The Arkansas advocate., 1835-01-02
No.IU.
To the Editor of ihe .adpocale :

2 | U hto A-tlttbf " 1fto 0AuDOCutG SIR--Before I proceed to particular sexanination of the acts and pretensions of. the Sevier faction, let me consider the con-; 5troyersy which exists between the two bel! sigerent papers et Liptle Rock, and between s the Delegate and the Governor. l call up-i on the people to reflect upon that contro-I zversy--to consider the causes and the mo- Stives which produced it--ana then serious Ely to ask themselves whether they are in 8any way party to or interested in the con- gtest--whether they are not in truth insalted Sand degraded by 1t. The charge of in- Fgratitude has been brought forward by each sparty against the other--and l would ask sthe people to consider what services may shave been rendered by one 10 the other (which could make separation ingrattude. xIIave those services been such as only re- sferred to the welfare of the community and &the advancement of the interests of the 4Territory2 If so, where Is the ingratituGe {? NHave they not rather been a mutual aid- 5ance in advancing themselves to power and @supporting themselves in 1t. That there is Fin the conduct of both parties, ingratitude Kenough, there IS no doubt--but 1t is the in- Agratitude shown by them to q confding and sabused people. It consists in the effronte- ssry and unabashed impotence with which sthey are quarreling for rights belonging on- Ely to the people, and possessed by their Spresent holders through the generosity of sthe people. That either party was unwi- Aling to divide from the other, tell the peo- sple, is not true. The separation was long fsince thought of, desired, and then resolved Bon, by both parties. sevier and his friends Awere tired of the Governor months ago. aand believing themselves sufficiently strong @without him, determined to throw hm of, Xand secure tothemselvesa larger proportion Sof the spells which their power enabled Sthem to seize. They were aided in com Ming to this determination, by mistaken @idea that the Governor was unpopular with lsthe President, and that the time would soon |aarrive when he would be forced to relin- Mquish the Governorship of Arkansas, and Hof course cease to be. useful 10 them.- mThls the Governor may call ingratitude-- Nbut what better had he right to expect !?
 8When he descended from his high standing
 Eas Governor, to devote himself as a parti.
 gan servant to the meanest purposes of a
 EiactioE, to attack private character, and to
 Swield prostituted pen, he rendered him.
 Ssef liable to be treated, when no longer
 Evaluable, as men of such stamp are always &treated. Why then should the Governor
 ncomplain! The spectacle has rarely been
 seen--of man. by his official indepen-
 s.dent station removed from every possible lSlnfinence of partizan bigotry, voluntarily Eihrowing away the shield of honorable neu-
 FNtrai'y, and sailing under the black flag of
 Ethe buccaneer. Neither was the Governor Maverse to the separation. Having declared Ahimself demagogue-and trusting to a
 h.faetltious popularity which he has foo late lMfound his servle measures did not gain hin
 M---he commenced machinations by whicl
 ahe might aggrandize the idol of his almos
 Horizontal deyotion-- himself. Probably he