The Arkansas advocate., 1832-05-16

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 should resort to sophistry and disingen-
 uousness to misleadthe people, who are already far mislead upon this subject, by yoar own efforts and tic efforts of the Arkansas Gazette, thatpoiluted, shame less press. l shall throw out of this dis cussion all whining and sycophantic stuff about your tender regard for the people, the character off 'stown and country and your present party atti- Jude being forced upon you against your will, after every effort to avoid. :" Facts, stubborn record facts, are sape- rior to all assertion. We judgeofmen's motiyes by the manifest tendency, of their actions, and by the notorious cha racteF of their minds. It has become so fashionable of late for the vcnal and cor rupt to veil their malevolent motives and acts under the sacred name of pa triolism, the people have become heart fly tired of such empty and hollow pro tessions. The unfair and disingenuous artihee of your Excelleney, of pervert- ing facts, misstating of facts, and the order in which they took place, to fas- ten upon the Legislature of your coun- try the charge of disgrace and corrup- ton, will be viewed by all just and hon. orable men as being disgracefui, and by the people you have the honor of go- yerning, with feelings of deep indlgna- ton.
 We will proceed to examine the con- duct and proceedings of the Legislature in relation to the celebrated memorial to Congress, requesting that body to grant 10 the people of Arkansas the privilege of electing their own Governor. How were the people, through their repre- sentatives, to guard against 'spower," and protect themselves against "an in- iuence derogatory to liberty and free institutions,' if their memorial, pre- scnting their grievances, might be de- teated by this "all-controlling veto pow er?' Besides the manifest improprie- ty and obvious absurdity ofpresenting to you memorial for your consideration, so much at war with your interest and feelings, the phraseology and style of the memorial clearly shows, that it nev- CT was intended by its author, or the Legislature, that it should meet your eye, or encounter your opposition. By the Organic Law of the Territory of Arkansas, the style of aii jaws sl,aii run thus: Be t enacted 5y the Generd3 y4s- senablyofhe Icrr'toyof. .4rkansas, That, &c. All memorials, without an excep- ton, intended for Executive concur. renee, run thus: Your memorialists, the General Assembly of the Territory of .4rkansoS, represent, &c. The style and phraseology of the memorial now under discussion, in dropping the words "General.4ssealbly," makes the essential distinction, and runs thus: Your me- morialists, the Legis!otive Council aud House of Representatives of tue Territory of Arhansds, represent, &c. In case of the enactment of a law or memorial, de- signed for Executive action, alwaysin- cludes the words, the 'sGeneraiAssena- bly," which necessarily include the Ex- ecutiye authority, the coordinate branch ofthe Legislature. What is thcstyle of the memorial under consideration? It
 IS, your memoria!ists, tho Legislatioc Council and House of Representatives. of the Territory of Arkansas, Sc. Gan those two distinct bodies be construed to mean the General Assembly, in the face of the Organic Law, which says the General Assembly shall consist of the Governor, a Legislative Council and House of Representatives? But read on little further, and you will find it runs thus: With deep regret for their constituents and hemselres, humbly re- present, &c. Who are those deep re- grets for? Certainly not for your Elk cellency. The Governor has no con- stituents ii Arkansas. He certainly is notincluded in the word hesngelres, for that has reference alone to the Legisla- fre Council and House of Representatives. From the phraseology of this memorial itself your acknowledged good sense did tell you, that your cooperation in its passage was neither sought nor in- tended. Still, your interested feelings made you seek and obtain it in an inn propermanner. No memorial to which your assent was desirable, wasever han ded to you, headed in the same manner with this; and no Governor, either of State or Territory. evernndertook to oeto the petition ofthe people, either by themselves or through their immediate representatives, but yourself Sir, it