The Arkansas advocate. [volume] (Little Rock, A.T. [Ark.]) 1830-1837, 1831-05-18

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Of selection has become 50 extended, Tie
circumstances referred 10, by augment
ing The motives and sources of opposi-
ton to the measures of the Executive.
must unavoidably prove the cause of in
jury 10 the public service, for Il counter
poise to which We may in vain look for
The peculiar qualifications of any indi-
vidual: and even i'll shenld Ia this be
mistaken, still cannot so far deceive
myself as 10 believe fer moment that |
am included in the exceptions.
These obstruetions to the saeee FL
prosecution of public affairs. when SUI
peradded to that opposition, which is in
separablc from our free institutions, and
which every administration must expect,
present mass 10 which the operations
Of the government should at no time be
voluntarily exposed; the more especially
should this beaVoided at so eYentful a
period in the affairs of the world, when
our country may particularly need the
utmost harmony in her councils.
Such being my impressions, the path
OF duty is plain: and | not only submit
with cheerfuiness to whatever personal
sacrifices my be involved, ia the surren-
der eff the station ! occupy, but l make
ii my ambition to set an example, which,
shonldit, in the progress of the Govern
meat, be deemed, Notwithstanding the
humility Of its origin, worthy of respect
and observance cannot, / think. fail TO
prove essentially and permanently beuc-
fetal.
allow me, sir, TO present one view Of
the subject; You have consented 10
stand before your constituents for re-e-
lection. OF their decision, resting as ii
does upon the unbought sulfrages of a
free, numerous, and widely extended
people, il becomes no man to speak with
certainty. Judging, however, from the
past, and making a reasonable allowance
forthe fair exercise of the intelligence
and public spirit Of your fellow citizens,
I cannot hesitate in adopting the belief
that the confidence, as well in your ca
pacIty for civil duties, as in your civil
already so spontaneously and
strikingly displayed, will be manifested
with increased energy, now, that all can
did observers must admit their utmost
to have been more than re-
allied.
If this promise, SO suspicious to the
best interest of our common country, be
fulfilled, the concluding term of your
will, IN the absence Of
any prominent cause Of discord among
its supporters, afford a most favorable
opportunity fer the fab accomplishment
Of those important public objects, in the
prosecution OF which have witnessed,
on your part, such steady vigilance and
devotion. The unfavorablc In
duelce which nay continuance in your
Cabinet, under existing circumstances
may exercise upon this fattering pros
pect, | cannot, sir, without a total dsre-
gard Of the lights of experience, and
without shutting my eyes TO the obvious
tendency of things for lie future, be in
sensible. Having, moreover, from a
deep conviction OF its importance TO the
country, been among the most urgent of
your advisers to yield yourself to the
obvious wishes of the people, and know
ing the sacrifice Of personal feeling,
whichwas involyedinyour acquiescence,
] cannot reconcile il TO myself to be in
any degree the cause Of embarrassment
to you during the period which, as it
certainly will be Of deep interest to your
country, is moreover destined to bring
TO its close, your patriotic, tolsoine, and
eventful public life.
From these considerations, feel il 10
be doubly my duty to resign post the
retention of which is 50 calculated to
attractassauItsupony OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
to which there might otherwise be no
inducement-assaults of which, what.
ever be their aim, the most important as
well as the most injurious effect is, upon
those public Interests which deserve and
should command the support of all good
This duty, should have dis
at an earlier period, but for
considerations, partly Of apublic, partly
of personal nature, connected with cir
cumstancos which were calculated to
expose its performance then to miscon-
5truetion and misrepresentation.
Having explained the motives which
govern me in this severing, and with
seeming abruptness, the official ties BY
which we have been associated, there
remains but one duty forme to perform.