The Arkansas advocate., 1833-02-13

" ofta} eittzehs to the court. Behind this
 unpretendlng disguise is the monstFo,is ar ray ot power, office, patronage, aetr eaias lsiissios's, '' s'ii naanag cement, and ,GGG.
 nese are ,,,e w reat orlglnators oi the pfes ceeding. The object is to overpower the laws Of the land, and to destroy the figtis. privileges and property ofprivate citizens.
 lie issue evInees that the orjginators arc
 truly named and sacred as our laws and
 our rights ought to be, they are oyerpow- cred by this array as easily as gigantic
 strength can prosirate the feebleness ofin-
 fancy.
 cannot hut glance here al the principal
 actors in the ia, ce. Toad eater. (wbo lad TO laferest,) sits as a Justice; and as ,he thIei Justice was .forfuaately absent he undertakes to play the Chief Justice. He saeeeeds, too. if smirking, twittering. busy oodyiug. and efforts al irowninr. can succeed. The or-superintcndent i tsse :eetittia iiIose conduct. in maing ] 9iess road by virtue of 520,0G0, and the
 hasis ot whose right to pay for that aeu road out of the s20,000, afs deeply and sfisieaitY involved in he decision. piays inc part of principal witness. He illus lfates special pleading, on oath. by point l iess anecsoto, lie does not seem to un- dersiand iie distinetion between an=oga foad and neao road with half the facility ] lie once distinguished an old from a ne4a house. He makes tolerahla stu,ns afs fort, only omitting tlle .sgood Goyerner:', and scans wiling Q explain every ti.ing. 1 except he hargain between ilin and fisso CT Ashiey acted three several parts.- tie was mask maker, maslk-Eolder, and grapa dcee'ver. lie other five Justices were almost snpernpmeraries, ana iike tie dHmh shows of the stage wero seiectcd to ia act as 'Acy were acted'upon.
 lie eprtain was drawn. The cloak 1 read the scsahbled petition. and opened the play The principal actors gave fnlI pruot in their acting, taat tue ereen-room had made thcm thorough in tlgeir parts.- aehe aisais, or eomfihing else, had fitted them fur pfnmptnaas and eeierity. gt mas n van tleg were ufgad and even isltreat- sed to dei9y lhey knew and JcA that de Hay vas dangerot's. They pressed. with eager haste and breathioss anxiety, fo the conclusion. He terFitIe ..outrages' at
 temPted against the Governor, vas the i oRefpeN erng argument to hurry the Court cap' uns Susfzcs} to eaake a ieap II, the dark. The S2a, ,Ass figured through thc scene in goidsn syiendor. With their vel low hpss was nritfea and held m before the Court this sentment--st As Coarress I.has been so good ae to give S2o GOO for the sef2air Of fine Little Rock aud Memphis road, nnder the superintende ence Of the GoYernor, ths Court ought to eustain, pro- tect, support and dafa1d him, in making roads with if when and where he nav choose Inc golden eAulgence of the writing daxz!ed Inc eyes of tie Court.-
 The words seemed to be ftly Rritten, sslike apples of gold and Ycsaols of silyer.,' he display of s2sl, GOO evolved ssfisi4t, taaf led to bewild or and dazz;ed 10 bliss,i y II satisied such Of tie Court as had not pfe-detariaincd ths ea2s They acted as they were acted npon. nisilout consider Ing matufely the psopriety of so doing
 hey believed ia men unworthy ef conf dehce, and were deceived. shey made tae declaration so aaxiuusly sought, so in- dustflouslg urged npon them They de eiafed the Iopc and Rorsr road d public County road. he road -craft wss reliev- ed, and little does tha Goyernor care. that that declaration proves that he has ex. pended share of the S20 eco appropria- ted for the 4epnir of an ol1 road of the U. ?. m making a neao road for the county of 1 Pulaski.
 promised in a former number to state tho part acted iu this p etepdeJ judicial affair; and unpeasan. as ii may bc, I will redeem my pledge. Or the gross decep- 1 'lon practised Ill p9ocu,ing the signature 1 of names 10 the petition, l had 10 inform 1 atIan al tue time. Ii had once cccurre., to ne that possibly the Governor might inake resort 10 tic County Court, in the l hope Of relieving his embarrassment in road craft. exanin cd the statutes, nd was so assrred that tue laws of Arkansas as could not relieve lin from diGiculty oc. casioned hy his violation of the laws of the U. 5. that believed his legal skill would preclude an effort to deceive tho Court
 Ii seemed to ue too paipably wrong, io he rcspt;cd 10 by an official digniiary of Ilis grade Recourse might pcfIaps be made to that source by lawyer, as sl,e last sa- sort to sustain forlorn hnpe. But did think Il impossible for Governor to par- nit his puhiic acts to he shielded by at tempting 10 dcceiye and deludo an un- learned Court ioto an act so obviously iilo- 1 gal. When Ashley rose in Court and read hls scrabbled petition, had the irst no- fice that Lad Trusted official dignity aud cnnssstency farther than. " az 70 ees twae taken by surprise. l had been retained hy no cIicnt to appear in that Court aud oppose the object of that petition. Then the smiles and looks of the cloak and toad ' were exptainod and l saw clearly tllai i've minutes " oiitd consHmmate inc teeia- ration if no opposition were made. re- !iedsen my right as citizen of ths county te raise my voice jn opposition did op- pose as strongly as could. begged the i Court to delay the matter until ihe next term. When that request was denied l asked in'tu'ge1ca for single day, tia, those most interested in opposing, might be notified. This also was refused. The principal actors had hascly managed to as. sail private right, privileges and property l under color of acting according 10 law and