The Arkansas banner., 1846-04-01


 exclude them; so that he might, then, cry out that he was an injured and prescribed man,-drlven by necessity to the columns ol a ,chig paper, or to the establishment of Ga press of his own'' This is trick which every one, who knows Wm '. Woodruf, will at once recognize as characteristic ol its author;" for if he be marked more strongly by any one trait of character than another, lt is the groveling facility with which he ''puts up poor mouth, and raises the pitiful cry of s!perSecution,o when justice overtakes him, and he is about to be made amenable to the laws of his country, or the just indignation of betrayed party A very short review ot his life is sufficient to prove this. But we pass it by for the present, along with several other s'rods in pickle" with which we may have occasion to scourge him before the peo- pie.
 Mr. Woodruf1's threat to establish ia press of his own,'' very naturally and irresistibly suggests an inquiry:-Wuh whose, or 'rhat money, acill he purchase ita It will be remem- bered that, in l842, he made his extreme poucrty the excuse for selling his press, and attempting to sell his party, to the achigs' for a few thousand dollars. It is equally well known that, even since, 1t has been his con- stant cry, that he is getting poorer and poor CT, until he now boasts Cor did short time since) that he had attained that degree of 1 independence, whege no man can make a dollar out of him, by law. Now, far be it from us to reproach any man, or hold him the less respectable, on account of his pow eriy-lor, in doing so, we should pass the heaviest sentence on ourself. But, if Mr. Woodruff, be as poor as he very ostentationsly declares himself to be, our inquiry acquires additional force: What or whose money is the Press to be purchased with2 Is 1t the handsome little sum $35l0, for which he has been declared to be de faulter and which he vet withholds from the State? Or Is it to be the money of some political asplrant who, finding his popularity on the pane IS deter mined to throw money into the scale, and de- feat the will of the people, and secure his own ascendancy, by means of bribery and corruption? These questions derive much pertinency from the well known facts that, but few short months ago, Col Ashley of fered 10 contribute money liberally to pur- chase part, if not the whole of the Banner office, prqrided hs could make .hr. Tood- ruf Ms editor, and control i for Ais oten purposes. Let them deny this, if they dare: The irresistible inference is that the new press proposed to be established now, is to be conducted by Mr. Woodruff for the ex- elusive use and and benefit of Col. Ashley In either case, whether erected by means of the defa7cati0n money or the own private funds of Col. .4Shley-we suggest, in order for. it's name to be characteristic of it's author,3 and owner, and indicative of its own true character and object, that 1t be called "AsHLEf's DEFALcATIoN ORGAN We de,est all false colors and pretences; and protest against any follower of Mahomet fighting in the garb, or under the banner, oI the Cross.
 In our humble opinon, there will be nc ne,c press; but an old one s!hashed up ant done over anew" For some time, Col. Ash ley's friends have been, gradually, seeking tho "Gaze,ten as the vehicle of their views.- It is the retreat now sought by Mr. Wood ruff: Having proposely barred himself of th' Banner, he will next appear in the Gazette Col. Ashley, himself, has began 10 use it as medium of his communications. And in se veral late numbers, especially in the last, WI find the ''gvings oui''-the echoes of Wood ruff and Ashley. This, by the way, is al very natural It is but return to the sam, hands, for similar purpose. In lS42, II order to betray the Democratic party into tht } power of the whigs, the "Gazette2 and it! "GOOD WlLL1-mark that were sold tt , the present possessor. ,t has failed to answe | the purpose of the sale. The bstrayal ant , the treachery has been unpIoductive of the expected fruits. The same agents are a work; supposing, that they now see their way clear, through dissensions in the Democratic ranks, and chance to rise upon the cry o "perSecution" and "PRosoRIPTIoN." mark a desperate era in the fortunes of men-i crisis in the fate of politicians, when the, seek to sustain or advance themselves by talk ing advantage of dissensions among their owl friends-or in the ranks of thelr own party
 When they sell themselves, or attempt to sel their party, for gold, or for office, il prove them utterly corrupt-traitors doubly dyeC We await the action of ''Col. Ashev's Com mittee," through it's Chairman Mr. Woodruff in the premises we have indicated.
 One word more: Mir. Woodruff complain that we have allowed anonynous writers [ assail him in the Banner, and then denied hir