The Arkansas advocate., 1832-04-11
Judge Scotts Reply.
70 Ills Erceilency JOIN PorE, Goreraor
 of the Te7viio,y of .ar,taasas.


 vidual moro competent than myself, to re- | pei the wanton aspcrsions upou decided | n aainrity of the jast Iegislatilre. None having appeared, feel constrained to ops | pose my feeble efforts to the ignonliRy you ! are disposed to cast upon them; and, SIT, ! yoil have supcr-added to the dsit l'sis as sfftfsesll s,y s:e Of the hambiest indlYiduais of tliat majority, the solemn obligation of self-vindicatiop, by yonr viruent assaults mon me. in your anatheina upon Mir. Crit 1 tendan. IT, in my yindicaton of that had and myself. shall find It necessary fo utter some stern trutlls, grating to your Isxcellcncv, you will keep in mind that you. sir, have forced tl.cm from me. by youi foul aspersons upon tue conduct aud motives of the last Legislature. When YOU eni icred the Territory as OUT Chief AIagistratc, you found 1t in comparative peaee and dtranqnilli iiy-feuds had existed but aH at tiat momesst seemed wiling 10 forget tile past, aud unite once ,eore llil- der your ilatiiisT they seol. ea te sses. ss q patriarch from the west, and believed that you would govern them withparentai kindness, regardless of party or rather personal feelings, as they had existed.- This they had a right to expect from your age and experience in western politics. To prove to you and tlle community thai such state ofthings did then exist, need only refer you to the fiattering reception you met with from all indiscrlminately oD yonr arrival in the Territory. Nomatter what had been the previous misunderstan- dngs of individuals, yet they met, com mingled oonversed, and hailed yonr arri- val with one voice. This, to you, know
 was peculiarly nattering. What field was presented for the aged, 6eaeuofeat, phi laathropjc statesman, clothed with such lnnrx ,dSt Strf 1,,sv
 the blessings of aohofe and uadiuided pco
 plel--" And you would not" Cursed fac
 ton was moro direct road to pfesem po- litical consequence, and you deserted the substance for the shadow. had retired to the shades of tho forest to avoid collisions, and even here yourself and nephew have pursued me, for an honest, upright dis charge of solemn trust confided to me by the people. have never written one i;fc as se11iitscal ssh, ,eet for tho press in my life. feelsrny incompetency to con- tend with haeknied veteran politician like yourself; hut have full faith in the D,ajeSty offraHt, even when opposed by your sopilistry and the weight of your official rank. The party to whom you have att tached yourself, awarded you long pros bat;on, resulting, perhaps, from year pfo- verbal infidclity 10 your political associ- ates. At Washington you were consld- cred an intruder ,y the Delegate, and so treated Y ct you fawned on your return, and eulogized him, and before hand, pcdg- ed your future services to Cot Ashiey;I they received your adulatlon n silence oven woodruff could not be wa artned into a compliments and you, sir, thettsoyernor of Arkansas, was stili constrained to write yoas. oaca euiogies, under the anonymous signature Of t Jusiice.' Still ypn were held at a respectful distance, unsil after the meeting of the last Legislature, when you, tor the first time, became necessary to them then, at last, you were taken Into full Fraternity, upon condition that you would denounce the Legislature, and
 by your veto uponsthc Ten Section bill, enable those men to vent their long cher-s ished hate to Mr. Crittenden. You have mutually performed your stipnlations.- They have wiring your praises until, un- accustomed to such incense, you have be- come wanton. Itscems now necessary 10 your morbid appetite for applause. that the Legislature should not only be deemed vicious. but corrupt, that yon may have your full need of praise. No man could be honest, and yet differ from.yoal' Isxcel- iency Tn relation to the !" Fen Section hill. Ilet facts speak The lard was a donation from Congress, for the purpose of building public hoasse at Little Rock
 It could not have heen material te the donors, that a house should be actually bAiH, provided Arkansas could obtain one already finished, at . fairprice. The max 1mum ofunlmproved lands does not exceed onedollar and twenty-five cents. as may he ascertained at the land olices but very small quantities command that price ---iioae now, Eight thousand dollars then. IS the greatest price the land could be sold ror.s Then dednct coats for an agent in SC. secttng It, n quarter sections; then the per eentum for selling and collecting the money, and then tho cost of an aeent for stsfersatendiag tlso new building and wllatsum would remain to erect a splenslid Il tut bu extremely nod- crate ts say, that not more thansix thous and dollars would remain Even then. sWe years must oiapse before the house would be completed. and house rent for that perlod, for public purposes, woald equal one thousand dollars. l had sem Dir. Grttenden's house while the Nsorlx ey were erecting t. knew it was hulf with great strength and of tie best and most durable materials, and in worlsman ship not surpassed by any house ihave seen ID the western country. 1 knew If to ba sufficiently spacious for all public pnrnes ses for this country for twenty years-ada i to this, saw the certificate of a. master workman, connexlon af your EsXcelten- cy. and the political opponent of Mr Crit ,enden, certifying that the cost Of build- .ng \, such house would De Tt tllis place sess ! .1soaSaaa .,s' SIX hundred dollars, exclusive of the value of tho ground, twelve lots N Fms estimate AIr. isller made after delib- sas, s;;Fys knowing It was for t..e l,se as the Legislature. = T : = - s'es s''ss
 ! nes1eved that the design of Congress Was 'o '"rn'sh Arkansas acapitoi fur35seseaf s cohvenience and iasaeaiaie necess;tv-- seaxsng .o tue sfale ofA rlxansas. sspl.e,. hes