The Arkansas banner., 1846-03-04

all may be very right in the estimation of some peo
 pie; but others will think, too, and in theirown way ! not only about such acts, but about tie men whc perpetrate them.
 Butitis said that Woodruff is no defau!terto the U. S. Government No. Nor was Williams within six months from his appointment. Butisnot Wood,
 rulI defaulter to the State Government? Will any one deny that3 Ifhe be not, then the Auditor has lied-the Legislature has lied-the Circuit Court ofPulasld county has lieda jury ofhis own country men has lied-the Supreme court of the State has lied. For they have all declared him a detaultor- they have all declared and adjudged him to have withheld uniustly and illegally, the money of the State, while he vas Treasurer and ordered him to pay back the same, with interest. This appears by the records of the country, both Legislative and Ju- dicial, to have been the case since October l8S7- nearly niue yeerS ago. And yet although the Le- gslature and the courts have all decided against him, over and oyer again. he still retains the peoples mo- ney-stia hos on to t-stiIl keeps 1t in his strong box, in defiance and contempt of the Law and the public authorities Il this does not make him de- fuHer. am at loss to know what could. in con- sequence of fthis he is incompetent to hold any office of honor, trust or proft in the State of Arkansas. This is notorious fine can not hold State office why should the U. g. Government force him upon us. in an office which affects the interest of every man in tie community, andis admitted torequre the greatest purity of character and the most unexcep tonable conducto am of opinion that the Pres- dent and Post Master General will think Of these things, and make them straight.
 But there is another view of this matter which af- fecs the interests people fArkansas-particu- Iarly at this time The Treasury is empty-the peo- pie are poor and unwilling to be taxed higher than is absolutely necessary-and every dollar which is due, and yet is uniusty withheld from the Treasury, is just so much of burden upon the people-upon the tax payers The other officers of the State-the public creditors have to take scrip which is worth only ff ceats in the dollar in payment of their just and hard earned dues; while if Woodruff had paid in the s! ,000, for which he is defaulter, many might have received the full amount of their scrip. But instead of this Woodruff holds it back from the Stae and buys at 50 cents in the dollar, the very scrip that if he had paid it n might have been deemed with this very f5l000 Nowthis is no fancy sketch for do know of individuals who had to sell their scrip at a heavy discount (and some of them, believe sold to Woodruf;) bat who could have re- received specie for il, at the Treasury, if Woodruff had paid up his dedication. So he is not only de
 siter but is speealatjag upon the State of things he has produced by being Notwithstanding all this | understand that Mir Woodruff says he ought to be retained in office, because hc has lired in .4tansas long time. an not informed how long MT. Williams had lived in the stato Let the people think of these things. JUSTICE.