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1t is iiitge allowed Editer, to be garrulous and egotistical concerning himself and the course he pursues. We therefore feel ourself at liberty to make, now and then, a remark, in relation to the charge brought against us by the Gazette, of desiring pa- per warfare with that print. We utterly dis claim any such idea or intention, and V . arc willing to let the public judge of the motives which have actuated us, and of the course we ] have pursued. It was always our opinion, that firm and upright opposition to men, in politics, was by no means inconsistent with tirb5llitty and ,oliitteaess private iife-and, atttiiil- eii that opinion, such has been the con stant course which we have labored to pur- sue. Relieving that t was in the power of a well regulated press to do much towards giy- E ing healthier and better tone to society, and rescuing the public press of Arkansas from the odium heretofore attached to it, not only beyond but within our borders--we resolved, and our resolution cannot be shaken, that, un- der no circumstances, should our columns be defiled by violent invective, vulgar personal abuse, end epithets which always disgrace more the men who utter them, than those to whom they are applied. We have carefully abstained from personal allHsions to the Edit or of the Gazette and his friends; and while as firmly opposed to them as the most vio- lent of their enemies, we have always striv- to mingle the spirit of ehiyalry in our con- test. While we oppose and expose them, in their capacity of public servants, we have uniformly left untouched their character as private citizens. We have endeavored to consider the potaician separately from the man. We shall continue to do so, unless we are forced, in self defence, to take up the to- naahawk and scalping knife. We have been instrumental iii bringing our young men to- gether, where frequent and familiar inter- course has softened down the harshness of political rancour, and kindlier and better feelings have grown up and become establish ed. We see the consequences around us, in a more calm and peaceable state of things than has existed here for many years--and in the re-establshment of social intercourse among men who believe as we do, that a pc llitieal contest may be conducted without per- sonal fury and unrelenting hostility. When the question of State government was agita- ted here by our opponents, we acted with them. It was great and important subject. and 50 far as that matter was concerned, we were wiling to act with our political oppo- nents on that question we still continue tc act with them. This duty We owed to the public. Another was dsse to osrself--to oui character as an independent editor and free man. 1t was to support our principles, and to oppose and put down by every honorable means, those whom we believe to be in the wrong, and to whom we are eonscientiously opposed. That duty is still incumbent on Rs

 We shun no responsibility in the performance of it--and when our antagonist IS openly be. fore us, we violate no pledge, we break nc promise, in putting onr lance in rest against him, while we expose our own breast to his onset.