of the neyer-to-be-fo gotton campaign of 1910, prominently stood that of ''ptoscriPtion 10 6e Proscribcd.n- This was emphatically thier watch-word, sent forth from the great federal sanhedrim al Harrisburg, and echoed from every hill and vale throughout the wide spread laad. The administration of Mr. Van Buren was de- nounee5 as corrupt, prosecuting and proserip- tive. I,ha yell was raised by the bl9aJ- hounds of faction, aaJI the whole federal ken nal was let loose 10 hunt down pure pafri- ot and statesman. By pipeIaying, fraud and corruption, the federal myrmadons triumphed over the constitution and the laws. Hhig- gery, under the stolen name of our patriot uuvestot-, swept over tne Iana ike a bHght- ing sirocco, and struck down one of the greatest statesmen of the age. The voice O reason and patriotism was drowned in tho bachanaIean shout for sFipPecanoe and Ty Ter too,o and modern rhiggery, composed O the remenant of ancient federalism, and tn, dismcmbered fragments sundered from tin c tc time from the Republican party, with Genera Harrison at their head marched, triumphant ly into power. How did they redeem their oft repeated pledges 10 the people How did they ''proscri5e proscription% Let Gran ger, who upon the floor of Congress, declar. ed that he had hurled from office sccca'ecn Hundred PostmasierS, and regretted that h, had not an opportunity of decappilating .fs, Hoasaad more, answer this question. Le the reckless and indiscrimnate removal O democrats from office daring the thirty days rule of Harrison and his minons answer this question. Scarcely had the week minded bu honest old gentlemen been clothed with ex ecutve power before he was beseiged by hoard of office hunters. Like hungry wolve. they prowed around the government store, house, eager to catch the bounty that drop ped from the public crib. So eager were they for the spells, so unremitting, violent ant dictatorial did they become ill their importu. mites to the President, that, latigued, press, ed down and goaded to death, in thirty day, the good old man resigned his soul to his maker. He died, lamented-a victim to the rapaeily of his professed friends-hurried tc the grave by the very men whose greedincs> for government spells branded with ialshooc their professions made during the canvass tc reform the alleged abuses ofeXecutive patron. age But in the mean time the guillotine was not idle. Under the control of Bell, Grainge. Sl Co.,, swift and cruel, performed its bloody work Head after head, suspected of enter taining democratic sentiments, was brough to the block, until they had well nigh made a clean sweep, when the blood thirsty perse. cutters were arrested in their discracelul career by the interpretation of providence. At the end of thirty days scarcely democra remained in office, so prosecuting had this prescription prescribing administration be. come.
 Thus matters stood when Coy. Polk wa, placed in the Executive Chair And now that he has thrust from their places few O the blood-hounds who have been bat. tening upon the government for the last foul years, the cry of prescription is raised by tho watch-dogs of whiggcry at Washington, anc it is echoed by every liltle federal cur in the broad Union
 Messrs Editors, could review the eonduc ofthe whig party in the States, where they have obtained power, and give number Q