Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-05-17
NATE. OF ARKANSAS, !

CoryTy OF C#AwFOED. lry
wf,rd Circuit Court. Chanr"rY sa" 'lrF'.'' y, pr!
# the Clerk Of the Circuit Court %o'A AP''' lde
tbeyv Fcrrus7n, who sues as
;nF or &ms,ii as the other cred Compliment fn
# Starr y Griffith. c,.,',v
,rv starr & Samuel l.. Grlhih, Iy
errlpnts and p4rtnersand "hI' D.r..,,,, "a
Robinson. assignee Of Henry hE'"'''' ~
and John Robinson and Agnes llT
8 rr and John Drcnn'n "latf. HI,
yD now ON this day camc the r@mP'"i y u" be-
z oIcitors Paschal Il Ord II. and hcd ms n'' i" re-
/ I'D :, anpcarlnr from the Gttia'h "I com -,
-, Ii.Itors that The said John H2"n>"n IS aP''
,sdent of the State Of Arkansas IL IS '''' IVY INe
Ia, ID by the Clerk Of the court mere !" ,"'.;" by
|, he sand John Robinson be not h'd ny P'' th.
|, al Mt has \hib ted his bill n ms tau'
i'' .''nr rI,, has issued rcturnabe to the nrN1
I Circnit court of said county, to be h''d ",' m
Z g, Monday in August, A u l0''' at ""', Il
aid defendant is required to aPHea' J." p is""
licl,or, and answer the srtcr"' a. f.h l.
IL q falIacy. HaNe We tsay
rspose-anything better than slight, momentary
ull, in the perpetuaily raging stnrmf And, sure
v, i, would be propor,iona.cly worse, If the fury
of the storm were 10 be increased, by the stlmu
lalion of the causes to which it is chiefly 10 be as
cribed. 1t is not every four years, that wo hold
n Presidential election now. 1t is every year. IN
some States, every half.year. Not only every
member of the federal Legislature, but, as gene
raj rule, every officer of every State government
executive and legisalive-nay, every town CLERK
md every VILLAGE cons,nbIe-is elected on Pres
iIen,a principles, Presidential interests. Pfesl
Dental tendencies. Wing songs for ISIS are al
ready SET to music-already sung by the roys
terinp patriotism of bar.room politics. The ech
oes Of tho shouts which greeted President Polk
inaugural are yet in one car while the other Is
already sau;ed with party cinnors ami party dis
cussons having reference to the formation oil Is
sues and organizations for tho election OF his sue
cessor. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, ou
there is no peace-rest. rest, but there Is no ros
And all ,hs;or large part of ;tgrows out OF the
vnst magnitude Of the consequences OF an eIec
ton, on The presen. tenure Of power BY viciori'
Gus marty. This is the great motlVe-ths the
nerpetua stimulus. Hence the hope and the ef
fort-hence the anger and the disappointment
hence the strong excitement OF all the ambitions
interests, inirgues, and passions which attend one
of these great struggles OF parties, and whlch De
como Immediately transferred scarcely dI
minlshed violence, even though the !oudness o
,bo;r EXPRESSION NAV subsdo for whio--to tht
neyt renewal Of the same still beginning, nove
ending contest. :. =.
The true remedy lies exactly in the opposite dl
rec,on. Attack the effect in its causes. DO no
dream of reducing the former by magnitying the
latter, bu. in proportion as you reduce tbs latte
tho former will subside, if we may never expec
10 to- see il wholly disappear. Make Presidential
election less important; mako tho spendor OF The
Presidential prize les, an object of temptation It
deep intrigue and desperate struggle on tho par
Of area. politicians; make its patronage less an OBJ
iecI of ambition and cupidity to the masses OF mi
nor ones who overspread the country-who fals
the ciamors-organize and work the machlnerlos
Govern the local political atfairs--and direct,
ibev do not create. large part a, least of tn
nubIic onnion. Shorten the Presidential tenure
and reduce the Erecuiire patronage. ihls IS IN
onIy remedy, and matters have reached such
mss that il must soon be applied, and al! tef!er'
ing mon must soon admit into their minus IN
truth of its necessity.
For our own part, our preference IS c'c"r Gu | ~
IN animal term, with unrestricted re-eIiglbHy
unon which, custom would soon fix the law
one or two re.elec,ions as the proper limit Of II
dividual ambition.
What A Presidential election every yeari-
An earthquake annually! A political re'o'uuo
with every revolution of the seasons!
Sof,Iy softly, we repy-you forget that If
hou,d have four times as many Presidential ele'