The Arkansas advocate., 1832-02-29

ne puDllC lltife*O Olli5 to uiiuctstabo the true characterof Robert Critten- den and his associates, to appreciate the ffmness of Gov. Pope, iu resisting their base speculation upon the people of Arkansas The National Journal will do Gov. Pope the justice to repub- Fish this articfe.r
 1t will beseen by the above extract from the the National Journal, printed at Wash l.tngton city, and the one that follows, from the heHhscky Edzctte, as comment upon it, that the .NationGt Journal, in announ- cing tho presentation to Congress of the memorial of the Legislature of the Terri torys praying the right of electing their own Chief Magistrate, has assumed. from that fact, that His Excellency Gov. Pope, was not nopiilar in Arkansas, in conse- ancnce of his sslibefai application of the s.-ttas s..-ttas 1; t pop,iiaf measures ;' hAt that no nnkind expression i'll relation to the Goy- ernor, escapes him; nor does heyenture even an opifiioii in relation to the propri- ety of his cantse, or allude fo any particu- far yet,,. The Kentucky GaxeRe, printed at Lexington, and edited by George J
 
 the above from the Journal, and predica- ted upon 1t the most licentious attack upon my private character, have ever known disgrace the columns of a newspaper or the pen of gentleman. he editor Of the .4rkaasas GaseHe, las thought proper to re-publish this tissue of billingsgate, Hn- der the eye of His Excellency, and con ! sequeutly jointly with him to endorse the calumnies ft,contains. The latter editor, is the same (Wm. F. Woodruff who, in 1927, filled his columns with the most " an- ton islanders in relation 10 mo, and when put to The proof, published solemn recan- tation of all he had written, on condition that l would withdraw the snit drew the Fecantation, and he published it, Having on that occasion compromised his veracity and honor, 1t could not be expect ed that iswoud again respond to any slan- ders from his pen. With Mr. Tlotter, ] am differently situated He Is the editor of once respectable paper. 1t may yet be so. l have not seen 1t for five years, until within a few days. l know his fami- iy to.be as respectable as any Tn the State -ofhim personally, have no knowledge
 but the violence of his assault upon me has left me no alternative. 1 am relnc- tantly constrained to present myself to the public, to vindicate myself from the foul aspe rs,ons of one have never inlnrod l owe this duty to my children and friends, however painful 1t may be. in doing so, propose to adopt the esame,o der iu which he has chosen to propagate his sland CTS.
 Mr. irotter saYs--" having in the Coun- cil majority of his (my) devoted parti- zans. his tmy) proposition was 5acced ed 10, and the bill presented 10 Gov Pope flor his signature. Aware ofthe foul means resorted to by Robert Grittenden, and the monstrous sacrifice involved. he int erposed his peto." Tounderstand the subject, an explanation of the organization of o.fr I.e gislature may be necessary. Each fiy Q hundred souls are entitled to one repre- 1 sentative, and each county to one coun- cillor. and every male citizen over the age of twenty-one, and residing one yea in the Territory, Is legal voter. fhus elected, the t,oo branches of the Leglsla ture met last October, at this place-the l House os representatives being composed of twenty-five members-the Council of twenty-three-one member being absent from each House during the entire session The vote on the final passage of the bill purchasing my house, was, in the House of Repres entatives, .ffieea to ,ti,te-in the Council, .Jons4een to .eigM. Thas. instead of 's having band of my devoted parti- 1 zans in tue Council" there wanted but one of ttco-ttirds in both branches of tue i Legislature; and His maj jority is ra if,i ed 1 as corrupt band of desperadoes led on by myself. Little does he know of Ark 1 ansas or its citizens, If he siipposes the Legislature could be led by any man, There were men an that Asse ply, aud voting for that measure, who for purity of character or high intelligence, would not lose by comparison even with Mir rotter. and for sternness and integrity ofptrpose, might proudly challenge comparison wlti, better men. But 1t was not that they yo- ted for this bill, that he denounced them they dared toresist the powers that be- they dared to exercise their undoubted right to present the grievances Of the peo- l pie they represented, to the Congress of the united States, and in doing so, to censure the Governor, and ask permission to let the people elect their Chief M agis- trate. If Gov. Pope IS friend to repre- sentative government, and IS so popular, why resist- trusting :sc Psapaas vii. this power! The pay would be the same. and how much more honorable the tenure of ofhce, and how proudly too, would his etee''on ref'ife tue calumnies of the Legis- lature. The only objection that can be urged to the measure, is that the people are not competent, have not sufficient in- teHigence to make a5adicious election.-I It was for passing this memorial, that Mr. Frotter has hurled his curses at them and me bat, in doing so, he unwittingIy in- citdes g'redter number than voted for the ten section law. The memorial alli,d ed to, was passed after the Governor had put hls veto upon that law, and consequently tue minority were in extacies at his Ro- man sternness and virtues; and yet that