The Arkansas advocate., 1833-04-10

and 10 future day for your own intf f,
 pretalion. Sir, ask that interpfeta.
 ton 'aoso. l donot understand ], our al. iaslon; l know nothing 10 which ,on
 could possibly allude; do no. believe jou had any allusion. Nothing in my
 professional course or conduct can iusti-
 y such language. If yo., kne.s ..ity-
 -" ''',"s, te'i it- uuiiddle our insinuation. i @eii Il ii' plan. true and civil Enol;sb, Qi you are capable ofiD and give me a ehalee to deny, or confess, or justify, or to make an issue with you in some way or other. am not willing to be saeri- need Ter the safety oi your da.lina judge. like not your manner and style Of defending him. Though ,ou denied not the truth of the charges. yet you resolved 10 save his e6ice for him, if the people of Arkansas, Little Rock. and every man and thing that stood CD. posed, were sunk to pcrdtion. For him and the chosen few, you seem to have been willing to make the whole territory tyemble and quake; aid to hoid up the entire population, 10 the de- ris'on, contempt and seorn of Congress, the nation and the world. And YOU the Representative of the pEOrI E!!l How does -four eneneh ee;,;fj.it wifi, the titieR Rather, if your speech tell true, are you the Representative of n ehosen fezc, most of whom are Fede,of e55'eefs. The very spirit with which,ou spoke, shows that you would willinpIv have slaughtered whole heratombs of falr and honorable flames, to appcasc the angry ghosts of Judge Johnson's bye- gone ofheiai wrongs; and, so he could escape the onSzeerifg, cen thronah a path, strewed & paved by yoo, with the mangled and bleeding repntatio.e of thousand citizens, you would have laughed and shouted aloud with almost demonlac joy. Aye! 1t was worse than having law passed to hang all the damned rascals in Arkansas. Yours was an appetite that loved to banquet OH the ruins of virtuous worth. and ss Made most heilfsh meals oi good men's
 names,"
 l beg leave sir, before close. 10 in. form you, that am aware, that it ia not only in the Hall of Congress, flat fon assail my reputation. l also know that, although you stand high, you are not at the head of the list ol my slander- CTS. There IS one man who ranks you Tn his zeal to rob me of the reputation have. That man is a man who walks. by day, about the Town of Little Rock, with sly, Grand Counsellor, land lord ish, air-hears in the winds, by night, the signs, the cries, the waillngs and ihe groans oi the widows and orphans, he has wronged--and, is, occasionally, haunted by the ghosts of O'Hara, Philbrook and others. l need not tell yoat of what complexion his character would be, ifthe siivery gilt, with which hi- ll.gotten wealth now gilds him,were stript of. God vol what, kind fl . figure he would cut in Congress Hall if he were handled with the same seye- rity, that the s'faitbful Delegate" seem- ed determined 10 handle yoni humble servant and others. l vcrily flnnk it doubtful, whetherD that case, he would appear fit for the Devils Limbo. This man, Sir, is your coadjutor, and your superior in slandering me. Hescarcely sees me without wishing me where fear he will go; and on such occasions his countenance usually assumes touch of the sneakish. He seldom ends conversation, in town or elsewhere, 7. ,.s'tt'oat dragging in r,,J poor nur.s fec 2, little abuse. Like your DelegaIesnlp, however, he deals only in insinuations and inuendoes. Why does he slander me? Simply because ] will not sutmit to be counselled and ruled hy Ejm, as the Governor does; and because have been a little in the way of has schemes planned in the Governors name. Tyou and he have really conspired to~nake me suspecte q man and to force suspi- eion to fall on me, perhaps you may suc- ceed for short time with some. With those who know me, yen will net; ;x- lcept with such, as are willing to stuff
 up any wind that may pass from you
 With strangers you may have q little
 success, temporarily. But, sir. my re-
 putation will ouflive the utmost of the
 slandering efforts of both of you. Your
 ally can never reduce ne 10 his own
 level, in character, however strenuously
 he may struggle forit. You and he will
 yet see the weapons, you hurl at me,
 recoil, with doubled force, upon your
 own heads. Let me advise you both,
 that correct moral course of conduct,
 is the very best shield 10 oppose fo the
 envenomed tooth of fhe backbiter, the
 poisoned arrows of the calumniator. and ] inc fnnpne ssset on fire of hcIlv of the