The Arkansas advocate., 1830-08-25
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 should be necessary the General Govern nent viii recognise the principle.
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 A cotemporary has said, attempt to crush the most eroYelling worm, and it will make puny effort in seIfdefence.' This E a principle that has been so generally admitted to be at least fair, thatmany men consider those who refuse to resist en- croaehments, as unable, by reason oftheir enlpabiiity, to defend themselves against t4lesattacks of their enemies, and irnpute this noa-resistaucee either to inheeiIity, or ss a tacit acknowledgment of crime. There has however, occurred cases, which admit of an entire different construction, and hleh. when properly viewed. must direct the channel of our thoughts to an- eiaer source. Vice may assaiI virtue so sue cessfuny, as fer time to impose on the best ofmen, and by eoncealing her real designs with an aTtftilly wrought mask, may suc- eeed in allurIng ns in her snare; while yir- tue, conscious of her own reetituae, dis dams to defend herself from sneh assaults. knowing that the mask must be torn off, and the hideous form of her adversary be exposed to public derision.
 These remarks have been elieited by the Perusal ofa communication in the Ga zette of,the Ith inst It was the obvious Intention of the writer of that essay and the one which preceded 1t, to draw Mir. sfftesnden into the existing eonfroversY lie supposed that from his masked battery, he would have a fair fire at his unproteot- ed adversary while he himself occupied 2a altitude of perfect security, under eoY- rsaff n e a--- 4
 derous attacks without foundation. in the r9Tfn oi charges, might be made against Mr. '. and should they be successfully reflIted others equally faliaoious, and composed of ] as much malice, in all probability would hare been preferred; fef. there is no sesc,,- rty against an author who deals SO exten- Evely in the faanous-he that possesses an imagination fertile enough to coniure up enc set of untruths, can with equal facility make use again, of the same device to ac- complisf his purpose. Having waited a flflclent length Of time, and perceiyinq that Ntr. c. Is too conscious of not having Hlerlted such an attack, 10 make a defence agalnstit, or perhaps disdaining to answer an anonymous seribbler, l have assumed to myself to ses forth tho occurrences men, toned, as the history of the times devei- oPes them.
 The charges preferred, are in my opin- ion, of such nature, as to demand some Rotlce, and feel conscious in saving. that tney can be answered in such manner as Wlll not only reflect credit upon Mr. c. aut.Wlll draw down upon C ! aw-I Bone, 7. the eEppEroerinaa which tIc so justly merits. and eonsgn him forever, as all author of truth, 70 the Tomb of the Capulets" I ask anly from the public an impartial hearing and the issue leave with themselves.
 ne trst charge preferred against Mir. s.is, Appointing gentlemen to office, after . zoo snort residence in the Territory HIS lslntended as a set-off to the charges mat have been alledged and snbstantiated 4sainst the present honorable Secretary. Let us examine how far the Ex-Secretarv H IS cuipable in these appointments. Mir. hieAlnney, the first one mentioned, is said so nave been appointed before he was in Iie territory forty days; the office it is sald, was procured for him by the Ex-See- .eiaiySs, n consequence of. his being his re- lallon. Now 1t IS known, that by the Or saalc Law, efewer ofappointiug Clerks, was vested in the Judges who presided o. Yer the Courts to which those Clerks were attached; and It IS not reasonable to sup- pose that they would dives. themselves Of Gat power, and place 1t at the disposal of se Executive. Mr. Mckinney was first sppointed by the Judges of the Superior Clourt, and subsequently,, by the law plac- ang those ofices at the disposal of tic people, aoas appointed bg fbe people of fhe Territory, Mr. Rennick and others were appointed by the Judges of their respec- Courts. It is useless to enter into far sher investigation of this subject, as even rJaw-Boneo knows, that until tateEy, no Cierk whatever has been appointed to of nee, by any power delegated, or belonging to the Executive
 It IS asserted, that after he had thus pro- s'dea fer his Kentucky .fofIowers, he sends eack to his brother John's office for Neal sic Lane, whom he appoints Judge. Re- 90 lar as this charge relates to the appoiaf- meaf of Judge McLane, 1t is true, and if .nere IS any crime attached to this act. Mr.C. pleads guilty; but had ( Jaw Rone'' rested satisfied with merely charging him ] with the appointment, t would not have answered his purpose. Like in the rest of sls charges, he must peryert truth in this. ae disturhs the ashes Of the dead-he in vades the sacred silence of the tomb, to make charge against NIT. c. futile in its aature, yet base in its design. He accu- ees him of sending to his brother Iohn's snlee Tn kentukcy, for men 10 fill office in sArkansas, and endeayors by this vile false- 96od to fasten on him tho imputationenf