The Arkansas advocate., 1830-08-11
that opinion, he is called partixac, o- saia !

ttse of ms pptu fearlessness, and true love' of country, in espousing openly the cause he conscientiohsiy believes to be correct but where man Is either too serviie to tiiink for himself, or suffers the energies of ms mlnd to become paralysed by adopting the opinions or others, without exercising the privilege which nature and our free institutions have given him, would ad- vance as just grounds, that that man is un- worthy ot private or public confidence. As before said, have since this controyer- sy commenced, felt lively interest in it; It has now become a matter of some impor- tanee. and the anxiety feel for the inter- ests of the people of this Territory, will. I hope, be sufficient apology for intrudinp myself upon your notice. There are oth- CTS Sir, enlisted in this controversy. who can wield their pens more powerfully than myself, and perhaps more efficiently-but none with more sincerity.
 Personal attacks seem, and of right ought to be deprecated by both parties, yet the party that professes to condemn them most, appears to deal them out with the most unsparing hand. Without entering into the merits of cases that have long since been ably discussed, shall take more par tlcular notice of matters that have more recently occupied public attention. "Jus- llce, hiied as he IS with the most fllsome fiattery and sickening egotism. cannot for l a moment be mistaken; the real author is so clearly impressed upon my mind by the force of circumstance, that I cannot but 1 tnink shall be borne out ID giving him an additional name; indeed the simple name Justice" m this case does not look well without being coupled with another-and Tor the sake of courtesy, must call him governor Justice. After venting goodlY portion of hls spleen upon the writers for the Advocate, he IS anxious, by way of con- cliIation, to force upon us the doctrine that ile IS good Governor, and offers as a l spec1fc for the wounds inflicted upon the noble "Talleyrand, , his most disinterested and sincere friendship; and accuses us of wishing to toloef him and other coaspicuous men, Tn the estimation of the people of l thls Territory. He says we wish to wrest from :" Talleyrando his we'll deserved non- ularity! but Governor Justice, won are wilfully mistaken--you have in this instance as Tn many others, fallen far short of your mark, and this is but another poor subter- fuge to uphold your own sinking fortunes. So far from tearing his splendid wreath rom hls brow, 1 cannot think that the bnmhlest ofthe despised advocates for the rights of the people, would pluck the proud est brilliant from his diadem, to adorn his simple cap. Though 1t may for time add iustre to the name of ssTalleyrand" to be coupled with yours, yet others see that the contemplated scheme will not succeed the veil which has so long been thrown O. yer the acts of the party, of which you justice" are how prominent member, and destined ere long to become its lead R m ho ki
 rents ID It of such magnitude, as to admit the rays of light, and darker objects are becoming plainly perceptihIe. Some wri- l ter, though 's neither prophet nor the son of a prophet" has long since predicted the downfall of that once terrible marty: from the present signs of the times, that crisis IS last preaching: spl lts--heart rendine splits are becoming more and more obvi- ous--a tremenduous shaking has been felt, and the day is not far distant, when the whole fabric must tumble to the ground: fabrlc erected upon the ruins of the rights of the Peopie-tyrannical in it's measures, and whitening to those over whom it had poWer-hut when 1t Is hurled from its throne of proud pre-eminence by an in- censed people, It sinks to rise no more
 mat party has hitherto attempted to link Gov. Pope with the interests of Col. &c., vier-fhe reason was obvious enough; they knew Col. >. to be popular with the peo- pie, and used every exertion to make him apack-horSe for their innumerabie sins what shift they will make now, Is impossi- ble for me to foresee: they now clash. A circumstance which our good Governor has recently attempted to explain, brings them into collision; either Governor Pope did attempt to remove ugly" Sam Roane. or he did not! This is matter now to be settled among themselves, and how they will stand affected by such settlement | cannot accurately predict.
 Whether the popularity of Gov. Pope Will be much strengthened by his late let ter IS to me doubtful; certain 1t is, that by hls own showing it cannot be much injur- ed. Although he Is a good Governor, al- though he was the successful competitor of Mir. Clay, and contributed more to the ele- vation of Gen. Jackson to the Presid dency. than any man in the U. States, must tell hlm he IS not popular in Arkansas; far from 1t: himself and "Talleyrand" are two of the most unpopular men in the Territory! but he Will not believe this; no! he will de- nounce me as vile slanderer of his fair repntation. nevertheless t IS true, and his friends know 1t, If they had political ilon- esty enough to tell him; but ! believe if there could be found one amongst them. honest enough to tell him of his faults, he wonId reply
 "A friendly eye could neyersee such faults
 There appears to me to be something
 bordering on inconsistency in the late sd- dress of the Governor to the public. He says l" standing in the relation do to the Government, should be unwilling to ap-