The Arkansas advocate., 1831-06-22


 Col. Sevier learnt that Col. Taylor was opposed to his election, and what was Se-
 vier's course ] was 1t just and magnani-
 nous, freely allowing to every one the libs erty Of sentiment and the exercise of a 1 freeman's prerogative. No in his wrath 1 he swore that Taylor should be nailed 10 the cross, that he should expate the crime
 of which he Lad been guilty, by suffering
 a political death When be learnt tbat | Col. Fowler was opposed to him, did he not denounce him in the bitterest terms! did he not endeayor to hold him up in the most
 cont emptible manner to the people9 and did he not as punishment, array his favor
 ite, Judge Crutchfield againat him. and de. clare in the most uninessured terms, how
 he stood in regard to the two latter gentle
 men! Has not Col. Sevier used every ex- ertion to frown down all opposition? and
 the very good he so boastingly harps upon, l of having given the {. election law" to the ! people, lie would gladly pervert and turn l to his own advantage. What is all this hut the leading features of tyranny2 proscrip- ton for opinions sake, and plain proof of tue .existence of tyranny! Is t net now farther proved! fer daring to assert our rights we are called the < scrcecli owls of sedition, y ssmalcontents. 61c. and threat ened with "ruin irretrievable,' And now, to cap the climax, this writer says. itaf all ot the friends of .Hr. CrateAdea shoald be promptly 'eformed!!! This is an example Of the magnanimity of Col sevier and his friends! They would bury all who dare to think differently from them in the depths of oblivion! They would sacrifice all who dare to think differently from them upon the altar of political ambition! But the people of Arkansas will awake to sense ot their duty to themselves and their coun- try! they cannot longer permit Col. Sevier to impose upon them by his oaca recapitu- lation of benefits conferrcd-they are as windy as his large calculations. and the whole IS little moro than smoke. Him and his particular adherants, have been too long allowed to triumplfoy over the people by intrigue and management. It Is unworthy tue dignity of free people to be frowned into submission by a feso, who deserve the appeiiatIon of !" usWpers." Their appe- tite for office is unsuitable and relentless and we have now no hope but to hnrl the 'yi'GRt from his thGo.Se of proud pre-emi-a nence, of which he is no longer worthy-a place which would seem to be hereditary. because Col. Sevier's predecessor was his relation, and he claimed the office from the people through the merits of that prede- cessor and relation, and not because he was entitled te tthroHgh his own merits. When my first essay was penned, l had no idea of writing a serits; merely un- dertook to say word in defence of deep-. y injured individual, whom the liireling writers for the Gazette not only felt bonnd to abuse n 2 degree almost unparalieiied, but against whom they resorfed to tine meanest trick and chicanery, in order more successfully to compete with Colonel Desifa. They did nse, and do now use, n Y ri f,,, l-.t- that Col Desha If elected, is to be only their nominal representative, while Aff. Crlttenden, Tn reality, Is 10 represent them Tn Congress. They once succeeded and that by the basest means, in making Mir. ij. unpopular, they now think the same feeling, with regard to him, exists in the erritory, and hope is entertained of running Desha by seeming to consolidate 1 the interests of t'fese two men; but the tid e l of popular favor is turned; Mir. c. is much less Hapopuiar than formerly; the people
 have seen that lie IS much injured and persecuted man. and are willing to do him
 the justice that all the principles of mag 1 nanimity require at their hands; md dare believe if he aoas actually candidate for office, he would find favor in the sight of ! a majority of this community. But facts as they stand are, that Col. Desha is kina-
 sey fbe candidate, to represent us in the next Congress; ; he is a gentleman. a scholar,
 and politician; able and willing to repre- sent the achoie instead of a part of the peo- plea firm unyielding Jacls6n-man from l prlnciple-lls friends in Congress rank ] highest upon the list of those who support the present Administration, and himself a | favorite with the head of that Admihistra- l tion. Is 1t not then the strongest and
 most singular language that can be used, l 10 say, that because he is friendly with Mir. l Crittenden he cannot be Jackson-man? ! Will the People of Arkansas acknowledge such doctrine! If they do, they are con- 1 peiied to disown Sevier as a Jackson-man. they are compelled to say that Judge Full I ton is not .Iackson-man. and others whom
 they hold up as models for every thing that i IS pure and dignifiet, as to .'aoksoHisir, | must be admitted to be .Iacl1son-men only
 in name! Do you ask the reason why these positions are taken? Is there a man 'inf the. | Territory so beside himself as to acknoNsS ledge Ashley or Woodruff, as being any | thing else than deadly enemies to Jack
 sons administration? Yet Sevier Fulton
 and others are all on terms of the greatest
 intimacy with them, and according to the
 doctrines advanced, these men should be forever excluded from tine Juchson church.. These doctrines, however, are much to be
 lamented; they destroy social intercourse,
 and place an insuperable barrier between l the kindlier natures of man and his fellow and none but the most confirmed ideot could for moment suppose, that any ad- ninistration would eensnre an individual l for prieate partialHies.
 1 JUSTE. For the .4rkansas .4dvocate.