The Arkansas advocate., 1830-07-14

managed so long 10 caiole the people-that have succeeded hy intrigue aud chicanery, ] to rivet the chains of slavery on their al most unresisting hands; and while they ] have lashed them. have taught them almost. ] to worship their tyrants. This is the par ty, headed hy few leading demagogues, which denounced as faction. To th,s party, 1 asserted that Judge Fulton be- longed--wIth tkis party l said his views were identified, and do not make these assertions without proof the most incontes- tibie. In private letter, addressed by one of the leading men of that faction. to a gentleman in Phillips counsy-the writer says--s The Governor and Secretary are both on our side of the question, and zeal GUS ii the oadse.' ! said that ti,e actions of the Secretary were swayed by that par fy. Do you want proof of this1 In the same letter, the writer adds" The Sec retary will probably receive the returns from Walnut Township, y tiey sisoaid De necessary in the election for Delegate" These facts which are more substantial tban bare assertions, | defy any of that par ty to deny.
 1t is asserted that the Executive has been shorn of s' ali his patronage, except the flillng ofvacancies,e and lamented that so httie IS left to him. It appears, that by way of revenge for this dilapidation of his powers, he IS determined te set at defiance the wishes of the sovereign people, and to act according to his own arbitrary will-- to disregard the voice of the many, and re- cognlse no principle, but his own merci- less preregatiye. It would further seem
 by the train of reasoning of this writer, that the Secretary affects to treat with contempt, our efforts to bring him to sense Of his duty. 'Tis a singular contempt ! that has strained every nerve, to make hut poor refutation of our accusations--his very arguments recoil upon himself, and plainly throw open his dark designs. He endeayors by introducing new topics of discussion, to divert the channel of public sentiment; but II IS vain endcayor--the odium which has attached to the Execu- tive of Arkansas, cannot be easily shaken
 ofts The plan of" .Eaw-Bone'' is well laid
 though poorly executed-and whether it is
 the combined wisdom Of trio, or whether he has accidentally stumbled upon 1t him. self--I say wesee through 1t, and 1t can not succeed.
 1 At the conclusion of the first number of !" -Bone," he offers up d feryent peti- 1 fion for the peace and prosperity of Arkan- sas, and desires nothing so much as her harmony; while in the last, he throws a ] hre-hrand, calculated to spread the most complete discord among us--which is fully i competent to arouse all our dormant fac 1 uitles, and cause fearful excitement. e. l ven worse than that which he pretends to 1 deprecate. Wby take retrospective view 1 of is2l! Why refer to the premature death
 of the lamented Conway! Why Iacerate 1 the feelings of the living by q recurrence ! tosscenes which should be buried in obliv-
 ion--scenes at which the finer feelings of of our nature would shrink back with hor-
 rors Is this for the purpose of diyerting
 the overPowering tide of public opinion
 winch IS rushing with unourbed violence l upon the present party in power! Is it for the purpose Of turning the walk ened indic-
 nation of an incensed people against those who are struggling to free them from the 1 yoke of oppression! but these base imaehi- nations shall be foiIed; the people have learned to discriminate between the snere paSsice actors, and the yelled instigators of l that unfortunate transaction. The scenes l of '27. There should indeed be caution
 used in adverting to them-they should re- cur tothe memory--net as stern truths. but
 as dream, shadow, asomethinr thought l Of, the feyerish phantems of heated i'm 1 aginahon! they should sound upon the ears of that party, lik the q wells of deep 1 damnation!" But why the fate of the la
 mented Conway only spoken of! he fell in
 honorable combat---is there none else to
 be lamented, none else for whom we can shed the sympathising tear! Yes, I could
 here " tale unfold;' but the story has
 been told too often, 1t is in the mouth ol
 every citizen of Arkansas. Does < no Ban. quo's ghest7--no z spirit of the nurd cred Dunean" fit before your siclkly imagina- i tions, and in the stiiiy hours of midnight l cause your '' hair to stand on end!' But
 enough of this sickening subject-I could 1 wish 1t to be referred to no more.
 In adyerting to former times C Jaw. Bone' strongly reprobates the conduct o I the predecessor of the present Secretary Admit for moment that he adheres strict l ly fotfhe truth, (which ! can safely deny. l without the fear of contradiction)-sho
 not the events he speaks of, be salutary
 warning to the present incnmbent-who,
 while he protends to have an example be-
 fore his eyes, of conduct that should be de- 1 precated, hepuTsues with unwavering firm
 ness, the same course, as if knowing the evils that result from such policy, he still
 madly rus1fes on to his own destruction!
 What IS this but perfect disregard and
 contempt for the will of the peoples
 ]" "Jaw-Boneo concludes with an effort to excite our sympathies in favor of Mir. Field. No one has ever censured that gen.
 iieuian for accepting tine appointment. the
 only blame, has been attached to Secreta- " Fulton, for acting contrary to the known wishes of the citizenssof Arkansas. 1 He asks, "who IS Mai. Field!'' have
 cautiously avoided any thing like personal
 abuse, or attacks upon private character
 and therefore charity fcrbids an answer. His extreme poverty we feel for, and would