The Arkansas advocate., 1833-01-30

skeleton coaId not be feshed over with
 honesty or rccsitnde, nor could ifs cssiied parts be bound together by the sinews ol l law. Fms judicial proceeding was got up, the petitioners and the instIces fexcept onel were cheated into acting their parts Tn 1t, and the whole was published to fur nish mantle 10 wrap up and conceal the naked and iutting promnences of that skeleton. Ii was an audacions effort to forestsll and influence public sentiment, to command and control public opinion.
 Is Il usual 10 pnbish the proc eedings oi tie County Court? Nc. This is selita- " specimen. Is 1t matter of such para mount importance to the people, that the Coanty Court has declared six or seven miles of road, recently opened by D. Rorer, q public road, that this declara- ton, alone and above and before all other decisions of our Courts, is required to be selected and pTonuig gatcda Fire decisions, no: only of the county, hut also of the Cir cunt anu Superior Courts, generally sleep quietly Tn the dust and silence of the Clerks l ohees, lhefe are many among them of greater moment than tis, If there is .no- thing more III It than meets the eye. Why then IS this alone brought forth from its resting place, and published with almost as much of spomp and circums tanee' as if II were Tn fact and m name a Proclamation l Of his Excellencyq
 Crafty aud designing men often So far toYeraet their parts, that their very anxiety and efforts at concealmcnt, disclose and bring out 10 tho light of day, their deep laid and darkly plotted sehemcs. This road affair, this proceeding and publica- ton afford an exempli6cation of this truth. or am much mistaken.
 'i,n H. f .i. ' ner of procuring that petition and declara- llon, and the false and illegal basis of both -concealmcnt of an awkward prcdfca- ment in which the Governor lad placed himself by his road crafi -twhiel liy fhe way IS the true cause which sinduced' this petliion4 and concealnent of the real par ties for whose benefit and relief that de- eiaration was SD insidiously sought and ca gerly urged, were matters of deep aud grave concern to these men. Hence ihis publication, with its array ei tiatteries and censnres, of soothings md tAfeainings, Of lnslnnafi0ns and assertions, of faIsehoods and truths, of light and shade, of sunshine and storm.
 For ihis purpose of concealmcnt, this pe- tition, with the respectable names of the petitioners, (most Of whom nc man more truly respects than ] dol is sarrayed before the public and when thus arrayed they are characterized and lattered as the most respectable and substantial citizens of this town and neigaborllood. filis dis. play of names and honed compliments Is intended to furnish shelter aud screen for the real parties in interest, in zeal and exertion ir thia proceeding, by exhibit. ing in bold reiiefthose who were heguiled into tlln position of Inc nominal parties. And ii is also hoped and intended by this means 10 give this proceeding (which will pot stand the test Of scrutiayl aeurren- a cy with the public by the authority and weight of names and eptlfets.
 Do these men hope and expect 10 bind these respectable petitioners to favor them and their plans by faiatfery and deceit, and 10 buy np the rest of the pubilc by false show, sweet words Rd sugar plumhs L. Let them beware! The public is not se easily duped.
 For the same purpose Of concealment, they promulgated their ill-gotten judicial declaration. They bolster ID its preten- ,sions and its validity with sHeh solid props as the names Gin capitals} of the jualiccs whom (except onel they deceived into the solemn farce of making it. and they adofn | with thc garniture of lourshing phrases, such as 'nnanimity of the Court .autho-
 
 have quoted. Do these men expect and hope to hide their dark and illegal and op- pressiye schemes behind the deep cover ing of such record as this, so aa to screen them from public inspection and obserya- tion! 1t is an artful cloak, but Il shall not cover them.
 From beneath this skilf,il array, peer out frowns and mods, and insinuated cen snres and threatnings. These arc intend ed to awe and daunt those who hape dared or hereafter shall dare to tear off the mask with which these men have disguised their purposes. They are chiedy aimed at my client and me, but more at rae. ! es, sir, beneath that publication Of fhe 18th Janu- y. are arms and angers, Bilea and cun- nings. see lurking in it's shadow the smothered vengeance of the Executive, and the low, sly ciinning and mean, snaise- in inc grass craft ofa grey headed decetv- CT. Net, sir. cannot quail before them. I am not alarmed. Though feeble in arm, and facbIar in iis. effect, l air not afraid to face them both in such cause. will review this whole transaction. l will ex- hibit tho Governors actings and doings in ,,epaifipg road--the illegality and oppres- sion of his coilrse-the sad embarrassment be met with in the execution of his plans, and the manner and artfuness of the get ting up this petition-preparing Court, and procuring this judicial declaration for the relief of tbe Governor. willattempt, at least, to tear of the mask from these men. l will also show that the Court had TO authority to make this declaration. will briefly state the part l acted in this matter. When the facts and circumstan- ees of this road affair are truly exhibited to inc public, ] shall most cheerfnlly abide the decision of an intelligent community. may be permitted here to say, that this