The Arkansas banner., 1850-07-23
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 he signature sf an iadssiasai who styles himself siee. fssl eosstFained ts sseress the privilege sf drawing my pea through your columns. la defence oE the psraoas unjossy. aageasrsasly aaa tnaig- naasiy assaiIsa hy s Feliew Citzen''
 The communication ssddsssssd to D. " Carroll, esq aad is Istsnde4 to purpert upon is face. de- sire on the part of tho writer to sxtrieats Mr. C. from sAsss position. assigned him by letter of Bi .Aop Byras. and ts aver, serious injury 10 Mr. C's elecsoa to the 4sss Of Rsrsseasslives sf the aext General Assembly. Bat at single xlsnee, |, is easy to discover that the object aud real iaten ton of the author. is to gra,fy morbid and kea- dish hatred by pouring Outth black ani long- Peat- up bile of his poisoned heart agalnst the Catholic Rishop. as well tO Victmias D. W. Carroll to the bliad prejudice ef the aninformed. simply because Mr C. Is Catholic, sud ehoses to worship Ged aeeoraiaa sa the dictates of his own conscience, under the sh privilege gaaraaIed by the DscIara- ton of Rights to every citfzea of this Republic Who ths Fellow -clsizen !" is, we know not. nor do we ease. Neither de we know by what siyh ha styles himself .. Fellow Cii1en,'' sutsly he Is not entitled fellowship ia the spirit of oar insti unions with moral. enlightened, and Christian commani,y. II re judge him by his contracted aud biRoed sentiments, snd the tyrauicai and aoti re. publican spirit displayed in his low. vuigar unpro voked, d4stardy aHd assassinlike attack upon two. among las best and most reproaehless citizens of our commodity. Low. we say, because |, is sassa- tsaasiy; vggsr. bee Its insiauatons are dark and upfou aded as they are mean aud anhecoming christian: aaprovoked, bec40ss Bishop Byrne's slaeu,en nj through the Banner.'' was made to con tr4dict false rutaor. in justice 10 Mir. Carroll and himself. and not concerning Fellow Citizea or any body else; dastsrdiy and assassn-like hecaass ! it stabbed in the dark, under assumed name in order that when its false and piiifai iasiaG ':.os- should hc hurled back uPoa the author, he might shrink away in his cloak of eOwardice. and hide himself from the hissings aud scorn of prescribed saaderer's doom
 1 After eoacediag to MT. C. in q spirit of mock generosity in the begianing of his article the stitu.ioaai right. commau to every American citi- to place himself bcfoee The people for their sui frag-s the takes takes ap the stl,esnent made { by Bishop Byrns through the Banner. iaIiciriag. emphasizing. aad torariag i, to the uimos; of his ! naIiy asnt Ingenuity. and makes the enquiry who ] an,srew Byras. Bishop of Little Rock. is'' We presume ihA, every liberal and high-toaed indvid- ! ual. no, oaIy knows who Andrew Byrne. Bsh- on of Litile Rock is" but respects and appreciates him as talented and learned though reserved and anobirusiTe Divine Of the Catholic Church. If the
 aterrogator is really ignorant and wtAssss is [" who Aads-w ByrBe. Bishop of Little Rock is.' we can inform him iu few words; he is pious chris ian and an educatei. and we5red gentleman, as seonlradstiaguis,ed from the creature that e!oaks itselfin the g4rS of F-ow-Cjfizsa If' Fellow Cilizsn insists knowing wsat the ds9ysr pre- fixed to the nams rneaas, shutder at the moral obliqaty uf his heart ll is the cross, the sacred symbol of sslva,oH a as sH sss.5!ei; sf the faith aud hope of the christian. in the merits Of Him whn osf.rea msesf as sacrifice to redeem man rom sin. and no, daggsT. IT '' Fellow Cilzeu :" sees daqgsr. it Is metaphorical one, coInmoa to the thoughts anJ dreams ot the murderer, and which fstsiiiks ssii Efti tstso%e % tsSd. ss S'- - -'' ''4
 The forced implications and tortured eops,rue- tons ,ieh Fellow Citizsa" gives Bishop Byrue $ letter a'r ie every reasonable mind not ealy un- wsrrsniei by its letter aud spirit, bu, they are as graIuiteus annatural aud malicious as they are void of d<cs uey ant truth. We de aay being en dowed N ith particle of common honesty. to read Bishop Byrn-s letter, and Lot be impressed iustnc- lively aud in Siiively. that il Is a plain, simple uaequiyocal statement mode in good ftilh 10 vindi cats himself and MT Carroll from false chargs.- But Fellow Citizen " iortures it into s confession against the Bishop; into -vd-nce tha; he s med- ding in the strife of re political arena inio an irn- ,Rff.~ :. 42.
 Byras the graad schooner in some dark sinister aud ua!eyeloPst political pu poses Reading the fair and unvarBished statement of tie Bishop and thea gsaneiug Ht the twisted and couterted construction which Fellow Ci,iz.n " has gwen at statement, hoassi reader weud inpuisseiy conclude that ' w-Citizzn is th- dark schen-r ia sinister purposes. or lhe edacaied and saayisl tool to th+ machinations of erI spirit Fellow Citfzen r not ouy violates the plain letter and manifest iuien lion of tat statement. bu, goes further, he comes out boldly aud aubIashiagIy, with the fact staring him in the face, and n the spirit of an arbitrary bnlyism." a>ssrls that the ramor which called { out Bishop Bysne. Was imaginary and had any real existence. Whether 'FelIo~ iiixe n ever heard ths ramor or aot We not prepared 10 say, if he dj not hs ignorance of the fact Is no excuse for tae negative assertion of falsehood. There are nunbrr ofr-spec;abls gea,lemen who heard the ru@or Iea9iag from tongue to tongue a the streets of Liitls Rocxs and, hal '' Fsiio Citizen been so disposed. H he did no, know the fact coad have easily informed himself as to it's existence, but ihe truth would not answer his purpose.
 q Fellow -Ci,izsn makes grsa, to do abou, the arrogance and priestiy priie" Of Bishop Byrne. aud instance of it, cites the fact of the Bish- ops application to ihs last L gislaisre for charter to establish lnssiissios of lesrsisg aud edacaio
 We confess that unable to discover an ythiaR ef srtogshts and prisstIy pride . in ths On the eon.rsry. ws b-heid the sVldsscs of liberal spirit, aud iaadasss aHbiiioa io promote the honor Of Stats. The welfare of ctLsps. the education aud comfort of he orphan asd ths caltivation aud