The Arkansas advocate., 1830-11-17
CENSUS RETURNS.

1 .;,,,,,, ', t, rec white males ,oes. white females, 9ll; male slaves, 2577; ] slaves, 263; total, 25o6.--In this so,,ntv there are 436 legal voters.
 c,,rrrspEs CouNry.--iree white males, mn. white females, 401; Slaves l65; free .orsons of color, 6; total, l272.
 IrsIoN GouNrs.---A,ssE hole popaiatio $40.
 pprAsKI CouNry.-We have not receiv- ogshe entire returns of this County, but ,.e Deputy Marshal informs Us that the .,boIe population wili be about 2300-
 Ia by the peculiar construction of q Territorial Government, we are debarred inc right of participating in the contests betWeen the friends of the respective ean- adates for the next Presidency, a contest which would seem by the dark spceks at nresent gathering on our political horizon, 10 be on the point of becoming a fearful one, or perhaps we may say, that as by this peculiar form of our government, we are freed from the sturmoils and feverish anxi- cites consequent thereon, we have sus.- cientleisurefto look at home, to attend to onr own Fritorial.concerns, and to con- tribute our sharesto the advancement oi the best interests of our citizens. It IS true, that upon subjects Of general policy, we have right, as citizens claiming pro- lection under the,same general head with the States, and governed by the same Con- stitution, to have our own opinions, which opinions we have freely expressed but as they cannot have the same weight, as the likeoPinions entertained by the same num- Der of citizens in other parts of this great republic, we must be content with mere ex7sessien of them.
 These, together with other reassas, have induced us to advocatea change in our pre- sent form of government, provided, we have the requisite numbers for making sleh T change, when the returns of the pre- sent census shall have been completed. There were those, who, when this matter sas first agitated, expressed net only a willingness but an anxious desire to conti- nue in a state of I erritoral vassalage. un- der any circumstances; giving as their req sons for 1t, that we are too poor to incur the expenses attendant upon setting up for ourselves" These objections appear miserable now, we believe, even to those sRhe most strenuonsly advocated them, and we are happy to observe that the Editor oi the Gazettemanifests disposition to come into the measures we originally proposed Asto the possibility of the Indians being oaeday located in oar country, sprovided we continue for any length of time Ter ritory, although we hope to the contrary yet the snYmise IS plausible; and as we never made such 9 remark for a bug-bear, We now conceive, as we did then, that the most practicable way of obviating such a difficulty, would be to do away our singu- lar notions of inability, and acquire char tered kmits as state as soon as numbers will make it possible.
 Itmust be obvious to all, that our public debt Is fast decreasing, and it is surmised by those who are competent to judge, that atthe expiration of the next session Of the legislature, If that legisiature.is not in ses- sion more than thirty days, our Territorial Scrip will be al pae. To heighten OUT an uclpations of future prosperity, we have continued accounts of our roads being coy cred with emigrants, who are determined to make our country their homes--and as she resources of Arkansas are developed so must her population and wealth be in creased. From the fertility and richness ofher soil, and delightful climate, every thing is to be anticipated, and we look forward to. the day, at no distant period when weshail rank high in the proud con, tederacy; and we hope that while we re. main Territory, the exertions of our De legate in Congress will not be fruitless.
 For the .A,kansas ..aduocdte.
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