The Arkansas advocate., 1836-06-10

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 The Gazette excuses itself for not trying to reute our exposures of Van Burens political abomnations, by saying .t would be waste of me." Really We have averred-have proved-and stand ready to prove again, that Van Buren opposed to he war that he voted to give free negroes the right of suffrage that he voted against the admission of Missouri and ayowed his constitutional opiiion that Congress had the power 10 abolish slavery Tn the Ierrtorles that he still believes that Cohgress has the pow abolish 1t in the District of Columba-hat he ted for restrictions the admission o slaves into Flo rda-that he voted to erect Federal olI gates in the several Sates-that he voted for the Tariff of 1924, and the bill of abomnations of lS2s-that he voted four tunes m session against reducing ;he price of the public lands and making donations to actual set- tersthat he voted against the bill granting donation claims in Arkansas-and yet fit would be ,case of t;me' 10 attempt refutiHg these charges. We have doubt of it. It is elways a waste of time to attempt that which cannot accomplish.
 The Gazette says that 'spapers having character to lose, very indifferent to what they say" We suppose that IS meant for The Gazette has cha racer to lose--and if it manage to lose it. it will realize great gdia--for wfetched character it is.
 company is about making tunnel under the Hud- Son Tvoi at Albany.
 The packet ship Sully. at New York from Havre, has brought 100000 dollars of the French indemnity, in ingots of gold. It will be sent 10 the mint to be coined:
 Knowledge is power-so is gerius-so IS talent so is yrtuebut the power of humbug is greater than all. There certain men in our country who have taken the Goddess of Humbug for their tuteaf Deity They have built up to her high fane-and in it's Ire they have placed aaf-and thereon they burn incense 10 her, and cry aloud day and night Great is the power of Humbug!' These men have risen to emaence by means dametrcaly opposite and yet somewhat similar to the demagogues who became des- pots Tn the oden time. Then, the demagogue made the people believe that they were born to serve-Iat they were ignorant brute beasts-nade to be beasts of barthen. sNou, they gain power by caoling and flat tering them--by laudng the wisdom, patriotism and virtue of the peope-and protesting to have no will but the sweet wish of the populace. Humbues both! who shall say which is the greater9 What but kllnbug made Benton greaa That but hun4bug has tied Van Buren separably 10 Jackson that those of the true faith, the followers of the Grand I.ama cannot dstin- gush from the other? Why, the whole race of po- hticlans who now sit in high places, are litle, petty men who would never have erep of the dark cof- ners of the world, had it not been for humbug There IS one comfort, however Humbug is like the car of Juggernatt Its own votaries get crushed under the wheels sometimes. An old Greek writer, centuries ago. said that ough placed iii different ages Or eo.i- tries, the court parasite and demagogue are in reality
 the character, least they always bear close analogy to each other; they have the principal auhor
 y Tn their respective forms of government; favortes with the absolute monarchs demagogues with the soye reign multitude" Could he rise from his tomb and see the muluudinous parasites that government nou. rIshes, he would be little induced to change his opinion