The Arkansas advocate., 1836-07-01

Lane, branded with a hundred marks of ;nf.ra.. the kind of men who wield the destinies f tioH and the pillars of Van Burens strenptb na aid of these men and others like them Van las nothing to recommend him to this peopled; #ih neither for eloouence wisdom or any of ngued cessary to statesman and lawgiver-dspndaJ ,s he public virtue and political faith-with no po,.l lAe his own, has sprung upon the shoulders of Genes, son. and enging thore like ape, riding into sass and public favor. An immense and stupendoes rosei of corruption, bribery, and espionage is regular lished i'll the country, and the whole power o tb a raj Government, the whole revenue of the conn eue. the etnclent aId of hambug is employed to seen % % election of an Buren. Against this tremendous ae
 what the opposition use! They have no o power their gift, public treasury at their dsnossl 1 have but the simple weapons of truth which bam 1ey come almost poWerless in these days There u,. oe. when was considered disgrace for public man to msI traffic of his principles and stpport but they are e gularly for sale in the market. This immense n ies every day increasing. MuItudes of men are bda ed blinded, deceived and cajoed into the sun % man whom they would despise and execrate eoald .L but him in his true colors. These are dave ef falsehood seems almost to overpower the truth N n theless truth is mighty and must prevail The ,vsss is hotly waged against eorrption and the hydra bSi party fear and trembe for tho downfall which aws their dreams of ambition and lawess power w. si @s still trust every thing to the good sound sense ana m innate love of liberty of the common peopeG,r M a verify believe that if Van Buren is elected and sea ~ beyond term, the people of the United states a meyer elect another President. 'h
 The last Gazette contains Gov. Fulton,s snooat at meeting of citizens of this County fayorabe t .a election of Martin Van Buren, Having heard if road I having now read 1t carefully in print is our purpose a offer passing commentary upon 1t. While the Gazas spoke of men 'Who enter the of public debata @ nothing but the drtiest weapons for lanneonipg nr;v chafacter-we thought it took retrospective eanea1 ~ it's own former If intended for us the ponfe falls far short of its mark It has been our ortno to be once twice opposed to the opinions of the fv nor, and that opposition readily avowed and attama cd to maintain opinions On one of those ocea sons we found ourselves upon the same side with he zette-and we believe the Governor will do us the justice to allow that towards him was neither illho ral abusive unjust. Whether the Gazette has heon forbeafing, whether it has not descended to Clam booming private character, leave to the neone If Arkansas and to the Governor himself to say But we institute no comparisons between ourselves and the GA. zete. If the Governor forget and forgive the nn measured abuse, the conempuous epthets and the sian derous mpu nng of motives poured upon him heretora i'll that paper-why, so be 1t.
 The Governor sets out with the origin of the two po
 tca parties i'll our country the Democrats and Fede ralists. He says;
 "Our country, sir has always been divided into two great parties the one, In favor of maintaining the powers of the States, and eon6ning and checking the power ot the national government the other in favor of enargng, by construction, the power of the nation and thereby greatly abridgng that of the State govern mens."
 We are rather disposed to question the correctneof thls The first ground of difference between the Fede raliss and Democrats Was that the ederalists favor ot strUng and the Democrats of weak Execu tive line Governor goes to assume that the same Democratic party which supported Jefferson and Nad son, and originally elected Jackson, is supporting an Buren. To this say nay. It is true that the names still in use-but the principles have follow the names Those who now hail as Democrats, are not
 those nor such as those who Democrats twenty-five years ago. he present Democratic party has adoa the doctrines of the Federaliss--and incorporated into
 it's ranks, without any change of their principles, the ry leaders o the Federal party. Such men as Buchan an, (some of whose printed opinions published last week. Hubbard, Cushman and hundreds upon hundreds or others, all rank Federalists, have become part of the Democratic party-gathered into the fold of the faithful And this they have done without sacrfcings single principle of their former creed. Democrats in name, they are still Federasts in doctrine. They still contend Tor strong Executive and consolidated Gov ernment When Jackson was first elected the West and South was looked to the abiding place of the Demo cracy Now their abode has been transferred othe East and North Even old bue-lght Connecticut is arrayed on the side o the Democratic Candidate and her Fed eral sons are become good coin by the countereng pro cess of san Burensm. We instance Judson, Toucey, Whltesey and Smith from that State In the Northern otates parties have crossed oUer like partners in con tra dance-Whlle many of the Democ atic States, and among them Tennessee, struck out of the list and consigned to the limbo of Federalism Van Buren himself was opposed to Madison in I812 and procured the election of Rufus King, violent Federalis to the 1 U. Senate.
 1t true as the Governor says that the Federal par ty have sunk into partial oblivion They have found the present Democratic party far outrunnng them the sup port ot ther most hghtoned docrinesand have there fore Joined that party. But is that the same men or the same States that supported Jackson do orw support Y an Buren.
 The Governor speaks of minority President Isn't MT an Burena minority Vice President!
 lie also attempts to show the proprety of the Humoug Convention. He seems to have had kind of nervous dread Of that part of his subect and got through tm few words as possible. He thinks there is dlherencg between Congressional Caucus and Conventon--ana says;
 he one is composed of members of Congress elected tor different purposes altogeher and unless n' Sructed are iucapabe of exnressno the wishes 0f w