The Arkansas banner., 1849-12-11


 the loss of the whig representative from Richmond We hsvs soPied il iaso our columns as an affair of interest to politicians of all parties.
 RrcHxoSD, Oct 10. Isa9.
 Gsntlsua<a I havs received yoar communication of the lst instant, inviting me oa behalf of DOT ton of ths waigs of the county of Pswhstan te paFtake of old fashioned Virginia harbecae to be gwen at Pewhasaa Court house at such tune as 1 might select.
 1 sm deeply sensible of the honor done by my friends, cOHstltutsza portion Of my late eoas,lIa eney, for whose generous support 1 shall always feet grateful. and whose eiviuty and kiadness on this occasion do not feel at liberty to decline. therefore eheeFfniy accept their invitation 90 hand- sO.nely and hatteriagiy communicated by yea their organs, fer which you will be pleased to accept my acknow iedgenaents.
 In accepting the invitation, however, am sorry to say 1t will not es in my power to name day earlier than the second week ln November; ant ia view of the late period Of the year, and the proha biiity of an inclemeRt season, you will excuse me for suggesting whether it would not be better Co postpone ths 5arbecne until the next spring Upon this subject. however, defer to your better ade- menis. If in your opinion it k better to have 1t Row, hx the day to suit yourselves during tho week indicasd and t shall be my pleasure attend but yoa concur in the suggested possPonement. Il will
 
 to tho company that would bs ia attendance, as it would take place ia the open air when the weather is likely to be more favorable for personal exposure to many; but suit yourselves, as either wilt suit me
 In yoaf letter you say, Whilst we as deeply regret any the dissensons which have resulted in the loss Of the metropolitan district, we must be permitted to say, our eonsciencies have never yet reproved Us for course"
 No certainly not Why should reproach attach t0 vNu havR hear eyatff ffV of m RartFs from principle yoa have committed violation of good faith you have offered resistance to party obligations; you have not been treacheEous 10 your duty citizens or patriots yoa have not been faith icss to thoss with whom you entered into political association <; you aid not abandon yoar friends ana desert to the enemy the day of battle and ia the hour of need I; yoa did not demand a convention, and then resort to eyasive and contemptibe subter fsges to defeat its choice yoa did not glory in the success of locofocosm and rejoice in inc downfall of whiggery yoa did not pretend to belong to the great wnig party for the sake o its most cherished principles, only 10 await the opportunity 10 over whelm that party in discontinue and defeat. with the vain expectation of ultimately gratifying set fish, unworthy, aud ignpbie ambition you did not subscribe to the degrading and benghted doctrine, that representative of an enlightened constituency should exercises no conscience, judgment, will of his own, but submit himself ike auiomaioa to the hanes of wireworkers and tricksters of party. Up0n yoa does Rot the iacons0labie mortfcation and the endzTag responsibility Of turning to dust and ashes" the rich fruits that might have been gathered from the triumph over locOfoeoism in IS, by the foss of the House of Representatives in '49 And if you have doue nOae of these things, why should reprosch attach to you No;
 " Let the gailed Jade wiHee-your withers are aa-
 wrung"
 As for the foreign policy of the administration, as far as il has been developed, am happy 10 say Il is eminenlly conservative, and such to command the approhatsn of the couauy But with regard to oar domestic affairs, in what have the almost super human efforts of the whg party foe the last twenty years resulted at last Simply in the dispensaiion of patronage 10 the hungry aspirants for office Aand was Il only this we havo struggled for l-for tsis oaEy have we obtained
 The great victory of io4S has been rendered im- potent, for ferrsting the abuses of all the Preceding administrations, because the power has been given to the other party tG suppress al inves tigatioB, s whitewash the darkest transactions of the uest corrupt public officer and they must have undergone change, indeed, if they do noi avail themselves of the occasion and the power thus conferred by whigs themselves as tAey ciatned 10 be-
 Upon whom this fearful responsibility does rest, not ouiy by the loss of this district (which of itself might have turned the scals,l but by their unInis- ly Perhdy involving the iess of other districts in ths Stats, if not elsewhere, let few seifsh unscrupu- ious, aspiring men, who would be leaders, (if they could ind totlowsrs,) at the bar of an in- dignant and outraged party They were told they would be marked and doomed marked and doomed they are by ali enlightened wings throughout the land
 So far as am individually concerned (to use the language of one from whom do not often quote, '' pers is h2A gaa and deep dtch' between these gentlemen and myself. have no lavors to ask of them have none to grant. 1 will beat them down politically, or 1 will make political cipher of my sell in the effort l make no secret war 1 will |" carry Il into Africa" in open day--cmhiazoned upon my banner and inscribed upon my shield- {" Var spoa the tsctionisis
 The folly, or the ignorance, or the raisdppreien- s'oH, as the Case may be, tfor there missepre- senation enough to misiead the best, of the dela ded aRd misguided, but perhaps well -Inea ming few who followed them, should be forgiven and sxeused but dsplleRy and fraud must bs prescribed and pan shed they Practced both in order to prostrate the principles and tho party to which they prolessed attachment Their fraudulent handbilis, with 362 signatures and 400 more in the city ready to sign, viii never be forgotten.
 l will war upon that desperate and mischievous faction, wherever il presents itself, with as much energy as ever did against locefocoism. as more insidious, and consequently, more dangerous foe Let it not be supposed that there any feeling of personal resentment Tn this growing out eI my own eelsat, watch they have the satisfaction of having achieved. Not al a 1 dsclaim it. Bad as I re- galded the treatment to me personally, am actua ted by different aud higher notiye-ons tha. cannot fall to be felt by tho entire party. l war against them because they abIursd all connsxion with the ~hig party, when, more than at any other period of our political existence. stood in need of their aid. Now, for the first time. when ws might have had aa Executive and the representatives oi the people united ia a common desire and com mon effort to investigate and expose all the abuses and eorraptlons of the party that have had almost uninterrupted control of the government for the ast tSenty years, from which nothing but unmlxed, lasting, Pertaanent good to tae whig party and the eoaatry would have resulted they nave not only dashed from our lips, but have exultagly proclaim ed through their organ and the public streets, that they preferred to loss this tperhsps only op- Porsuaity rather than the wing party should succeed In their choice ia this district. What right, then, has one of that faction iO ask the whg party here after to place confidence trust. or power in his or their hands Never before did as much mischief, as general ia it's effects, extensive in it's conss- qaencss, result froIa tho madness of ciiqas. And