The Arkansas advocate., 1830-07-28

rights, and too apt to be awed by the authority of a chief justice" which evi- dently allades to the conduct of Lord Mansfield on the aforesaid trial.
 Since there are so many circumstan- ces tending to prove Mir. Toolxe to be the author of those celebrated letters, it may be asked, how it happens that the, have not been more generally attributed to him? To which it may be answered. that the cause originated in one of the most fortunate incidents, in this respect, that could have occurred to Mir. Tooke. Although this happened fortuitously, 1t was no doubt afterwards managed with a secondary view of screening himself from suspicion of being Junius.
 Mir. Tooke, for rather John Horne, for he had not then assumed the name of Tooke,) and MT. John Wilkes were acting in concert against the administra- ton ofthat day, and were both members of q society, established by the former, for the support of the Bill of Rights. \ misunderstanding taking place caused a yioienteontest between them. which was carried on in the Public Advertiser.- Mir Wilkes, hY means of the popul;lce, with whom he was a great favorite, finally prevailed over Mf. Horne, and became elected high sheriff of London. He then in letter to Mir. H. observed, Whether you proceed, sir, to q M5r- teenth or a hirtieth letter is to me mat ter of the most perfect indifference; you will longer have me yourcorrespond- ent.' NIr. Horne addressed his thir- teenth letter 10 MT. Wilkes, dated July 10th, l77i; but being mortified with the result of his contest with the latter, was determined still farther to expose his re- al character to the public; and, as a plausible pretext for so doing, he made apparently a severe attack on himself, under the signature of Junius, in letter 1 addressed to the duke of Grafton, July l ninth. the day previous to the date of his last communication to Wilkes.
 1 Itwasnecessarvth that this attack should he high-seasoned, in order to appear to be ia earnest, and ia point, to admit of q positive and unequivocal answer. Ac- cordingly, Junius charges Horne with "a new zeal in support of the admins tration,a and with s endeayors in the support of the ministerial nomination of sheriffs. , Accuses him, also, ofharbor- ing the "yindictiye malice of amonly;n and says, " now let him % back to his cioister. The church is q proper re- treat for him. In his principle he is al- ready bishop.D And to cap the cli- man, he adds, ssthe mention of ftis nlaa bas 1noved me from nsy natssraI modera- tioa."
 To suppose that Junius, if he had been any other than John Horne, would have made use of this language, is pre- Eposterous. The gun if overloaded bursts with the discharge. If Junius was not Horne, and if there was any man in England to whom he owed pre-eminent respect, 1t was to the latter. They had fought brayely together against the go- vernment up to this time. Horne in the open field, and Junius covertly. No misunderstanding had occurred between them; both despised John Wilkes, the ostensible cause of their quarrel, and had attacked him in the most violent 1 manner.
 These specific charges however, ena- l bled Horne to meet them fairly; and, utterly denying 'connexion of any kind, directly or indirectly, with any courier or ministerial man, or any of their adherants,7 or that he ever used any s endeavors in support of the minis terial nomination of sheriifs,p he then calls upon Junius to prove his allega- tions. Itis probable that the partizans of Wilkes, had promulgated by insinua- tions, the charges made by Janius, and therefore it became desirable to have them categorically stated that he might answerin like manner.
 Junius; in reply, modi6es his direct charge of IEorne's supporting the minis terial candidates, to his neglect of rem dering aid to Mir. Wilkes, which was no- torious, and expected by Wilkes him. self, three lists of candidates being can vassed for that election. To exclude Wilkes [says Junius) it was not necessa- ry you should solicit Hetes fer his opppo- nents. We incline the balance as effec- tually by lessening the weight in the one scale, as by increasing it in the other.'' j By strict examination of the whole correspondence of Junius and Horne, it I will appear evident that the object of 1t