The Arkansas advocate., 1837-01-20

yindctive mace and ferce unsuitable revenge, the Gazette has been that paper has dlsregarded eye- Try thing like fefbearance, charity candor, and now the ruthless Moloch of partizan raneor and maleve- ence claims to be the of the press, and dares with disgusting hypocrisy to inculcate iorbearance and magnanimity. Out upon such knavlsh assump lions! It speaks, t0o with all the arrogance igno rance, of "hungry and dirty agators -"inerior men seeking stincton7--"reckless pretenders." The editor has drawn his portrait with the hand of a master, few touches of the pencil diligent stu dy of it may benefit him here er.
 
 The Gazette of the 3d inst. contains an attack upon Mr. Wm. D. Ferguson and oursell. As far as MT. Ferguson concerned shall leave him to defend himself. One word as to our share in the natter The Gazette thinks that AIr. Ferguson wished to ate the office of Attorney General, so give it to US. We know that he was in favor of creating the of flee. That, we presume, was erime--and perhaps had the office been created, and had been a candi date. he might have voted for 1t has passed from our recollection whether he promised to do not If he did, We should have been of his vote for he is not the to profess thing and do other, of his neighbors did. Fortunately for him, his word can be depended on Whether he ever presented our name to the Governor for an appoint ment, we knownot. Ne got no appointment, any way so there no great harm done. Nor do we see any great crime in the alleged msdemeanor. 'Tis true, should have liked appointment, and could have got one, we presume. by turning our coat and jumping the fence. Other men ad, and why could not we!
 But jesiing apart, Hr. Ferguson requested us to publish his reply to AF. Pew and we felt ourselves un der obligation to do Ne are not in the habit of re- iusing to respectable opportunity of defending teemseges in our columns. The Gazete's example on that point is rule fer us.
 One word as to the charges preferred against MT. Ferguson Every body very well aware that there have long been two parties in this conutry-known most generally, perhaps, the Grittenden and Sevier parties. The leading men of the latter-ant-Jac men orgiaay-took up the mantle of Van Burenism to enable them 10 continue themselves in power They have succeeded. Without any definite set of political principles, any bond uniting them, that of interest," under the name of the Van Burea party they present to the eye a chaotic and heterogeneous mass-a kind of political monster. To-day they fight under the banner of Van Burento- morrow fiji should be for their advantage they will enlist under Harrison, Webster or Calhoun. Conceal the fact as they may, the points of difference and the true contest are the same as they under the Territorial gov ernment Mir. Ferguson did belong to the Se- vier party. Yet he was a Van Buren man. The The charges made against him are, not that he voted heretically on national questions, but
 lst-That he tried to let the printing to the low est bidder. Is this national matter! Who but the the father of tbis banng! It was his great hobby his test of public yirtuehis touchsone Of Democracy in 1881 and 1883. Dare he deny itl
 2d--That he wished to put Mir. Cummns the Supreme Bench, and helped to defeat Mr. Ball. Has this aught to do with national politics! Did the Ga zette wish its friends to vote for Supreme Judges party grounds! Ay 1t did--and who had decent regard for his own character, spark of shame, would make the confession. It is abomnabe it almost exceeds belief
 3d--That he voted for Farrelly and was in favor of Bertrand and that he voted against. Messrs. "Hoge, Sdio"ti, Iuiyi Ashtt9 anu 1eeFdult diHeu, dHu heaven preserve us What had the elections of Presi- dent of the State Bank and Circuit Judges to do with Van Burenisml Mir. Ferguson voted for his friends, we presume, as any honest man would do. The doc trine of the Gazette amounts 10 thisit says 10 every Tan Buren man in the state-sBe prepared to go with us on all subjects, and Tn all elections, from members of Congress to Township Gonstables. Give up all your personal predecons and former party feelings and although opposed to us heretofore, go for us now because We choose to claim to be Van Buren alen. Wear the collar, sr-wear 1t, and don't wnce under it.