Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-09-09
rhe puh,lc Prlasine.


 printing of the acts and jauruals, as well as al other public printing for the next ensuing two years. was let out to the lowest Lidder. Our bid was lower than any other; accordingly the work has been donc at the Banner office.
 It has been done at . less price than has ever before been paid fos the same work, and we chal-t lenge any enc to point out wherein Il does not surpass in execution and quality of the materials, any public printing heretofore done ia this State
 In the account presented for pnn,iag il'e acts there was an error. The error consisted in eharg
 ing double the quantity of the rule and figure work in the Auditors and TressuIer's tables. The ac- count was made out from the bills of tue journey men, and the amount of raie and figure work had been double! by them. In making out the ac- count this was overlooked. Mr. Whiteley the publisher of the Banner, IS not practical printer ard was ignorant of this custom of printers to double the anouat Of theit work of this kind in stead of doubling the pr,ce
 When the account was presented to the Secre- tary of State it was subjected by him to the scru tiny of two R0of praefeal printers, who certified io it's correctness, and upoa their certificate the ae count was certified 10 :he Auditor and paid by him. This account was in the Auditors office for sever a! weeks and no mention whatever made of any error, until. in the absence of Mir. Whiteley and before he had been appraised of the existence Of any mistake. it was made a matter of extensive public common. by MesSrs Wm. E. Woodruff c. c. Danley and George Wsilr Clarke, just upon the eve of the congressional election.
 This was done to gratlfy private malice and to affect, if possible. the acknowledged influence Of the Banner in the approaching election.
 Although claiming to be democrats and each receiving livelihood from the hands of the demo- cracy of the state, ,both Danley and Woodruff were particularly unfriendly to the election of EoI. H. ". Johnson, .he nominee of the state democratic convention. Thy did not rOts Jor the den;oerdtte easadiaate, although Daney. as member of the convention, was pledged to support him, and they left no means untitled by which they could hope to reduce his majority.
 That the Banner warmly advocated his election as the chosen standard bearer of he democratic party sufficient to incite the bitter animosity of these secret enemies of democracy to the high est pitch against us-
 Instead of any desire to save the public funds. which Daniey So unblushingly arrogates 10 him self it was this uncpmpromsing hostility to the friends and supporters of the democratic nominee. which n this instance, awakened ;he peculiar vigilance of :he Auditor oI public accounts and his sagely-expert, and self cons tated assistant.
 We say peculiar vigilance, because we can ca silly point to instances where ihe Auditors public economy, not having been sharpened by private hostility. has failed to protect the interest of the state from mach more glaring errors. One of these, the case of Hon. Thanias N. Byers. has become matter of notorieiy. Mir. Byers was elected to fiji a vacancy afier he meeting of the General Assem biy, and took his seat on the 10th December.- Byers. although whig cosedsor Daaieg fcs Att- dior, and he was paid by the Auditor for the whole tune of the session. although elected and sworn in as a member more than one month after its commeneeme nj.
 In this instance the Auditor was warned that he was paying an erroneous account. but as Mir. By CTS voted for him he persisted iu making the pay ment. This is only one of the instances that can be referred to where erroneous payments of this kind have been made by this very economical O officer. He may seek to shield himself in this case behind the certificate Of tie presiding officer of ihe senate, bat the public printing was also certified by lhe Secretary of State, whose ccftiG- cate IS made by an express law, ia sufiicien, voucher for the Auditor" and if he has the right to go behind tbe certificate in one case it was his duty also to have made the correction in the other
 We have no faalt to find with the course Of Danley we are completely indifferent to his petty malice against us By hIs opposition to the dem ocratic nominee he has eifectnaliy cut himself off from the democratic party, and nons will SefouSly regret his loss. Il seems to us, however, that in thiS instance any well meaning man would have infonned Mir. Whiteley of the error in his account and demanded rest,at,on, instead Of paraGug il to tbe public as a delaication during h.S absence particularly wben, as Daney himself states, there was ut that very Iirae much more than the amount of the error owing 10 the pubic printer by the State. By acting otherwise Danley outraged oiL- ga:1oas into which he haa solemniy entered.
 Upon the return oi lhe public printer, as soon he was informed of the existence of an error in his account, he submitted It b committee of entirely disintereStcd and competent printers. It was afterwards submitted by the Secretary of State to a committee of printers who could in way be suspected ol psTiia ily although none Of these mtiees agreed in II result Of their nyeSugatons the report af the last committee adopted and ihe amount of ite error by inc request of Mr. Whteiy deducted from tha, still due 10 him from the State.
 After all these investigations the Auditor for iLe purpose q making political capital refuses to pay Iae balance due.
 The object ef thss unusual proceeding on the part of Daney and hS eoadiuIofs is evidently to hartass, fthey can, all who would not joiI them in their nearces schemes for the dsorgsai+asis q tae dsaaoerahe Party. He was aided fl noi prompted in thIs course by the prince of disoggaiizer. Vim. E. Woodruff, and an arrant traitor and disappointed candidate, the Weller of the party.
 The seurrtioas personalities of that miserable abortion of humauiiy. Clarke, arc uaworhy oi