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 ly to Balls proposition, and consider themlegitimate subjects forcriticism.

 l did not go to the Seat of Govern ment, fellow citizens, as your Repre- to promote tllc interest ofthe mechanics of that place, or for rany To- cal aggrandizement of Little Rock and is citizens, against my deliberate con victious of the true interest and policy Of. ihe Territory, and the district which your generous confidence elected me to represent. No, l hope l was actuatcd by higher ard nobIer considerations. do not ceaure the citizens and mechan-= ics of Little Rock, for wanting the ten thousand dollars to circulate in their town; but qucre, how much ol the ten thousand would have been left to me chanlcs, after it lad passed through tic fingers Of the neeesso1y friendly ogeieb. preparatory to the work? Would q commissioner appointed by the Govern or, or other authority, have superin- tended the work for nothing? if tie mechanics of Little Rock, ahd otter laborlng classes, would work foI Govern ment even az cheap as they would for individuals, they constitute an exeep- ton 10 mechanics and laborers general. .ly. l can hire common laboring hands for from I2 10 .sl5 per month, and what do Government agents here give for teamsters and other laborers to assist in the removal of the Indians? from D to 40per month, is the answer. The argument then, that SI0,000 would build a house for the Territory, equal, or half equal, to Mr. Crittenden's, is an argument in the face of facts drawn from the experience of every days ob- seryation; and to suppose tine donation worth more than flat, is as absurd as the former argument. J do not believe it to be worth more thanthe minimum price, 10 wit: SS,000. How many floating claims are there now in ArkaBsas, Of fered at the price of one dollar per acre, aad find no purchasers? know num- Der of claims which have been located on those lands that will not now bring the minimum price. The Ten Sections have no advantages over other claims,

 restricted 10 ummpreved lands in the Territory, and the limits for their loea- tiot are necessarily more rcstricted.- What have here advanced, fellow cit izens, constitute ny reasons for having supported this bill in all its stages. 1 acted without your instructions. aHd iff supporting if, pursued the impulses Of my own judgment. do believe that it was the best disposition that could possibly have been made of the land, and as clamorous as it's enemies have beep, and loudly as his Excellency has been applauded and extolled, by C par ty, for interposing his veto, they al- ready begin to think of deysing means to justify themselves for opposing the in- tcrests of the Territory.

 The second measure that l feel cal led upon to vindicate, is the memorial to Congress, to grant the people the privilege of electing their own Govern or, and which has elicited from his Itx- cellency such bitter dcnunciation of is advocates, and perversion of facts, in relation to the conduct of a majority of the members, growing out of that mca- sure.

 This, fellow citizens, is not gratui- tous-it is forced upon mo by some par agraphs of the Governors commnnica- ton to Mir. Crittenden, of the 9th inst. If he had confined his remarks 10 that gentleman, ] should have remained si- lent; but, implicated as l am, in com mon with other Members of the Legisla- ture, silence would be crime, and would deserve your generations and prescription. There is infaIny some where, and l have sufficient pride of character to believe, tilati shali be able to shake it frommy shoulders, and place it where it properly belongs; yea, ''carry the war successfully into the enemy's camp" His ExcelIcncy re- marks

 '! haro, ia woFa s'.s,.: n fact e,tii the two Houses with that decorumsand re- spect which is due from one branch of the Government to another, and if they have acted otherwise, respect for myself and the official station l hold, forbids me to follow their example,

 So much for the Governors decorous and respectful treatment of the two Houses-his dignifed sclfrespect and official pride. But mark the scquel.- The Governor, in another paragraph. speaking of the memorial, proceeds thus:

 All memorials, according to joint ruie of the two Houses, arc, when passed,