Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-09-30
The eDsfsase of norIasd aaa (. c. DaaIsv.


 the ieih inst. In attempting to pslEase the inia- nous part which they acted on that occasion. the mest malicions and nagrans misrepresentation is rssOftcd 10, and m effort Is made to place me in petition utterly false. Pubic opinion made t necessary that Berland should present some rIau- silDlc reason for the outrage and violence he had peEpetrated, but no one supposed he would be weak enough 10 attempt justification npon the ground that l was ." about 10 shoo, a cripple in tue back" and last of all. did any one suppose that for the purpose of screening .hc Senator, Daniey would have yielded himseIfs faeile tool to corrobogate the charge
 BoFand has also obtained the certificate of a person named Pops stating t 10 be eSis iarsssiOn would have shot Danley." but for the timely arrest. The statement of this gentleman is SO completely coutradctoF, in itself that any who reads fl will come to inc conclusion that he either did not see the fight or tLal through sympathy for his friend Borland he preiends to have witnessed things which did not occur. One who will posi- lively assert ss Dr. Pops does. that < 6Otl Danley sad Whitelsy lad their bscks to kim 7 when pre- sented the pistol, is entitled to no credit for any other statement he may make in relation to the affair." -y
 But iu seeking the truth every sensible man will ask naturslly--what reassa had Reardon for " shooting the cripple in the back" If he used his pistol. he could only properly have done so to prevent the daslardly interference of Ben Danley, who with his brother were striking al Whiteiey wi,htheir budgeons, in alternate blows like black smiths on an anvil. Every body must have known that Whiteley had nothing to fear from the cnp- pie and the danger of his being assassinated was only from inc combined crushing power Sf the in- terloPer and the principal. It wss the duty of every good citizen to have protected Whiteiy from this uneSaal combat, and not to have stayed c. C. Danley in bis effort to obtain satisfaction, why then should have shot this man, who was seek ing redress in preference to one who W as commit ting an open outragel The brothers stand alike to me socially and in every other respect.
 But again, fl il were my intention to sloot c. c. Daniey or any one else, why did not do 1t as my pistol, Borland says, was levellcd and pointed at the crpple's back when he observed il. Yet he had time 10 leave his chair where he was engaged in conversation with Dr. Pope and approach me from behind, seize me and wTest the pistol from my hand This is q fabrication too feeble 10 gull the unsuspectng. Why who will pretend to say with pistol cooked and pointed at any man, that if i had intended to shoot him could not have done So before any one could have prevented me? could have shot half dozen times before Bsr- land could have reached me. How ridiculous and nonSensical then IS this charge against me. Even the author of Il knows t to be false. and if there is any shame in hIm he must blush for the injury he has attempted to infict upon me. cannot but believe that Dsuiey notwithstanding his associa- ton has some confused sense of justice left, and has known me too well and too long to think for a moment that could commit so base an act--but as ihe sworn instrument of Borlsnd, he could not avoid ,he penalty, and sharing with his leader the ignominies which attach to him fur the outrageS he has committed.
 It will be seen that have defended myself from this charge only upon the evidence offered by Bor- land himself, while could easily have obtained certificates from ten or twelve gentlemen who were present and observed me closely. that Tnerr at aug lime raised my pistoi but as the matter will andeggo judicial investigation did not deem ii proper 10 accept or obtain such certificates. The
 
 of testimony before the courts.
 The coolness with which the Senator declares that he knew no;hiug of the cowardly blow fr.ssn Bill Dsnley which rendered me lfeless for a time, IS as disgusting il k untrue. Borland had dis armed me and had just risen from the ground not two feet from him when the unseen club fell upon me, anfn e,nne hy Boriaafs iar'taioa. This Dill Danley admits hms, If, and has asserted that Boriands words alone induced him to strike me He first stole up behind, dlsanned and prosirated me. and then induced the bully of the crowd to murder me If possible. He no doubt thought the deed was done, and hurried of to see that White ley was disposed of and 10 cheer on the Danleys' with shouts of kill the d--d rascal kill him,
 As men like Borianl are supposed, in committing violence. to have some motive, we will tell what actuaied him 10 enter into the conflict. Ii was this; In the last congressional election Senator BoFiand imagining his political strength through the State much greater than t really was, con- c!uded that he could give Preston sufficient aid to beat the nominee of the democratic convention thereby not only showing himself giant among the people, but he would have lhe satisfaction of revenglng himself upon gentleman whom he both fears and hates. He immediately pitted himself against Col. Johnson. and threw obstacles and endorsements of every kind ia his way; but 1t was Of no ayail-Johnson was ,riumphanily elect ed. and Borand quilted the canvass cmbii;ered and mortified, sensible that his mushroom popularity. already on the wane. was preciptated beyond re covery by his aposiaey. The Banner had already commenced its strictures upoa his disosganiziag course. and the treason which Il exposed had a manifest effect upon the political prospects Of the Senator. He determined that by some means this mast be Guieied, end the first step towards his black des gn woald be 10 reassye the present edit oTs, from whom nothing bat opposition could be expected. The difficulty between Whitcley and Daniey happened opportuneIy for his purposes and be directly availej himself of II. to concert with the Daaleys scheme to put the editors of the Banner csi Of tke se=E: calculating that if by