The Arkansas advocate., 1830-09-29

l at this time, te. make farther comment up- q. Ii s a s,,, 1 before said, forbid 1t.
 From the whole tenor of the last publi- cation of < Henry" 1t appears to be his design, to fasten upon Mr. Crittenden the authorship of 7iristides; tis appears 10 be Tn perfect concert with other publications iemanating from the same source--blt if it wlH be any satisfaction to | Henry," l can assure him, Mir. C. has never written one line connected with Aristides, nor do be- ltePe he has ever written any one article winch has appeared in the Advocate, under any other signature than his own proper l name For myself, l hold no office in this territory, nor have l ever held one, but l to not hesitate to say to . Henry" if il 1oHid not be deemed presunptious n mo, ~ouid not be averse to accept any office that might be capable eff filing, if con- iefred by the free peopfe ef fhe Territory. II has been asserted, that ambition has in- duced the would-be great men of the Ter fitory to advocate our merging from state of Territorial dependence. If this Is ambition fl fnnst be laadahle; if shows eoIieitisiyeiy, that if those men expect to 1 hela office, these offices are to tbe derived rom the only source having legitimate | foNSA Lo NctItJ tHEi4i--IREs IEOPLE---fl shows that they wish their merits to be submitted to the judgment of the soyereigns Of the land-to obtain office through their consent, and hold it by the tenure of their will Do these facts sound like the over bearing ambition imputed to themi Do they appear by this mode of reasoning, which cannot be perverted. to be the proud aristocrats represented by ssHenryi'' l should say moi; ] should say tilat trip to Washington, to place ourselves in office by misrepresenting our friends, developed more fuliy, the principles of men on these subjects.
 Whether or not I have done myself any credit at home or abroad. I shall not pre- tend to say. If was writing exclusively for popularity. would blazan my name to Iihe world, and rise or fall n the event; but my otJect IS for tue good of the people, and to contribute my share as far as am able, to secure thelr permanent happiness. If can do this, shall rest perfectly satisfied with the obscurity that now casts its shade over my name. have never dealt in per- 1 sonalitles, nor IS 1t my object to do SC; ] said in my first number, that l conceived It to be right, and duty which every freeman owed to himself and to his coun- try, to scan the public acts of public men, and If nave exposed some of them naked l fy to the world, and shown their hidden de- tormlties, 1t Is right which I have exer- elsed as a freeman a right which ] felt bound as a republican to exercise and a ] right aiidd d duty which i shall feariessiy exercise whenever my conscience shall l tell me It IS necessary: this l shall do to the extent of my poor abilities, and al- though there may bewiser heads and abler pens than mine, yet 1 may occasionally drop word which must be heard ! feel no disposition to enter the lists in g per Isonal controversy with any man, but on lmatters of public utility, trust l shall be always found ai my post; and with < Hen- ry as my opponent, l cannot think have lmueh to fear The oyerpowering clo- qaenec Of No. has iiot pit nc down, and No. XIV as ostentatiouslY displayed, will have as little effect.
 he impartial estimate made by C Hen- ry ot the probable expense of a State Go- Yernment, permit me now, not to revise and 1 correct, but to substitute one of my own; and hope shall not be accused any long CT, of withholding from the propie mat ter, which 1t is yitally important shotIld be submitted for their consideration. Altho' may not be quite so accustomed as he Is
 
 tempt to sliew the difference between the amount of circulating medium now receiy- ed from the General Government, and the amount which we will receive from the same source, provided we become State, which seems to bear so heavily npon the Idesponding mind ofss Henry" and which he has presented to the people, as such weight ot argument.
 Salary of the Governor. So eco; do of the Secretary, S1 ,oo0, do. of ] Judges, * 1 .s0n pay of the Legislature, 2,.j00, making bi- ennially, S3,0C0. Admitting all this to be expended in the Territory by those receiv- ing 1t, and we have SIC, 800 of circulating medium from the General Government ina State Government--the General Co., vernment would still pay, for a Federal Judge, l,oou; the amount that two addi- fional Members of Congress might be ena- eled to circulate among LIS, S3,00c. This Ideduct from the sum now paid by the Gen. erai Goyernment, and we must sustain clear loss of .fre Thousand, eight hundred tdottu7.s of circulating medium, which must lpreyent our enjoying the blessings of State Government. What do you call this but the miserly calculations of one sTho weighs dollars and cents against indepen- dence?1 Admit for moment this to be a serious objection, and that the country for time would labor under inconvenien- ces arising from 1t; would not the rapid in- crease of our popuiation soon relieve us 1 from every embarrassment! But these e. ggils are imaginary; already is cur public debt rapidly decreasing and even unde CT ex- istIne circumstances, VIC shall soon be able to have an amount of unappropriated mo- Eney in our treasury.
 | 1 wilt now give you the expenses of State Government, over what we now pay for the support ofthe Territory; and these