NJ. CUNNINGHAM, Little Rock, August 10, 1880.

To the Editor ofthe .adgocnte..
Q the Editor of tte .4dcocnfe:

 s1R:-lt has been with emotions of con- siderable interest, that have narrowly observed the controversy which has re- gently sprung up between the two prints Tn this place, both as editorial and by cor respondents; and it appears to me, that that controversy assumes daily more im- posing aspect; from the squibs of one or two party writers, it has grown into an argument which has elicited some talent and considerable labor from both sides of the question now agitated: from an unim- portant meandering rivulet, it has swollen into considerable flood, and probably, may eventually involve some of our most cherished. privileges. I hold it Sir, as a most important principle of free govern ment, that every man is at liberty to can vass the acts, and strictly scrntinize the conduct of those in office. l hold 1t too, Sir, as sacred principle, that every man has right to, and ought to expresss free- dom of opinion; and # in the expression of