The Arkansas advocate., 1830-12-01

aAc opPohehts oi the present admliilS- tration--by those who eratniteesly, and without any substantial object, are for Wantonly increasing the existing excite ment, and for lmpelling the South to yet more dangerous extremes. No one ilas expressed more decidedly than nave hs dlsapprobatlon oi the lnilam- matory conrse pursued hy segesa! oi ttliie SoutnerI lead-rs-i stlll entertain the same sentiments. l am not for relin- cushing any constitutional principle to the soatn, nor tor coneedlng to her any important Interest. 1t Is conclliation, not eoncessIon, for which l contend- conclilation which may be offered with out solitary sacrifice. While the op- position IS constantly holding the lam guage oi tauit, oi Insult, or ol absolute ineAdee-wnlle 1t now threatens the South with still heavier burthens, and aaatA With coercion; 1 am simply for holding tiIe language and the conduct oi conciilatlon. teare not to forget that the citizens oi the South are our bretll- ren--united to us by the more than fra teraal tles oi common struggle for lib erty. We should cherish, al least 50 far as Is consistent with our safety, spirit oI generous indulgence to what we may deem her errors. But has General Jackson ever given the slightest coun- teHaHee to the SoutherH diseohtents? 1t cannot be pfetended that he has: for he assumes the very principles against which the South has been coutending. but while he gives no countenance to those discoitents, bis influence tends powerfully to allay them; and l solemn ly declare that, had but this solitary reason in favor oi such course, should feel myself bound by it to support the existing administration, and to oppose the preteusions of Air. Clay.
 s..tis said, indeed, that this adminis- tfatioh has been more intolerant than aaY which has preceded 1t. 1 doubt the assertion, and distrust the state- ments on which 1t has been grounded. i5o we not all remember when dcnsocrd- ey was essential to the enjoyment of of ice under the General Government? Do we not also remember the time when many, very many, who now join In the cry of intolerance, would have counted It species of political treason even to yote for a federatist? We all re- member these tEElings-tiley are fresh in our recollection--but neither can We forget that many of those who noso and Aere advance against the present Ma tional Administration the charge of in- tolerance, defended the absolute exclu- sloa of their political opponents from every office under the late administra- tor of our State Government; nay they aot only defended this but practised on their doctrine. Away then with this talk about liberality! 1t is no more than interested cant, by which the opposition wish to rise into power, that they may enjoy the precious opportunity of prac- Using upon those doctrines, against which they now preach.
 But has our present Chief Magistrate been in fact so partial in the distribution of offices as is represented by his ene- mics? | do not believe 1t, tellow-citi- zens. There are many of his oppo- nents, within the circle of my ownknow- ledge who have been retained ill office. 1t is stated upon authority which ap- pears unquestionable, that, of 5 otfi- cers attached to the Baltimore Custom House, IT are against the present ad- ministration; and of about 300 officers employed under the Departments at Washington, it is said that only 90 or 40 have been removed. Of course great majority of political opponents, or Of those who were such, must remain in the service of the Departments. These facts are far from evincing that intole- rance which we have been accustomed So loudly to upbraid.
 t have thus fellow-citizens, detailed q few of the reasons which induced me to renounce my opposition to the re- election ofourpresent Chief Magistrate. ] regret the necessity which has led to the discussion, but it has been created entirely by the opposition. They have again thrown among us the brassds of e. sil discord, without any definite object of national beuefi to compensate for this portentous evil. But for this contest, originated and maintained for the az gfdladizsnasnt of i,adiuidaals, at the ex- pense of the public repose and the pub