Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-08-05
COMMUNICATIONS.
For the Arkansas Intel

ILLINOIS DsrRIcr CHEROKEE NATION, July 3Ist, 1913
Messrs.i iEdttors:-Your paper of the 29th inst.
came to hand. and | cannot bat express to YOU
the satisfaction it has given to all those | have
heard speak of it. Your course in regard to "per-
sonal affairs" between ''prirats indioiduals,'' is
commendabe; and such as should be pursued bv
all public journals, which have for their object
the public good. .s+
There is is another "feature' about it, which
| particularly 'strikes my fancy'' it is that inde-
pendent and fearless manner in which you handle
"pubc" -men-ofiicers of Government-s:ser.
vanfs of the people," you tell them their place,
and show by your remarks that you intend them
to walk the path Of duty faithful stewards of
their trust, or be held up to public Indignation as
unDnrfhy nf tho positions they OCCUPY.
Go on as you have began, and You will receive
the support Of the honest ''independont" portion
OF the people.
Your remarks, and those of some correspond.
ont, on the extraordinary conrse of the command
ing officer of Fort Gibson, crea ted quito sensa-
ton in this section, not Of surpcse, but approval
of your 'stand;" and am glad to see that we up
here are not alone in our feeling on the subject
as will appear from letter | received by last
mail, from friend in the State, which is SC
"apropos," that will give you the first few lines
81 have Just learned that that concentration of i'm
becility, vanity, and doggedness-ycIept Daven.
port, has issued an order agains. traders, and in
terterlnS with citizens, and others, &C., which
ior Puerle absurdlty, exceeds any thing of the
Kind ever known BEFORE" And however strong
the language may appear, still think to any dis
passionate and unprejudiced mind it can be made
very apparent from this order, without any o,hor
evidence whatsoever, lst. Because any man o.
sense, who will pretend to base an order on the
promises which Col. ID. laid down as his founda
ton, must either be in a state Of mental abstrac
ton or doluson at the time, or bordering Oh thai
stage OF life, In which men become nearly like
chidren-dotage. End. His vanity none will
dispute, who do not deny his authorship of thai
detesed ''order." For him to believe that the 20
sltions Q'll not mention argument there assumed
are unanswerable, he must indeed be blessed with
great share of that inward feeling of concet
which putfs him up with an opinion of his own
Importance and superiority OF Judgement. His
vanity is only equalIed by his want Of reason and
both arc sure indications OF imbedity. 3rd
His dogSedncss consists in adhering to a decision
no matter how prepos.erous, because he made IL;
even alter he knows it is wrong. q take it for
granted that some of those Intelligent gentlemen
who advise with him have told him better, before
thls.) This, too is an indication of old age, and
am at timoe, alrnost tempted to pity his iafirn.i-
ties, rather than censure his weakness.
Col Davenport has seen proper, however, to
place himself in an in inmcal position towards
the Cherokees, when by proper course on his
pa TT, we might have got along smoothly together,
at any rate without quarreIing, bu, as he has
chose, ne may reap tho benefit, if any, Of tho i'll
VIII and hard feelings he has brought about by his
desPotic order,' instigated by cross, iAgrained,
fyran'cal, and reak mind, supported by his vanity
and persevered in through stu6borness. ] shall
quit for tho preseut, Messrs Editors, but before
DO SO, let me Ike sugges,ion: If have not
been mlslntormed, the Semnoles, on account of
this same unfortunate disposition Of Col. d.,
gave him the name of Muley -harjo. Now, if they
had reason to call him that, have not the Chero-
KEGS reason, and good reason too TO call him some-
thing ''more mulish than a muc.'' | think SO /;
and that his name may not sound unpleasant to
his ear by an entire change, suggest partial
one; in the place of muley, substitute Ass-e-so it
Will read Ass-e-harjo. Yours &c.
QUENTIN.