The Arkansas advocate., 1835-07-03

those friendly to 1t, now. year afterwards, Col. Sevier, in his Circular, combated these arguments, in his usual classic style, and the Gazette cried out--sshear him. hear our So- lomon'' ssThe country is ruined if we go into u State Government and the people believed them. In the mean time this paper never lost sight of the subject, but from time to time continued to urge it upon the people. But the Gazette says, in the fall of 1881 'sthe Crittenden party had decided majority i'll both branches of the Territorial Legislature, 7 if they were in favor of 1t. .swhy let the op- portunity passr' We simply ask the Ga zette, what should the Legislature have done! A Delegate had been elected avowedly oppo- sed to the measure-according to the Ga- zettes own acknowledgement, it was not
 made question by the people in electing their members to the Legislature, and to use his own language smanyof 5evier's friends Hea were .f6a. the measure, and many of De- sha's against t''-while 1t was a ssmere mat ter of opinion, , should they have had Con
 
 vention called, or any step taken which was not recommended or sanctioned by the peo- pie themselves? Probably such a course might have been pursued by the faction of which the Gazette is the organ--5ut we are proud to say that such was not the course of tho Legislature of '3I. During the session of 1893, the Sevier party had decided majority in the Legislature of the Territory. Mr.Se- vier himself was in constant attendance, yet we heard nothing from them that showed that they were in favor of State Government- their candidates who were supposed to be op- posed to t, were elected to the Legislature from this eounty-and when the subject was mentioned in the Advocate, it was looked up- on by them more as chimcra than any thing that was really to happen. The Legislature adjourned, and the Delegate took his depar- ture for Washington City. Some time in .Ia- nuary, the public were astounded with the Delegates letter. in which he informed them that he had introduced bill into Congress for the purpose of enquiring into the expedi- ency of admitting Arkansas into the Union as State. The Gazette itself was taken perfectly aback-it talked of the ssheapy re- sponsi5ittg'2 which the Delegate had assu- med--that ssne personal considerations would deter him from doing what he coaeeiveat to be his duty, 6ze. &zc. but avoided any express  sion of It's own opinion upon the snbject-and what is equally true, never once during the long session of that Congress, nor, we believe, until the close of tho last, did the editor Of that paper come out for State Government.
 But the Gazette says--in order to carry out it's idea that the Advocate and its sup Porters were against State Government when theyfound Col. Sevier in favor of it--that when Col. Seyier introduced his resolution into Congress, s.the Advocate was silent, ssthe party was dumb as an oyster" Truly, we shall begin to believe, what has several times been insinuatcd concerning the editor of that paper-.that he is not blessed with ve- " refeatipe memory. When Col. Sevier's letter, announcing the step he had taken, was published, the following language was used by the editor of the Advocate:v-
 "Iu this measure State Gosernment.] of ihe Delegate, we most heartily concur, and shah never, raise dissenting voice againstit. The Delegate seems to appre- bend that we shall reprove him for the step he has taken; but we are neither bigoted enough to chide him when he does act well, nor senseless enough to contradict our own opinions, already formed and expressed up- on this subject. We must however. tho we are not disposed to carp and cavil, say that we cannot allow our Delegate 10 claim such a step, as if 1t was done contrary to the wishes and views of the party to which we belong, or as If we were to be expect ed 10 oppose GRy measure of public utility, because it comes from one who Is not the man of our choice. Whenever the inter- est of the public, of the whole people, de- mands of Us to oppose him and his meas uress we shall most certainly do so; but we shall as certainly go side by side with him, whenever he acts for that people, as an honest man should act. And it will be remembered that this paper has rem the commencement of it's existence, advoca- ted unhesitatingly this measure and urged itupon the people. For proof of this we refer to our early numbers
 Thus it will bs seen, the Advocate gave that credit to the Delegate, which was with