The Arkansas banner., 1849-07-10
Yerr nluch 10 thc roint.

The washiagtoa Union gives place to the follow ing bold and siraightforward vindieaiion, frem oas of the recently prescribed for cpinicas sake" We think if the old General eyer reads tho Uaion, and has not abandoned all notions of right and justice. a statement so plain aud foreible, conclusion so proper and fairly drawn, must convict him win . sense of shame and unworthiRess. The writer is a young gentleman from OAtO, who held responsible si,aatiOn in the Treasury Department:
 WAsmsoroa, June 1. ISt3
 Sra: On the first day of this month received a letter from your Secretary of the Treasury, notify fnr me of my removal from office Having disiinct- Iy declared in yoar inaugural address with the oath of office fresh upon yoar lips. that yoa should make honesty capacity and fidelity tho requisites for ap- pointnsnt to office and the want of them the sole cause for resvai, and h being repeatedly ssated by your priocpa organ In this city that all ssrssals are made upon that ground, it would bs presumed. in the transactions ef honorable men. that have heen removed for dishonesty, incapacity and un- fsithfunezs h the discharge of my ofcinl dafes. It iS due to myssaf. and to those whe procured my appointment to office, that dispross saeh charges was sppoiuted apoa the recommendation. among others, of Gen. Thomas l.. Hsmer, who fought by your side at Monterey, aaa sacrificed his life in the war which mace you President. It Is dee to his memory that these foul and infamous impulatiens upon my character be repelled.
 Upoa receiving notice of my remoyzl, l addressed tho following letter to your Secretary:
 WASHINGTON, Jane I, ls4a.
 SsR. l have this day receivrd from yea dismissai from office. IrespectfaIly request ef you cePy Of the charges against my "honesty, capacay and fidelity" in tho discharge of my ofiicsf duties. aay exist. Very respectfully, BExy.F. BRowx.
 lion. Wm. N. MSFsdah, Sec'y of the Treasury.
 To this letter have received no reply, for the reason that there arc no such charges. 1 was re- moved for my political opinions alone Were this given as the for my removal, should submit eheerfally. pFoud that considered worthy te be sacrificed for my principles But you have neither the disposition nor the honesty to admit the fact By so doing. you would place yourself before tho world seii-cenvicted Of the violation of your most socsRa p.eges made in the presence Of Goa and the people. You prefer rather to attach the stain sf fl afamy to those whom you displace from office; to prostitute the presidential office into an infamous engine by which you may defams the private char acter and blacken the reputation of your fellow men, after having deprived them of their means of support course of conduct in Chief Magistrate which will find lis parallel in the atroeity Of the bandit who first seizes the purse aud then drives the dagger 10 the heart of his plundered victim. But there is a power in this country more potent than the edct of President or the decrecs of an rrespon sible eahai upon whom he may seek to throw the responsibility and odium of which he dare not peTpetrate n hts own name, hut for which he is himself alone accountable. That power is PUsLIc OPINION, and to that tribunaI the humbest citizen can apFRAi. Your fellow-citizen,
 His ExceIleuey, s BENJAMIN F. BRowS.
 ZACHARY TAYLOR. President of the United States.