The Arkansas banner., 1849-12-11
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week siaee. the natioaal councils assembled and received at the usual hour the message of the Psssideat Although seIear de@oersIie majority s eooesdsd. is the lower Hoase. yet % nearly haI- sncei the two parties, Ihai few votes wt turn the scale. h r-g~fd to gay measure hOWsyer oi sic. party character the whigs wiiI bs Poweress o do harm. Should they by eOalitiOa, naaagensst, sy the agitation Of fae frss-sOa question. os asy Oshrr device. divide the democracy upon any well established principle. the Senate wsiI bs thsrs wih its stately majority ready to correct Or snsai the wild schemes or unwbolesone legislation of the co- Osdiaate branch. No attempt 10 establish paper moosy scheme, or to abFo-ate the saStrsasury will ia our opinion have tss eaaIest csaac. ef Seecm- ing las. Equally ictils will be the trial Iog q partial change n the :aid, proposition already, il would seem settled upon test question by the Whigs. The aterasioa Of the Tarif in the smallest degree. ws hope, wiil moi be eounteRaseed. As R would Osiy serve for an excuse to whig dsmAsogues 10 6ieh from the democracy all shs credit of the TarifOf .sAS. which has opened a career % splsn- did to Amer :su eonEeres, and psovea 90 success fuI la aI its operations upon the country prosper fly. If inc Shigs ay hsld Of anything by which to give credit to whg principles Tor the rapid ai vaneemsas Of the country, they will eagerly avail themselves of such political advantage however, unfoaaded the claim. We sope then that ths dem- ocTsts in congress vii not permit their party to be robbed of its jewels es have them narrsd in any respect.
 The "obsOlsto idca, " of . national Bank will hard y bs revived. s!thoaga an effort will no dorh, h. made 10 ''wring ia sems eunaingly devised plaa which viii scarcely receive consideration Ths sub lect Erst and most exciting at Washington is In all probability. that fappoiasmens. No portion of the eosssry s satisfied aad It will b< for the domnas, party to snqars whether all the democrats whs have been removed from office, w.rs incompetent or dishonest, or in plain words, were fools or rogues," as ,he Prssids nt indirectly has made it n the language of his inaugural. I. will Ae peeu. liarly the duty of the Senate to place this thing right before the people, ss it remains for that body to endorse the course of Gsa. rATLoa- And we hope the subject viii be treated with stern and unaiueh ing justice, aad that the of5csholder who has been crushed fer opinion sake alone, will bs mads ts stand ou; pure amid eabai reekIny with .hs most disgraceful and unprineiplei violation of common honesty. The portioa of the Presidents mess.s. in which referaaee may be made to his broken pro- mises, will 6e looked to with deep interest Iadsed the whole paper viii Dc sought for with more than ordnsEy curiosity, coming it does from s.ales- maa ofs mushroom growth. who never gave vote. who never filled an Offics and who in bis civic ea- reer is eh.eay distinguished for hls prescription of honest men, his love of money his foolish letters, and his speech at Baltimore All wil bs anxious 10 see how much of the document may bs stsribu- ted to MT. CLAYTON, how much to Col. Busa and how istls to Gen. TAILOR
 We regret that the failure of the mail on Sundsv prevents Us from gratifying tho curiosity of oar readers by a perusal Of it.