The Arkansas advocate., 1831-06-22

ana control Our actions. As freomen Ee VIII aare 10 canvass the motives, the feet liigs, The character, and the qualifications ol our pubic men and their acts--and gis c our votes to whom we please, and there shaii De none to make e ns afraid.
 the prefentlons of Col. Deslha b the high ana algnliled office of a Delegate to Con- gress, has been attempted to he degraded and debased by e. .4asieus '' in renresentiper i'iiii as the tool of party; that lie is the candidate of Mr. Crittei.,len; ttat ile can not move without first asking the permis- sion of Crittenden. This foul. base. and sianderous charge, rests wholly and solely upon tue fact, that there is strong person. al attachment and friendship existing be- tween these gentlemen. Their mutual at. taehment and friendship for each other. can easily be accounted for. It does not arse from personal views of interest or personal aggrandizement, nor from consi- deFations of political preferment. In it's nature It is purely disinterested-it was contracted III the field and in the camp he friendship cemented in the tented neid between brother officers, fellow sol- dlers, and mess-inates, by tho rccoilections oi passed snaerings, hardships, and dan gers, are known to be the most permanent
 
 ' based upon the pride and integrity of a soldier" Is 1t then at all astonishing, when these gentlemen found themselves thrown together in a new and strange land, the recollection oftheir form F friendships, which had never for a moment abated. should manifest itself into acts of mutual Kindness and cordial hospitality We ought not to be at all surprised, that pure and dislnterested friendship which teaches us never to desert our friend in danger or dis tress, should be converted into evide conclusive Of seryile sycephany and sns chaste ambition, by such selfish and nar- oW-mlnded minded men as s..llnicus.n- 7ucfimen possess oolittle capacity or feel. ing, and their hearts and their minds are not large enough to comprehend how Ii happens that political differences between friends are not converted into personal hostility. They cannot comprehend how 1t happens that the ciyilities belonging to social life are not transformed into deadly between friends, hecaase they cannot agree as 10 the particular exercise of the elective franchise This IS indeed a magnanimity of soul too great for their comprehension. isit then from such facts as these. and from the circumst stance of these gentlemen going to the Post of \ Arkansas together, one attending to his professional duties, and the other to his pubiie business, that ss Amieas' expects to convince his readers that Col. .,nesha is closely allied and entangled with Mir. Crittend ef that he IS tic candidate of Mr. Crittenden-s.e whose shoulders he wishes 10 ride into power.o "Amicus'" afrighted iinagina- ton las coninred up ssghost under every hush;' and coalitions, eaacuses, Cardinals, n md p,.jfn Ha,a !, ! sickiy fancy in inetaptorcal eenfusion.-- ''i'hese are the gloomy companions of a disturb eti iinag the madness uf poe try without the inspiration.'
 The main object Of ssAmicus" seems to be to establish the fact. that MT. Critten- den possesses and exercises an undue in- huence over Col. Desha, and that if he IS elected he will go Co Congress under the special auspices of Crittendcn, and that lis friends both Tn and out of Congress will be Dcsha's friends, to the exclusion of " .4nai- cus' and his friends. In this supposition, l}esha IS judged by what Sevicr Is known to be. They know that lie goes the whole hog; that lie acts upon the principle of re- wards aud pnnishments; that he boasts as matter of great merit, that he causes men to be turned out of office merely because they are found to be oppose to him. and fill their places with his own particular friends and partizans. Col Desha llas stated in his circular, ssthat if lie should be elected Delegate to Congress, having no entangling alliances to control him, that in his recommendations fo ce he " ;.i urge the claims Of merit, with all eye single and alone to the public good paying on all qc- casions due regard to the will of ii,e eeo- ple.o Amicus" and the Little Rock juafo, know well as they have heads on their shoulders, that Col. Desha will most faithfully and impartially comply with this promise, if he is elected. Itis this circsln- stance that so horribly alarms the fears of the Junto at Little Rock. This is the Be- cret and foundation of that vile and slan- derous opposition which is now wageal and carried on against Desha Tn the Gazette, and the relentless prescription of his friends This .Juato know fill well that the "loayes and fishes" and public off ces, down to a petty Postmaster, whicl, they have hitherto exclusively monopolised will be so far as Desiia can control the matter, distributed to those individuals alone who nave merit, with an eye single to the niib-' lie good, on all occasions paying due re- gard to the will of the people, without re. speet to party or personal fayorisn.
 -s.. .Cuf.NDesha is known to be a gentleman of iard dividual honor, and personal charac- ter, and absolute independ dence posses sing-a liberal education, a sound and dis criminating judgment, frmness Of purpose and integrity of character. He has been public man from bis yoHth--first a volun- teer, then q Captain in tife regular service, afterwards member of the Kentucky Le- gislatnre, for four years in succession, and since that time Receiver of Public Mo- neys i'll the Land-Ofice at Little Rock, for the last seven years In all situations and stations of life, both in public and in pri- vate, he has discharged his duties faithfui- ly cnrrectiY and impart iauY with entire