Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-06-17
COMMUNICATIONS.
For the IntelIigencer.

NO.a
Astringents are good for the weak in body. So
there are mental astringents which strengthen
weak minds and they are very often wofuly
needed for many minds do inconsdera.ely and
Prematurely judge of passing occurrences and stric.
lures, which daily seen or heard. For in
stance, an net of oppression is committed and
one whose pride is in reckoning himself rigid
conservative, and one who would see, even suffer
evil, rather than let go an old and perncious Gus
tom, and had rather The sufferer would go unre-
qulted and unavengcd, than that any ancient rule
should be made frangible, whose result would be
the trial OF the oppressor before tribunal whore
has dema nds upon Justice would be complied with,
and to whom she would mete out the requisite and
appropriate judgments.
But | drop this occult way Of speaking. and
wilLtell plainly what | mean. Custom, chance
and law have placed the military officers whom
we are now regarding, in measure beyond the
reach OF civil action and Judgment. This is ful.
ly exemplifed by the truth, that our ambitious
and arrogatiDg commandants in whom we have
seen much oppression and disregard of human
right-especally of American rights, can throat
en-, banish, and render damages unto an Ameri.
can citizen residing lawfully within Indian bounds,
with impunity; not being liable to any other de-
mand for redress, than what ma y result from the
sufferers prayers to the heads of Government,
who are, we know, proverbiay disposed to look
upon the tiansgressions of military and public, in
tuentiai officers with but too lenent eye; there.
by leaving no real salutary control upon the ac.
lions OF such, save what may spring from the rev.
erence for, and fear of Public Opinion.
The idca that commandant should be threat.
ened with an investigation into all his transgress-
ions of military minuiip and tyrannies, is received
by those lovers Of the brave army with the great.
est adherence. What! impugn shat relic left only
now of all the chivalry, prowess, ardor and re.
nown OF the knightly ages? Preposterous Yet
IN those ages, single knight wore armor five di.
mnutlve representatives of the martial glory ol
Past Time, now-a-days, could scarcely lift. And
the proposal to make comma udant answerable
fortyrannic conduct towards an American, before
jury Of this State, in the District Court under
the eyes Of her citizens, there TO show cause''
why he has so done, or give any authority where.
by an officer can threaten an American free with
Imprisonment, to his detriment, would starto such
weak minds, as before spoken of, and b., esteemed
by them as a chimera-an impracticabiIi:y, and
would be laughed at by the officers. But bold
mind can administer an astringent well and one
who determinedly would go in such a work,
using the means bold minds are wont TO handle.
that one might put their laugher-toned derision to
perfect scorn.
do not speak now as if such remedy were de.
sirable, or could be consummated. The offender
nous order" to be taken down, though he did Il
secretly. and though he had some little sense Of
Justice left: lie left his acts upon the bounds OF
tyranny, and for that he should have some credit
even if fear ,oas an incentive. Yet his acts u
their effects and tenor are the very essences of op
preston.
But do and will say thnt military power ought
to be pruned; that where it is located beyond the
limits OF the United States proper. it ought to be SO
restricted as to guarantee the entire safety secu.
rty, and full and untrammelIed liberty Of the cit.
izens of our country.
Who ever heard of a servant accusing his mas.
ter Of crime, citing in judgment upon, and cot.
demning him, and enforcing the execution of that
damnatien The Helots and some others did
but they bitterly rued their rebellions. Who ev<
knew the guards of public safety, and indiyidAl
security to endanger both themselves Whokv.
or knew servant of the public to assume to finn
self the sovereignty, right, and wealth of ,ha/pub-
lie; to use its high authority in acts contiry to
its spirit, and wherewth to infiict Injustice But
above all, who ever heard of soldier cakaine to
himself the grade (D above ~ an Ame ptan cili.
zen. demanding superiority over him, "a estima. ]
ting himself--not the guard-tho serJnt of the
public, but the public itself, aye, greher than il
when all the world knows the AmeStan citizen
to be character of God, created bfhim, where.
as the soldier is creature of the gfernment, and
in that capacity inferior to citl7h! Why, We
all know these things.
We all know thai rrogancefmportance, and
Self-conceit have been taxed dry to endue the SOL
der and his chiefs with cha fcter greater than
that of the civilian, more subfne even than tbn,
Of the Porte. We know thathey have donned
many strange airs, contrive5many strange devi.
ces to assure the world that hey were of minds
immortal!
We can easily point oyinstances who're these
would-be magnates havsAhown their excessive
consequences and awful fandeur. In the Cook.
shop.What 1.-The devil! Aese quasi gods in cook.
shopi Yea, verify. the cook-shop, at the tn.
BILE, they have cast, ,ie "pearIs before swine"
dignites about in Increasingly ofrhand and
friendly manner; hse supefintended the cook
have gaped and turn up their Adonis-like mouths
and lips at the ent nee Of citizens at thair bIsa
have almost drawewords in their defen,e Of an
ess;. ensG'iys ,.ss .sh. s, hs,0as and
PaO,,e 'an.e ,n aOaG house. kept BY citizen
nave d''sen aw 'an'iords because forsooth. they I