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towards his constituents, Is now fully and pub- lcly known. The manly and decided tone of his address, and lhe free, undisguised ex- pression of his sentiments, have scattered to the winds, or branded with falsehoed, the charges of doubIe-deaIing, so industriously circulated against him by the friends of Col Ashley This eaPosa, will grant, was forced from doY. Yell, by the arguments and elo- quence ofyouF correspondent s.R, " since he claims Il, though courtesy should have in daced him to share lhe honor of the achiev- ment with .'An Old Senler,9 whose .talent- ed ellorts2' in this behalf enttle him to some of the credit. Let the matter of this boast ing be assumed as true--lel there be award cd to them the influence of presenting the people with another candidate fo. tao U S. Senate, and what effect has t, but 10 estab- fish this precedent That politicians, how7 ever distinguished in station or intellect, can not disregard the imputations of anonymous writers, or treat with silent disdain charges communicated through the accredited organ oi the Democracy; more especially wh T their admission 10 is columns is . well known guaranty of the responsibility ef the writer. Granting then, this precedent to be establish- cd, by Col Ashley's friends, and his ready echo, the s.Van Buren latelligencor,'' what peculiar virtue protects Hci' favorte, "the tatented Senator" from inc operation of the same rule; What renders him less than Gov. l ell, amenable to il? If they confess him entitled Co no immunity, why will he not answer the charge made, by sJet1erson,n , SO directly and repeatedly against him, .i3at he pledged himself 10 A.s friends of Cor K,7 mol 10 be c candidate for reelection, and particularly against YeH2o Come Colo nel be sincere, for once at least, and let ns have the truth and the ,cboIs truth, in rela- ton to this matter. Among the people, your silence is giving importance 10 the subject; and the zeal of your friends i3 growing cold under il. If the attack is without foundation, your plain denial will afford them relief from burden you now impose upon them, and give you vantage gronndn in the coming contest. If the charge be True, the people should so understand it--and they sbdH

 This isno d0Rbis-faced question, of Bank or anti-Bank, Texas or anti-Texas, where, like thcssuple- e-jaclln vine, of our forest, you can twist about, until the tree is found that offers tte best support. But 1t Is a plain, ay or nay enquiry, which y0U mill not Be per- miAed 10 dodge. c. c. DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN SEWER

 COUNTY.

 At a Democratic meeting held at the court house, i'll the town of Paracifta, in the county of Sevier, in the State of Arkansas, on Mon- day the 27lh day of October, 1915, for the purpose of selecting representatives to repre- sent said county in the Democratic State Convention, to he held in the city of Little Rock, on the 8h day of January next, the following proceedings were had, to wit:

 On motion of pr. Paul R. Booker, George laate was called 10 the Chair, and James Penny appointed Secretary; when the follow ing nominations were made, viz: Paul R Booker, Matthew Coulter, Ira Smoot, James Penny, Jacob krister, James O. Higgins Charles Pettigrew, George Taaffe, Boiling C. Phillips, John Greer, William II. Bizzell John R. McCoun, James S. Dollarhide, Foun- tain G. Stone, and Isaac N. Jackson.

 Whereupon, on motion of Paul R. Booker to select two individuals, out of the above nominations, Paul R. Booker and James Penny, were unanimously selected as repre- sentatiyes to said eonyenlionfrom this county

 The meeting therenpon adopted the fol lowing resolutions:

 Resolped, That we, portion of the De mocraGc citizens of Seyier county, approve ot the course pursued by our esteemed fel low-citizen, Col. Chester Ashley, il the Sen ate of the United States, and that we belev, nine-tenths of the citizens of this county con cur with us in desiring his reelection.

 Resolued, That the Editor of the Arllan sas Banner, be requested to publish tie pro ceedings of this meeting; and that the Chair man and Secretary sign the proceedings C this meeting. GEO. TAAFFE, Chairnlaa l JAMES PENNY, Secretary.