Arkansas intelligencer., 1846-02-07


way to the House. Il is true iha, the judge,
again and again denied such motive. But w6.,
did the sequel provei Let the quarrel among lho
harmonious trio Of the Governors friends. who
went from Washington county, two to vote in the
Democratic Convention. and one 10 be voted for
answer the question. Let the ridiculous Quarrel
between the Washington county delegates, who
would neither be csjoed to endorse Supreme
Judge, with Congress nomination, either " for eff:
lteet" or in "good earnest" but be made public,
and il i; don't make the richest story in the whole
campaign, then am a greater Judy" than the
delegates pronounced their candidate TO be. am
not disposed 10 approve the course Of the delegates,
who thus sacrificed the prospects OF man who
had his Z" heart sot upon Congress-" with bare
possibility Of bene6ting another man, whose am.
bition for office, is also about in proportion to his
ability 10 discharge the duties Of what he al.
ready has. say that, when they got these vault.
ing notions out, they ought al once to have made
him unjudse" himself, in order to have fair
chance before the convention. In this way they
could have benefited the State, and have prescrv.
ed unnnimity among the "riprorious Yell men,"
But having failed to take this prudent course, the
delegates are ashamed of their Judge, and the
Judge applies hard epi.hels to the Bank Attorney
and Land Receiver, who were as much '' office
holders"as himself. And now there is no chance
10 carry the Vel. ticket in Washington county,
except by running the inharmonious three for the
Legislature. But am wandering from my pur.
pose. The richness Of tho temptation must be
mIapology.
When The Judge had got it well understood that
he was "Jefforson," and that Jefferson" was
"judge - and when an "OId Settler" had stated
the qualifications which he supposed would attend
the proofs, then comes out "W. 5. OLDHAM" F." Su.
preme Judge" and proves tie charge in all its
lengths and breadlhs, heights and depths. To The
mere tryo in law this proving Of ones own charge
by his own testimony, may not be according to
S,arkie or Phillips; but as the practice now has
the high sanction of the Judge "who writes two
thirds Of all the decisions" | trust that the ex.
pense of producing witnesses will hereafter be
dispensed with, and that every plaintiff will here.
after establish his own case. 10 do this efFec,u.
ally il only becomes necessary to introduce few
more legal fictions, and as John Doe and Richard
Roe are now the puppets in eJectment, let "Jef.
ferson" and "MacOn," become the fictitious par
ties in all other suits. The "Engish Reports"
with the .' Biographies" appended would thus be-
come the most valuable extant. But perhaps It
will be said for the learned Judge, that, there is
the corroborating testimony Of four other Witnesses
This is true 10 some extent; but then the good
sense Of the cx. Editor of the Banne! speaks out,
and he, seeing that proof Of bargain and intrigue
would be more fatal TO Gov. Yell, than To Colonel
Ashley, s,Istans "OLD SErrLER," in the assertion,
,ha. notwithstanding Col. AS apparent earnest.
ness, Gov. Y. received the message Jocosely.-I
Doctor Borland disavows anyl responsibility for
The influence" of his staleineut thereby clearly
conceiying, though neither Judge nor lawyer nun
self. that Jeflerson's statement would not aid tho
cause of his "triend." The other statements
were evidently written out by jefferson and sign.
ed by the witnesses. only object to the truth OF
one Of them-that of John &. Walker" Sena.
tor from Benton. lie says that, during the last
session, he told Col. Ashley that The members oi
the West," were for Ga". Yell Tor senator,
&C.. O., that they wished to vote for him at that
election. Now no ono can better testify to the
unlru,h of this statement than Gov. fell. l can
g, v certainly tha: this WIS not true OF some OF
the Washington county Senators and Representa-
lives, il was not true Of Madison county, Craw'
ford or Scott. He could not in fact have got ten
yo,cs in tie Legislature, and he knew 1t. lhe
verv nroposi,ion was as offensive as was Judge
OIdham's wish to 20 TO Congress, so sotn alter
his election to the Judgcship. The people thou ght
then. rs they do now, that there was time when
the nsDirations of the most ambitious should be
checked. Had Gov. Yell openly become can,
didnte, instead Of writing the same non comm'I!ai
letter. which he wrote to the May Convention ms
political prospects would have been pfos'fasod Tor
ever. ~,
r., i, !, not claimed that Gov. Yell received
Col. Ashleys pledge, or gave any cons'ue ~ ueoaoss
for it, by foregoing present prospect o.
IL is but regarded al most as voluntary 'e''a,"
lion. which Influenced no one, as according 10 VI
Borapd's statement, Gov. Y. not being cahul'
In,e." Col. A. could have met nc" "serlous opPo'
si,ion. ." lie was then chosen by an almost unan'
mous yote twelve OIL, of the fifteen Of those san
Ierers of his private character" retrac'lng !ne
,b,roe- in the name of the Wing party, oy un.,hs
rour:fths Of the whig vote. with fOur,f1hs Of the
Every imputation therefore, whe IN
ar ms, or unjust, was thus voluntarily and WIN
~; h,rgaip or the influence ofa pledge removed
nd Col. Ashley stood forth, in the proud Posuo..
aS I The choice Of the whole State, for the h'shes'
honor. y.u w.,L enouuh or
mean enough to say that they envlea nun .".' ~