Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-12-06
For the Arkansas Intelligenccr.
VAN BUREN,.

For the Arkansas lntelligenccr
MEssRs WAsHsoURNE & PRToR:
Gentlemen Through yoar poi.eness. ! have been
furnished with copy of that hidenus looking semi
civilized sheet, the Cherokee Advocate, ~ in which
the name Of zone George W Paschal,"i is used with
the Characteristic freedom Of who has had hun
dred opportunities to have resented any injury, which
he imagincs that he or his relatives, may have suf
fered al my bands, personGHy-bu who not feeling suf
hcent courage to do, when for months in the same
city, now chooses at convenient distance, when he
supposcs that false issue. may blood stained
Chiefaincy from the odum 10 which it Is doomed 10
vent pent up spleen, should not notice that pa pei
because of any jury which either Editor correspond
ents do me neither fear their paper shafts nor
the savages whom they seek SET The language is
the same employed before and fter the Of
Ridges, Bondino. Starr, and many others-a charge
"oicious interference" his has been quite enough
apology for the many deeds of blood, which have dis
graccd that nation, rather its leaders, among all
civilized men, But must modcstly decline the cred
it of exciting the citizens of Arkansas and other por.
tions Of the u States against certain men in the Che
rokee Nation, or Of awakening sympathy for others
The influence Of neither Lawyers Merchants could
have awakened this feeling. The well known crimes
Tot Robbery OF helpless people of Millions of osienti.
thus displays upon this III gotten ath of dark and
damning murders-and the open pardon Of murderers,
who did tina work Of heir masters upon Arkansas soil
have spont&peousy awakeneda higher indignation than
have ever bought or desired. For my own part /
have never attempted wanted other punishment for
the murderer ofthe father of my wife, the late Major
Ridge, than the odum Of public opnlon nor is il true
'hat have at any time ever INDUCED in sptcful re.
MARKS against ssssS aosS tirem de-
!ence'esss ~hsseser duty my clients, or 10
the memory of the departed demanded il, openly and
icaressy denounced the mur6oEers Of the Ridges and
Boudlnot, their aiders and ab1{tors Duty to their
memory, as well 10 the veHesa bic Prcsid cnt
at whom the insult really aimed, dcna nded this
And now defy the world to say, that, since nv Re.
tanner Tor the Ircu,y Party as Attorney to recover
the per capita money which would long since have
been paid bat for the fraud which ga We it 10 John Ros,
under MS mun'hcent contract, that, upon aux occa
sion either public private. have ever used any oth
er than the language Of truth and soberness The
fubIc Documents o the county speak for themselves
And the Government of the United States will be
abe TO understand the true ISSUE dcepite the pusrc
influence OF paper purchased and established at the
common expense of The prosecutors and pHrsacuted
ihe insult offered 10 the citizens oil Arkansas will
DC remembered by them at proper time And as the
CheFohee paper has seen proper to two chan
tcrs oil my life, they are notified that thew and
all other enemies at liberty to publish every chan
Yer and verse, from infancy upwards. only request
that they will keep truth in view ANY other course
as IN the present instance viii carry along its own
refutation.
Ii is true that, when tho Presiden, deemed il m.
eessafy TO call for forces, to expe tho Chorokoes
from their Eastern homes according t, TrenIv sim
alaens, solunteored my services and as an bup,I.
isntasar ss:=sas :eaT s.i.v.d tasn as eur