The Arkansas advocate., 1835-03-20


 Scotch Representatives? There is another country in the world, to whose Representa- ,ives it might very well be applied.
 ssDoss ony great man gluneh an' gloom! Speak out, ait nevef fash your thumb: Let posts and pensions sink or soon,
 Wi them wha grant 'em: If honestly they canna come,
 Far better want 'em.
 Tn gathering votes ye were m slack;
 Now stand us tightly by your tack;
 Ne'er claw your lug, an fdge your back,
 An hum an haw;
 But raise your arm an tell your crack,
 Before them a.
 It is pity that all the Representatives, both of the United States and of the Teni- tory of Aikansas. should not act according to this advice. It IS sure sign of degene- racy in people, when the love fer pen sions and offices is put in the place ot pat- riotisn. It is a natural and unavoidable consequence, however, of the system of re- wards, of dispensing offices and honors among pariisaus, aud making political op- position a crime. NEe defest the system we detest the principle in politics, that "the spells of office belong to the vietors.g IL Is very natural that man should prefer his friend to his .enemy-but to make political partisanship the only test of qualification for office, is calculated to destroy all political virtue and political honesty. How many men do we see in every popular legislature, who are very weather vanes, to be blown about by every breath of their political de- Grand Lama of their sect How many who are as well drilled as the
 z..=zz 4sa.--z..zzz.. sss move ike paMns on q chess-board, and with as little knowledge wAither and for what purpose they are moving! How ma ny, who faller, and s.claw their lug, an tidge their back, an hum an haw," when their name happens to be at the head of the list--befofe their file leader has voted-- poor unfortunate fellows, who ought to peti- ton that their names should be so altered as not 10 begin win an fl Az For oNr own part, we had rather see . man as obstinate as a pig or a mule, than one of your easy, no-pfinciple men, who follow their leader, precisely as flock of sheep follow their bell bearing comrade, over ditches, walls, and fences, all ina straight line. HEe have often been reminded of this, when we have seen the partizan members of a legislature voting; and the only reflection we made on such occasions, has been, that the sheep was the better and more useful animal of the two. This arises, foo. in some mea- sure, from the practice. too prevalent in this territory as well as elsewhere, of electing men as partlsans, or in other words, Tul- ming Hie parig tiekef. In electing some of fieers, t IS very proper.-In electing clerks, prosecuting attorneys, SSc. ii is just as ab- surd as 1t would be to hire a cook because he was a good Jackson man. We like to sit and watch game of chess-and m the same way we like 10 see politician move his legislative knights, rocks and bishops. if the people, however, are willing to send chessmen to make laws for thenl--men who sit in their seats like little wooden Chi nese mandayins, nodding and shaking when the wire pnlls--why, they have right to do it. It would he .nst the same thing, however, if they would amhorlse some pro- minent man in the party to give twelve or fifteen votes. and then they could save ex- pense, by keeping their members at hene.
 There are some words so commonly used and 50 prosltuted, that we are almost ashamed te put our pen to writing them. Every demagogue boasts lustily that he is for THE FEorIE'--every candidate. whose god is himself, shouts THE PEePIE.--THE PEopLE!--untii lhe word has become so de- based as to render every one suspicious who uses t. And every politician is, as -we heard tailor of our acquaintance say the other day. ..far s.sas,a.es not men,''- when the truth IS, that the only principle now. IS 10 change principles as fast as tho head of the party changes. We have known men alio began with being, exccl- :