The Arkansas banner., 1848-10-03
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 his ssjsetieusts theC Colohei, arc two fold. Fifnt his neglect of people of Arkansss, fef the isss ten yns. and psst that he Es the head ef family. esieying that monopoly of offices whieh we have heard % much harpsd upon, and = efssn mlsFeprssentod. None whe knaw WeodruiF wil believe thai hls hostility to sevier, originates from say such eaases- His objections lie deeper and as the whole community know, llats more gall and bitterness about them, than ans neglect Of tho stals lnieress could draw from the patriotic editor
 h aiuding 10 one of the causes of ihls hostility, is seems that we were hIsisken, and! inst Col Se- vier did aia him in ks position before the crisIa ,are. NhlIs this acknowledgment shows our will sngness screctpn eE.or s alec displays the black sngfatisads. with whie.. he can now repay. the fa sOF done him by Gel, seyier. He is welcome to she Fepfasic he has guino by correcting the error, ape Predng tha, Col. sevier did stand by hisn in h.s extremity.
 In relation to the neglect for tbs last ten years, which ls charged upon Col. Scvler, n is not to Do supposed thst we can bring forward more than . passing and imperfect view of hts services tO the Staie, and this exhibit has been made up hastily, and from incomplete sources; but inc Democrat asks. what he has done and we will give far our information extends. Firss a,uong those Known to us. He IntrOduecd hill which passed the Sen complete certain military roads In Arkansas.
 For copy sfthe bill. and the vote upon it, see Sem ate Joursal psgs 27i- iss6-'s7 and tho Gazette of that per cd in which the bill was published This till was lost in the House when the neglecisd Hest had the gallant and lapened Tell for her representatives
 The same bill, through the exertions of Col Seyisr, passed Ut the succeeding session, ss will appear by reference to the Senate journal of lS37 '3s. Through the obstiuacy of tho House of Rep rescntatives. the bill again failed, not~ ithstandiug the untiring efforts of the energetic and iu- auential member from the West In 1899 and 40 it again passed the Senate and again failed.
 He Obtained the passage of bill to extend the jurisdiction of the District Court of the U States, over the Indian tribes. bill designed it has done to preserve peace amoug the trites on the frontier and which passed both houses See Senate Journal of ls37- '3s, page so9
 Also bill to authorize the Legislature of Ark. to sell the lands heretofore appropriated for the use of schools see Journal is39-40, Page a66.
 These are facts of general Information and their truth can be tested how many more of the same kind could be adduced to prove the msrepresenta- tions of Woodruff. we have not the means before us of presenting.
 In appropriations for the improvement of the Western Rivers, the Mississippi, Arkansas and Red Rivers, always received proportonate share when- ever 1t was required, from the time the policy was adopted. until Is43. If they were ever suspended, the intervals were rare. The last appropriation will be found in the army bill of '43, providing for the support of the army &c, sec the Statutes at large, page sOt.
 From that period to the present, the appropria- tions have been stricken from the army bill, and put in the bls for tho improvement of Lakes, Rivers and Hasbcrs. to which, both Presidents Tyler and Polk, having constitutional objections, were vetoed
 While upon this subject of river Improvements 1t is due to Col Sevier from whom we have learned the fact to state that al early period of his ser vice in Congress, he had appropriation made for the survey of White, St Francis and Black riyers with view to improve their navigation. These surveys were made, the inhabitants then living
 
 ports were made upon them, except White river, which was navigable for considerable distance and required no aid from Government.
 About this time bills for expenditure upon inter- nal improvements becoming very unpopular, no fur ther appropriations made except for of the first magnitude Ia Inc list of those streams for which approp, unions were made the Illinois, the Cumberland, the Tennessee. the Yszoo, White, St Francis and EIsck. These facts the editor well knows, and yet he expresses his surprise that Col Sevier has done nothing within the last ten years for the benefit of Arkansas. Tn relation to the sub feet of rivers, it is also but fair to state that efforts were made by him, and subsequently,, by himself and his colleague, with the aid of Dr. Linn, to claim from overflow tis lands lying upon the St. Francis, lower Arkansas, aud the Mississippi from New Madrid to the Louisiana .!oe We mightselect many other instances of his efforts and success but it would be unnecessary as ti:S people oi the State are we'll informed of the facts. Inc nre-einp- ion rights. the donations, he land offices, aud pri gate claims he has established the forts the arsens It Little Rock. the ports of entry at Van Buren and Red river, the marine hospital al Napoleon, all tell ei sefNtCeS ahu zeal TOT HIS eOusutueniS State, so obs,inaeIy and unjusiiy denied him. All the measures of which he was the author he pressed with all the untiring energy aud ability of which he master. and tn every instance had the active of hts colleagues, on the other hand when they were the projectors of any of those sures they had the energetic support and influence of Col Sevier.
 IL may bc well and correctly observed that Inc longer community are in the Union, the fewer her local claims upo1 it. And notwithstanding the many claims that have been paid to the people of Arkansas by the General Government, there arc more remaining, il Is said, against the Government than there in the whole thirteen States put to- gcther with the exception of military claims and pensions. It k not often you find local law upon the statute books of Congress for inc benefit of any of the States. When Arkansas came into