The Arkansas advocate., 1832-05-02

quarrel, of long standing, fomented at tilc IIoil5eiit, 5T i51 ::s...::.... :..:.... now dead
 never stirred up opposition 10 Mir. Con, way-Col. Oden was candidate with- out my solicitation or appreciation, and was driven to the course l took in that election, by the unmeriled abuse of Mir. Conway's friends. Mir. Con way did sustain my nomination as Go vernon of Arkansas, when Gov. lzard WIS appointed, warmly and zealously; each of those facts will prove when shall hear from those 10 whom have written on the subject. What then be comes of your insmnofiols on those sub lccts, so derogatory 10 me. Were they becoming your station? You charged that ] qnarreled with Gov. izard be- cause could not bend him to my pur- poses. H hat purPoses2 neFe.i'as ed him 10 promote q friend of mine during his government. The first lime l saw him, told him that there were malicious people, who, for si1ttster pur- poses. would ifssiisuate to him what you have just given 10 the public, and that 10 remove all doubts. had determined neither orally CT in writing, to recom- mend 10 him for office. ] adhered to my resolution. He ultimately insulted me. personally and grossly, and we ne yer spoke after. You then taunt me withneyer having endeavored, "while in power" to have che electiye franchise extended to the people of Arkansas Is this dealing with becoming sincerity 7 You knozu 1 never was in power. By the neglect of Governors, 1 was some times left to discharge their duties for indefinite periods. My duties were simply clerical. Your taunt might ap- ply to Gov. Miller and Izard, and even to every Legislature for the ten years you speak of, and to tie t1eo previous De legates in Congress, but certainly not 10 me. Have you dealt fairly, sincerely, in lagging in this charge against me ?-- Let impartial men decide. You doubt my assertion tiias i4,.d nothing 10 dc with drafting or originating the memo
 rial concerning you. Judge Scott fwho did draft iD tells yon that l did not
 be goes farther, he tells you that asso- ciating freely with the members during the entire session, that he never heard of my interference, directly or indirect ly, with their Legislative duties. And yet yourself and nephew, associate me constantly with that body as an aetiue auxiliary-attempt to beat down posi- tive testimony by inferences from assuna- ed facts, and then grayely urge to the people, that ! should not complain or be surprised at receiving the lQsh of the press, for acts in which l had no parti- eipation. You then, sir, break out in- 10 a sort of pious indignation at the many ills which l have brought on the county, by the ofar of exchange. Tru- ly your ecstasy is beyond my compre- hension. McBall made proposition at the same inae, and offered as securities Judges Cross and Roane and Woodruff. My offer was for the lands restricted, to save all improvements--theirs zoithout restriction of any sort. Was if nay crime that the Legislature preferred my proposition; are not aH the men l have named equally guilty in point of intea- t;on with myself? It was not their fault that thelr proposition was not accepted.
 Have you even inslnuated a censure on thenl2 Certainly not-they are of'syoasr side" But your Excellency continues your rhapsody, by cxclaiming, that l had no more rigM to this land than the hum blest man in Arkansas. Most true ] hod not. Who has ever said l had? l have never asserted such pretcnsion, nor have l heard of man that has You have stated self.eVident proposi- ton, in which l perfectly agree with you.
 In the succeeding paragraph, ,youopen the conspiracy and murder scene-in- troduce me weeping over the corpse and ;.:.s. Judge F;,lsea :na the hack ground, signing the Ten Section BiH. What a plastic and fertile imagination your Ex- cellcncy is blessed with, and what q misfortune to the lovers of poetry, that you had not given the reigns 10 your fancy at an earlier period; for when such an imagination is combined with such powers of invention, you could not fail to become the Byron or Sheridan of America. But to be serious. Judge Scott and Doctor Menefee, both mem bers, diselaiin this story catsrc-those gentlemen call on you in the name of