The Arkansas advocate., 1836-10-14
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 tso Election, aee beg leare to s,i5mit he 5od5giao when questions alise deeply affecting the happiness honor and prosperity of our county and in thairre suits menace our rights as lreemea and threaten io break down our ssfefn of egli6efi, established bg me wisdom and essnereated patratsm of OUT fathers It IS not merely the right of Aelicau citizens to com Fmancate freely with each other for the protection of theIr rights and interests, but il becomes hinh and solemn duty that they should do so. The extence of question at tls time, thus noneioas r is import and dAy thus solemn must be our humble and re- speetfu apology for thus addressing you on the present occasion.
 The term of service of our present highly disn- gashed Chef Magistrate expires in Marchilext His successor Is to Do chosen, by the votes of the people according to the constitution. Who shall be the Pre- sident of the United States has ever been and must eyer continue 10 be deeply important question 10 the people of the United sates The President has eo@al Legislative power with two thirds of both Houses of commands the fleets and armies of the na- Etion--nanages our foreign and commercial relaens subject only to the appoyalor dsapproval of the e- nate--aaY conro the treasury, ,and has pow. CT to ill all offices of the Federal Government
 Enc number of officers whom he can create entitled 10 high salaries and whom he can remove atpleaspre IS estimated at more than one hundred thousand This great number ot men are mere dependents on the will o1the pfesden for he at pleasure remove them from office, deprive them of rank and paw and de- grade them in he estimation of the nation. The Re- Pubcans or true friends of civil liberty at the forna- ton o our goveEnnent opposed these features of our 70 GfI nlts1ta 11, L. oi one man. over the interests and feelings of so many others. The Federal party succeeded ia securing to the ffeslden who IS the federal head of the nation this exeEsye power and patfonaeethe Reo51I3Ieans# or Democrats uniformly opposing the grants of great power to the branches of the federal government and fhe Fedefalists faYoripg t. Madison Monroe and Jefiefsoh were the leading patriots who resisted these Federal doctrines.
 " ho that loves hts ountfy-Whothat wishes to pre- serve our republican institutions will not when he con sIders the immense power bestowed on the President by the constitution, weigh well the character of the candidate, ms acts and the bearing of his political principles, before he consents 10 vote for to be President ofthe United States.
 An ambitious CT corrupt man in. that high station. With the increased wealth and resources of the nation n hS hands to reward his partzans, can corrupt the Pubhc press and check and suppress the spirit ne spendence among he people by bribery and menace, and mlght greatly endanger aud disturb our govern IL we would preserve that freedom secured to us by our patriotic ancestors, we must yigany watch eve " possible danger and be prepared as they ever were to sacrhce our lives and our fortunes for security
 As AtaeHcan citizens We are never called upon to discharge amore delicate and responsible duty than that of voting fora President Inthe hands of good man and pure patriot, the immense power of this office will always have great influence in preserving the peace and happiness of the naton on the other hand every thag valuable to us as people may by destroy ed, should the Incnmbent exert the influence of this office to increase his power and that of his ffiends without regard to the pablic good.
 ! his vital question is now deeplyexeing the minds o the people in every part of the Union. We are as deeply Interested as others, and should not stand by as indifferent spectators.
 The names of two candidates only for this office occupy at present ihe attention of the people of the sates Hon. MARTIN VAN BUREN, of New York, and Hon. II UGH l.. WHITE, of Tennessee h discussing the merits of these distinguished ndyid- nas, and tbelr respective claims to our support and conidcnce the opinions andprinciples by which they have been governed in their publlcacts, be found n the records of the country, the sure and legitimate eYldences.npon which 10 ground our choice. Have they beenunorm in heir support of Republican pin- eples and their attachment to our constitution? Have they been dslnteresed and ever ready to make any saclce tnat might be necessary for the good of the country Have they in those things been unyieding and Iafiexlbe These are questions which naturally arise p the mind of every good man before he makes his choice Let Us briefly examine some of the pro- mineni acts of each and he political history of each, that We may be able to answer the aboVe questions.
 We will first look into Mr Van Buren's coursa.s In 1872, when the veteran patriot AIr. Madson then the leader of the Republicans, was.a candidate for the Presidency, and was opposed by lse Nitt Clinton ie federal candidate, Mr. Yan Bdren, with the Federal ists who opposed the late war, voted against Mr. Madison A lis nportant crisis ID our history when the Repablicaas had engaged, win alr Madisons at then head n war with great Brltain in defence of