The Arkansas advocate., 1830-09-15
DIoDoRUs sICULUs.

OlGDORUS SiCUiUSs
 To Hts Er 'cg. the Governor of .4rkaasas
 SIR-it was in vain for you to prostrate Woodruff before a sympa thizing public, and encourage Jaw Boncn to write lnvee- tlves againr Crittenden, or to load the Press with your own egotism and sophis- try,sfor the purpose of shielding your agent Fulton. from tine merited contempt of an ineensed community. When the public mlnd has been agitated for length of time by the expiring struggles of faction, and Its energies have become paralysed with the endless repetition of argument, it IS Tn that state ofpnblie feeling that the down hlli party seem to let 20 every other hope, and iasten themselves with a dying ayidity on the sympathies of those persons they have injured and defrauded. But when the public mind has settled down in a well formed opinion, the appeal is indeed vain ore. The sterner dictates of prudence viii then afford a proper restraint, to the sometimes erring sympathies of our nature.
 Will you be good enough, Governor, to tell the public what the private malignity of "Jaw-Bonoo against bIr. Crittenden, has to do with the subject in question. If
 jdW-Doae was to convict Mir. Critten- den of violating all the commands of the decalogue, would 1t throw moro light on the subject now before the public? Or would the conviction of Critteuden, clear you and your party of the guilt brought upon you by Fulton's mal-administrat No, no, Governor, VIC all understand you perfeetly-you arc acting from a principle perfectly instinetive in all animals-cuT off the head and the tai must die as a matter of course. but here you are mistaken again. Governor. The animal you are dealing with is of new species, all head and no tail. There arc more persons in ArkaHsas, Governor, than "s Ex-Secreta- ries,o and St Ex-Judges,o and astonishing as It may appear to you, some of them who have never sought or held an office, pre- tend to understand their own rights
 " as it not ungenerous in you, Governor, to accuse the people of your government with an attempt to rob you of your char acter,k thing you never brought to the country with you; but which you had lost between !" the grog shop and the Palaceo III old Kentuck.o It was certainly a pleasant introduction to farce, to hear Woodruff s cries about his stolen eharac- ter, when il is well known to the people of Little Rock, that 1t has been slowed in the | ten years. Poor Fulton, deposited himself I'll m empty co1t steeee, shortly after your Excelency's s arrival in the Territory. It may truly be said of him, that he is your ExceIlency 'ss. aigM lapd--man'' Do you not know, Governor, that Woodruff has been in the habit of labelling some of the citizens of the Territory for party purpo- ses, and afterwards ac5nowled gi4ig in his iItfla ho fo # done so? 1t appears strange to me, Gov ernor, that a gentleman " ho has done more than any other in making President for the United States, would be caught in such company.
 You must have had an astonishing idea of your own importance, Governor, when you told US that we belonged to the people of the United States, and that consequent ly, we ought to submit peaceably to the dictates of yourself and Fulton. Here sir, you touched the rights of the people of Ar kansas in a tender place. and they have unfortunately C caught you naping" on the wrong side of the question. ou will scarcely succeed in impressing on OUT minds, that the principles upon which our rights and privileges are founded, are as variable and vague as the stipulations ofan Indian treaty, or the bylaws of q Borough corporation. The definition of our rights in the statutes of Congress, are not so ob- scureiy drawn as to admit of evasion, or mistaken construction and no sophistry of yours can spread veil over them, so as to render them imperceptible to the judg- ment ofthe most ordinary capacity. When you tell us that we belong to the United States, in the nature of personal property. and that the General Government, by its officers here, can make and unmake us at pleasure, we do not believe a word of it.. You cannot lay your hand on any one pri- vllege which has been guaranteed to the people, as Fulton has done, without virtu- ally repeating the act in which that privi- lege is specified. Have we not the right of enacting our own municipal regulationss Does not those regulations require years' residence, before g. citizen of one of the states is invested with the elective fran chise! Does not the law of Congress, ai,- thorisipg you to.till vacancies, contemplate more direct method, to avoid the incon- venience growing out of the length of time necessary in converting the people to hold elections And if you treat the will of the people with contempt, should you not at least be bound by the laws of the country. in making those appointments?
 The basis which you have assumed for your presumptive authority, is founded on the ruins ofthe people of Arkansas. The laws of Congress respecting Territory,
 Your political character, Governor; not your character of private gentleman.