The Arkansas advocate., 1836-07-15

We promised to take notice this week of the at tempt of the Gazette excupate Van Baren from the eharge of abolition. The article in question cunning lv devised None of these attempted exculpations anproach the subject boldly and They always commence with small bYeakoaers foreign to the
 merits of the case and put out to keep the tide of public opinion off Mr. Van Buren, In the present General Jackson is the lreakwater He Is like the shield of Aiax-always thrust forward between Martin and dan ger. They dare not at to the issue on the merits or demerts of Van Buren, but first commence, in all cases, th alaudaon of General Jackson. The tcle therefore, begns with the assertion that the ena mics of General Jackson have nowhere been more active than in Arkansas against Van Buren. They have kept up incessant warfare the latter says for e tast ten years. Not much than ten years ago. the whole Jackson party reyiled this Van Buren member of the Crawford Caucus-nor IS 1t much more than ten wears ago since the editor of the Gazette enemy of General Jackson These fairweather friends always the bteres partsans and abuse their opponents the harder because they know them have been more hen est than themselves. Like the fox who detailed in the trap they would an persuade others that the opera
 on both pleasant and conducive to beauty and abuse their brethren exactly proportion as they prove ncorr gible.
 The article in question: after bringing in Jackson as proof that Van Buren every t.ng illustrous and ceent, proceeds to descant upon the election of cessor to Mir. Madison tstates that Mir Crawford was put forward by the southern Republicans of Virginia and Georgia He ssput torwardn by Congressional Caucus, of which Van Duren was one and that Cau- and the dongs thereof the people put the seal of their condemnation. Mir. Crawford held tip as the regu- larly nominated candidate did have the active operation of Van Buren, General Jackson his opposition and abuse. It is also that he went for Jackson at the next eeeton He always manages to be found the weak side just begins to get strong.
 But the surdiest assertion of all, and that which must have required great rmness oi to make, IS that tine ssvexed questions of the T and iiae,tt5 pqoUe0e have been mainly settled by the councils of Martin Van Buren, The ice Presdent must certain ly be greatly obliged to the Gazette for this and
 
 Tariff law or protective duty" for which Van Buren did not votel He voted for the Tariffs of 1924 and lS2S the Woolens bill of 1897, and the duty salt. As to Internal Improvements, eVoted for putting Federal toll gates the Cumberland road in order that every poor wretch who wished get to the West might have pay toll to Uncle Sam every twenty perhaps every ten miles, He first for keeping up the price of the public lands and making road alland then finding he could succeed these planB he tried stop emigration by the latter abomnabe measure.
 We get to the abolition part of the matter The first e efepe Van Raren aholitionst. that meeting called last in New York ci y oftwenty thousand persons the Mayor of the city in the ehair who was a friend of Van Buren. T7soenty
 ousand people would include nearly all the voters n the city. Men Of all parties of attended the meeting What does all this prove about Van Buren! Enc Gazette goes to say that the Tappan gang dis graced and prostrate in New York. Not so It is in rapdlyeoHtinuallY like the rolling Of ball. Societies are forming every daymeetings are held without oppositona large fund appropriated to print abolition pamphlets. There at this moment abotionists in New York than in all the New En- gland States-and they openly and in print their preference for Van Buren-because, they say they Ire certain that he ls friendly to their plans than any other candidate.
 As to the casting vote the ncendiary publication b 1t was manitestly trick, intended to enlist the South for Van uren. Hi opinions, declared under diff ferent circumstances stand i'll bold relief against that vote. We not disposed to call Martin Van Buren abolltlonlst of theaIappan order. We do not imagine that he Is This much do asgert--that hs policy has been 10 cripple, gjurc and Keep doton the South aud Wesand that so far necessary to work this policy, he has possessed the policy of abolition. Acting with this policy he voted against the admission of slaves into Floridahe voted for all the Tariff blls and the Woolens blll and against the bill repeating the duty salt To carry out this policy he voted against improv ing the navigation of the Ohio and Missssipp--and against the Cumberland roadand when the latter bill passed, he voted for establishing toll gates it, to hn- der emigration Such is the charge definite shape. We would like to 1t refnted.
 The following calculations showing the amount Arkan- sas would have received under the Land Bill we con dense from the communication of GA Voice from the South"
 The bill provided that each State should receive ten per cent the nett proceeds of public lands sold within It's limits from and after the 1st day of December 1892. Nett proceeds in Arkansas from Dec lst I932, to September 3cth, 1885, S567 272 91 Ten per cent. on this, $56s727 g, would have received besides the grants made our admission.
 The share of Arkansas in the nett proceeds of the sales of public lands up to Sept. 20 1885, after deduct
 ing the ten per cent the States is calculated at $s5,250-~which added to the former dividend, would Egive $l4le77 29.