The Arkansas advocate., 1830-07-28


 not be criticised, those men should be put out of office. When the time arrives, that oiiiii iiciai n,is-Itste must be winhed at, iare- we'll to political, civil, and religious hber- Ety. farewell to every privilege of freemen farewell to my beloved country will seek some impenetrable wilderness, or in- accessible mountain; my abode shall be with the unclaimed savage, or the unfet- tered beast of the forest. But to return to the stolen letter." the letter that Mir. Woodruff was so justifable IT writing that caused the Post-Master General of the U. States, to reform Mr. Ferebee; that caused the people of his county to reform him by amaiority of one vote. How do we stand affected with 1t! have the best au- thority for saying, 1t laid open upon Mr. Ferebee's table, several days before q copy of 1t was taken, and laid there too, by the confidential friend to whom 1t was written How can Mir. ". have the con- science to say it was ss stolen, when 1t was showed to Mir. Ferebee, by Mir. E. F. Clark. But But this is pursuing q plan had never intended-this is defending Mr. Fe= rebee, course which l never meant, be- cause deem him fully able to defend him. self. only wish to defend the positions which have taken, which are, that the Secretary belongs to a party-this Mr. Woodruf's s assertion does not contradict; he belongs to party-he belongs to the Ashley party-by the showing of Mir. w.. whether that party be called the party of the people, or by any other name. As to the other part of this "garbled" extract, Mr. Woodruff makes 1t worse by the alter ation; he shows more fully and conclusive ly, that the actions of the Secretary are swayed by party; and his explanations of the 'garbled' extract, or publication of the sentence entire, stains the Hon. Sec retary with still deeper die. After pub- fishing the extract as before gave 1t, he commences an entire.new paragraph, and tells us, q As he fthe SecretaryJ has noth- ing to do with the qualifications of mem bers of the General Assembly, he will pro6Gbiy think 1t imprudent to interfere So 1t appears, that the Secretary being enlisted on q our side,' Of the question, though he deemed it imprudent to iateyJere, would receive the returns from N alnut 1 Township, ii all other means failed of &C., complishing their purpose. say he would receive the returns if hey aeere necessary to send his favorite to Congress. Col. Se- vier was accordingly sent to Congress; s' the end sanctified the means" suppose; 1t was the will of the sovereign people, that Gel. :. should De their Delegate, and we all said amen. His conduct so far, has been, with the exception of one or two acts, irreproachable.
 The Ashley party, though heretofore in- imical to the measures lie espouses, in some way, seem determined to make a powerful effort to retain him in their ranks: this Tn my opinion may be damnlng poli- cy to SevIer, If he adheres too closely to 1t. There Is now existing kind of fpoliti= cal ineonsisty, which is every day devel- oping itself, and bursting more fully upon our astonished senses. There Is kind Of unnatural connexion existing between some ot the leading men of both parties, which not only astOnishes, but perplexes me. In some instances they are divided upon men, and in others. the same parti- zans are divided as to measures. It Is eyi- dent that the Ashley party are becoming d1ssatished, are beginning to divide among themselves, and by their disafection, &C., knowledge an infraction upon the rights of tine people; though some of the leading ones are making desperate effort to keep their phalanx firm, by enlisting all the tal- ent they can command, either to defend themselves, or to divert public attention. There has been some extraordinary ex- ertlons made, to connect in the same chain, | the interests of Col. Sevier and Gov. Pope. Howeye possible it may be for them to effect this desirable object, yet they know, and l know, that though there might not have been an open rupture between these two gentleman, there was cooIaess be- tween them. Col 5eyier had every req son to be displeased with Coy. Pope, for of. fciously interfering with his affairs at 1 Washington; and to say the least, Col. $. treated the Governor very cayalierly in that city; and during their stay there, there was but lGtie intercourse between them. It IS also known, and believe has been before stated, that while Gov. Pope was in Kentucky, he rote to Sevier, then at Washington, to get him an order from the State Department, calling him fPopel officially to the seat of government. Se. yler applied to the President for the invita-. ton requested by Pope. The President re- marked, that if Gov. P. could leave the Plantation conveniently, and had busi- ness at Washington, that he might consult his own pleasure; that for his part, he had no business with him, Gze. The Governor, Waited Tn Kentucky for Coi. Sevler's an- swer, and when he found that answer un. favorable, and learnt that government would not pay his expenses. he determined to visit Washington under any circumstan- ces. Now the question arises, as Cover nor Pope did not visit Washington official. ] lys as Governor of Arkansas, what did Mr. Pope do, which was so beneficial to the iTerritory2 Why, he appeared before one or two Committees, and Col. Sevier mad e the same use of him, that he would of any other respectable Mr. from Arkansas; he made him tell all he knew, and I have no doubt, Col. 5. considered himself lucky in having tine Governor before the Commit tee on the Memphis Road, particularly, in the character of a witness. Col. Seyier