The Arkansas advocate., 1835-04-24

am but an humble individual, and depend ent upon my own exertions for the support of large family; and my success in even making this support depends upon my abil- lty to sustain fair reputation for honor and impartiality in the discharge of my official duties. One office 1 now hold was derived at your hands in August, 1888. On that, as on one other oeeasiens you gave me nest generous and liberal support, for which you have. in return my most hearty and unfeign- ed thanks. To have the good opinion you thus eYinced for me, destroyed or estranged by the invdious attacks Of heartless sy- cophant, hireling who is constantly on the alert for new victims to satiate the inordi- nate passion Of himself and masters, is what l viii moi tacitiy submit to. i have heretofore forborne 10 notice many of his insidious and malicious inuendoes, contain ! ed in the Gazette, about the failure of his papers to arrive at their proper offices. I was satisfied that his remarks, then, were designed to effect me, but they were too in- definite to be noticed, and l have always felt an extreme nnwillingness to engage in conflict apith him, when I had so little to gain.
 l will appeal to any gentlemen of both political parties, who have had access to my office, to say whether they have ever dis covered in me the slightest disposition to show partiality or make distinctions on ac- count of political opinion; and to Mir. Woodruff himself I could, if necessary. refer for a confirmation of what 1 state, when he had more friendly feeling for me than he now has. I have Dever knowingly or intentionally done wrong in my official duties, for the purpose of injuring a foe or benehting a friend, and well does Mir. Woodruff know 1t. He cannot, he dare not say conscientiously that he believes me so lost 10 every sense of moral justice as to do an act SC base. ;,iii proud to say iii the face of the whole world, that in this particu- lar l am INcoRRUPTiBLE, and defy Mr. Woodruff 10 gainsay it.
 Ia the Gazette of the 21st inst, now be- fore me, Mir. Woodruff sets out by saying ::
 'We have at last found out the cause of our papers not regularly reaching the distant Post. offices in the Territory, of which so many complaints have been nude for seye- 1 ral months past-or, at least, what we be- lieve has been the princpal cause of their failure. They are DETAINED IN THE P0ST-OFFICE AT LITTLE ROCK, and not regularly sent by the first
 mails after they are deposited there. Scarcely a week passes without our receiv- ing complaints of their failure to reach Fayetteville, and frequently other offices, at the proper time, and, by the Southern mail, on Tuesday night last, we received no less than FOUR letters from Postmas- ters in that direction, complaining that our paper was not received at their offices. The acting Postmaster at Hot Springs, under date of 4th instant, says, that, "with the exception of the Advocate, no Little Rock papers have been received at this office for TWO WEEKS last pastn 1 The Postmaster at Bayou Deroach, under date of the l4th inst, says: "Ne have not had Gazette in this quarter for the LAST FOUR WEEKS. The Adyo- cate comes toeraby regular; the Times once in while; but the GAZETTE E-not any ot tats."
 The Postmaster at Washington writes us as follows, on the 9th instant:
 "What is the reason that we received NO PAPERS from Little Rock, by the last mail! 1 understand that no papers from that place were received at any of the l offices between here and there, and 1 am certain that none passed lhis office, going beyond"
 The Postmaster at Pine Wood r. O., Seyier county, writes us on the ] 9th ultimo, that the Gazette had not made it's appear ance at that office for the sttco last ttips,' and that our subscribers were making con siderable complaint because of the failure of their papers.
 We have already suffered enough by the detention of our papers in the Little Rock, Post-oflice. In future, we shall prefer our complaints for such negligence to the Post master General, from whom, we trust, we shall obtain redress
 Now will ask an impartial community to say whether, in this whole article, there is any thing tending in the slightest degree to prove that Mir. Woodruff's papers did moi leape the Little Rock Post Office on tie regular mail days? Is there any evidence that they were detained tat the Post Office at Little Rock?' But all cavilling aside, l i will admit that 1t is possible Cor I do not