The Arkansas banner., 1849-02-06
our Repr..e-,asIve I'd rourre.s.

OnF Representative in Congress.
 IL gives us plsasurs. at ull times, to bestOw ap- pause upon thess to whom the interests of our State have been committed. and especially 60 when jus tlcs and genersaS cesrtssies sxtsndOd to demand t al our hands.
 The talent abilities, and untiTing industry which eo Johnson exercises in she of the eoHstitn- eney whO have placed him ID this distinguished position, we believe has been Quesiionod and in close and constant examination Of she proceed ings ef Congress we are prOad 10 observe that, on all occasions be has sustained the character Of his State win mSRliness and hrmness. We know his devotion to the people of Arksnsas, and ws..haye seen how punctiiioasiy he demands tho respect due them. When question, in any wise involving the interests of our eitizens is before the House, Johnson, with his ready tset- quick, discerning judgment and overwhelming argument, Is always there to protect and deisnd them.
 On recent occasion. when the reputation of Arkansas was tDpugDed, he was found. as usual, ready to do bath ia her behalf. and effectively did he rcpel the assault. As an evidence that arc not wrong ia tiis, we append the following, from the WSshingtoi correspondent of the Louisiana CousisH:
 "The SmiihsSnian Institute fund bids fair to bo quite fruiifa a theme of controversy this winter as heretofore, Already has it given rise to fierce debate in the ibusc. Yesterday and to-day, there was no little SIArring it between Johnson of Tennessee. IIianrd, Morse of Louisiana, and others Johnson, of Arkansas. who proves to be accom- p!ished deba,or and a rare wzg. wthal put in his <. course of theeriminaiions and rectiminaiions. The whigs argued that,it was the duty of the govern ment to make good the short comings of Johnscn's State, which having borrowed the fund had never paid 1t back. Nay, or less democrats took the same sensible view of the government the trustee of the fund Arkansas was of course weefaliy berated for her failure 10 pay up, which Johnson attributed altogether to the fact that she had been bitten once on time with rSgular whig mania for banking. He renewed the proposition with which poor eli his predecessor, wont 10 try to stop the mouths of those who complained of the States failure tO meet this obligation, viz: that whenever the United States would come to fair settlement OH account of Arkansas. the share of the land distribution fund which Arkansas should have re- ceised. she would gladly pay up his borrowed money.
 "Yes,erday referred to aprsposition introduced ty Andrew Johnson to give 'an inalienabie home stead to the poor man. in which that gentleman 'ndeayored to out poor man phianthropist Greeley and out preach parSon Embree, both of whom had csayed to steal his peculiar thunder. Do not un- drstand me as being opposed to the principle of dong all that should be done to throw open the puDic domain 10 actual settlers, from what then said. Now, as ever, am firm friend Of the gradna- tionsystem. Ifit had been introduced ten years since Arksnsas would have paid up every dollar of thb deb for the lands would have been settled and taEd by the Ssate Of course, with other property, by way of getting the whs rewithal 10 pay this just de6. The manner in which the government has hei np its lands within the State has kept from it thevery bes; description of population, cripping it's energies and depriying il Of people ant property 10 be taxed This money never will be refunded, tax. it. until the public lands in Arkansas are sold for what they will bring and duly set,ied.''
 Ia connection with our remarks upon the efficien- cy of our Representative, arv7gsd 10 say that, through his e1ertiOns, has boen obtained {we find i in iba M4shiugsoa Globe of the 24th January) AN APPROPRIATION OF TWENTY THOU SAND DoLLARS. FOR A MARINE HosPI- TAIL AT NAPOLEON. We are not mistaken in awarding 10 Johnson the credit of obtaining this handsome appropriation IL is well known thst he has been deeply engsge-a fsrretiug out ,he causes for the delay in commencing the work so long de- teEmined upon by Congress. and in hayug tue title investigated, This matter we have before published; bat q fb L.. l. q upon, appears from the remarks in Congress of Mr. Vinton, chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, who attributes 10 ths exer,ions of the metber from Arkansas ihe passage of that item in the bill.
 ' We eoneiGle with the hope that, should Col J. determine not sgain to represent Us, some one may be found equally competent and faithfully devoted 10 Arkansas and her interests.