The Arkansas advocate., 1833-09-25

! Ielatlge 10 fianking, we have been reqaes- ted to state, that inc law, relative to the lfranking privilege of members elect, has not been changed. They are entitled, as hafe- tolore, to the franlling privilege only s5ajy days prior to the commencement ofthe ses- sion, of the Congress to which they helens. The late act extends the fanking privilege ofthe members of the lust Coaggeas osllij, to the commencement of the ensuing session. = Oa5o State Journal.
 For tue .4dpocate
 MR. EDIToR:-The ebullitons of par- tizan strife having past away with tic close of the late elections, like froth from the troubled waters, We can now engage in the discussion of subjects better calculated in
 their nature to promote harmony of feeling, and teach man his moral duties and obliea- tions. Instead of sounding the war-hoop of party distinction, and arousing the black CT passions of the human soul, let us erect some common altar, around which all may meet, and there consign to eternal oblivion, l past follles, party animosities, and domes-
 tic feuds. Instead of the bloody tomahawk
 of war, let the calumet of peace be found Tn every hand. In the place of extending the line of demarcation heretofore drawn, let Us with one heart and hand cordially CO
 operate to ef1aee its last Yestge. When this important era shall arrive, then shall
 we see man as his creator intended he should be-cultiyating all the social virtues,
 and eleyatings himself in the moral scale of creatlon. or, could an intelligent obserY- CT, have been placed upon some lofty emi- hence, who was not contaminated with the l polldtions of a wicked world, and there O.
 verlooked the scene of action a few months anterior to the great battle recently fought in the wilds of Arkansas, he would have
 been constrained to cry out involuntary, oh mani how art thou fallen from thy pris-
 time purity! Alas! thou vast made up- right, but thou hast sought out many in-
 ventions. He would there have seen the
 creative powers of mans mind in full play,
 to originate the basest fabrications, to pros
 trate the lair and hard earned reputation of honest men. He would there have beheld the assasslns of virtue, with fiendish maig-
 nity, stabbing their vietims.-IIe would in
 fact, there have beheld such a scene ofnor- fal degradation, and political dishonesty, that the feeble powers of my pen fall infin- Iitely short to depict. All tAis Is owing to the vitiated state ot society, which IS brought
 on by departure from the path of moral
 fectitude, and disregard 10 the obligations l of truth. Fofthe sacred oraeles assure Us, that sin is a fepfoachto any people, bat that righteousness exalteth q nation. Hoping that tho minds of the reading comnalas4y have returned to their just eQaHBriom, 1prefose to offer teW thoB bts 0a aa5- lIect that demands the respect aad atten- ton of all who are capable O. its eanobhag linfuence-I mean Iftt{A. i shall, ldr. Ed itor, commit to your control nsy thoughts on this subject, believing that yea will never prostitute the purity of the press to the low purposes of inyeetive, sarcasm, or unholy disputation, or make if the mere trumpeter of party's fame; but that 1t shall be fostered by you to bear truth to the world. In at- Tempting to treat on truth, a field for intel- lectual labor and salutary remarks seems to open to the mind almost as extensive as the universe. How many thousands, for example, have contributed even their ut- most efforts to the emcidation and deve- lopement of the sacred principle before us, and yetwith what clouds of intellectual rub- bish, sophistry and error, does the sacred principle still remain enveloped. For It's extrcation men of every description of taste. talent and requirement., have thought, writ ten, reasoned, and devoutly prayed. But still how few there are who fully know and love the hufh. And how many ingenious and imposing sophisns, arranged and writ ten out with great labour and pains, even at the seats Of science, with their train of lle- gitimate and distorted inferences, togeth- CT with host of motley and pernicious errors and lies, to which these make a kind of stepping stone. are passing with millions in the world for golden truth itself, for the maintainancean and diffusion oftheir influence, their properties and almost their lives stand pledged. With pure intelligence, truth IS only to be apprehended correctly in order to its being loved and embraced; but to an unholy being, with all the synthecized intel- leet of men, and angels too, 1t might even be presented in all the radiancy Of it's glow ing grandeur to little or no effect. This l #deplorable thought, connected with the ac- knowledged and no less lamentable fact of the utter depravity of man, might seem 10 Haugur fruitlesness in the most honest and laborious effort to present to his under standing this important subject, with a de- sign to gain him as it's captive and bring him ,,nder ifs corrective and wholesome disci- |