Arkansas intelligencer., 1848-10-28
From The E.mncrnt

From the Democrat.
As % the intimation " that Major Borland is
against or Indifferent to The interest of the frontier
co1nues,' we join the lntelligencer in pronoan.
cIng il tlse. Indeed, he si-nalizsd his desire Z,
promote the interes; Of The western comics bv er
forts as energetic as any who had proceeded. or
were with him, IN Congress, and with results even
more successful than what others had done. The
proceedings OF the Senate show this. Take. for
instance, the Bill for dividing Arkansas into two
lpdiciai disirictS and establishing branch of The
FEDERAL Court on our western frontier. The pro.
ceedIngs OF The Senate, long since published. show
The eLl-lcnt and successful agency Of Major Boa.
LAND, IN bringing this bill up. and passing il ibrourb
the Senate. Why It was not even called up in
me House o! Representatives, and therefore fail.
ed 10 become a law, and may appear hereafter.
Again, take Major BoranI's enorgsljc and sr,,.
cesstu. support of Judge Sabas,ian's ameudneD,
10 Inc ln1ian appropriation bill, by which the re-
uuc'oh. OF indian agencies was prevented. On two
OCCASIONS he spoke at length on this subject. os
appears by the published procecding4 of the Sen.
"'o' seiIing iofh the proper policy TO be pursued
III otce' 20 secure tranquility among Indians, and
security TO our frontier citzeus; demanding. MS
the right Of Arkansas, adequate Drotcctiop2r, far
greater than she had yet received, against Indian
diSturOances and depredatioUs; and basinr this
demand upon tho policy which he general royern-
ment had adopted, of placing SO larqe a bo6y of
lnq!Hns upon our western trolior, For his speech
upon The same subject, in the House (aner Major
borIand and Judge So5astiand had discussed and
passed, il ia tho Scnatcl Mr. JOHNSON has baen
lauded to the skies. And vet what did be GA,
more than had been said before, bv his collea ynes
IN the Senate a? True, they did not write ON fbe;r
speeches for publication. and send them horoo for
Du"@Vm. They trusted to the official reporter To
place them on record and there ibev slaud !,
brief, IN the proceedings Of the SENATE beorinp
testimony to their devotion and efficiency in beb,if
OF an legitimate frontier interests
BUt there was another item Of Indian appro
Prauon," to which Major Borlahd did NOT lend
ms countenoncc, or yield his support Ii yos nm
10 winch The Inlelhgencer 50 justly alludes. as the
cause OF such bitter and active hostility to NI,;or
boriand, by certain spectators and Iapd.sh,Tls
-Who' under the gulze Of frendship, fatten mon
'he SPoHs they gather from the ignorance of the
"retcAed Indians. III Major Borland wouId have
ieht himself to the schemes, aud prostituted his
hl9h ollca station, 10 tho purposes of these " nro
RE wolves (os ho calls them,) we should has.
heard none Of their bowling about his ann q
no! Ihey would have WhiUed and fiwued poo,,
h'fn' as they have long done upon olhors. and pro-
nounced hun " marvellous proper man =, md
'ios' "det"1 senator W hich. being Interpreted
means-HSetUl for htsiF foul purposes But h,
repuIsed and rebuked their Infamous tdvorros I
contributed 10 defeat their schomo Of plunder. tbe,,
have raised the cry of . down with B9rl,,,J 2',
He stands in the way of their noress into ,bo,ro
sury' from winch they hope 10 flch, alike from
'he government and the Indians, fund made sa
cfed 10 certain purpose by tho solemniiy Of n
treaty. mo wonder they hate him--no wonder