The Arkansas advocate., 1832-05-09
To Hs Eaeelfeney JouS PopE, Gooernos
 of fhe Territory 2f .1rkansas.

that your ExceIlency's name may de. scend to posterity, I will do all in my
 power to make it immortal. Your Elk cellency's stewardship, as Governor Of this Territory, for the last three years, affords ample materials for a few num- fbers in the columns of a perishing news paper. It would be waste of time to Igive description of your person, age, iparentage gessaisd manners; they are al- ready adyantageously knownto the pub- lie. To anaBze the qualities of your head and heart, and show your Excel ilency's fitness or un6tness 10 rule over and govern the free and independent l yeomanry of Arkansas, is what we are most interested in knowing. Your per sonal and political friends claim for your l Excelleney a high order of talents, great political experience, and emi- nent qualifications for high and respon- sible stations If this description of your Exeelleney's qualifications ever was true at any period of yourlife, judg- ing from the success of your admimstra-
 lion in Arkansas, it must be admitted l by all, there hasbcen q ll;atn1entabie fail
 ing off. Whether it has been owing to
 the infirmities of age, intemperance, or a reckless ambition for popularity and fofficial station, is not now necessary to inquire. But this people are deeply in-
 terested in knowing whether you have
 not sacrificed principle to poficy-duty to expedieney-and compounded the estinterest of the country to party pur- poses; and whether you are not, at this
 time. corrupting the public morals of the country, by an unprincipled deyo-
 ton to men, and the debasing intrigaes .of the demagogue-by pouring into the veins of the body polite, that poison
 which is so visible in it's baneful effects upon the society of ArKAnsas. It was
 always acknowledged by your friends, that your Excellency lacked worldly wisdom, @and could he used and mis-
 used by men far inferior 10 you in every respects How can it be otherwise, when you suffer such men as Ashley, Woodruff < Go. touse you and misuse you, to prostrate the dignity of your sta ton into a mere partizan Goyernor?-I Under the genius andinfiuence of your administration, it wiilnol be asked, Is he honest, is Incapable, is he faithful to the laws, the interest. and the honor of the country; but is he a elamorous. a reckless and boisterous championsof ] faction? Will he do whatever tine ex- ecutlvc or its adherents demand, wheth- .er right or wrong? Sucha corrupt and grovelling course, indicates proclivity towards public degradation, of alarm ing import.
 Sir, 1t was an important and momen- tous crisis in the affairs of Arkansas, and your Excellency's own honor, when
 you arrived in this Territory. It was
 the moment, the important moment, for
 cool delberation, harmonious concert, and vigorous action. Prejudices were to be conquered, party exasperations lappeased, by an appeal to the under
 standing rather than passion; princi-
 ples were to be supported by yargunent, 1 the errors of angry partizans corrected
 by the influence of reason and by the
 stern voice of public disapprobation.- When your Exccilency entered upon
 the duties of your station, never was
 there more propitious moment for a
 display of all those great and useful
 qualifications which were 'ascribable to l you. Your own honor, the honor, the
 peace, the welfare of the coantry, and the happiness of the people, required it. All parties had become fired of diseord
 and party strife, and were willing to
 sacrifice theirlong cherished animosities
 upon the altarof peace, and unite upon
 you, as their common friend and public
 benefactor. Your arrival MAS there fore hailed with exclamation and uni
 versal joy. We weretaught to believe,
 from your age, great political experi-
 ence, and acknowledged talents, that
 the blessings ofgood government would
 certainly flow from your administration.
 No executive ever entered upon the du-
 ties of his office under circumstances more favorable toa successful discharge ofthem. Ifyour Excellency had, there
 fore, many degree, fulfilled the expec-
 tations We had hoped and expected,
 your administration would have gone on
 without the show of opposition. How
 has 1t happened then, sir, that all those
 golden moments of improvement have been lost, and ended in bitter disap- l pointment? Let me ask your Excellen-