The Arkansas advocate., 1832-03-14
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 To lis EqcelieRcy Gov. PopE,
 Sia:-A letterto you through the col umns of the Advocate, may be at this precise luncture little unexpected, or at all events, something nnwished for.- Your late veto upon the Fen Section bill,o measure fraught with such incah eutd6te interest to the people of this Terri tory, has, in your opinion, so deeply root ed you in their affections, that you begin 10 fancy you are in reality a .sgood Gov ernor.a Unfortunately for your designs, Governor, your own evil genius, egotism and arrogance, has interrupted orscoun- 'teracted that rapid current of popular fa- yor which you so yainly imagined to be setting towards you. Your own express ions with regard to the consequences which had arisen and were likely to arise from the fact of your having laid your .s.heayF handa upon that measure, induces us to believe that your own personal popu- fdsifp weighed more with you, tlian any consideration of the commonWeal of Ar kansas.
 Without discussing the merits of that Bill, let us take a cllrsory glance of your conduct since you have presided over this Territory, and perhaps something like an estimate of your trHe motives may be made. shall not at present mort the pont whether that measure would have been of advantage or disadvantage 10 the Ter ritory. or whether the sefen Sectiensn could have been better disposed of; that is foreign to this present writing; but by the way, would hazard an opinion, that they might have been disposed of to the manifest disadvantage of the Territo- ry, and that with your consent, had the same proposition been made by Ashiey* or Woodruff, and acceded to by the Le- gislature: and the opinion is pretty gen- erally current, that had the above propo- sition been made and acoeded 10, we would have heard ofany thing but ssveto. ? four great concern for the true interests of the people would have been sacrificed to the interests of iadieidual .Jacorites
 You, Sir, have been more than once accused of descending from your lofty character of chief magistrate of this Ter ritory. and mixing with and idenfifying yourself with the partizan feuds which have for several years divided and distrac- ted our country, which embittered citizen against citizen, and have more than once caused the shedding of blood. These ac- cusations were denied by yourself and your friends, until your partiali,ies be- came so openly notorious, that conceal ment was no longer possible, or denial not credited. By your own conduct you gave tacit admission to the charge, and whe n at last you were fairly caught, you aspiyed to become a leader! The high and res ponsible situation you held when you ar rived among us. gave yon claims to our respect and confidence: all parties joined in haiIing you as Governor of the people; all were your friends, and ali looked up to you as being capable of healing our wounds. of restoring peace and harmony among us and of correcting the difficult ties which unbappily existed. This, sir, if not wholly, was measurably Tn your pow CT. By your influence properly exerci- sed, you could have softened, if not en- tirely eradicated the disease. You could have rendered the body tolerably healthy, by amputatng some of the most unsound members.
 But how widely different was the course your Excellency chose to pursue--by that course you tore open afresh the fostering sore-you widened the breach already made-you caused fierce discord 10 rage more horribly among us, and finally raised tempest which was near bringing you beneath its ruins. This, sir, acknowl- edge was not done in any of your of1icia or public acts; no sir, you were then too young in the country openly to acknowl- edge your partizan zeal-yon thought the scheme rather premaiure--yo had mt then learned to brave the indignation of an incenscd and jealous peopIe-hnt you secretly and alandestinely acted in con cert with the Ashley faction, while in open day you put on the semblance of friendship 10 the friends of Searcy, or at feast affected an indifference as tn the re- suit. But doubic dealing couid not ai- ways remain ssdark as the graye.o Your friend Woodruff, wrote rather nnguarded- ly, and you were betrayed, Whats sir. but a gnawing propensity to be a partizan could have induced you to take this course! Some there are who, nstigated by fear, support men in power--othcrs, from being caiSens, have right 10 support whom they please. they have right to be violent partizans if they choose, or if 1t better suits their habits, they have an undouhted right to be passive spectators of political turmoil. But you, sir, conld not have been influenced bY any Of ti.ese motives.
 \ Ashley made two propositions to the Legislature which were both rejected - Ell. .4dr.