The Arkansas banner., 1846-03-18

could never ascertain that any real effort was made by any of them to buy ny establish ment' As Gov YELL was one who was looked up to, by some, as head of the party, l thought it would be an act of cour- lesy for me to apprize him of my determine uoh to sell, and ol the secret offer of my price which l had received. accordingly walk ed around to his office, few hours after I had received the offer, but found him sur rounded by company, and did not go in. Meeting with Rev. WM w. STEVENSON, a lew minutes after, and knowing him to be on very intimate terms with Gov. Yell, re- quested hlm to apprise him of my determina- non to sell, my price and terms, and that they had been offered, but that I had taken three days togve an answer, in the hope that the democratic party would become the pur- chasers. NIT. Stevenson, as he informed me on tne same day, and repeated to me within a lew days past, delivered my message to Gov. Yell, who replied, in substance, that he could not help it--that he had not the means to purchase-from which inferred that he received my message very coldly. This was sufficient for me. I could see plainly that no effort would be made by Gov Yell, or any Of the would-be leaders of the demo- cratic party, to purchase from me the Gazette establlshment-AND NONE WAS MADE, so far as know or belleve--and the conse- quence was, sold out the establishment, and It passed into the hands of the whgs.
 Now, fellow-democrats, you have the whole cause of my selling the Gazette office 10 the whgs. The establishment belonged to me, and was paid for with my own money, and, as my property, had right to sell to whom l pleased. was in the leading-strings of no man or set of men, nor under the con- trol of committee to keep me in the right track. l had the sole control of whatever was inserted in its columns, and no man or committee could say to me, you must do this or you must not do that. became embar- rassed ln my circumstances-had just aided In an important election, in which we were victorous-the Legislature met, refused to give me their patronage, which was indspen- sable to enable me to pay portion of my debts-when, finding that had nothing to hope from my party, and that l was unable to sustain myself, without it's aid, determin-
  giving the democratic party the preferences They either could not, or would not purchase, and the Gazette passed out of my hands into those of the whig party.
 What have stated above, is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Can any reasonable man, then, censure me for sell ing out under such circumstances, when those to whom ] ought naturally to have looked for aid had deserted me, and that, too, in the time of real need? had never deserted the party when in diversity, but was always found battling among the foremost for demo- cratic principles, and hope ever to be found there. But, in selling my printing establish ment, did not sell myself with it, nor change my political principles. The columns of the Gazette will bear testimony that MARTIN VAN BUREN was my first choice for Presi- dent in 1S37 For him l cast the first and second votes ever gave for President of the U. S., and my third vote for the same office was given for our present worthy Chief Ma gistrate, Mir. POLK. Nc man can point to whg vote cast by me for any political office. Gan Gov. YELL say the same of his votes His Organ (for l deny its being the Organ of the democratic party in Arkansas) may read me out of its political church, because pre- fer Col. AsHLEY's reelection to the Senate of the U. S., and because do not fall down and worship Gov. YELL-but it cannot drive me out of the ranks of the democratic party, nor prevent me from protesting and practising the principles of democracy as defined by the JEFFERSON and carried into effect by the illustrious JACKSON.
 Having already exceeded the limits prescr- bed to me by the Editor of the Banner, must defer much more that have to say, on the same and other subjects, for future numbers
 VIM. E. WOODRUFF.
 Little Rock, .March l3, lS46.