The Arkansas banner., 1844-11-13

HANhNtttS'Lt
 this great dictator would circumscribe thc li
 mits of freedom and say to the American Ea- gle. as vas said to the watersof old, thus far
 shalt thou go, and no farther. Can we then as democrats, having OUT eye steadiastly fix
 ed upon equality, do otherwise than oppose party pledged 10 obey the dietaton of such a man; and the generous democracy oi this country, from one end to the other, will ne more lend their aid to elevate Henry Clay to the Presidency. than they would to tear the stripes and stars from the banner, which you have this day presented. His election would be the death knelI 10 the extension of the blessings of liberty, and the destruction ot this republic. Yes, lady, you have proper ly appreciated the worth, and the patriotism
 of the land in which q Sevlef, ell, and
 Drew, claim home, and her sturdy sons
 with an unbroken front, and semid column, will proclaim in trumpet toungued tones, that they regard the wciare of Rome more than the glory of Cesar Yes, the democracy of this country is united and they are rallymg around the nominees of our party, Polk and Dallas, whose names are inscribed upon this banner, with more unanimty and zeal than
 was eyer before witnessed except in he me
 morable campaign of 1852, when Old lick ogY. .uhonet, fought, and conquered, Eng lands nvincibles and saved smiling beauty and virgin youth, from ruthless violence, met the combined forces of Federalism, Bankism
 and Hhigeery, led on by Henry Clay, and gave to them what waterloo was 10 Napoleaa
 "a defeat. And we may safely says that as old llick0ry's voice was then heaId amidst
 the din of battle and his arm pointed out and
 led the way to victory, so vii! young Hick-
 orv, who is now our leader, marshall our
 forces and lead our gallant troops on to tri-
 unph over Abolitionsim, Cavism, and dis
 unionism all combined, and ellace forever onr minds the recollection of the odious cam aiga Iaof 40. Yes, lady, that triumph which awaits
 the democratic party will be one of the preu- dest monuments erected in honor O! our ciyil institutions, and will prove that the march of Democracy is onward and upward, and that its stars is eliminating towards a glorious zenith. rendering visible the darkness that
 shrouds the rotten rumed remains of federal
 ism, and Clayism. You have truly said that
 in our ranks are to to be found no neutrals.
 No, every gallant warrior in our ranks has his armour bright and bHrnishet, and Is req
 dy to the order s.forward march,@ correspond
 with q triumphant step, and ere \ NoYembef2s moon shall have Waned we will have met the enemy and they will be ours.
 We join you i'll the expression of that con fdeaee that the attempt 10 elevate Henry Clay, will not find any conHtenance i'll our State The free and independent yeomanry Of this country possess too much oi that va cred spirit of liberty, too much of that resis- lance to tyranny thal the eWhigs ol 276 possess ed, ever to elevate man to the Presidency, whom the crowned heads of Europe, desire 10 see placed in the chair fill by a Washing ton, q Jefferson, d Madison, Monroe, alacls- son, and a Van Baren. No, we cannot and will not support man whose craven fears would lead him to ask the consent of Mexico, which in other words is the consent oi Eng land, before Texas, crowned with laurcl5 won upon the battle field shall be taken Hl and form one of the sovereign and independent States of this Union. We will not ask, is our candidate popular in the four quarters of the Globe, more particularly will we not ask whether he Is otpopular ill England as they say AIf. Clay is. know tat gallant Ten Gcssee, the home of Young Hickory, will not ask such question, and can saielY-say for the hundreds of democrats now present,= both from Mississippi and Arkansas, that they will ask no such questions. No, wesay one and all, up with the American Earle and down with the British lion, for we want no cred coat allies of Mexico, on our Texiau border" The pulsations of democratic hearts are all for liberty, and they will preserve that eulti- vation pure and free as the air of Heaven, that We now breathe.
 Lady, coaid we for moment anticipate the success of Henry Clay, to the Presidency. we would indeed believe that the days of the republic were numbered. The name of an American would no longer be Watchword 10 the bound down and oppressed of other nations. Our shores would no longer be the asylum, to which the oppressed might flee and receive cordial welcome and enjoy the privileges and immunities of freemen. Mon- archs and crowned heads would rejoice that the extension of freedom and liberal princi- ples was ended
 Tine Constitution, the charter of our l.ber- ties, as the fruit of eur independence, should be ever preserved; as it is an emblem of that love of liberty, which filled the hearts of our illustrous ancestors. Let us nat disremem. Der 1t now of its beauty. Let no Goth or Vandal, hand touch its sacred body. We have lived under it, and have prosperd under its protection. We have tried fl in peace and in war, and our people should love it because l it was bought and paid for with the lives and the blood of the braves and the best men the world ever saw " oald be making too large draft upon the patriotism and n;elli- gence of the people when say that large majority of them would rather suffer their right arm severed from their bodies than 10 see one single feature of that glorious consti- tuton destroyed? The constitution, then, as it is, will be the response of ever democrat at the polls.
 Yes lady, We will cast loose this banner with it's stars and stripes, bearing also the names of our gallant leaders, Polk and Dal- las; and from wonder hickory tree il will tell to passers by that Arkansas rallies under d.