The Arkansas advocate., 1834-05-30

J k ,be;r ;,5st r,,ebts to have been Invaded - Tbus aIl the independent departments ot tbe eoYernment and the States when com nose our confederated Union, instead of att tending to their appropriate duties, and ieay- mo those who may offend, to be reclaimed or punished in inc manner pointed out n the sseald fall to mutual crina1na- lion an, rte i,,iii,;stt:, and give n the Peo- ple. confusion and anarchy, instead ef or der and law: until at length some form ef aristocratic power would be established on the ruins of he constitution, or the States be broken ialo separate communities.
 Far be 1t ffona me to charge or 10 mstfiH- ate. that the mesent Senate of the United States intended, Fl the'most distant way, 10 encourage Such result. It is not of their motives or designs, but only ot tie tenden- cv of their aets, that 1t is my duty to speak.
 Ii is. if possible, to make Senators them- selves sensible of the danger which turks in the precedent set i'll their resolution; and at any rate to perform my duty, as the re- sponsible head of one of the co-equal De- partments of the Government, that have been compelled to point out the coHseqaen- ces to which the discussion and passage of tie resolution may lead, if the tendency of tle measure be not checked in It's incep- ton.
 It is dde 10 the high trust with which 1 have been charged; to those who may be called 10 succeed me in 1t; to the Repre- sentaiives of the people, whose constitu- tional prerogatiye has been unlawfully assn- med; to the people and to the States; and to the consolation they have established, that l should not permit its provisions to be broken down by such an attack on the tx- ecutive department, without at least some effort ito preserve, protect, and detend9 them. With this view, and for the reasons which have feen stated, do hereby solemn ly protest against the aforementioned pro- ceeding8 of tke Senate, as unaathoFzed by inc constitution, contrary to lis sptrit and several of iiss express provisions; snbyer- sive of that distribution of the powers of government which 1t has ordained and es- tablished; destructive of tue checks and safe guards ty which those powers were in- tended. on tn one hand, to be controlled, and on the other to be protected; and cal enlated by tler immediate and collateral et- Eects, ty fhei- character and tendency, to concentrate in the hands of body not di- teelly aneaable to the people, degree of influence ahd power dangerous to their lih- critics, and iatal to the constitution of their choiee.
 Tke resolution of fhe Senate contains an inFafatieaepan my private as vel as apon my public character; and as 1t must stand forever on theif journals, cannot close this substitute for that defence witch have not been allowed to present IL the ordinary form, without remarkng, that have lived in vain if 1t be necessary to enter into for nal vindieaton of my character ard purpo- ses from such an imputation. In yain do bear upon my person, enduring memorials of that contest in which American liberty NSuS tsssasssssai--as, van have since g,erl- ed property, fame, and life, ln defence of tbe rights and privileges so dearly bought
 in vain am now, without personal aspi- ration, or the hope of individual advantage, encountering responsibilities and dangers, from which, by mere inactivity III relation to single point, might have been exempt = if any serious doubts can be entertained as 10 inc purity of my purposes and motives. If I had been ambitious, should have sought alliance with that powerful institu- ton, which even now aspifes to no divided empire. Ii i had been venal, should have sold myself to it's desiens-had pre-
 ferred personal comfort and official ease to
 the performance of my afduous duty, ] i should haze ceased to molest it. h the history of eonqaerors and usurpefs, never, in the fire of yoiitll, nor in the yigor of man. hood, could find an attraction 10 lure me from the path of duty; and now, l shall scarcely find an indncement to commence their career of ambition, when gray hairs and deeaying frame, instead of inviting To toil and battle, call me to the contemplation of oii3er worlds, where conquerors cease 10
 be honored, and usurpcrs explate their crimes. The only ambition 1 can feel, Is to acquit myself to Him to whom 1 must soon render an account oi my stewafdship, to serve my fellow men, and live respected and honoFed in tie history of ny country.
 No the ambition which leads me or. is an anxious desire and fixed determnation, to return to tho people uninpaired, the sacred trust they have confided to my chalge--to heal the wounds of the constitution and preserve 1t from further violation, to per- snade my countrymen, so far as 1 nay, that
 # IS not ia splendid government, support ed by powerful monopolies and aristocfat- cai establishments, that they will find hap plness, or their liberties protection; but in a plan system-void of protecting all, and granting favors to none--dispen- sing is blessings like the dews of heaven,