Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-05-05

transferred paragraph from letter written to
to the Washington Union, in which lie writer's
comments were favorable to the merlhants and
others at this place. With the truth q falsiIy of
the opinions or statements Of the write we have
nothing to do at this time.
We we're absent when the article appeared in
the Herald, but upon our return it was placed be-
fore We were greatly surprised that our
neighbor should so far let himself DOWNS to utter
the base insnuatons, and display suci degree
of suspicion so purely unworthy a gentlemen of
the press. Without shadow of evidence, he
suspected, afterwards condemned and thin denoun-
ced, the letter, its author, and all those supposed
to have affinity with it. He openly bnied that
the letter was written at Fort Smith. aid broadly
intimated that it proceeded from rival SOURCE
The public, generally, inferred from tn. article in
the Herald that it pointed at some citizen of Van
Buren, and that whoever that individual might
be, who fell under the suspicion of the sagacious
editor, he received just award for his conduct.
Being satisfied, after inquiry, that citizen of
this place wrote the letter in question. applied
through friend at Washington, to learn if its
author resided here, or had any connection with
this place, with the view of confoundng the edl-
tor of the Herald-of proving to the public that
the baseess fabric" of the editors charge was
his own suspicious.
"Judge ye not" is the holy command. lest ye
be judged yourself. We never would have Judged
the editor of the Herald of being base enough to
perpetrate such an outrage as he complains Of had
he not judged Others and did not believe that
"suspiclon haunts the gully breast" Now we
are liberty to judge him by the scripural rule.
We are fully satisfied, that knowing the ho-
norabe character of the citizens of this place,
testimony to which is borne by every visitor who
| comes among us, the editor would not have sus-
pected, much less condemned and denounced our
citizens, if he had not Judged them by his own mo-
raj standard.
Sufficient time has not elapsed to hear from
Washington city in relation to inquiries, but
letter from intelligent citizen of Batesville
written from Fort Smith, to the editor of the
Eagle" falling under our attention. we have
thought proper to place it before the public. and
call upon the editor of the Herald TO know if he
will suspect that to have been written here, condemn
those he suspects and denounce them as he has
done before. As we have already said, we have
nothing to do with the truth fasiiy of those let
ters. but we place this communication in our CO.
lumns to show to the reasonable and liberal por-
ton of the public, that real. genuine. credible
letters, endorsed by the editors of the papers. in
which they appear, do say as much for Van Bu-
rem and against For, Smith, as the writer in the
Union. The BatesvIle correspondent SAYS that
/" Provisions are in great abundance at Van Bu-
rem, and 10000 persons could be supplied there in
one day. He also says, The Van Buren, Mer-
chants much more accommodating and oblig-
ing than those at Fort Smith. and do more to
accommodate emigrants. and sell cheaper" w hat
more did the correspondent in the Union say 3
Here is citizen of our own State, whose state.
ments endorsed by the editor of the Eagle
saying more for Van Buren, than was ever caimed
by the people themselves. How much truth there is
in the compliment, we say not We leave that, not
TO the Herald. to the citizens Of either place,
but where it belongs. to the emgrants themselves
Before close, we must assert that zoe never
deal in inuendoes, or make charges upon mere
suspicion. Our rule is 10 60 upon facts, and then
to charge openly and boldly, in broad daylight,
and to ones face, and would be happy if our
neighbor could see any merit in that mode of pro.
ceeding and adopt it, also. If the citizens Of Van
Buren have been writing letters, in which repre-
sentutons have been made against the character
and business of Fort Smith, and the editor knows
it, let him expose them they, no doubt, are res
ponsible men, and do not shun an issue of any
kind. He had far better do that than blubber out
his green-eyed suspicious in such an irresponsible
manner. We are authorized to deny that the ci.
tizens of this place have written such letters as
the Herald has intmated were written here and
are further at liberty to pronounce the suspicions
of the editor unjust, his differences untrue and his
comments a mere crouching to influences behind
the thrcne that dare not come out in propria per-
soma, and responsbly endorse their tatherless sian
ders and we defy the Herald TO produce plausible
grounds for its suspicious.
From the BatesvIe Eagle.
Fort Smith, April 1Oth, lS49.
DEAR COLONEL:
We are all here safe and well, (save those we
left in Batesville,) wagons reached here on