The Arkansas advocate., 1830-05-26
FRENCH AND SPANISH CLAIMS
BILLS OF REVIEW .

FRENCH AND SPANISH CLAIMS
 BILLS OF REVIEW.
 On Tuesday last, SAM c. RoAHE, United States District Attorney, moved that Bills
 of Review in certain Land Gases, be pub- Hshed in some newspaper printed in the Territory of Arkansas, for four weeks sae- cessiveIy-he also observed, that 1t was matter ia which he wished to take no part,
 and therefore, he would leave it optionary with the Court to decide, when, and in what paper or papers, said publications should
 he made. In accordance with the wish of
 the T. !. Attorney, the Court decided that the Bills of Review, lone hundred and fifty
 eight in number should be equally divided ! between the Arkansas Gazette and Ar- kansas Advocate. To this the U. s. It.
 torney aequiesced, and the Clerk was di- rected to prepare the publications for each 8 of the newspapers. On the following day,
 however, our paper made it's appearance, containing a communication putting se- < veral interrogatories to the Editor of this # paper, the answers to which, were post < poned to a future season. \ passing re- j mark made with respect to MT. Secretary ] Fulton, excited his ire, which was speedily 4 visited upon ag. As the assistan! counsel of Sam .. Roane, he, on Thursday last, fer
 the purpose of injuring us in a pecuniary z@ point, and to display, as well as he could, # his little brief authority, appeared in Court,
 and moved that the decree of Tuesday be q reversed. He argued, that as the agent of
 the government, he had, and would claim,
 the right, to have the Bills of Review pub-
 lisbed where, and when, he pleased. The
 Court decided, and we think, very correct
 Iy too, that it was matter resting solely
 on the will and pleasure of the U. 5. Bis-
 trict Attorney, and ordered the decree to E be reseinded. tButwe would here remark, 2 that it was a matter which in no wise con- 2 cerned this honorable gentleman--or at 8 least no farther than his malice and eagy
 carried him-for this reason, that he Is not
 the United States District Attorney, but merely assistaat counsel to said Attorney.) 9 The honorable Secretary and assistant counsel, then stated, that as he had a pre- <. ference for, he would move that the Court
 decree that the publications be madein the A Arkansas Gazette, which was accordingly
 done.
 By this act of the honorable and high minded Secretary, we have been deprived
 Of a job of some little value; but the loss is
 amply made up to us, ny the proof which it
 affords of the truth of our declaration, that
 political rotteaness abounds.
 We will now, in a few words, advert to
 the cause of this malignant act of secre- tary Fulton. In our last paper we said of
 him, that he feels it to be his duty to follow the footsteps of the Governor. In exer- cising the functions of Governor, we pre- sumed to suppose, he felt conscientiously bound to pursue the course of the equal Governor.
 If the Secretary considered the course of the Governor to be honorable and praise- zOorthy, 1t was notderogating from his char acter to say he was pursuing the same
 course but his malignant wrath, as evil denced towards us, is, in our estimation, a
 strong expression of his a5horreace and de- testcssoa of the potitieal footsteps of the Overseer of the plantation of Arkansas.