The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-29


 To the Editor of the Arkansas Advocate
 SIR: l proceed to shew the people of Ar. kansas, that the nominations made or about to be made by the Council of Ten at the seat of Government of this our nascent State, are intended solely for the purpose of aggfandizing and advancing to power and wealth, the few men who have so long here been holding the keys of the public collers. In order to do this, 1t will be needfdl first to examine what claims Martin Van Buren has 10 the support of the people of the Vest, and of Arkansas in particular; and this will form the theme of ihis, and perhaps another number.
 1t Is, SIT, the curse and degradation of the present age, and the surest and deepest mark of degenerate times, that so immense a multitude of men are looking to pubicof- flee as the only means of gaining subsist. enee not always honest. 1t is the prevail. ing mania of the age-a disease more dis gusting than the leprosy. l can respect any public officer who does his duty faith. fully and for a proper reward-as respect the honest mechanic who works faithfully for his employer. But there Is a species of vermin who inlest the haunts eff power and the dens of public corruption, a sort of pub lie paupers, tools used for political purpo- ses, fawning, crouching, trembling, time serving, sycophanlic underlings, proud of belonging to master and wearing liverb and vain of being enabled 10 boast that they have no opinion save as their employer points his finger-and tLat they vote for Martin Van Buren because he is General Jackson's choice. These men are the n- visible notes in the air that create the mo- ral pestilence. They are all to be found on the side of power; they are the great advo- caies of legitimate succession and regular nominations.
 lregard it as the most alarming symptom of the present day, that the people are fast losing their independence in this respect. The spirit of man. worship is fast growing m our eountry-and when that is the caset liberty is short lived. One of our whisper ed-of candidates has often been heardto avow ''that he would go for any man Gene. ral Jackson went for. .' Sir, as patriot hope that great moral change may soon come over the spirit of the countfy--a strong wind sweeping away these vermln as the purifying breeze swept the Egyptian plague into tho sea. When l hear such avowals, look on the man who uters them as thing more despicable than the rios' infinitely mean and contemptible thing that hides and groyels in the earth. l imagine myself Tn an English borough where tho land holder sells tue vote of his poor tenan! --or Tn Russia where the lord of the soh transfers his automaton serfs as the appai' enances of the land he conveys.
 And who is this man Martin Van Bufeh Q whom the present occupier of the Presi ientIal chair Is about to transfer his llese l men! who IS he, and what has ne doi0 S entItle him to the votes Of this State oi A. san.asl Ay, who and what is hel This matter has been already treated ol n your columns by one abler than am ollow him, Iongoque gvado, and will no' 'etfead the ground already gone over py nm, except in so far as the acts of the cu. 'rit's life have especial reference 10 wesle'A 
 First, then, 1t has been proven by recoru estlmonys and it cannot be disputed' ln'' ie did vote in the New York senate fo T. trtct the senators from that State to ". 'ose the admission of Missouri, uiic less as 2 rec State. What more conclusive eyide''egg f his hostilityto the southwest do we nesu han this? Here is vote directly ln pom