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 MR EDITOR: It is not my purpose in this number to give the history of our Banking institutions Ill Arkansas; l shall reserve that for future occasion, and before I am done. l will prove, beyond the possibility of a doubt, that 1t is the intention of the Banks to force the State to REPUTATION or DIREc T TAXATION, to pay the interest due upon the State Bonds, and finally the Bonds them- selves. This prediction desire to be borne III mlnd by every citizen in the State shall attempt to demonstrate as conciSely as pos slble, that the Banks are making bold stands to govern the destlnes of this State, and to do so, l shall only give plain unvarnished statement of facts, and leave the people to judge for themselves. IL is well known here. that the Ctay Cfnb of this place was organ lzed by few would be leaders of the whiq party. The Cashier of the Bank is its Pre- sident, the Attorney its principal manager and orator They called a county meeting to nominate county olliccrs-at that meeting, the attorney of the bank, Mr. Pike, presd- ed, he appointed the committe of course, who brought in the nominees for the county, and who do you suppose they are Thos: W. Newton, Cashier, for the State Senate, c. r. Bertrand, F. W. Trapnall, and A. Fowler, tor the House of Representatives, the two former having been Directors in the Slate bank, and one its attorney. (Col. Fowler the only exception from bank innuence) I ask, was it the whig party that made that se- iecuons leave that question to be answered by the whigs themselves. How did the mat ter stand al the last election, when the bank