The Arkansas advocate., 1830-08-11
ARTsTIDEs.
For the .Ar1ansas .Adpoente.

MR. EDfToR-ln addition to the many writers of the day, permit me to occupy a short space Tn your columns, in reply to the panegyrest of Gov. Pope, Secretary Fulton, and the able lawyer "Tallev- rand. As " Justice" appears to be pre- em1nently devoted to support the political character of Gov. Pope, my present re- marks Will be principally directed to the same object agree with :" Justice'' that the appointment of John Pope, of K en- lucky, as the Governor of Arkansas, was neither sought, nor expected by him. He had a higher station in view-and great was hls modification when he discovered that President Jackson. held not his talents Tn as high Veneration, as he himself did, Disappointed Tn not obtaining a foreign mlsslon, he at first determined to reject the appointment, but with the assistance of h1s friends, he consoled himself with the calculation that as Arkansas would soon l emerge from her Territorial Government. and assume her station among the states of the Union, he would from her procure a seat Tn the Senate of the United States. an obJect for which he has been vainly trying for many years past III Kentucky--as soon as he and his friends had arrived at this happy conclusion, he accepted the appoint- ment. Believing that his great fame as political leader, and as table orator
 would make the people of Arkansas shrink
 into nothingness before him, he determine ed to let them knew how low they stood
 III iiis estimation, by styling himself the
 Ouerseer, the Territory Plantation. and
 the inhabitants, the hands or slaues. Such
 eplthefs, from almost any other person,
 would have been universally received as IJocuiar, but man of his oycrteemiBg yaf1i- 1 ty could only mean by their adoption. to declare that he considered himself as far
 above the citizens of Arkansas. as is an Oyerseer above the slaves placed under his whip. repeat that It was with the uiti-
 mate view of reaching the Senate of the
 United States, that John Pope accented the appointment of Governor of rikansas. and not from s'good feelings and respect for Gen. Jackson" Did the letter which he wrote to the Secretary Of War, express ing his chagrin at having his talents SO deeply underrated by the President. and hls modification at being appointed Gov ernor of Territory, manifest respect and good feeling?" trow not. One pro- mlnent trait in the course of Gov. Pope. is too evident to have escaped the obserya- tion Of any one--popularity. It is certain l iy the duty of all men in office, or out of office, to render themselves popular-but II appears to me to be derogating from the lhigh station of Governor, to be seeking Epopnlarity from the stave population of the Ecountry. have been acquainted with Islayes in different parts of the United Estates, and must. confess that I have not been able to discover that superior "eleva- tion of character" in the slaves of Arkan- sas, which so forcibly struck the mind of the Governor, during a short residence of la few weeks. Almost immediately after
 the Governors arrival in October llst, he
 manifested a strong desire to repair to the city of Washington, at the public expense. Whenever he found two or three of the le- lgislative body together, he boasted of the lgreat things he could effect for the terri- Itory, if he were at Washington--he talked
 as if his influence with the President. the heads of department, and the members of Congress, would ensure any measure he should propose, and modestiy avowed his willingness to repair. to Congress. if the Legislature scouid request hia so to do. Af. l ter thus mannuvreing iiil near the close of the session, he succeeded in getting a re- solution drawnn requesting him to repair to Washington. to aid Col. Sevier in attend ing to the welfare ot Arkansas. This ra.