The Arkansas advocate., 1837-04-20

Iaf0r. upon tho lIttle improvement made by the labor o his own hands in the bosom of the dense forest !- Have yon yet managed to secure 10 him ground enough him for his burial place unless at the ehafiy of the general government! Iiase you pro- vded fer reducing ihe price of the public lands, and restricting ileir sales tho actual settler? Have you advanced step towards cession of i1em 10 the seY- efal States Have yon provided for the defence o onr western frontier, for increasing he regular arlnH and placing upon exposed border force adequate
 o olr protection against the hordes of savages the we-ti Have you obtained an extension ol the CHm- bcrland Read through Atkansasl These things, and more. the proele were taught by yeu expect should they vote for Ran Bafen, and elect you 10 the offices you now occupy.
 ask again4T5e question will be reiterated and an answer to tinnerat4ely de nanded by every poor in tfkansas-Haqe you, with your decided majority
 in both houses of congress, obtained general and per manent. CT eFen temporary pre-emphon iaY lou hare not Muastrous absurduY and preposeroHs par adoX i is-fhe honest settler Is st5t forbidden by law and under heagy penalties 10 trespass-In othe1 words. 10 settle upon and cultivate any portion oi the public d8maia--so that act Iu truth most meTfoH- ols and Q the country al large of neaeal4be benefit -the settlement of the ifonlsr-js still an offence against the letter of the flaw. It behoYes Y6d Co cast about fer sufficient reasons why tls should conlnRo to be tae case.
 The people Of Arkansas haze ataaJ&nsy suffered
 from the 4saffea and Liberal policy of tAe general gov ]
 he greedy sPeeaator and uncertain dependence np- on his tender a9efeies. The temporary pee-eaP6en laws rom tune to time Wrong rom reluctant caG- gress. have been but mOmontaGy antidotes. Partial and unequal in their operations they have pean unjust because they gave 10 one man privilege winch they denied 10 another equally deserving. he poor maa who cultivated hls e spot of land n 1895 and Sa6 Is we'll entitled 10 the benefits 0fsuch law he who did SO in 33 and '34-and no law s iast, proper or polite, %h:ch gives 10 one man, what, under the saae circumstances, il denies 10 another. 49H have claimed for your party exclusively the generic term " Democratic 2--aad word so sonoFous and ialp0s- ing has had is due effect. The people were taught 10 corded a5 the golden age of our republic. The con test fer power between te two great parties ia this na ton Was oYefand every where triumphant, eo-oF- dinate branch of the government remained to thwan
 the will 0i the executive The potent alchemy of self interest had tTansmutcd a the bascr mcats into pod Hhe desefefs fGom all parties had locked into tAe camp of tbe eoaqaefor-ho proseytes from every pc llea sect had embraced the creed ef aesfeae power The banner of jaeksonlsn, raised first aHd fae eers and seos of the Few York and Virginia R 4itmaiists
 in defence of the rights of the people against and conYention--W2Ylrg at first over those who anl- ed at the euaailmeni of executive influence, redHe- ton oi the expenses of the Eogermen and q wesdin8 out oi corruption n high places, gathered around fl the largo mass Of the people. As t became the object of popular worship the base and unpraepled hfelags o every party loc4zed a and claimed 10 bee- rolled as leaders. Then that banner ca1sed to be the
 allylng point tor principle, and JaeksaHism was sub- shtaed for Democracy. ct k has gone on conquer
 ng and to eoaqaer-and t at length waves n tfamna over tue citadel of tue Senate at last and staunehas barrier against executive usurpation When Rome in her aus palHy days of glory, her eagles were borne to victory and the swords by which she carved out her conquess flushed in the hands of her oHn n0- ble sons--bu she sunk into degenefaeY, although in linn sweed her armies, and whole Iegi5ns of foreign sol defY fought her battles. So with the party 10 which YoH claim to belong. The Preoraa cohorts of the ae, mnisrahon ofIicered by desertefs and anostates from every party-and though iae people are JeseI- ing the baaaef, the carrioa kites of party si brood abe@ the palace, and stoOp rreediiY upon tAe oiaIs tbroMM o.thea by the hand of power. Thus t was 1t tns commencement of the last session o congress- though Van Buren had tailed in obtaining majority of the popular vote for President vet you had major
 ny III each house of congress- and every officer of ey- cry department Gt V Washington the friend of the ad- ministfaton. Senators from Chic, Ieunessee5 and Georgld fecrean to their duty and wtu yiolators dfI the will ol their constituents, were found corrupt enough to swell your ranks in that bodv Lavish 1f protesIahons and empty performance, vauntinp their
 independence and hourly going 10 the eXtfeme horizon ct political iasehood, craft, and oYerreachng, they were tic last earth to be trusted and partizaa eitronery and hardhood shruuk from voucbiag either Tor heif intentions their acts. shall not ak you to excuse Ais digression Il is within he legitimate scope of ny purpose 1t was for the acts of such men you Youche o ths people during the contest here, and they have gwen the lie to your aYouchmen
 return 10 the consideration of what your party has done for Arkansas. Al the late session. b was in- trodaesl into tic Senate to regulate the sales of pub gc hnds, to gract pre-emptons, and to reduce in uniform method, the PHce ot the pa6le aomaia.-
 Highly obieeianable as it was from the restrictions and other caoas provisions 1t contained the bantlng seemed still to be dea7 to your party. Parents cen dote most upon the dsformed and diotc among their children. Some saeh bdI was demanded by tho west, and yet it4eas highly psohleaaleal whether t Hetd