The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-11
SUPREME CeTRF. xn t
DEVms FoED, LITTLE RED Rsvrx
 Faa BWrsa county, Arka.a.,
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eesssFy that should appear before yen nt,hi. ,,, but in .he absence of my Dcay Ola FstAer. wAo ,. either dead or gone te 0id Vjraiany. esapo, s.1 Hihpy heart to decline tho performance of A,,v which would otherwise have legltimately devolvas upon hinni and onc too which would eth%r~i.s h.v. gwen him the n,cs, heartfelt pleasure come e.- t0rs you like Mars 4=skasy, ;sl=s. blunt ma, aad speak right oa; but here the sinlstado ceasn. TOT ne oA'y proposed to tOil the people whas ,hev already knewi whereas expect to disclose much, or when you never dreamed. and in fact to caus. your hair to raise isself apon your heads and even to initiate the sristiag quilts o4 the fretfo, o euPiae The lion, you know, is sa;et and nn.cn. tal annual wh=h left 10 enjoy his repose uni., ,A. wide spread beeehes Of hls native forrest, ha, ,~A. you get him aroused he wilt be seen Co shak, h,rn self and to rush onward to the coatest. Thu. Ina. it been wth myself; but having discovered mos, wanion aud unprOvoked attack upon the Judge. sf the Supreme Court of my beloved State going th. rounds through the columns of the Demorat. and sapPosing tha, those worthy fuaclionariss have neither tue time the incltaatioa 10 repel i,. have determined to devote few hours of my ls.ura time to the special hene, of those very d.in,sra.. and parely patriotic gsntsemea composing that s.lf constituted committee of the ''Ll,te Rock R., '. Now l claim 10 know the gentlemen eou,rn.,,.~ the Supreme Beach of Arkansas, and SO loav \. the moon shall cOntinas to tip with silver those sv amore tree toPs-so long as ihis ittIc earthly hall shall continue to roll her durnal rounds upoa bsr old axis-yea, so long the pure chrys,al water, of my dear LliSe Rrd shall continue to flow aowu. wards and empty themselves into that "beautifui ' h,,F ,h
 i the EthiOpiaa shall retain the complexion of hts skin and the leopard his spots, long will raise my pen in defsnee of those worthy and much abused men. cannot promise to detail my information with that nicety and regularity of system that so vis5ly pervades the matter ef the attack; my edu. cation has been caught up by scraps and at odd l times, when my pough-horse was eating his dta. ner at the saItry uoou, and by pias. kuot fires da. ring long winter nights, when all nature, aud ea- pecially the 'patrieis" were wrapt in sIumSer and folded in the embraces of Morpheus. Now can. not promise to appear ofen; but there is one thing that will promise, and that Is not to leave you without leaving my marks with you
 l will not treat you scurvily as those same dear patriotic gentlemen, whose very learned dis. interest. l ed productions have called inc forth. by a studied concsamen, of my style and identity; but. so that i yoa may know wio am and what credit to attach to my efforts will, without the slightest hesitation, disclose myself Now, my real christian name is Peter, and my surname is Waetstoas. but the boys. up here ia these hills and hoIlows famillariy call me Pete Wheistone, Jr. My father, as you well know, was an exceent judge of sInall matters. and he has often been heard to say that l. by the aid o ittle practice, would make a lucid writer and that he clearly foresaw that the day far dista nt when would distinguish myself for my great and varied knowledge in tho jurisprudence of our try He spoke particularly of my innate pso- pensity to oriori and poscriari and never to rest satisfied with the mere exterior of things.
 He always said that the professions of men Ough, to be regarded as praHa aeie true aud that un less the contrary manifesliy appeared, we should not question their purity truth, but that we shoaId recognize them and shape conduct accordingly
 fo this rule, which with him cardinal he never succeeded in securing my assent, and the last time we debated the matter he rebuked severely for my obstinacy, as he pleased to call 1t, and ths last thing he said to me that he wished me well from the bottom of his heart, bat that he greatly ASoioo ehah HI ihhdtc aHH hHSOuq0SiuoS PtopSh- sity to investigate and trsce out to their highest al! the motives of men, would give vast deal of unnecessary troubie and that il might eventually | tend to degrade the whole human race in my esti- natios. We'll. whether his predictions shaIl be verified not, Of course cannot tell, but iA any event, shall have at least consoaiion, snd that is that nature has ordained 1t, an come what will 1 must submit to it like philosopher. Now before take my leave of this branch of the subject, will barely remark that my dear old father did not cribe this trait in my character, to nature than to education. woald have you to understand that he did not neglect any part of my education, and he more especially exsFted himself to give \ most thorough knowledge of the good old Bible, and there is figure in that dear old book that he al i ways regretted that had Hs said that my nature was Tn itself. sufficiently suspicious and that was only calculated to increase my snspi
 cion of tho real motives of mankind, and although
 il vast par. and parcel of the inspired writings. he
 believed it might be the means of degrading man kind iD my estimation aud thereby diminish tho sum of my happiness. You will doubtless have
 anticipated me in this matter. bat If not why .hen,
 must say il is the figure of the whited sspuIchre
 Ie often expressed his regret that men should ever
 have been compared to whited sepulchres and thsil motives to crawling corruption and dead sasn'
 bones.
 presume you have noticed certain articles gonl the rou sds in the columns of the Democrat, fol , some weeks past entitled Reviews of the decl1 , iops of the Supreme Court of Arkansas" Th' introduction to those very documents is truly
 interesting. and the only matter of sarpriSe with '
 is that it did not call forth the shade of Jefferson
 The idea is not original with that enlightened, sell constituted clique of pure, patriotic lawyers, who
 have thus radeiy aud oheiousy obiradsd thsanssss'
 upon the people, but 1t is plain plagiarism from theimmortal declaration of American Independence
 Hear. On ye Heavens. Give ear, Oh Earth! for the Little Rock bar have spoken; give attention.