The Arkansas banner., 1846-03-18
,ruOCRACY OF ARKANSAS:

;.1r ororeed to redeem tle pleuge gwen inlellse o I.st weeks 9Banner,'' to reply to a 'ounlry .re @ affecting my political fidelity, sr ue ecqln Sh ~S the following paragraph which L" he an Editorial, in that paper of the aoJ nJJln'ta S week, (4th inst;)
 noo VnA ..;ou-We notice an article in the larsss sy0 Monday, headed "PoLiTlcAL PER- On siq ; in relation to Mir. WM. E. WooD-
 'OOn! master at this place. We have i-A,, ncive to this article that attention ,ru. mink the importance of the subject os, an nm us-and shall, therefore, quote h sepo in part, with single comment.- ifls,sl nan in the State has toiled so long Dds sbfully for the success of Democra- bp " ss. or contributed more to the eleva- o apl gIch yery men who now represent us oD,", atf ~ocls of the nation." How does cs,s;., ,Ue ,of the Gazette reconcile this para l;r"9 b the act of Mir. Woodruff, in sell Tree whig party the only democratic q c,a' mOa Of that was published at the seat of ynb ooc and at time too when the party nd L,s oaner as much, or in fact more, than to bsl, 6nner period in our state, since the here.s. .s had been distinctly drawn and the few wy. Ls of it definitely established. Will poo; 'o ma pre favor us with an explanations"
 10 "b Enquiry contained Tn the last sentence proper abore paragraph, endorses charge nol cs, ma which has been secretly circu- ntry So, mS prejudice, for more than three neces; 4sst bT certain individuals of the YeU GOT and inc democratic party, but it has ne- apoot Ee been made in a tangible shape, so in Do ye me an opportunity of replying to ecidedE Yer before, within my knowledge, has DOT man publicly made, and by responsible Eh, than Coming now from what q beleve) reR ndcd, by the projectors of the Ban -the hal blishment, to be the ORGAN of the scamiv Lic party, feel grateful 10 the respec- he fcls tor for the opportunity he has given sno plying to so serious charge-one plenty obably feel as sensitively as would Ftrics o imputation against my private char IS a mu
 lfahl it of the charge is, that l sold the wehe nocratic paper published at the seat Food m nment. to the whg party, and the Ter of I hIls upon the Gazette to answer why poriou That he did not expect an answer erabe Gazette, that would satisfy demo- f the certain; and the relation have ever
 Cs regard to the whig party, ever since south mes were drawn iii Arkansas, must used evident to all that no reply would be ad come from that quarter, that would loup he. Hence no one is qualified 10 re- heaa kpt myself, and my reply shall be as the the nature of the case will admit. keou fharge is, that l sold the s.Gazette" great hment to the whigs. And why did l reans- It would be sufficient answer for t-noI ky that sold 1t, because the whole suppjl lment belonged to me, and was my BatWidual property, which had as good is Ind Do sell, as had to sell my horse, or me cod fh, or any other species of private htb possessed. But that answer will | and bye the imputaton contained in the nyiu& that l sold to the whigs for the pur- i mR{ {nurng the democrats. Well, then,
 Re gs me 10 the true answer to the charge. bkk s, that was deeply in debt, my ere s hs ere crowding me for their just dues, gW democratic portion of our Legislature ley by failing to throw into my hands, lp bnd renumeratlng prices, the printing [-ap Iession, by the aid of which l had ex- erbt to satisfy the most pressing Of my pOS Is, compelled me to sell my printing | he l9 hment, which l was not able to sus- keel haided by the patronage of the state nd vii 5, without involving myselfmore deep edby rretrievably in debt This is the true ans cause of my selling. Can any req s he man blame me for doing so' Could | s obs sonable man expect me to ruin myself aOi kgar my family, to sustain democra- uns here, when the very men whom hea ped to make, deserted me in the tune her l think not.
 hu d been the ungenerous policy and hs oi the whigs, knowing that the press ygn interest stood no chance of getting lole printing on a party vote, to insist, of Nd session, on letting it out to the lo'c- ism Yer, thus setting up the work at auc-
 had protested against thls. to my po- i. G friends, as unjust. could see, as oS lem, no more equity or justice in their od out the public printing to the lowest | ow,l than there would be Tn letting out to bs lest bidder. the sweeping of their halls, lsv chopping the wood which warmed o,y that the laborer ought to be reasona- .M hunera;ed for his labor and expenses; vsul bt the only equitable rule for the legis- neil 10 pursue, was to establish by law the bhs b be paid for the public printing, and m hd elect their printer, as is done in Con- nd and, believe, in all the other States, +oud hure him to give gocd security for its Sp ion in proper time, Sc. The prices .ds not to be extravagant, but only such ,r id be a fair and reasonable profit on ,be Dor and stock required, and the risk in
 bdy keeping several workmen under l w did) for the purpose of always be- m Edy promptly to execute any order for Brw hat might be given. ThIs could be msu ascertained had, several times be- a cen under the necessity of doing the
 prinling at prices which afforded lntle re e1 profit over the expenses incurred by cou Pely because good many of the len m es |eed portion of the democracy had not le, we to withstand the losoest-bid system has by the whigs, and which they urged, Jeff cause they expected the press in their tnp to get it, but to cut down my prices rc ereby weaken and cripple the press in m crest of the democratic party. But fu pined, at the session in 1042-43, to Bbk 'his no longer. had become very
 crippled in my private affairs, in con ES De of selling out the Gazette, four
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