The Arkansas banner., 1848-05-30
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 as sEsnis yst qaicksaing ia the wonb of the Fa- sare--he has moi failed to present as with heb dOminal sheet containing pretty complete index of what is actually happening around us, with varegsicd paSserre of .'mues saxinous matter. from the spewcAes ef our saeheuns Ut the scity of acni hcen' eisiances.7 is the wiitcis.as of Jao Doaksy on the outside, and the inside a heterogeneous collection of remarks and observations upon pass. irg events and inventions. from tho newest fashion of the ,ie" to the ias letter of .scld zae" or the latest erumblngs of tss tiekety old ruin of EarO- peaa Monarchy.
 Change and iaaoxA,ioa seem to ho the order of the day. There must however always be an ac. tve fermentation previous to the production of good wire, SHd thus al tho elements of social and poti- cal organization in Europe are seethiHg ard bnb- bling in almost snarehicaI confusion, in order to bring about that better state of things which the scepsre beaten niniOas Of hereditary power are q, last determined 10 enjoy. The wavsIets produced by the rock which some sevsnty-fwo years ago was cast by few determined men, afied by a not less determined people, into inc pool of life. have been eiHesing anlit with irresistible surgss they are overwhelming old established aynas'ies. and sweep ing away the sottering thrones, and weak insignia of royalty.
 Amk. all this confusion amopg the .soutsde bar b4risns" the ai ot princes and potrn;aes the rise and progress of the sans caottes the siras O. the people. and the extension and ranifcation of inc Magnetic Telegraph-oar fair ''and of the free" Is tranquil May morning --''0ur little army of oecupaton" in Mexico is quietly standing at ease awaiting the conference of Msssrs SeYiel and CiiF- ford with the assembly of surly Dons at Qaeretaro
 li will Bot remain 90 lon g7 for Sevier is man of action and he will pretty soon either give the or der "Take-arms"~oF tell hem to "Break ranks march," In either ease Col Sevier will soon be al, home, and teIl us wha, he means by saying that he ''sraats re-sLeiios' whether ss some of are vefdant enough 10 suppose, he intends that he Is candidate or whether as elder and more eXpe renced heads interpret, h. simply nothing q, GA,-T ho resi gsatien of Cot Sevier and the unex- pee'ed death of Col. Ashley--has somewhat alter ed the political aspect of sc-and our deno- cratic brethren determined o enay to the fuli the glorious privilege of fTeemen to aspire 10 the highest offices, either medately immediately. in the gift of the dear people am not sure that this has not been caused by the learned disQuiston between certain editors upon the meaning of the word candidate, in which the shade of cid Noah (Hot he of the flood. but of the dicnonary) and the shadow Of common sense Ia very rare article n some neighborhoodsl were mutually invoked How ever, be that as it may, the way they "piiing the agony these candidates from all the four poiuts of the compass, and some from the centre as sort of neuefeus, is '+eaatou" to the Legislature - We'll it is all right for eompetiilnn is the life of trade. aud wlefe there are so many to choose from we shall surely b. able to selee; one worthy of the saton.
 There is however one matter friend Reardon. about which you sifcad give these cIitabing gentry little hint. Our political system acknowl- edged rom ths mountains o Ciresssia ,o the shores of the Pacific, to be the most complete that has yet been deyised-inssses 10 The people represen alton ia the lower house of Congress, bat this is Dot enough, for he eonfederacy is composed of namer- GUS States, some large and some small some with popalation of ,wo and half millions and some wih less than one handred thousand inhabitants SO that upon questions of internal Improvement. distribution and the like the smaller states would be crowded out by the overwhelming majority of those more numerousIy populated. In orler, therefore, to ensure an eqsalih ef Staes as well as an equality q msn, the Senate was introduced inta our con sttu'ion, in which all the members of the confede- racy, both greus and sn a night have an equal yote For this reasoD. t was proI ided and intended by the constitution ah.t The Senators being the repre- sentstives of the Sla'es individuals, should be chosen by their respective legislaaires Unhappily in this State. the canddstes for thjs exalted sat9n, instead Of quietly awaiting the free and uBcon- strained action of the legislative body, |" hch to determine their election disiegsFding the spflt and iatentien of the eonstiuion, laying aside entirely that dignity, which should ever chsracterize each member Of so august a body the Senate oi the United States, ,ldopins the infamous motto Of "rem, rem rects si possis, si yen," ani forgefuI of every thing save the one, sole s,Ifsh object, theiI election, running before the people, for office not in their immediate gift, endeasoring to iores'a the legislature in it's legitimate right to choose ard to pack the assembly of the State with men ins'ruc ted according tS their dictates. Do they not per ceive that they thus not only defeating one Of the leading obIects of the constitution, but mate rialy lessensng the weight and influence, the honor and dignity of the office to which they would aspire, and degrading in the estimation of the country, one of tbe highest most honorable. and most influential offices kuown to cohiedaracy, sl,sosi to the level of fhat of eoaRay cons,ab'el There are men among these eapdadxiss, whose long and well tried adherence to the party, whose active and ustising, yet honest and genesens real in advocating demo- cratic doctrines are 50 well known s 10 place them  above the suspicion. that they would have been the first to adept saeh measures yet these men. eOnf- dent of theis own ability and wo'thioess, and pres sed forward by the urgent instigaiion os those friends who deeln them the best 6iied and most deserving b the hoEors sought after, have been compelled, however, reiDetaftiy to adopt and be governed by t'e precedent slfssiy established, To sach degree, has this Pryeedaut been favored ey a lew who can see 10 ether coatse by which to carry