The true Democrat., 1857-01-13
The Arkansas Legisla+,,x

would be afforded him by visit to Il. 'na0 turcs of our n.,,.., s... '''. ,,' 'o 'He iegsa. fastest formed communities--aggreo .,;. 0@ people who have withdrawn from F ' or widely extended branches of the na, O@
 ' '''o0'''eu 'hemfeIves tn gether in one section of country. The '.
 iaturo presents to the philosophic eni i,nir..
 an abbreviated form, the moral and thA c;r,,
 "7,' 'S the repnolieah know. edge of the people.
 ''' aware much 'ault has been fJnnd vs
 '" nave among us those whofa great deal of fauh-this is all right--w.a
 object to it. A progressive people are e
 hnding people. If we were satisfied wih
 0""'.'o''-'here would be no progress. Dss
 'eSS' ALNs.'s's ~ has o0n'm'tted errors, 1t wo1F,
 ,co''deJm if she hadn't. We lav no cl.;.
 infalIiblity, but claim to have done o, ,,,g
 ,''"9' I"N0' 'n'o 'o"si"erat'on' as cur nsa.
 bors. Comparisons, disadvantageous to A1s
 sas, have been made between her and al
 new States, as Iowa. Wisconsin. etc. bn,;
 taken into consideration that Arkansas i, D.,
 ot the great stream of northern emigration
 that those States are right in its path? '.
 little of northern emigration will co ma o..
 " oe'''''" i'he oi 'a''u'e' until its fror
 latttUdes are crowded. From this carsa
 rich soils of Africa have been neglected h.
 by the northern people, although we'll k,on. to all. 'Tis true, Arkansas has not tba er,
 of Afrca--but it is deemed too bof bv tba r,.I
 ern emigrant, while he has colder cIt r,o,..
 move to. States in the latitudes of low. ,,, l Wisconsin are not proper instances to Icor,,.. any southern State with Some have trn,a
 ""'' 0'"0"S ""' '"e great cause Tor sparens, of white population in our southern Iat,r3
 Nothing can be more stupd-let M!ssis,,. and Louisiana be cleared of their nl,c,,o..
 leave not drop of African blood within il. borders-and let them wait for whi.a n,,
 lation Ro0 long would they have to wan
 ho,0 longf
 Doubtless large proportion of the Hssour, of Arkansas is not of that character wbicsd tain quick development-its n,,ne-al, country consisting of oneI vast body of rich s like Illinois, and largel portions of 're.a.
 what will be the sourca of it's wealtbp ,, ' question without difficulty. f lies yn,r 1, 'urface. Such States rserapidly in wealth ,,, greatness. But those col Ilntries whose ws,ls consists much in iron, coal, lead etc ctc vi be found to have been sldwer in their -;sa In. "nen' oY the lnevitabie progress of thing their turns have come to be ,,rssssI ;,to ,.r,., they soon onts'rlp thos4 simply agrirultuH States-immeaSurely. It, will be so with 4, . kansas
 The annexation of Tetas. too. threw m | State back, with regard td agricultural settle ment. Although, rich soil does not prevail such vast bodies in ArkanAas as to give it tb character abroad Of being dne among tae grcas of our agricultural States yet there are bu dreds of thousands of nerds of as rich land the eve of man ever look id upon sfiU ,lb ss,t, < "a fact which the planters of other States pear to have become fully alve to. (
 But did not sit down with desire to er. t borate an apology for what some are pleasedr consider as the shoyt-corata1, of opr State If the history of Arkansas,nee4s q dsfsnr-u $ have no doubt, in the estimation of every i t teII'geht ana impartial mGd, an ample, com plete and successful one can be made yo9 i; only intended to demonstrhte. to ,9o,e e,,., l what the status of Arkansas |. nom in inc co- | tederacy, from the evidence furnished Inv h ' composition of her presentIlegisIature.
 As political excellence is rather of 3 relatu t "a'ure' we can best h1 in pur mind the bs S 'ohcre-obout, of people hv comparing ,b.i T Poi''caI ihstl'utions-their structure and ope ratlon-.with the political institutions of otbg communities. Thus in passing few bouy D the Senate and House of Representatives noY T. sittlng-of our youthful Srate-the mind ns. ' turaIy falls upon the cornparing test. The same order and system of parliamentary rule q which makes the legislatures of other States ( d r"f''n'l mef'"n' through which the will d :, the people may be known and be made to prs. YaII, see governing here in the deliheritOa t of this body-the same faif and equal seop V Tor discussion afforded Then the efgors some Of the ohlest communities to govern ther. selves, naturally arise next in my mi d. Th republican legislature, for instance, of the gres French nation, which convened in l799-r assembly, of course, of the srnartes. of hermo X brilliant politcians-for they were all JriEm ! men. How do the action of those acconaida Q legislators compare with that of republican lp neers here assembled at Little Rock? Hs ,l laws may be proposed and enacted most d tasteful and unsatisfactory to many of our c. . zens who are represented within and about i' s legislative hals-still the business of le4bl la ton goes on ndisturbed-parliamenta ord' Is preserved. But under such circumstano el the members of the French national assernt U could not think of allowing such propostio .' |. to meet with such tame DppositOn-tfer fore, they bawled and hocted-shook ihe ci lists and jumped upon the deskS-preservei1 s' order whatever, and were insulted with imp v nty by the crowd that filled the lobbies al the galleries a
 In successful republican governments we not expect to find briRiancy & mind prcddna 2 nate in their councils, or among their people I. for brilliant sense is not the genius of Reputln N but common sense. It is not the dazzIlr q mental exploits of Mirabeat, or Barere oii = :, Robespire, that we have much use for-butta c, sober matter-of- fact achievements of Wasb ington, Franklin and Jefferson. It is II such stuff our people are made :,
 No rational man will expect those perte a, tlons in neto community, which age alone s produce-yet feel sure, as sit here by i ( stove in the Representative Hall-that thr abundant evidence before me ito move that Ii :, all those excelences which modern civilt, :, 'on ooas'S oi' Arkansas IS no discredit to s or remote. As re,,roser l, q tive men in the Legislature ofour vorn, .o,. 2