The Arkansas advocate., 1837-02-17


 The far-famed Bentonian Expunging Resolutions a.,ea at length passed the U. s. Senate by yoie of aud the degradation of that body complete bo ses is at length put to its aposacy from correct -.,col9 and independent feeling. There was tune, inc aapunciafion that deed so degrading to our
 aracte had been done, would have calied torsn cry .rnd;onaton and disgust, from the whole face oi the ,.nd Asits t will be heard by many with wld sx- ,etion and sy;unph and by those who nave ssi soie veoard left for the character ot her country Ms'h co,d aoathy Yet will 1t not always De so. ] Ills i"-
 ,... haao sxent near to the whirlpool ot slavery ;,,oreas;nq current of Jackson's popularity raa.o.cbment Y afier encroachment upon theH igh's ,. .,,b,,;tteo to-one by one, the barriers, put
 e.bars to stand between their sons and sia-
 hao, thrown down by the swift tide ol pop .da,at;oa. Gen, Jackson has claimed one pfssog
 another til the Executive Department o the government has outgrown all is comPeers-and they S;,ber away in it's baefu shade. There are crowned heads in Europe who possess neither me actual nor ,orna powers granted by the people Of this country = .he axorhitant demands of President Jaekson.-- A,a;o we say, it will not always be Jaekson's spccessor fortunately for the country does not suc- reed to Jackson's popularity. The deeds of his ad- ,nis,ration will be scanned wh careful and close eve. and the people will jealeusly demand back from him some of that power, which, fooshy bestowed by
 grateful people on Jackson, is inherited by his sue cessor Reason will return to the people, though Il be somewhat of the latest. time will come, when ery man who voted for expungng will wish his tongue had been bstered before he pronounced the word aye unop inc passage of the resolution Tine preeedentls IS set The principle is distinctly enunciaed, that leg isiative body may expunge, oberate and annui, the record of its predecessors proceedings. How far IS the principle to be carried2 Where is Ii to stop9 Who is to set bounds to the exercise of this piraca power!
 Well, the resolution has passed Gu bono? or what avail is il! What object Is attained by it, and what does it say to the people Hoes =doaJ that former Senate passed vote of censure on Gen. Jack, son? No-that would he false. Does that vote of censure by being expunged, o be part of the proceedings of that former senaie By no means l. The journal of he Senate has been printed, and the vote is in the possession of the world Does declare that the former Senate wrong, and Gen. Jackson right? If so, why not sufficient 10 enter, upon it's own iournai,a vote to that effect! Does |; prove that inc former Senate wrong and that the Presi dent and tbe present Senate are right No--because the weight of authority is equal each side of the question. On the side is the vote of one Senate -on the other the vote of another. The votes balance each other, and leave the question unsettled If two judges are called on to determine point, and disa- gree there can be no decision. A third judge must agree with one of them, that there may be sajor- fly in the court So, before this point IS decided, third Senate must side with either the other. That third Senate may side with the former Senate and the question will be decided against Mir. Benton There is then practical result obtained by the pas sage of tie resolution The mountain has abored, and brought forth
 So much for the Expungng Resolutions. They have had their day-hey now belong to the departed hunbugs. Their passage the last genafccuon at the shrine of Jackson Henceforward. the current of syeophancy and adnation will towards the east, where new luminary is rising.
 Public Lands.-The bill to prohibit the sale of public lands except to actual settlers agd in limited quantities under discussion in the Senate at our latest dates Mr. Tiptoas amendment to reduce the price Of Iand which has been in market five years, to dollar per aereand that which has been in market 10 years 75 cents per acre, was lost13 to i9. An amendment of Ir. Benton, allowing any head of family, young over 2l years ofage, receve from the Register writ ten permission to settle on land by paying 5 cents per acre-for which patent should issue after five years occupation and cultivation, also lokt-13 to 20.
 We arc sorry learn that the $. B. Geosho deserv- eqy favorite boat this river struck snag mile above Judge Lucas plantaton the Pest of Arkan as, on the 9th net about She sunk in four min