The Arkansas advocate., 1832-11-28
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LITTLE ROCK AND MEMPHIS
 ROAD

ROAD.
 Io His ErceHeney JouN PopB, Gogeraoy
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 SiR-Y our return 10 the Territory, af, ter an absence of six months, has been marked by an act of administration, that must convince the most sceptic Of the ias- tice of your claim 10 the title, "good Go! xernor.o You have identified your name with the internal improvement ofthe coun- try, and it will doubtless be handed down to future ages, or so long as the remlnis. cenee of the present gene ration will carry them back, to reflect on the blessings of Territorial Government. l mean your giving pripQicfy the contract for the repair of the Memphis and Little Rock road, to few of your political friends and parli- sans, who las you observed to Mir. Crit. tendenl had no more right to il, than any other individuals in the Territory. This l understand was the first act of yours, on resuming the government, and 1t leaves no room to doubt the purity of your motives, nor that you possess the virtue and manly ilrmness which you modestly claimed for yourself, Tn bravIng up at the risk of life, against a majority of the corrupt repre- sentatives ofthe people, at the last session of the Legislature. This late act of ad- mInstration, shows with what avidity you E can use it. Your course towards the ma jority of the Legislature shows how lily you brook appointmeut-how well you can act the hypocrite, cry out corruption corruption land to what lengths your lnsatiate ambition will carry you. In the Ten Sections, "you were to have no share Tn tine crop''-no patronage to bestow therefore you used every disngenuous tiGce that sophstry could invent to defeat the measure; you were determined to do Il at the expense of reputation. aud your stated objections te that measure, gives room to doubt your veracity, and shows -pucrility of understanding lilly comportlng witlyour former pretensions to greatness. Mark, how consistent this late act of ad- minlstration is with your former profess slons of patriotism. To use your own Ian gnage, Congress grants another boon ," Co the Territory, more valuable and Of greater importance to the interests of the country, than tlie Fen Sections, to wit :: TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS for the completion and repair of the Memphis road from the river St. Francis to Little Rock, to be expended under your direc- ton, as Governor of Arkansas. Instead ofreturning to your post when this import ant trust devolved upon you, you rem mnin in Kentucky the summer months and part oEthe fail, the proper time for making the preparatory arrangements and commeR- cing the work), and return at so late pe- -riod, that little benefit to the public can be expected from the repairs done this year. But this is not all; instead of hay ing, on yourreturn, an examination made of the road, causing it to be let out in sec tions to the low est bidders, you s'secretiy' give out this TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLAR contract to tei0 ot your poit- acal faporites. Your conduct in that in stance has been so glaringIy improper, fl not corrupt, that your friends cannot de- fend you; even your organ, the Gazette, ias been such stickler for the lowest bid ders, that the Editor shows some little consistency in his silence;& he cannot de fend you without giving up the principle he has so assiduonsly rung in the ears o his read CTS for the last twelve months.
 Sir, the expenditure ofsuch large sun of money, is matter of some importance independent of the disappointment of those who calculated 10 come in competition fol the joo; there are few men, who have { prop5r regard for tho welfare and in,prov e ment of the Territory, that can feel pdif ferent. In word, sir, there appears t be a general anxiety to know the particu lars of this secret contract of yours, ant why and wherefore you went contrary tt the established custom in such cases.- Near crusade against the majority .! sh'