Washington telegraph., 1853-06-29
From tie Lite Rock Gazette & Democrat.
THE TRUE ISSUE.

HnOS tne merits OF the case against him. ii
Is his common practice to introduce new
and irrelevant matters and make mmateri-
alissues, by arguing which, with zeal and i'm
pudence, he hopes to divert the minds of the
Court and jury from the material point and
true issue to be decided. So, also, when a
certain kind of Bird with verv small head
is scared up," from its nest, it has a cum
ming way of futtering off in another drcc-
ton, for the purpose of Withdrawing atten-
tion from lis ''callow BROOD
Gov. Conway is following these examples
of trickery and low cunning. But neither
our readers nor ourselves are to be misled,
or led off, by any such tricks or subterfuccs.
Though, according to the Governor, our en-
trance upon the stage of political life does
not date far back, we have had experience
enough to detect all the tricks and contriv-
ances his "small head" can hatch and. be-
Iieving it to be our duty, shall not hesitate
to expose them to the public gaze, and the
peoples contempt.
So, the Governor may play upon his Or
gan any number of the stale tunes of the
'trickery advocate,'' at the bar of public
opinion or he may look as much as he can
(and as be certainly does) like the bird that
was "scared up and, by such means. he
may seek to divert the peoples attention
from the nest OF his own personal schemes
and purposes. We are not to be led off by
him upon any false or immaterial issues
but hold HIM to those true ones we have
made, which involve his responsibility to
the people, for having abused the power
they entrusted him with, and for pursu-
ing the selfish personal purposes Of himself
ard his family connections. at the expense
of the rights and interests OF the State.
We call upon him TO meet and abide this
issue we have made with him, and have it
tried fairly before the people We protest
against his evasion, dodging. or skulkinc
from this issue. What is it ? It is this:
We have charged, and here we repeat:
1st That although the people Of the
State, without distinction of party, and
with unanimity never before known, and
in every way in which their voices can be
of the Legislature, to dispose of the land
granted for Railroads; yet the Governor
has treated this call with contempt and re-
fused to respond to it.
ID That, although such a session of the
Legislature is not only desirable, but in
djSpcnsabte, in order TO secure TO the S5ate,
in due time and for useful purposes, her
rights and interests in that grant; yet, for
purposes of his own, the Governor refuses
to order it, and thereby infcts upon the
State great injury.
The first of these charges neither the
Governor, nor his organ, dare deny, or con-
trovert for the call for an extra session OF
the Legislature, is upon every mans tongue.
and Its sounds are falling upon every mans
ears-and surely the Goyeror's are long
enough TO hear it.
The second charge, we are aware, the
Governor through his organ has undertaken
to controvert-no, not to c0ztrOUert but to
contradict, but only bv dogmatical assertion,
and dogged denial But, as every position
he assumed, alike as to The meaning of the
law, as to the policy of rcserviug the lands.
and as to the propriety of delaying or re
fusing to convene the Legislature, has been
shown to be unsound, futile, and unsatis-
factory and, as be has failed to adduce
a single fact or argument to sustain himself; !;
it may be fairly assumed that he, himself,
considers his positions unsustalned by facts,
and indefensible by argument.
And if this and other, proof thai such is
his case, were wanting it is made certain
by his last attempt, through his organ Of
last Tuesday, to escape from this issue, (the
only one in which the people are interested)
and to make new and immaterial issue
a perS0naI one with us, as to the length
Of time we have been in political lie and
whether we have always proved our democ
racy, by voting for a johnson or Conway.
Miserable dodge Pitiful sub;erfuge' To
have resolted to it, shows the Governor to
be a ace1ker, If not a worse man than We
had taken him to be. But he can't escape
by means of it. This is no personal ques-
ton between Gov. Conway, Mr.. Johnson
aud ourselves or any one else and we
know its Importance, and our duty in regard
to it TOO well, to abandon It's discussion as q
puElic questiOn, in order to indulge in any
personat controversy they may seek to draw
us into, upon irrelevant and immc terial is
sues, under cover of the smoke of which,
they might hope TO escape the consequences
of their public acts.
Nor is this a party question, of Whiggery
or Democracy. IF it were we should not
hesitate to discuss it as such, and should
have no doubt of being able to reconcile the
principle it involves, as connected with the
enlightened policy and true interests Of the
State, with the fixed and time honored prin-
cpes Of democracy. But, we repeat, it is
no party question; and he who seeks to
make it so is an enemy to the States best
interest 1t is question upon which every
man, Wing and democrat. may think alike,
and on the same side of which every en=
lshtened and patriotic citizen should stand
together Gov. Conway on the other side,
notwithstanding.