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

bess requires ftiiA 10 W CUHlliNasiy itutn
iteH4e. inee gen. Jackson thought pre-
1 pei 10 remove him ron the Office Of Score
tary Of the Eersitory, his only resource,
| with heavy pecuuiary obligations then
upon him. has been upon his profession.
Since that period, it is known, lie has Sc.
| dulousIy devoted his time to that pursuit,
without having sought Office, through the
| people or otherwise. In January last, bti-
siness called him to Cantonment Gibson,
| where he as long detained; returning 10
this place, lie left on the same day for New
| Orleans, where, and at the Post al Arkan-
sas, hc was detained until few weeks
since. Upon his return home he remained
but five or six days, during that entire
time Ire was employed IN defending Gen.
r robinson. We all know that lis visit to
Batcsyilie was at the solicitation Of Col.
Brnmbaek, 3fr. Cloys and Mr.. Bursey who
seyerallv offered him liberal fees, if he
would consentto accompany them to Bates
vile, and direct them IN proving up their
prescriptions,
have been thus minute in ord CT TO show
that it was not possible for him to attend
TO such variety of business, and still be the
prime mo9ef Of tbe lejres" at home. He
has patiently borne for years back, almost
without murmur, all that industrious
malice could invent to heap upon him; and
why now that he is not candidate for any
Office, and in the peaceful pursuit of an
honest calling is il necessary 10 drag his
name before tue public, absent or present,
in every contest! they urge as a reason,
that he has persuaded Col. Desha to be-
come a candidate and who has better
right to express that wish! he has been
twelve years citizen of Arkansas, and he
has been no idler-he has never lived at
any place that lie has not beautfed aud
improved, although others have reaped the
profits. Who then has a better right not
only to cote but frankly to give his reasons
fer so doing. But this . One of the peo-
pie" after calling him & GYch-derjl' and
other opprohrious names, says that Col
0esha aud himself cannot be both honest
IN their opinions, while Desha IS a good
Jackson man and him equally Jealous for
the cause of Mr.. Clay. Fhis is touching
tender chord, hereafter to be more fully
commented upon. But these men have no
idea of private friendship, nor the mutual
ties Which bind congeEial souls. They
think Of friendship ssas bat name" No
eo0secrated tie ever existed between
them, they are bound together by no ties
bat mutual interest, and it has frequently
happened that when man can no longer
&c sHhscryent 10 their ends, they tauntinc-
y cast him from them, and 9 leave tire
wretch to weep" PlIey think it strange
Tat Col. Desi.a and a4r. gritteBden should
Re friends, when their views as te general
politics dilfef-but Trey viii perhaps he
mere surprised TO learn, that seven years
ago, Col. Desia left Kentucky N the most
frantic contest (excitable as she is she ever
ad, in which all Of his family were array
I'd on one side, aud Mr.. Crittenaen's On
tie other; still they met in Arkansas as on
friends, and never since that day has DIFF
HCatty existed between them, either per
soaal Of political. Tie reason al y i'll ap-
preeiate. When but si&tceD gears old, Hr.
3fittenden entered the army of the L. :.
as an ensign, and proceeded to Maiden, IN
Upper Caaada, where he was ordered to
duty In then Capt. now Gel. Besha'
company, lie vas hut a boy, ard had no re-
lation or friend to direct him; ColoaeI De-
sha was a stranger but became h9lh friend
and relation 10 him. lie served under his
command ia Canada until peace was made,
since which time they have called each
other by the eHdearing appellation Of
FsIEND, and ! now ask what honest man in
Arkansas would reproach them for it, al
though they happen 70 differ as to who
would make the better President, jackson
or Clay
The same writer charges Mr.. Crittenden
with being an arjSt0CraH This is rather
strange charge to he made against a man
whom they have denounced to tie public
as a bankrupt for the last four years-who
came to Arkansas without a doIlar-and
WHO owes the limited education he receiv-
cd In his youth to the benev0lence Of his
elder brothers. Him an aristocrat! whose
father was house joiner hy trade, and an
enlisted soldier in the revolution ask,
was itmoRey or family which made him an
aristocrat!
1t is urged that the continued attacks
Which, are made upon him, are in resent
Inent for tie deep personal wrongs which
ne had inflicted upon the individuals con-
cerned. If this was true, Whf not call
upon him pYjeatcig} WHY trouble the pub
lie with quarrels in which they can have
no possible INTEREST," If he had have in
licted the injuries of which they seem to
complain, there are In my opinion, other
means which could ba resOrted to, to OBJ !
tain redress, than vIilcaton and abuse
under mash But this is not their end,
their object is to assai Colonel Desha thro'
Mr. Grittcnden; bit their shallow articles
will fail, ard their poisonous darts viii re-
coil with redoablcd force upon themselves.
Mr.. Crittendon, ] am confident, will look
with equal Indifference upon the abuse
which every puny wilipster may level at
him--his conduct or department can make
no difference as to the course which those
men viii take iu.reation to him. g The
little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and
Sweetheart" will bark at him as power
less imam itiots citizen, as loudly as when
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