The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-18


 in truth am merely aetDg under civil process Her. the poor heart .Sfskss fsIlew In sks very ago. nv of his coal (and who would notO exclaimed, .. nd not 60 dad civil nother." And precisely .o n,s with these same eaim and eaRdid specimens of mortality, who, after having held uP the highest court Ia yoar State to public scoFn and ridcue. and and after hayiAg strained every nerve aud muscle ,u their pare patriotic bodies to degrade and dis. grace yea shrOngh that high tribunal in the estima ,tsn of sH mankind. and frarkng ies. you should conddex yea rssves insulted and take exceptions to their anholy crasade against all law and order and even common sense, they have thought it expe. dieat 10 anticipate your complaints end to adminis- Ter the necessary consolation iu advance; and this (Aey do by declaring that notwithstanding they stand convicted in the eyes of all sensible aud de- cent men of a most wanton and malicious attempt to break down the very buiwark and shoe, anchor of your liberties, and through 4. to disgrace you throughout all time so come; that inasmuch as all shis mischief has been done with little harmless yOOse-quIll, you will certainly not have the pre-. sumption to complain. In other words, they admit that they have done their best to destroy your rep OiaiiOn as people of intelligence and common de- cency, but having used nothing but feather to ef feet SO base and foul obsct you are left without the slightest ground of complaint We'll, this sort sf logic may sait the "Hoy Inquisitoa" very vel, est my dear old father could have tolerated 1t for moment. He would have pronounced it false philosopy and have thrown It to the moles and to the bats We'll, much doabt whether the poor old that wfnU for vile use, and indeed. If she is descendant of that good old patriotic flock that aroused the Ro- mans and called them to arms, and had foreseen that 1t would have been thus applied. 1t is certain that she would have plucked 1t from her wing whilst green, and have thrown it away from her with feelings of the most sovereign contempt. Wsl am ready to admit that quill Is In itself quito harmless thing; but suppose 1t shaved down into the shape of pen, dipped into gall, and then put upon paper in burning characters. has been gem orally cOaceded that when tt Is thus applied nOth- ing known n all nature Is more fatal to human re- Putation. If you will be good enough to examine those beautiful "Reyie ws" with critics eve, you will not fail to discover the wormwood and gall that pervade every line. syllable and word In them. This conceive to be sufficient in respect to the purpose of the pretended "Reviews"
 nov come to the beauties apparent in the style. HAr 1t: When tho decisions of the tribunal of the last resort in any State becomes an intolerabie evil and grevious injury to the country there being except h a class of cases of very narrow extent, no appeal from their judgments to any higher jn- dieal tribunal, only single course Is left by which hat aul sn... l. N T premise by saying that this entire paragraph ought to be engraven upon plate of the purest gold and deposited in Peels Museum as a model of style for all succeeding generations. It Is bad enough in all conscience to talk of correcting an injury, but when the people solemniy called upon to cor. rect an cad, 1t is utterly 'iutolerabc" Indeed it is exceedingly immodest- They are called upon to correct tho end. and the committee utterly failed to inform them which end it is tha; hath offended Now this is too bad aud for the sake of the reputa ton of the "Little Rock Bar" do most sincere. y and candidly regret that the bright scntiIIaions of thsir bright and towering genius should have ever made their appearance in so hOmeiy and ridi. calous dress. l should not have mentioned this matter had 1t not been discovered by old Toe Mali
 
 the Little Rock Bar" and he did hope that some of them at least would come out and repudiate 1t.
 shall now call your attention to one more of the beauties of that immortal production, and then l am done for the present. latitude to that very wit. ty. shrewd and di1nlfed remark of the Supreme Court, or the Chancellor of New York, in refer. ence to the "loneiy" decisions of the Supreme Court of my own beloved and native State. Now the 'patriots," with their usual eaimness and ean dor have suppressed a very material part of whai that great and dgnifed functionary did say on that ever memorable occasion. They have abridged hil remarks 50 much as greatly to impair tn cir fore, and beauty, and have really done him great injus tice. Bot It was all-sufRcient for their purpose the time, and they only put these few words into his sweet moath aad made him say, "who look into the Arkansas Reports to find the law" Nov since Mr. Morse has put up his wires and pressed the forked lightning into his servce we hear ever, thing that Is said or done In New York almost al quick as one can say "Iack Robinson" This yer, remarkable and dIgaifed expression of the New York Jurist had scarcely escaped his honors sweet lips before it was repeated and actually bruited r every hole and corner of these cloud-capped hills but the version given of It here totally differ ent From that detailed by the patriots It was stat. ed up here that the dgnihed New York flu nctona. ry' alter having first pumed himself and put on his wisdom cap. very gravely and learnedly spoke mus: "Who ever looks into the Arkansas Reports ito ind the law. for if any one should be so exceed ai0anlA nc could never effect the object in consequence of the "Penstrabis fog in which they arc enysloped in 'he shape of long. prosy. frothy, nonsenscal and wholly unintcligible stuff, in which those books abound; and which some sap-headed, soft. .braiasd soik' have been pleased to denominate argument. or reehe' "aFgisea1en." He further expressly and empha'icay stated at the time and in his high place that he had reference Alona to the 6 ret ,;,. .t