The Arkansas banner., 1846-04-15
Little Rock, April II, lsi6.
@CANDORa.

= signs himself ''Candor;" not because we think he has any rigAt to be heard through the Banner, which is a Democratic paper, and the organ of Democrats only; but be- cause we desire our democratic readers to see and understand what s'manner of man'1 it Is, and what manner of argument he uses in support of his favorile-Coi 4shIcy From this, t will very naturally and justly be inferred that we do not consider the writer of "Candor," to be a Democrat. ln- deed, we not only do not consider him a Democrat; but we have the best of reasons to believe him to be mbig ''dyed in the wool,n and only occasionally, when it may serge q pwpoSe, assuming the garb of demo- cracy, and .'ProciaimiRg that he Is demo- crat" The opening. paragraph of his com munication Is sufficient of itself to prove that he is but sswolf in sheep's cloihiHg,o He there shows his only reason fog such an assumption Not that il is trne-not that he subscribes 10 the proper and salnialy rule that Democrats oniy have a right to be heard through democratic papers! o no! but becuse, by such "lalse pretences," he hopes to gain a position from which he may, with greater effect, promulgae tcdig doctrines, and gratify his ,chig feelings. Not only his first paragraph, however, but his whole communi- cation breathes the spirit, and utters the senti- ments olachiggcrH, just such as we have been accustomed to read in whig papers, and hear from whig speakers, ever since they begun theit unhaIowed warfare upon Gen. JACKSON. He repeats the stale and slander
 ous imputalions, so often uttered by the whigs, that the venerated patriot of the Her mtage, was governed, in his public acts, by spersonal leeling,o rather than desire to pro- mote the public good! Would any just min ded man could any Dcmocrat in Arkansas, have uttered such sentiment as this: We leave 1t to democrats to say. But mot only does this writer, thus, islander the fair fame of the venerated dead; but he seems to have especial qualification in pointing out, and condemning, what he calls ''the errors and l fraiHjcSn of him who "flled the measure ol his eouniry's glory.n IL is vile enough to islander the living; but this writer, following the example of his whig brethren in the late Presidential contest, tears open the grare, and seeks to heap uRmered reproach upon him whom nation vet mourns But the name of ANDREW JACKSON Is enshrined in the grateful hearts of all good men, and to them we leave his vindication, against such scribblers as ''Candor;" merely remarking, by the way, that if the friends of Co., ,4Sh- iey hope to bolster him up by defaming GEN. JACKSON, they are ''counting without their host" in Arkansas. We would also mark the light and sneering tone in which this writer speaks of the victory of New Orleans, and of those heroes who achieved it. He denominates all allusion to that glorious event, as "hackneyed song;n and accounts il as little creditable to an individual 10 have risked his life in defence of his country. If such be the unpatriotic and craven sentiments of"Candor," and of the distinguished Sen aior" he so warmly advocates, we apprehend, as we trust, they find but little sympathy with the people of Arkansas.
 We might go much further, in pointing out the marks by which the communication of "Candor' may be known as inc produc~ ton of Whig. Such as his numerous un- friendly and disrespectful insinuations against the purity, patriotism and ability of President POLK; and the consequent necessity of hay ing men like Co., Ashley inethe Senate. to act as "CHECK upon the President l" But we deem it only necessary, on this point . to inquire of the people of Arkansas -espe- cialiy of the democralic poriio1 of them, if they distrust the pnrjiR, the patriotism, or the wisdom of JAMES k. POLK and, above all, If they sent Chester .ashlcv to Washing ton, or desire to keep hlm there, fer tie pur- pose of opposing, annoying, embarrassing or acting as "a cHEox upon he Presi4eat' of their choice. Let the Democracy answer.