The Arkansas advocate., 1832-05-23

ose " stoIltI 10 ssss tsf- gross and ask an alteration of the law SO as ao'glse the people the right of felect- ing their own 'sgood Governor.v You. SIT, arralgned tlie Legislature at tIle bar oi the people, because they expressed Willingness 10 dispense with your ser vices, unless you were known to be the choice of the people. You knew. sir. there was no charge contained in That memorial but what was strietlv true.-
 he only implication of you, sir, was that you were great part of yetir time absent from the Territory. Sir, You carry your abuse of the Legislature fur ther, and complain that they were like y 10 cSpcl oilc of your pets, because he discharged his duty, by handing {as chairman of the committee of enrol ments) the memoriaiaiiudcd 10, 10 you. And here you make some comments; but let me tell you, sir, as well sls the public, You have not told the story right. Boyou not know, sir, that the conduct of that chairman, as well as your own, was ridiculous fromthc start. about that matier2 If nothing was in. tended but faithful discharge of duty. by the chairman, why not haze sent thatmemorias, with the packet deliver cd 10 you by two members eff the same committee, about dusk in the evening of the same day2 Why keep it back till between l and l2 o'clock at night. and then rush forward with it in his o7r1a hands, and break into your chamber al such an untimely season? What, sir, does this mean? Task you, sir, as well as an impartial public, if this is in the true spirit of legislation? This, sir, was not considered by you as a confcnapt, not at all, sir. You said to yourself. ."all3s well now--zi have got the memo rial, and will seal it's fate with my veto.' And you complain ofcontcmpts. venture to say, any other man but yourself, in your exalted situation, would have shuddcred at the idea of receiving documents ie any such . sur. rcptitlous and scoreted manner, know ing, too, ae sou must have known, that It was eos9traay 10 an eapress order of the
 House.
 You, sir, complain, too, of Mr. Wood ruff's being badly treated hy the Lcgis- latnrc.- How so, sir? Because he was not elected Public Prlntcrq How, sir. could he orhis friends expect the Leeis- latHre to hestow on him the best gift i'll their power, who had swindlcd the Ter fitefy evef since its existence, because ileiaadno competition? iiasllenot pro yed 1t himself by the bid he last made for the printing, which is some 25 per eent. less than he had ever worked for before? This, alone, was sufficient cv- ideace to inc of his infamy, and ] was not willing to give my vote to aman who would openly produce evidence of his own guilt. Was he not abusing the e. gislature, and niclnaming them before they took their seats? And yet you complain of ill treatment. Now, sir, l would advise you 10 rake the snags out of your own row, and shake off your cntangling alliances, with such, at least. as use you as their tool: they arc last has.ening you 10 an untimely political end.
 Now. sir, l 1cantcll you, as well as the public, in few words, what is the true cause of all this complaint. It is simply this, sir: Had your cousin, Chester Ashley's proposition fol the Ten Sections been accepted by the Lc- gislature, and Billy, your darling and pet, been elected Public Printer, and had no memorial been sent on 10 Con gress asking rightto elect their "good Governor" the Legislature would all have been good fellows.
 T .Wen.bea of thc Legislature.
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