Arkansas intelligencer., 1848-11-04
From the Arkansas Democrat,
A few plain Words,

ton OF most of the Offices of honor and pro6t nm
der the general government, as well as many o
those OF the State, in the hands of certain set OF
men connected together by the ties of consa nui
~, marriage and pee lnary interest, until. at the
present time, ,neary all these offices seem to be CON
sIdered as belonging exclusively to these indivdu.
AIS elmer 10 their own employment, OF 10 be par
celed out by them 10 their flyorites as q sort of
| remuneration for the services Of those who are
! invested with their possession, which services in
many cases, are required to reach nearly as hioh
degree OF fealty and homage, as that required
In olden time to be paid to Il lord by his feudaI
| tenants, So gradually and SO silently did the
workers IN this scheme for power weave their net
"o'h Oh intrigue, mat It was not until the people
iouhd themselves almost entirely encirced bv lis
meshes, that they were aroused 10 a correct view
OF the perIiS that envlroned them and a spirit of
resistance was awakened, that promises to be con.
uhuea untli not even vestge Of their former
power will remain in the hands Of those who have
osSduouSiy sought 10 enthrail the people, and rem
der them subservlentto their selfish schemes
we have, at this junCture neither the time nor
space 20 dellneate fully the rise and pronress of
tins dynasty in A rkl nsas and as most of our ci
hZ3hs are already acquainted with its history we
content ourselves with an aI!uslon to it, as Il vory
apt Illustration OF the axiom in the science of 90.
Vernment, " hlch teaches US that, in all communi
ties, the inevitable tendency of power is from the
many 10 the few. and pass on to give a concise
view OF the degrading position which the citizens
OF our State row occupy. by permitting this cen.
1railZ iton OF power and patronage, 10 become fix
ed SO permanently upon our policy, as 10 bid omen
deHance to anything short of general movement
OF INC mass OF our people, such has of late been
made, for the purpose of commencing the Herein
lean labor OF uproo;ng and ex,erminuting it from
our land.
Under the guise Of democracy, these men have
contrived to possess themselves Of the press which
was established Tor the purpose OF being the ex-
ponent of the views of the a0tole party and un Ter
their control that paper has the efroniery 10 call
upon the democracy to fall down and Worship the
images which they may choose to set up. and to
illuminate anatnemas and threats Of excommuni-
ton. as dsorganizers, against all who NAV dare to
resist the authority they have so unrighteously
usurpod. The contest for the vacant seats in the
u. D Senate, and the incidents Herewith connect
ed furnish abundant evidence to our people of the
dangers which are to be apprehended from the
continuance of The dynasty in our midst; and that
the time has come, when they must either assert
their rights, as become fieemen. or succomb 20
the dIctaton of Il clan whose hands ere raised
against every one who is not classeI as one of
their own members. either as a counsellor in their
cabnIs, or as furnishing tho material by which
thcF may operate IN the accomplishment of their
designs Tor securing and maintaining their power
OYER the people. Are not Maj. Borland and Judge
Oldham good and true demOcrats-men of steriinU
inlegrIyan intelligence No one can denv his.
And yet their pretensIOnS secuted at and pass
cd by in utter contempt BY tho Banner and its tail
because their names do mol happen to be enrolled
on the list of exclusives from which thew desire
the Offices for the people to be made 1t is very
natural that the Banner should support he-men il
does, since that press is owned and controlled bv
them; but, that 1t should presume TO speak as the
exponent OF whole party, when it Is but the
,,,,fl- -,,fl, Of ,.,-,l, s / 4
seekers, is strange indeed; and it is vet more
strange, that it should consi ior that the Gimsv
guise under which it attempts to conceal its eI.
forts, Is sufficient to hide from the ewes of the
masses, the selfish motives that induce and direct
lis course.
For fear that the indefatigabo efforts Of Mai
borihnd, in the Senate, IN behalf of the interests
OF our State. might induce our people to desire his
return 10 the vacant sea in preference to Col. Se-
yler. the Banner, this pretended organ of the ,ohole
party, has malntained mastery inactivity in re-
Iatlon to nearly overy movement he has made
while It's columns have been filled by the most fall
some hattery of those whose cause II has been di
recied TO espouse. II is true, that ngreeably to
the request of Senator Borland his report upon the
petition of our citizens in relation 20 school lands
IN Arkansas, received an insertion but his re-
port on inundated lands, matter of the utmost
importance TO every citizen within our limits, was
passed by with a brief notice of half dozen
lines, containing merely an acknowledgement Of
its receipt We believe that tho past history of
the Press at the capital of our State, furnishes no
parallel to this attempt, on the part of the Banner,
10 smother document of such Importance, and
to deprive our people of the means of Judging. by
the efforts made by Senator Borand in behalf of
their interests, of his value to them as a public
servant.
Witness the conduct Of this same press towards
Judge Oldham. A communication from this gen n-
tleman prepared expressly for the Banner, in re-
ply TO some misrepresentation Of of its cor
respondents, appears in the Van Buren InteIligon-
Ger, with letter accompanying it, in which the
Judge expresses the hope that the Banner win give
his response place in its columns but thus far,
it has been passed by unnoticed for the reason. we
suppose, that the Judge is considered, by the Ban
ner, an " out-sder,'' and however good demo-
crat he may be, has no right to occupy space in
the columns of the organ Of the achoLe party Il!!1
to the exclusion of any of the favored few who
are considered to be in the safe line of precedents
for promotion. at the hands of the people. IF the
| Banner would furnish a single token of its sinceri
| tv in claiming TO be the organ of the democracy
it is due from it that Judge Odham's letter be pu.
bished at once, with an amende for the delay il
has suffered. If it will not so this, let it cease It's
pratincs about bejnu the Orpan of the party. anC