The Arkansas advocate., 1832-02-29
ARKANSAS ADVOCATE
To the Public.
From klle .Nakioq..L Jonrnal.

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 rial has passed both houses of the T I CT
 ritorial Legislature, requesting his re-
 mosal, and praying that the people
 may elect their own Governor. The cause of Ms. pope's unpopnlarity is said to be his liberal application of the peso to popular. measures. General Jaclson's popularity has stood experi- ments of this character better than Gov ernor pope's seems to have done.'
 From tte Kentucky Gdseue.
 "A brief statement ofiacts will suE flee to place the conduct of Governor Pope in.its proper light.
 Congress donated to the Territory of Arkansas, ten sections of land, with the liberty oi locating it in any part ol the Territory, from the proceeds .oi which State House sros to De erected irl
 Little Rock, the seat of government.- When the Legislative Council met in October, -Hr. Robert Cr7Aeaaen, propo- sed to '.szeap" his pripnte dzeelli,.g for the whole ioi the den sections of land.- Having in the Council a majority of his devoted partizans, his proposition was acceded to, and the bill presented to
 Governor Pope for his signature.-
 Aware Of the fonl means resorted to by
 Robert Crittenden, and the monstrous sacrifice involved, heinterposed his ueto. accompanied by his reasons for the same. He stated, that Congress in do- hating the land to the Territory, could not have anticipated any such dispesi- ton oflt--t1at il was manifestly inten- ded for the erection of a permanent and splendid editice, with ample aoeommo- datlons for the United States Courts and others, when Arkansas should be- come State, ds she shortly must 6c- that the house of Mir. Crlttenden was without any of these cenveniences, and in the suburbs ofahe town-that it was not worth more than S6,060-wheFeas in two or three years, 20 or 30,O00 dol lars could be realized for the land!-.
 Mr. Crlttenden and his friends then made an effort to pass the bill by the constitutional majority of tspo.th,rds but failed-after which, in their communi- cations withthe Governor, they treated him with the greatest indignity: simply addressing him as "Joda Pope" toalI of which he replied, that he would attend to nothing ofthe kind. A message sent. by him was not permitted 10 De read, and refused place on the journals. Not content with this, they voted a memori- al to Congress setting forth their eriev- ances! aid praying to be permitted to elect their own Governor; and actual ly made an effort to expel member because he banded the memorial to the Governor!
 There is one fact conclusive of the correctness of Governor Pope's course. After Mir. Crittenden had failed in his first proposition, HE OFFERED HIS HOUSE AND TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH. FOR THE TEN SECTIONS, and Gen. Ash ley offered to erect in a cehtraI part oi the town, d magnificent State House for tlie same iand.
 All II acquainted with the dcpiorable state Of parties in that Territory, are not surprised at the treatment of Gov. Pope. A band of desperadocs headed by Robert Crittenden are clabbed to- gether, to blackguard aud brow-beat every man who has sufficient selGres- pcct, to hold himself aloof from hesraa. terests. The former Delegate from that Territory, (Mr. Conway,) was hunted like wild beast and at length killed by him. We happened in the Territorya few days after that event. and from member of the Legislature. learned the character here given of him. He is recognized there only as a desperado, and treated as such. An |other of the club IS A. Scott, who whilst a judge challenged one of the Bench and killed him! A promising nephew of fGoy. Pope's who went out with him to that country, was also kill ed. No sooner mad Governor Pope landed in the Territory, than Mr. Crit Htenden set about to estallisha paper to hlackguard him outof it. We knoso th,s 10 be the fact, for zce sac q letter addressed hy him to an editor in this State ensreos- ing him to send him printer, and pledging himself and the ssCgub' for so much money each.
 The declaration that Gov. Pope is unpopular with the people of Arkan- sas, IS without truth, and the delegate from that Territory in presenting the