The Arkansas banner., 1848-04-11

EtneEo0s appzecistlan acuQEded hy such friends te lahsEieps yeaEs dsEuted Co their service, thst eve ny psennt station, and from thsir good win dtrvs the privilege of asknga stu larger uras ure ef their confidence. Whesher | deserve and slan recfive what ask. san be easily ascertaiDed al the eaaninE elections la the several counties des'Te, ard respectfully request, tha; the decision may then and there be made npea my application: 90 that the Representatives in the General Assem. bly nay elcaIly understand asd truly reflect the will of ihslT constituents. Fer this reason. take this carly day to declare my position have no ecnesalneRtS Co practice, purpose ta attain other than tho onr have avowcd; and asn iesiroas iisAt the people may have ample tune, and unrestricted opPo' o'taniy, to examine and compare the claims O. si aspEants to their iaxor Upon paper at all times, and upon iise stump as soon nay public duties will permit me 10 return. am ready to commune With my Fellow-elizens, and 10 meet my opponents, upon ail questions Whatever may do. shall be done openly and above board and claim the right to be met in a spirit equally fair and manly. I would accept and enly would value office, as the scorn it, al the price Of intrigue and management to defeat the popular will.
 Upon enc other point desire 10 be distinctly un- deEStood. sy the people before they decide upon my claims, as was by the executive before he confer rcd the appointment. I ciaimed then, as do now, 10 be ga man iE my own right" Aad while others proposed 10 accept, and even claimed the appoint
 
 use and re'inquishcd al his bidding. declared my contempt for spirit of such ssryil,ty, and my for the mere Teaeetos of any other mans cense- quence declared then, as do now, that if 1 TO. eeivcd the apoimimens at at, IL must be in my own name, and for the use Of the people; and should eontinne ia hold the place nni they and fsty aione bid me to Telinqaish is pos essisn
 am aware, and ehoose not 10 conceal, that from the same source Of opposition, have long since been prescribed as enc who was, 'tfee asPirfag" :" To meet this charge, confidently appeal 10 the people that the evidences of my ssaspifing In the past to hc found only in course of hard labor In the press for my party and in the field for my ecan try. II would, perhaps, have been well for our country, If thcse who denonRre me, had gyuu seuse evidences of their own '.aspuing' in tho ways of usefulness and patriotism. Bot no It has been the couspcae destiny of these coayenlent patriots to ''snuH the battle afar oif.' and emerging from the castle walls of private interest and personal eurity, only when the danger of combat is past and the Yoils of otice are to be divEIcd.-TheH come forth :hs swarm, who sslove the people for the peoples money" with the mar,ial front of Hec. tor and the sinr.iy aspect of Hercules, to set as iie and Proscfibe as co aspir ng ell who stand betweea she wind fof efiiceI and their nobility. ', It has been seen wherein have aspired. Wheth- CT now, do, indeed aspire too h gh, is submitted to the people, whose right il Is to decide the qaes- ton, and from whom alone seek my station. As Christian worship my Col. As a man res- rect and love my fellows. As a Democrat bow to ihe people. But am no Fdflator. 10 pay hom- age at the shrine of any individual and least of all o those painted puppets of olice in whose abrica- ton have borne part-peThaps too great part.
 For the character of my political opii ions I deem 1t only necessary to rcfr to my idbors in the cause of Democracy, during my residence ia Arkansas; and to further recerd ofthem, particularly as con- nected with the important events of the prrsent period, which will appear in shortly forthcoming rublicsfion--the Democratic Address, prepared by me. in compliance with lie inviiai of the lale State Conve
 For the manner ia which shall perform the im- rortant daies that now devolve upon nc. or which may hereafter be committed 10 my hands, I give in pledge the humble reputation have acquired, iu times past. for industry ard fidelity; and, in adil- tion, that anbi' ion cherished by honorable miads 10 meet public expectation and justify the conii- dencc of fricnds.
 In Inc fond hope of meeting my fellow-citizens again. sfler brief separation, in tie enjoyment of health and hspTiness, bld them respectfully fare weEl. S0LoN BORIAND
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