The Arkansas advocate., 1835-11-13


 The following IS republished from the Ga zette, at the special request of the writer It is claimed of Us as en act ofjustlce t5 po'- ton of the late eg.slaturs.
 It is indeed painful, Mf. Elitor, after the patient and patriotic labofs ottae tnem- bers of the Legislature II settling upon q representation iH Coaventiol calculated to secure equal saiety and protection l. rdch and every individual OUT whole icf1tofY, and t0 all the varied interests and rlgt'S of our country, guarding alike the weak against the strong, and tiie strong against the combinations oI the weak, that VIC rilig.it form such Constitution or social compact amonr ourselves. as would enable US to live together in union. harmony, and prosperity, as on3 people, to wit oss tire clfests of u dlsappoin cd individual to excite dscord and sectional lealouses among the people oi dil- lsreAt divisions. ol, tho same community, to array one against another, and perhaps to produce reciprocal injury on both sides, and at least entail=upoa US striie and lacurabio anmosities, and all this, too, f0rlhe purpose of advancing the private interests and per- soaaI ambition of one man. h this light must every candid man and lover of his country view the publication of Mr. Walker of Washington, which appeared Tn your last paper. All fears and excitement which had arisen in the Legislature, on the subject ol i iapportioning the representatives i'll conyen- ton, had been quieted and happily laid to rest, by the arrangement which had been effected, giving to each Of the grand divi- sions Of the country an equal number ot re- i presentatives, thereby securing mutual pro- lection to each, and in effect destroying all grounds ofsectional feeling. Peace, indeed, was restored, and the people of Arkansas Gas they should be) seemed band of bfo- thers. But this man was not satisfied with this happy stito of things. The sectional i feelings SD recently quieted are to be again iuhamcd by him. He must be elected to the Convention, Dc c ageaderfakmaa, or Some- tbiag so, although he should destroy the good feeling and prosperity of the country He must indeed have but Iiitle strength at rome, 10 be un Ter the necessity of resofting to such means 10 secure his election. Is il possible that tle good people of the Ierfito- " will allow themselves 10 be disturbed and i0jueed by such an individual, and for such purposes
 The deploralle ieoliags and motives which influence tie man are farther ap- parent from the extraordinary statements contained in his circular. In speaking of fixing the ratio ot' representation in the Con vention, he says, :. The difficulty which 
 choose the representatives who were 10 .s compose that convention" T fine writer of this was an attentive listener to the whole discussion on the subject, and has carefully perased the various amendments offered, and DO such difficulty as here stated ever did exist among the members. The plans of all i Puced the choice With the qualified voters of the country, and no where else. This as. sertlon amounts to a gross islander On the proceedings of the Lcgis atufe. Let this man lay before tlIe public, tbe dHY, mohon. or aacaaasc3sf, offered to either house, which denied or questioned tie right of the free q4ailfed voters of the Territory to choose 1 the representatives. | ne faiIs to do this. he must stand convicted before the public of islander an3 falsebood. The proceedings of both houses are before the public let ] any man read for binsalf, and all will see that no amendment or ratio of representation was proposed to either hoase, which did not give ID the legal voters the rglt to the choice. lie assatts agaii that gen'iemen (mark the plural numb s4) in behalf of the eaSt and S01tt iai.seI oa d representation eq lal t. three-tit iths c: the bl ,cks. Here he iasaaates lils sanol agsia. H, wishes to make every reader bellg ve thai al from the south and east co ltenleI for this princi- pie, whlca IS totally ultfue. The truth is, only very small minority ever spoke in ] favor of ths, eFen la private conversation. and oply one spoke of il on the floor, and that rather ia raillery, for he never em. bodied the proposition and pre scented 1t to either hoose iu shape of q bill or amendment; How Ftliul 1t IS to attempt to In Ire d large number ot men, by meanIY attempting to ascrib9 them the p.iAci les or expeessa $ ot one or two! Bt corrupt anrbti5n knows Iaot the obligatjols oi tlqft and t,oa or. Poar fellow he wishes 10 make tae people ol his coan V believe ha has .erlo nf ed miracles or tlem. IL Is immlreriai To him hoy disgracel9l tlie means may b. w5icil he adofts. He speaks Of votes be. ing claimed foeards the close of the de ote for districts of coualry, n tepeadem of pop. ulatton. Does he mean by this, that the districts alluded to were not inhabited Most readers woald SD uadcfs,and him, and