Arkansas intelligencer., 1848-09-23

were OBJECTS for the ambition of soo; = =
numerous hot-bed aspirants, thew belied their o,,
assertions and held him up so far as thew durst -
w "a 'Sf', IL not contemplate, pretensions
'"I'i' hohor. consistency. truth and dignity
are Jewels nay, diamonds Of the first wateri
u' % Is. the sweet clique always intent on the
Sood OF their country, and the individual ,voIfro
=, " ''e a7aT feoPle-eIected him to the Sunre,ne
'0h0h III ofdef TO get him out of the way of their
pwn uhchastened ambition +; and in order TO give
' "'. ,'s q~'sfus, they elected cypher to serve
"tn "I'ii III addItlon 10 the small pattern already
o'' 'h1 oench OF this court. Hence, all The bust
ness oeVoVed solely on his shoulders that was of
the least magnitude; aud it 50 h,nnanad 70 bjs
-" great credit, 10 the honor Of the State and to
IueIr c own disappointment, if not regret that he
nieo Inc expectation of his most sanruine friends
u 'n7 diScharge OF the various and arduous duties
oi supreme Judge 81 had almost said Supreme
CoIrt-'or, Indeed. he had little more than noni
m nIi assistants IN his in his brethren of the bench
men, on the score of public services. he having
discharged The duties Of three officers, while ne
only received the pay of one, say. before all The
aspiFants tp fiiI the vacancy he offers to fill his
Claims preierabIe--they paramount.
Let US now examine the superior and paramount
claims OF Ambrose over his compettors-I use
PuFai' Tor II Is not asserted, much less recorded
that being defeated IN his election to fiji one va
cancy IN the U. S. Senate that he will not ran to
MI the other And first. he has been in emoIov
iheht OF the late Territory of Arkansas as dele
gate to the House of Congress. and member of
the U. ). Senate from the State of Arkansas for
about twenty years. These trusts he has execut
ed as he would have believe, no doubt. with
great, ii not pre-eHinent, ability AMI Fl !eIitv-
AND IN connexlon with the latter trust he has dis
piayed matchess commercial and brnkinG abili-
Ties, In Character OF negotiator OF the State lands
gwen to raise capital for the Real Estate Bank of
the State of Arka nsas TO operate on-besides his
uIslnteres!ed patriotism induced him 10 rssirn his
seat In the u. s. Senate to accept the office Of Mi
mister OF Peace 10 the Republic of Mexico. As
ueieg0Ie he convinced Il majority of the members
OF congress by hearty-nOt fOrced--.oud and re-
PeaIed laughing. that it needless to attempt to
construct National Military Road leading Gro,n
Memphis, Tennessee, 10 Fort Gibson. and braach-
ing OF to Fort Towson and Fort Jesup, on tho
Sabine, without coming through Arkansas. Ad-
mIrabe wlsdomi Unparalleled success As q.
3 Senator he had the maniiness. for the first and
last time, to admoniSh his democratic brethren
that the wing success ia the Stale elections of
1881, was OWING 20 their vicious system of tao
hcs-to their charging whig members of Congress
with being bribed by the U. s. Bank 10 vote for
It's re-charter, &c. He also had the disiu,erested
manllness 10 vote against The bill giving 10 his own
Stale 100000 acres of land for the purpose of in
ternai improvement. This was very disnlerested
III man high in favor with that faction Of his
party which holds that Congress cannot appropri-
ate money for the purpose of improving rivers and
harbors; and quite kind and marcifu to his be-
hOred people ! BagateIIa Bravo lie then is
not only Minister of Peace, but Prince Of low
cOndescenslon AMI tender mercies. Let $ next
notice this patriot and sage, as Gnancer. And
IN doing this, | shall not walk out OF his own ad-
missions. White employed by the Bank as nego-
tiator, he was receiving pay as U. S. Senator.--
Not only 50, ne employed an agent 10 act for him
IN this business, ard paid to such agent out of the
capital Of said Bank 10 the full value ami amount
of his services. the SUN of $4,000; and not sats-
fed "nh this, he appropriated to himself, out of
the funds Of the Bank Il salary such com
missioner. the further sggu of 80 ,000. This is
not all yet. He barlered off the capital, ION the
gold and silver basis Of course.) for State Bank
paper; a part OF which, shortly after, fell to de-
probation. This miserable trash was in such IA
vOr with the ex-senator as 10 be thought, by him,
safe capital 20 bank on. But, hold n minute =
Way did ne retain, in his own hands $4,000, and
upwards, of the capital of the B1nk, which
amounted to the loan he would be entitled TO
ceiye on the credit Of his stock subscription IN the
paper issues of the Bank and not otherwise
cording TO lis charter! Why did he not bide his
time liIl the Bank went into operation on the real
metallic capital negotiated for, and then receive his
loan like other citizens were obliged to dO-in
Bank paper? Did he not appropriate from $1,000
to Sl2 0UO of the Banks capital 10 certain friends
and fuyortes in the manner as that retained
by himself! Do public affairs in Arkansas be-
long 10 The public. all to certain private indi-
uals--to families distinguished by no known mer
It's bat avarice, arrogance and presumpton-and
10 intriguing and designing ciiques But 10 crown
all his signal services. he induced to resign
his seat in the u. S. Senate TO 60 rs Minister of
Peace 10 Mexico-to tear himself away from his
pe0pLe--his beloved ana loving constitUents--n
do days, when Sirius began TO rise high IN the
hsavens, to encounter the malaria and rOmetG of
the valloy Of Anahuac, and the assassins knife of
the Az!ecs, for no other pecuniary compensation
than the sum--the paltry consideraton-of about
S22, ,5O0 What niggard rileanness in the go
vernment to pay so distinguished ciiz5n--one
that may have keptten Congressman from dying
of the spleen by convulsing their sldes-no greater
COMPENSATION than this for setting off IN g 10!
haste" after the locomotive court OF Mexico,
soon rs he recovered from his painful and distress
ing disease, which ne overlook at Queretaro two
hours only after his vicegerent had negotiated
with that court treaty of peace This is the
keystone of the great family arch---the trunk OF
the great family tree--of Arkansas! Cut him
down or prize him out. and the whole and entire
stanas Of no arch nd howels of the tree