The Arkansas banner., 1848-10-24
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 The editor sf tho Drmeerat, If t be iair 10 jndgc him by his pitifal whluIng, manifesto more temper this week, than k common with him. he Prates more smphaticalIy upon ths inceTrupsibilily of his fayoste, than usual, and that Es saying great deal, and as Inc twilight shadows thicken uPon that tayofies political prospects, he is more biter des- peFate aad reckless in his aspsiOns upon the char setter of Col. Scvler, and our humble self. And what has led to all thsi It seems that two old and highly respectable citizens of Crawford county, tcoi. John Rogeru and Capt Duvalb who are boa ored, esteemed and beloved by all honorable men who know thsm, had an interest in an lndian aP- prOPriatiOH bii The extent and justice of that la terest, Major BOrIand acknowledges to hare rccog- nized BatIt seems that sn attorney for the ceilec- ton Of Indian claims, Judge Bryan. succeeded in getting sOne one (whom, it does not aPpcar,) to add to tho item of $3O.0oO, in which Rogers and DuValI had their interest, and which Major Borland supposed very just and proper, the additional amount of 2o,o0O dollars. This addition, in which DefT,er Rogers nor Davsll had an interest set the Mnjor ou re and led to his denunciatiOns Of those gentlemen.
 It further appcars that these most worthy men, twheiher erring not shall not say) have siuce their return to Arkansax, expressed themselves freely of the conduct of Major Borland in regard to that claim.
 These complaints are the siings and nettics, which have made him so frantic, aud led to the repetition of the approbrious epiihets used by him against them, when their claim was under his con- alterations ano his editor, 10 the utiersnce of his gross and incredible islanders against Col. Sevier and to the farcical and amusing comfSrison, which he draws betwcen Sevier ahd BorIand. upon the subjects of honesty, treasury vigilance, and the chances of success for Indian specalatio nsrespec-
 ting all of which Col. Sevier smiles with that proud scorn and inefable contempt he feels for such charges aad tho authors of thsm But these men. we are told, desire BorIand's defeat. and his ops position to their Indian spcculations is the cause assigned for it. Is there hoE ndary to the vanity of this mani Can ne not find sufficient cause. without resorting to bribery present prospective for their preference for Col Seyicr over hm2 These men have been intimate terms of friendship with Col. sevier for upwards of twenty years-while Major Borland has been in the State less than six, and perhaps al lime upon terms of intimacy with either.
 Had it bscn his fortune 10 be so, the epithets of Hand sharks and ..prairie wolves" and 'Plnn- derers of the treasury" as applied to them, would never, arc satisfied, have escaped his lips. isit at all remarkable, that gentlemen who have known Col Sevicr, long ana so intimately, should pre- fer him tto say nothing of his superior quaIifica-1 tionsl to man, ''compara'iveIy as of yestcsday.'
 No unprejudiced mind, with Knowledge of these facts, certainly find ground for the importation of un~ orhy motives against them, because of their preference for Col. Seyicr. We protest, however, against this abuse of individuals by candidates their friends for the free exercise of the rights of suffrage by an American citizen, and especially those old and so highly esteemed.
 In regard 10 CLARKE, of the ia'eH,9eacer. and his cock and bull stories, about the attempts upon his virtue, by Indians and others, we have onIy to mend him to his prayer book for strength to resist the temptations with which he seems to be beset, and as hud,bIy detesting ibcry, as he does, we hope he has never held cut and never will hold out inducements 10 others, to receive it.