The Arkansas advocate., 1835-06-19

and 4 Dt. then called rebellion, what, let us ask, was thelr complaint7 That they taxed without Delng represented--that their Governors and Judges, those who held the liberty, property aud lite ot the peanle at thelr will, were arbitrarily appointed over them, as overseers might be appointed over hetd of slaves Against tllls the tree spint or our ia fet,eeti Patriots dciibcrated, and then ae'ee like n1en The v0laries Of peace became the stern arbers of war. The honest yeoman let his rloi3gh and his oxen in the furrow, and rushed to Lexington and Bunker Hill, 10 bleed-but how glo- riously reyenged We, too, are the children oi those men. Our blood IS as red as theirs, and our hearts as ardent for freedom were those oi our fathers. YetWe are separated from, and deprived of all the rights which they died to wia Tor Us. We may almost stand here and look to the east where our brethreu children of the sires, enjoy those dear and invaluable rights 10 which we have as good claim as they. We have come into this country to extend tue power and dominion of our common mother-to render her public domain more valuable ito redeem rich and abundant country from the wild beast and the sayage-to raise up here har- dy and honest people who might be her glory m peace and her defence in Why, then, thls difference Why should those rights for which our fathers fought, be denied to us Why should we rest and sleep, like siugsafds, when all that IS dear to the free Is to be had for the asking
 The great cause for which our fathers took up arms against the parent country, was that right was claimed, of taxing them without allowing them 10 be represented h Parliament. It twas not for the petty amount of the tax, but for the abstract calm of right, that they fought Is not the right ot tax
 ing us sons of feemen as we are claimed, aye, pos sessed, and liable to be exercised, by the general government? If this right be in truth claimed,
 toe are SidUeS. Our fathers held themselves to be 1 slaves, while such right was claimed, whether 1t was exercised or not, In the case of L0ugh-
 borough, vs. Blake, the Supreme Court of the U. $. deeared that the power to tax extended equal f,5ale Il 4teNsf and
 ed. It extended as well to the District of Coum-
 bia and 10 the Territories, which were not repre- sented in Congress, as to the rest ot the United
 States The inhabitants of the Territories of
 Michigan, Arkansas and Florida, though without any representative in Congress, were subject to the
 full operation of the power of taxation, equally as l the people ot New I ork CT Massachusettss Thus
 after tue principle had been established by the re- vouton, that there could be no taxation without
 representation hfty-tive sixty thousand tTeemen are found still submitting to the yoke which their fathers shook off more than fifty years ago.
 Nor Is this the only right Of which We arc dapri- ved. The Courts of the United States, witch are open to the citizens of States, and even 10 ateir5 in suits against State, closed against the in-
 habitaRts of Territory. The right of Appeal,
 also, from Territorial Court to the Supreme Court, is exceedingly limited, even under the Statute.
 Our Governors are sent to us without the will of
 
 to in the matter. Our Judges also placed over
 us; and no check IS placed Ill our hands, by which
 may bind them to the performance Of their duty. 1 We are bound hand and foot and entirely deprived
 of every bulwark which the framers of the constl- mtion so jealousy built up around the iudieiary.- l While they took especial care to remove their Judges equally from the influence of the people and of those in power ours are made removable at the pleasure of the President. Are we republicans or are we like the colonists of India apd the white slaves of Ireland? What means this word rePab- hcan2 We appeal 10 you, to knoS2ss1iz zt sssl any thlng oesadss55st5Se ,5Ser q eecting and choos Iag ourselves, those who are to govern and judge us2 Ii this ls A,taett means, acc are staue8.
 IL may h., osJected, and some of you, fellow ze3ls lay think, that these evils in great meas ure ideal, and may never be felt by us. IL may be said that WIG have, so far, had good Governors and good Judges-that we are abridged of our personal hberty-that we see none ol the evils ot which we hear many complaints.
 Even so, fellow. citizens, might some men have dr. gued when our fathers were deiberating taking up arms against Britain. Even so might some man standing in old Faneuil, the cradle ef American liberty,n have said Be cautious look before you leap! You complain of oppression-but where IS this oppression Your Governors and Judges are good and honest. The tax on tea Is but few far- things. Pay 1t, and you will never feel it." What would have been the answer The patriots of that day--the founders of the immense and beautiful fabric of our freedom, would have answered hm with q whitening scorn and indignation They would have told him, that not for paltry sum of money not because paper, or tea, or glass, would 1e made deareF by tax, but because they would not submit 10 be taxed without being represented-be- cause they would have in their own hands the right ot electlng their own rulers and Judges-because they would be tree--lhey took up arms. People of Arkansas will not the free spirit which burns in | your hearts urge you to make the same answer to these miserable counselors? Let 1t be allowed that hitherto all your Governors and Judges have been honest and upright men. So were the earlier Go- vernors and Judges of all the British Coonies--so have been many ot the Judges and Vceroys of poor Ireland. What security have we, as a Territory that a Warren Hastings, or a Castlereagh may not be our next Governor-a Jeffrey our next Judge
 Al present, with a population of fitty-6ye or sixty thousand, we have no vote on the floors of Congress. We are entitled 10 three. Me have the right to much power in the Senate as the proadest State n the Union. Measures of the ut most importance to the prosperity of Arkansas are continually acted upon, In which we, interested as We are, have no voice. Let Us suppose, for exam pie, that in order to provide home for the Indians, which the General Goyerumentis massing upon our west, Congress should think 1t proper to take off from our Territory, and bestew upon them, the county et Crawford, and part of Washington, Pope and Miller. In our present situation, we could only stand tamely by, and see ourselves despeiled It may well happen again, as 1t has once already happened, without our consent, and against the ear nest remonstrances Of our Delegate. A country 40 miles IT breadth 5y about 2G9 iii efgtii has been wrested from us, and ceded 10 the Indians and we have no security that other slices of our domain may not be ceded away to other Indian tribes. If an effort should ever De made to revive the Tariff ought we to have nc voice in the matter ? are we not interested in the event of Clays land bill The committee can only suggest these for your eonsid- eratiOn, as of nonaenfo41S to tba