Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-10-11

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The foregoing etter HON Geo. Mater,
presloenl o1 the Ksniucky court OF AP-
psals. 10 MhlSh are suploined the ietssr
from Mr.. lonn Bfowa tosnim, dated NsW
York, losa July, 1888, aAd . iesser Wn'ch
Niuler aduIessed-Io INC edltof q lns a Su'
lucky Gazette, dased the Ain OF oepts IA
Der, 19o; While they ssrseto tnso" more
lgnt on The ageacy Of MIR. brown IN the
Spanish conspiracy, display want OF can can
dor and pasrlonsmln judge Auser, Wnlsn
we regret to be obhgea 10 notice. VS.
stated IN the FIRST number OF thc spanish
Association our belief that judge Auter
was not connected In the negotiation, el.
lher with Spain or England, for bartsnng
the rights Of the Kensuckians. We be-
lieye so still; bat his own letter proves,
that although he had no agency IN the ousi.
ness, yeI that he was wiling 10 conceal
treason, aud 10 press traitors 70 ms Do.
som. For after acknowledging that Mr.
Brown was of opinion that ~ zvas most
advisable 10 declare this country andePend-
ent,o aud that be assured the convention,
s. that all they asked with respect TO the
navigation of rhs Mississippi, was in their
power or their offer" wiz, by forming
sreasy with Spaio) he proceeds to state his
motives and his feelings Tor conserving 10
the disclosure of John Browns treasoua-
bic letter, which were NOT 70 Serue ms
ceunfry; but to prevent duel bstwsen TWO
pl,Yate individuals. IfGsorgs Mutcr had
been left 10 his Own free incllnations, and
had not been BIASED by force of personal
interest, we think he was more tfieodiy 10
an alliance with Great Britain than with
Spaie. This cid Judge. IS native OF Scot
land, and Notwithstanding ne has spent 40
years of his life in The Uoited States, ADD
has undergone maoy faslgnes of the reyo-
,iutionary war; yet he still retslns many OF
the preludices and partialsies of his coun.
Try. The Iinsel sound ef hereditary title
is grateful 10 his car; and the clio Scotch
BALLADS oc " Charley DER the zoater,'' aud
so fonny Cope are y0u 1vskiag get, more
pleasing than the republican songs OF
Hail Columbia" and Yankee Doodle"
We are far from censuring judge Muser
!. for these feelings. They are extremely na.
atural; aud when we consider the. services
of his father, were devoted 10 the ressora-
ton of the Stuart family, j, Is not aston.
ishing that that the tear of loyalty should
Tickle down his aged cheeks; aud the
sigh of melancholy detection be heaved
from his breast, Whenever The fail Of kings
is mentioned. That day which dsserm'a-
ed the fate Of CuLLoDEN, though buried
in the lapse of half century, wa are To-
formed, is still kept as dav of s0rrozv by
.he president of the Kentucky court; nor
without reason. for George Mutcr must
have seen a manifest difference between
s,he situation OF a fying fugitive and rebel
-scampering at the heels of defeated
prince across trsctless mountains Of Gale
sdouia, and the rewards anticipated in en-
ssering the palace of ST. James, amidst the
slrndor of royalty.
We only blame Judge Muter for the
want of independence. and for suffering
himself to become the advocate of a party
who were pursuing measures oppoaite 10
those which met MS APPRECIATION, merely
for the sake of priysee emDlumene. That
such is the Infol,unatc weakness of ,he
president of the Kentucky court of Ap.
peals, will sufficiently appear from the Pc
rusai of joint address by judge Muter
and jadgc Sebastian, in 1894, TO 1.-THE
Frcemen of Kentucky"
The cause of this address was briefly as
follows: "A petition signed by eighty five
subscribers, was presented to the honora-
bic the General Assembly for the common.
wealth of Kentucky, to remove George
Mutrr and Beojamin Sebastian, Judges of
The cosIt OF appeals, on charges of muir
ing the rights Of taanv Of the citizens, and
dcrogatiag from justice. On this petition