The Arkansas advocate., 1833-03-27

IT judge Johnson, a disposition to tratntl Upon the laws pf the country, and to exeI ehe whole power of his office, not SD nuc [ Tor the public good, as for the benefit of
 le" personal fTieDdsl Surely this was nc lilelf iault or crime. 1t was tue fault c
 9fisae oi an other, not theirs. Tbeir COT
 eenaation of It showed their virtue aa
 iVteifigehce. Their effort atreform illus
 'a'ed iaeir regard forthe happiness, hon
 V'' ana good order of the society in whicl ehey iiVed. II Was the struggle of Yirlu,
 .."u 'hteiligence against error, oppression or crime. Yet, q Delegate from Arlsan sas calls ths local fpd, and endeavors [,
 shfow as obtogny and cpa$7tYe upon those
 pho dared to obey tha dictates of reason
 andyirtHe.
 zi had hoped, before this time, as otii l Delegate Tn his speech of the ninth, ex.
 pressed some anxiety that tie people o ] ATkansas might know the course he took Wiifl regard to those eliarges, and admitted some ilttle liability 10 the public on thai snhJect, that he would also have published as an Important branch of the part he took III this affair, and as explanatory of his conduct 10 the pHbiic--iIis speech or speeches, made hy himself or friends 10 the President on tAe sfitject of rcnomina. ting Judge Johnson, fear ttvo Blo5Ehs ia advance of tbe time at which his previous commission expired. Cai. 5ever and Judge Johnson both Lad notice that fire Charges and testimony would be laid before the President and SeHate, at least before the expiration of his commission. i4ese two powers conid have acted efficiently upon tic sahject. WIty as it that Judge Johnsoa's renominatiou was procured near sixty days before his coinmisson expired. If nominations to the Senate during the se1s- son! Why was 1t hurried tilyeHel, Che Senate, more than month in advanca4-# This was remarkable haste. But Mr. Sc vieF had no fears at all for iris relative aud friehd-he had no fears of meeting f6e strictest scrutiny, any where 'rho pn6- lie good required all tltis haste no doabt. tie, by pRfe dccidgN, hurried his relative throhgh iife Senate, before Inc proof could reach that body. At any rates the ] ddpe vas slipped through tlfe Senate, SHHg and edSy. just ten CT twelve days before tic testimony reached the city, and near month before his commission cxpired.-~ l Fms vas one of the tiiafnpl,8 enjoyed sy the Judge, ilt atat eiiH, overi!is enctaiess lie did escape tie testimony in the Senate. He peat the race, and Lad his parclmea secured to him before the testimony ap- Peared against Linn. l de not aud afa sure no man can envy the Judge and our faitllial Delegate, the distinguished honof of this triumph. Eeefy erimiual when he breaks custody, and y running and dadg- ing escapes trial and punishment, See3s8 fa me, to enjoy just such q triumph and sae!i aii hoaef.
 have iio t4oiibt, however, the col wili give suitable cxplaNafi8n Of that branch of transaction. When gave netiee 10 Judge Johnson, that shot1id present inc proof and charges 10 the Presiaent and Senate, l had no duHht but that both he and his friends, relying upon Lis j6noea&ee and PoPRtHray, waHtd promptly meet sfe charges without any esasiens-i was dis aPPeiated-tliey tidaet shew that htna Of confluence
 itwas natural and honorable, that col. SeYier should feel some iaterest iu tue re- putation and success Of his friend and re- iatiot. i inod5ssts tleirst |, that yYotitI not have led tpaay injustice or -oiHrage tpnn tire feelings or reputation of othc s j, would have been uaeNceptionae ie. Il is, ], however, painful 10 me, as an sure Y must bc to every citizen of the Territory, to consider tisis remarkable speech, in. aii it's parts, and to contemplate the mu4ip es and feelings with wliIeh the speaker utter. cd +. would ask any man to read the. whole speech, consider it we'll and then say what impression, wbaf estimate a st4stage4 to our country and society woaid furn of Arkanaas from a pcrusal of the speech. A stranger could not fail to anIi a most untrue X unjust { a highly unfavor= able opinion of the " hole society 1t Is certainly to be regretted, that tie repre- sentative ofthat very people 1T, the Hall ot of Congress, should SD forget himself aud lIIe duties hc owed this public, tie heavy debt of gratitude resting upon him, and thus grossly HisrePresept them, Ire public ask fayors of lltn--pure justice was tbeir right. Ii col. Seyier had baen acting the part of q Penifaggor r ia a comfy court, and finding himseIf desiltute of facts and reason to sustain himself, which mis- fortune fell upon bin. at tie time ha made this celebrated speech, he could have, with a tttie grace, indlllged in ablse and slander of tho opposite party, fl, indeed he could have escaped being knocked down on leaving the cout-house.
 Oar Delegate is certainly entitled te the credit oi lfas-ing first assumed and acted that iilastrions character, in the Hall of Congress. Whether this cha raeter is his own peculiarly, or wheth CT the difficulties in which he was Pl.tc { ed, sendered Unnecessary for him to as
 sumo it, shall not undertake tossay.
 IL is with much reluctance and regret ! that feelit incumbent on mo 10 speal
 frankly andplainlysof the facts state'
 in thls speech, and of the motives anC feelings which gave birth to it. re l rrctit, not on account of any thing re
 iating to Col. sscyier; but do regret |
 on account of the large number of hisil
 ly respectable gentlemen in the Teri t1.rv who have given him their suppol