The Arkansas advocate., 1831-01-26
 NO.44.

AN0e1ES tertes, urging the precedent which would be cs. tabl.shed, If judgement were not meted out a. galnst the Respondent, to lay the foundation for It's future anniililation; and concluded iorcible appeal to the passions oi his auditory. which neither our limits our time will permit us to glance at, by askifg-Has ii come to this, that atyrant sitting on his judicial throne will tram pie under loot the liberties of the press, and that itiree clazen dared not say so? in Paris the IPeopie hurled dcspot from his crown, though ] surrounded by every thing calculated to inspire teTrors, because heattcmped to crush its liberty. Mir. Lawlcss's case was the case of ever, frees man, every man should make it his own. Where was the man who would act, in such a case o(nas grant usurpation, with the coolness exhibitedby Mr. LawlessMr. l.. was by origin an Irishn,a,,. itwas the character ofIrishmento possess warm. sensitive and higll-minded feelings, with keen sense of wrong, but had he (Nir. McD) becnin nr. Lawlesss place-an outrage of the kind Iperpetrated against him, he would not have acted with Mir. .'s eoolness; before lie would De de- Ipryed oi his liberty for making use of the frec- dom which was his inherent right, he would run with his might and drag the petty iyrant from hisseat, who would dare to deprive him from ltf Where was the freeman would submit 10 1t! By what tenure did lawyers hold their liberty in Missouri, if they were thus 10 be sent to prison with fclons. If such judicial monsters we're al- lowed to roam abroad, all liberty, the very name l of liberty, would Dc forever at an end. In one solitary instance 1t not so striking, but if all Judges would so act, would not the people of 1 this free country rise up CD ,nasse and put down l the despotism with one combined effort.
 Mir, McDuihe concluded at twenty minutes 10 B o'clock, when Mr. Wick!iac, OH the same side. proceeded to read several documents whichwere Ihanded Ill as evldences these Ill part consisted of
 tiIe proceedings mad ii ihe District Court o Mis- Isouri, III the case ol the clam by the heirs of
 ltntoine s,oulard, to iGjU0 arpe,,ts ol land from
 tic United States; ot Judge leek sJuasment d.
 gallst that claim; of their appeal to the Supreme
 Gourto the United States, and also oi u .rans- eript oi tle proceedings instituted against Mir. i.awess before, and by. Judge Peck.
 On motion of Mir. ss LbST feis, the Court then adjourned til i9 o'clock to-morrnn.
 "WEDNESDAY. Dec. 22.
 ihe following resolutions presented yesterday, fsy Mr. BAKER, was considered aid agreed ios Resotred, I hat the 1ofnmttee or the lubiic .4andsbe instructed toinauifeintoth thecxpedic,cy ol providing b} lan for the sale, at the nit mum price Of all laids which have been once entered aa such price, and forfeited or reilrauisned, immediately on forfeiture or relinqusInent;
 s.iso, into the capcdleHcy of autnor.zAs the
 safe te puhlc iards ln quai tlties of 8t acres,
 n all cases; ;s also into the expedionc4 q nak-
 g donations ol land, II. small quantities, to ac- tuot settlers.
 I TRIAL or JUDGE PECK
 Attwelye clock, tic Seuate having resoIy- cd itseIj into High Coure Of ln.pcacfpelt, , the trial of Judge Peck was proceeded wllh. ? (tAc five managers of the House Of Representa- tyes, and the respondent and his counsel being present)
 Mir. BUCHANAN said that the managers would first proceed with the examination ot l.uEe Is. l4awless, the first witness summoned oli behalf i of the House of Representatives, and requested t that Mir. l.. might be called.
 Mr. Lawlcss then having been called and sworn, gave his evidence to the published ? pinon of Judge Peck; the publication by him in the Missouri Republican and st. Louis Adyo- tcatc of the article signcdssA Citizen, comment , ing thereon; and of his subsequent committal to jail and suspension from practise attach mcnt issued against him for q contempt
 The managers ther and after them the court
 and the counsel for the respondent, cross examib- ,. cd Mir. E.a,viess but before tfe crcss-cxamina+
 tion was concluded, the court adjourned until
 tomorrow at l2 o'clock.
 The Senate then adjourned until tomorroW, l clock.
 }, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES frsesnsv Dec. 2i. | MT. SPENCER of New York, from the Com } nittee on Agriculture, to whom Was reierrcd he Letter sI u 1sn,t5!.cs.t,. acc Ompafi }ing