Arkansas intelligencer. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1842-1859, 1846-07-25
From the Arkansas Democrat.
EXECUTIVE INTERFERENCE IN THE
SENATORIAL ELECTION.

| The following letter, from highly respect.
able citizen of Randolph county, was received
by last Fridays mail, and its perusaI has created
as much surprise and regret in us, as it cannot,
fail 10 produce on the minds Of our readers We
have thought for some months past, that Gov.
Drew was opposed to the election Of Col. ASH.
LEY, though we entertained some doubts whether
he was in favor Of the election of Gov. YELL, or
OF or The THIRD cANDDATE-but we never sus.
pected that he could have stopped 10 use his off.
cial influence. by writing letters endorsed "Mi
tdry," to interfere in the election. This, it ap.
pears, by the following letter, he has done, and
makes little secret Of his interference. that he
requests the gentleman to whom this letter was
addressed, 10 show TO erery man in The county. We
know not whether he has written similar letters
10 other counties-tho' we strongly suspect, from
limitations VIC have received since the following
elter reached us, that ne has. If he has done so,
we hope some Of our correspondents will inform
US of the fact, as well as the grounds taken by
him, and, also, whether his letters were endorsed
"Mihary'-,hereby giving them the appearance
Of being ofciaH
Not having seen the Governors letter. we have
no other means of ascertaining the grounds taken
by him in opposing COL Ashley, than those furn.
ished by the following letter; and from these we
infer that he has adopted some, at least, of the
charges preferred against that gentleman, by the
whig presses of the State during the campaign in
1914, while Col. Ashley was canvassing the State,
and gaining the admiration and applause of every
democrat who listened to his powerful eloquence
in favor of the cause Of Democracy. During
that canvass, the wing presses leemed with the
most exlravagant ISLANDERS against Col. Ashley, 10
which he replied in most triumphant and unan.
swerabIe circular Address, which was published
in the Arkansas Banner. of the 2Sth of August,
1914, accompanied with the following highly com.
pmenarv editorial notice, from the pen of DR..
SoloN BoRLAND the then Editor of that paper:
Col. AsHLEY's ClRCULAR.-The Circular Ad-
dress Of COL ASHLEY, TO The people of Arkansas,
is in our columns to-day. We invite 10 it the
particular alienation of our rcaders.-lt is m re-
ply to the several disrepuabe charges, which his
personal enemies have, from time TO time, pre-
ferred against him. In terms at once PIain d.
rect, clear, and forcbe-at the same time that
they are nlirely respectful. and devoid OF all un-
kindness-it is a perfect and conclusive REPUTATION
of The calumnies uhich hare so long. and so indus
"aasf wh XXX @sR1s @san a@%r ans
rccti,ude of purpose and conduct has enabled MN
to bear patiently, in silence.
The papers, which he refers to, hare oeen &c,
omiusd Jv us, AND FULLY SUSTAIN HIS
They are in The hands OF MIR.
Woodruff, and may be seen by any one VINO ue'
sires 10 satisfy himself further.
Those Editors vino have published, and gwen
to, these caIumnles against Col. ASH
lev. will be doing only an &C, of justice by puo'
Isb;no his defence. No honorable man can refuse
n do H. and that without delay. Let 1t be con-
s;derad i'm, this is no political address; but ne
fence of private reputation, AGAINST UNJUST I'M
PUTAT!oNs,'
The circular address referred to in the above
editorial, which will be found on the hrs' P"s1 VI
,o.day's Democrat, and in the language o' h'
BoRLANp, (who was deemed good auIhor''y INC"
bv the democratic party of his state') we COM
mend it to the perusa of every democrat as WEI,
as every citizen Of the State, as "A fEhr Io
AND CONCLUSIVE REPUTATION OF THE
cA1UnNlEs wHIsH HAVE so LONG AND so iNp0siHi
orsry. BEEN CIRCULATED AGAINST ITS A"lhoh'-
Tho columnies responded to, II will he recol'ect-
od were ha,ched.up and cirulaled then, by the
wr,cs Dog. tho SAM charges and calumnIes are
soyod boIed of and circulated by the banner
cI;oue who profess to belong TO the democra'c
,ar,v. If i, was as then pronounced BY me o'ga"
p ~ 'Ie Democra,ic Party, "a perfect and conclu.
o;, ref,,ciion'' Of them, we can perceive no good
ran son WHY it cannot nop be deemed equally good
~ tho ewes of the same party: II any other
!" W.. choroes have since been made against Col.
lsh,ev. we do not recoiIect 10 have heard OF them
perho1s the corruption" which the Gov says
he has "poss.ssion off, may be some newly ha'eh'
ed.uo charges. II so, they ough! to be mace
,,,J;,1y md not secretly circulated through Er,
r.,,,;rs communications TO distant counties, ana
endorssd :. Miltarv," at time when the military
sniri, absorbs everything else IN ARKANSAS. w
dpub, they can be perfectly and co"e'us'eey re-
rv,sd az the WIG charges were.
We will merely remark, that we HUE expect,
II r.om Gov. DREw, such rturn for the aoe ano
" IT, x.r,;ons which Col. ASHLEY made Tor him.
"" ~, ,d which no doubt secured his election
III 90 C.horno,orinl chair. The iberal course
y, ~ Oursuipp towards Col. ASHLEY we aPpre'
ne will do him but little credit with the demo-
" "e nor,v. however much it may be no" aP'
a,oved bv The Banner clique.
We have suspected from the hrs'' tina; uov'
n."n, aid not look upon the democrat with
DAh"' r,;ardlv eve. from the fact that he has IN
M woy shown it any countenance' OUT we %eIe
Nv, awore BEFORE that he was shooting MS o's'
"os, Guns, a, us. in his Executive commnnica'
Ions endorsed "Military," 10 distant coun!les,
nd endeavoring 10 produce the impression, 'na'
M dior of tho Democrat is in alliance win me
VI" I; 49, ri This is extremely Liberal IN his
wing P''.! the lens, Of it. He has known