The Arkansas advocate., 1835-11-13

c53es oater atiasgs. iIe has fixed aye.a;' ''e to district presentation, and to be cons;s, cit, he must condemn, also. th,. cons,its,;@A H., however, has only given his asssrt;ooa Oa' He has thus Ear res :rsed all his areumpnts If he has any, to himself: 's'''',
 hope, II lie sholli trouble the milf. again, he will show the harm done by 1i's tbs adoptoa of this princi. Ie tVao IS wroosa9 9 or injjafad iby t J less lio lo@s Us aa body will b. al :he trouble of list#.n;na' ~ " lis eii;ltt:iiig He people af 4 h,nss. want solid argument, before tAey will oivo attention t5 any. Why docs this man coa5 plain now o this principle? He appeared ut one time, to have become reconcjled :, the principles ofthe constitution, and Aiaasals presented the amendment which gave m equal number of representatives to the t~a great districts ol the Territory. Ii w.s agreed to with great uaaaimiy. and not.s seemed more anxious for the aereemani than himself. Does he now wish to ini,,g. others for the same act he did hirnselff No one who wished we'll to the country fss. sired to see a division line struck across tba Terfitory. ItWas not done, in effect. 65fj his ameudfnent was adopted. IL was done N prevent all cause 6 excitement, and to do, stroy the jealousies existing. Yet, at tbe expense of his own consistency, he labos to renew the troubles.
 Not content to have disturbed the prd. gress of the business in the house by his sec. tionai feelings, he now wishes to disturb the whole public. It IS now plain who the ao;, tator is, else why publish his circular to the people of Washington county, in the public prints here to be spread throughout tfIe Territory? He endeavofs to mislead the public on the subject of the basis of re. presentation, and wishes it to be understood that, unless the basis is numbers, the citi. zens or free men do not give the votes. The truth IS, the basis only fixes the nun. Der to be elected by the free voters, and de. prives not one of his vote. The choice is sill with the people. and no one man gives more votes than his neighbor, according to any proposition made 10 the legis ature.
 The fich and the poor, in every part of the country, exercise precisely the same polite, al rights and powers, and no one, as an ind
 vidual, more than another. Yet he has the eiftouterv 10 assert, in his circular, that the representatives from the north were " driven to the gloomy alternative of aban.
 < doning State Government, or giving lo !" one man with five slaves, the same yoieein
 : the formation ef the constitution of your
 . country that four of you would hageo Now. after q careful pefusal of the pro. ceediags oi' the houses, the writer finds no such alternative ever offered 10 the n1embeR of the north and west in any shape whatever.
 stated that the proceedings on this subject are before the public; can any man find such proposition contained in theml Let this man wear the brand of falsehood, ua.
 less he does point ottt the amendment, offer. ed to either house, which embraced this odious doctrine. Let all honest men be ad. monished not to believe these assertions un. #til the record proof from the journals is ex. hibited and pointed out. He complains Of some members from the north and west. There were members from the north and west, who, much to their honor, soon dis. covered the unsoundness of the doctrines he asserted, an the selfish motives which prom ted him, and would neither be driven by his threats, nor intmidated by his cla- mors, but chose to follow their own opinions of what was right. It is believed that alldd so except himself, who certainly endeavored 10 force men 10 follow his course. He was disappointed, and hence his dissatisfaction.
 He endeayors 10 excite the ieaousies of the north, by reminding them that 2200 of their white population are not represented. Does he mean that this number are deprived of the right of voting. This would be false. Is not the whole no tn and west representa- according to his amendment? Did he offer and support an amen llnent producing this r@silt He was then rccreaut 10 the rights ol lis constituents, or had not intelligence Of worth sufficient to secure them in the house! Ii this IS the true ineailiag of his statement, the peopEe of Wasbin4ton county will no doubt ii.id some otter more competent man to aitead tdtheir interests in future.
 But tie people oi The north and west will not trouble lhems,l Ives much about bis 5 ateaefts, uatil he SLOWS how they are really nJnfed by t.lis arrangement. Have t"9s h"' ss lilus.i power III ti:e ConYeDlloh as the otae dst cl Gan le othes iaJne them! Lel him SHOW il, and theu taeir leafs mgb be excited. But such is not the case. They have sufficient repfe. sehtatioa to secure their rights. This sdre,y was all the people wis led. They surely dii not Wanf so much as would have enabled them to opPress and tyrannze over the rest of lhe Territory. lfthey had