Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-11-25
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aonmser morIan6ss speech ns the fnseEnal
 Hmprovement naestlme.
 A notice Of this gentleman,s nsH iheoEr in po- liticai economy. in the last Banner. has cailea fottA from Woodruff an ariciae, as usual. sbu- sive towards us. since the establishnnsnt of tke Banner every effort has been mades by offensive changes. to provoke recEimimation fTsan us. bat this system of political warfare we have deter mined to avoid, and until this number, in which we gre charged with having misrepFcsented BoF- lands speech. wc have made no reply. As iRdie- nant as we felt at the ridiculous but annoying a- lusions that were continued through the columns of the Gazette and Democrat. Woodruff felt thai it was bad capsssffom which to make capital and ceased for fortnight but, in his last paper' gives vent. in d pretended defence of Borland, to hhis usual tone of Of>situperalion. The public will
 rituem that for the harmony of the dem ocrasic party he suggestion of friends, we hsve abstained for months from any reply to the aitseks of Woodruff But as we do not feel dis posed to continue foEbearance when 1t ceases to be virtue. lei the responsibility fall upon him for whatever results may ensue.
 We repeat what we said in the brief notice Of last week in relation to Major Borland's speech, and more. He did say that 8 railroad could not be of the slightest advantage to this county, that only where country is densely settled could 1t be useful, and repudiated the idea that railroad through a coKn,ry not thickly settled, could be valuable. fro prove his position he adduced the fact that within his knowledge tsoe railroads had failed to pay expenses. This was not very forc- ble when he acknowled that since the building of the roads that other companies had assumed the control, and the roads were now profitable, chiefly because they afforded an easy avenue to market through lands hitherto unavailable, but W hich now on account of the facilities of transportation by the road, have become thickly peopled. He finally expressed decided opinion that fl the general government were to build railroad through any portion of Arkansas without cost to the State that she could not support the expenses of the road Now, admitting that this was really Borlands opinion, and not an absurdty that he wished to palm upon the people, it must be confessed that he violated every sense of courtesy and proprety toward the Convention. This assenblage had been called for the purpose of continuing the de- Alterations of former one. and the object was fair 1 ly stated-great unanmity prevailed and such was the enthusiasm, that very large amounts of money were subscribed for q railroad on the spur of the moment; when Senator Borland stepped entirely out of his way to show men who had ten times his practical knowledge of such things, that they had made great judies of themselves-If he dissented from the object of the convention, why not keep himself away, and not come openly forward and discourage such an effort to commence a work of internal improvement It was easy to perceive that the speech and the policy were regarded with coldness and disaste by the convention.
 Of another doctrine which he set forth in his speech, and which surprised every one by its ori- ginslity, we beg leave to say one word. Senator Borland did say that the highest evidence of the prosperity of State was in her imports, not hel srports; and, although Woodruff may deny that he gave utterance to these words, there are many gentlemen who will, when called upon, vouch fol this fact. The argument was so absurd and op- posed to every established principle of logic, that every one was struck with astoniShment, and hence the frequent remarks since made in regard to it, and the distinct recollections of the terms used The sopAism with which he attempted to prove his position, were himsy in the extreme, and the very idea was laughed at in the streets, that the importation of bacon, four, corn, and many o' the necessares of life, evinces greater degree o prosperity in our State than if we had a surplus of such produce to export.