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4,,as if was 90. The Court dis s'IdsnJd' s'nd yoor opinion, and you was con- elal!aodd elaod fo pocket the fraudulent decree and stfal's insult, under the scoffs of all A'ihsI ,o,,. Again-you sat as presiding afel'" ,,hen tl.a first decision and centir- Jadge eos eos ever had on what Is called a nlailoA .ia;;a,--tlie residue of the claims were Bolsls Basd 5', apon thesanse principles laid down deeua.rsell. when you were absent from the by yo" ,'"Tg Nevertheless, when the gov lel.,snt2 ,ent complained, you joined i'll the cen fi''' sf vour brother Judges, and whentold guy b,d b made the first confirmation, you you .1 ;t-when proven by the record, you oep. n as m excuse, haf yoat 'eoatfd not haze sau uf,n,sd = ihs claim had goa ksaoie,a tt aeos ss.'.s z s;s,s When bills ofreview was ordered ? pDb,s %ose cases, as well as before, you were U al;pg mo tlle demagogae in the very cases were sworn to try impartially. You " veued on all sides, as a poor pliant as,s ", of power, who received the mandates 'qVa s ,he . government through the instructions on to their counsel, and obeyed implicit s"' ssnd bIndly. You complain that have 5.adered you, by saying that yeu furnished s.;ae to fhe U. s. counsel in those cases. Ihsd a'l., 90 heard and believed. l did say, sad M here pledge myself that I can prove . court of justice, that you did write out an,o,oos on important incidental questions, pls;ng in those cases, long before the points 'a,ye "y q7ads or argued to the Court, and that N all occasions, those decisions were o. ss;is,s!. the claimants; and farther, Sam c. SRoaue. U. s. Attorney, did see those decis- ;ors be(oye the argument of the points deci- ded The charge then, of which you com nan. was charity to the truth. You com- pan ofmy having imputed to you the draw ;ng of the final decree in those cases be- tore the trial. I never said or believed so. fle Court, Court ,,sqlho knew je;: feo as well as knaye, would never have intrusted you win so delicate an operation. You never 5 even guessed on what point the case would mrn. You had gone there as Swiss mer- cenary, and your colleagues knew it-it was 5 theirs to point the way, and yours to follow. E Your settled purpose in relation to those claims vas known for years before, and your mock gravity during the argument was z matter of scof and derision. You talk about E the calmn and labored investigation which Hyou gave the subject. And do you hope I thus to dupe any one? You, sir, who all Eknow has not mind enough to investigate Esnv subject, nor integrity enough to decide #eonectly, Ii you had the least temptation to E No otherwise. You had as well talk to me Eof the mental labors of a stall-fed bullock. # Ihave known you long, and do not he E Estate 10 declare, that ysu are the worst man B have ever known of your sense and even EFb6 your folly, if God had not made you you would have been still formlda- 6ble. Show me the man of intelligence i'll Arkansas, that has known you long, that #caIls you lrieud-the3'e as not oRe--not one ihat you have rot at some time betrayed for Esone gfeyelhng purpose. You talk of in- EjurF at my hands, when all know you have aafeelings but those common with the ani-

 na, and that to reach them, the iash must Dc applied equally absurd IS the idea that

 have done injustice to your character,

 Nhenintruth you never possessed the shreds EIzc one

 EE ioahaye charged me. sir. with hein!g, the

 nsdgatOr of the conflicts and striles that desolated ead disgraced this country. v general charge cannot be met. Gov.

 Hope specified upon this subject, and

 porsd the falsehood of every specification.

 all such charges, come from where they E7flay, arc as false as Hell. You basely aud

 Knowingly lied when you made such a

 charge. All the fatal conflicts in this eoufl-

 lry, With one exception, occurred prior to EDS You had known me then for eight

 |ears, aportion of the time intimately, and E.iaa become of course familiar with all the

 'alamy and vice of my character. Yet, in

 loz6' you, through T. W. Newton, and

 men Dy letter, sought an accommodation

 saa me, at any sacrifice of feeling-even

 p'0lefed to come to my house for the pur-

 Pose' Ii l would permit 1t.

 i'll isz1, you ,crote mo from Kentucky,

 saseapnng to mediate between myself and

 .u'' conway, passing the highest culogi-

 Hl's sipesi tiie es a man of talents, and hold

 rs E up to me the brightest prospects for the

 lp'a'e; and Tn the winter of lS2S-9, l hare

 s0af lelfer aolu before me, informing me that pVa aI nad been earnestly urging my claims,

 X 'Fashngton City, as the successor of

 T TO'' izard, to the Chief Magistracy of the

 aql'ory. And now, when it suits your

 ssAeme s,g of nlercenary selfish ambition, your

 M ana grovelhng soul would seek eleva-

 l " the sacrifice of my humble name,

 S, au'n and honor. Not satisfied with all

 snu, rlt your malignant heart could suggest to

 g ee uly name, you have ralSed up the ash-

 son'1 tue dead to heap onmy head. Sooner

 h,s au a you have encountered chafed lion,

 ronl :. ". Johnston, whilst living. I was

 a0~ usa 4. 'o call hlm friend whilst living, and

 nemui ua' ne IS dead, love and honor his

 N 1a'sfy' a He was high-minded, he,,o-s

 eild cmvalric--h:- ord was hrs bond,

 me was ever in gage for his honor

 at,m. usnlty E itself, has never yet dared