The Arkansas advocate., 1830-08-18


 ed the frontier in safety, and were eau tiousfy approaching tic ttits enemies camp, saborning and marshaling under their se- .cret banners, the disafection and treach- cry of the country.
 had lcngg been at d loss to dist risl. the precise point at which honest party feelings ceases, and itself into :. subsidized spirit of faction; but the effects of your late outrage has cleared away all doubts in my mind on that subject, as re- gards the parties of Arkansas. You. gen. tlemen, with your Executive authority and your band of" Arnolds'' form one party, and the people of rkansas the other. Hence, 1t has been truly said. that there are but two parties in Arkansas. For my own part, l will not take upon myself tic responsibility ofdeciding whether this band of worthies with an old political sinner at their head, will be an honor, or a nuisance to the country; but have no hesitation in saying, that if the people are iafleaced by these happy ingredients of faction, we may look in Arkansas, for the ss sentiments and abilities of statesmen" in the private walks of life; and amongst our Governors, Secre- tariess Representa lives, SS1t. for the s.con- ceptIons and characters of pedlars.''
 have charged you, gentlemen, with the crime of snborning the traitors te the com munity, and applying yourselves to the low passions of our nature, for the purpose of establishing yourselves and friends. as the predominant party of the eountrp. and as you may choose to deny this charge, or attempt to apologize 1t out of existence; II you VIII hear me for moment, ] will of fer you the proof. The first part of the charge IS so notoriously true, that 1t would be useless waste of time to offer proof on the sIect: and as proof of the latter part of the charge, the whole tenor of your con- duct since you dropt from the elouds'' is abundantiy pregnant with 1t; and without travelling so far back as that extraordina- ry JGafaronGde of nonsense-the dinner documents l will convict you out of the recent publications of your immediate or@ gans, < @JawBoneo and Justice. ''# The hrst of these writers, in his doctrines on the theory of a Mixed Multitude of ideas, has somewhere said, that < the people of Arkansas, care not who get their offices, provided they are filled by persons capa- ble,' 6c. The people of Arkansas are not yet so degraded as to subscribe to an im- Pudent assertion contrary to the honora- bic feelings of freemen, and subversive of those principles of repuhlicanism which keeps our feelings continually awake to a proper sense of our rights and liberties, and lmpeis us to seek honorably, those sta- tlons of office and honor, which ought to be the free gifts of the people, and not the trammelled brl5es of a faction. Here gen. tlemen, you have attempted through your organ, to eradicate from the minds of the people Of Arkansas, those virtuous and sa- cred principles which distinguish the free- man from the slave, and bind the commu- nlty together n preserving their rights, like band of brothers-for the base pur- pose of ingrafting on their minds, the cal lous feelings, and thoughtless apathy of the drudges of despetism.
 1t will require some time gentlemen, to fit the minds of the people of A Ar1ansas, to adopt your new theory of government. am very we'll assured, that they are notpre- pared at present, to receive as a superior, and say, a come thou and reign over us :" every fellow who may think proper to cross the NilsslssIppi into the Territory. No, Gentlemen, you may examine us separate y, and collectively, and you will not find a single soul, so far sunk beneath the dig nlty of freeman, as to subscribe to the fdegrading and damnable doctrine. (Ex- eept indeed the < Arnolds''l
 The same insulting language Is used by the writer Justice,'' Let me make a quotation from him, when he is addressing himself to the low and unguarded passions of our nature. s' The .4Ykansas bo0s are up 10 fPao fhtags and cGR't De cheated soith old Ifeathers." Huzza! ( boys of Arkansas, ,'' ' look to the right and dress' yourselves in the ranks of the ss Benedict Arnolds.'' Your good Governor" says that you have sense enough to know ss new feathers'' from sso old ones.a Is 1t possible! Cover nor Pope that man of your long expert ence Tn the world, and great knowledge oi human nature, could not see the degrading Impropriety of addressing yourself to a community of freemen, in the low cant and r1baldry of keel-boat ypatroon. No sir, you cannot avoid showing US your prefned- itated intentions, of erecting the altars of your party on the vulgar passions of human nature. But hope sir you will be disap- pointed. will indeed be greatly mista- ken in my fellow citizens, if you-your in- strnments of faction, and your Executive authority, can either form, or C feather'' them, in the ranks of your apostates.
 l will now, gentlemen, ( close the con- cern" for the present; and sincerely hope, that through the benign influence of grace, and the edifcation derived from the < love letters" of your numerous friends, you will ere long see the necessity of adopting the creed of the people of Arkansas. or giving up the reins of government.
 PLACIDUs.
 *'' Justice" in this place means Gov. Pope. Itis the only case in my knowledge, in which the terms are synonymous.
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