The Arkansas banner., 1844-05-15
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 been grieyousIy disappointed
 HENRY CLAY, as we have long since declared e,tr belief that he would do has come out aeaist annex aion. We fund his letter 10 tIaI elect if.tla Globe of 29th April As soon as we can find room for f. it shall be iad before oaf readers. #a have uot 2 word of condemnation for tfi3 act, ia addition t. what we have already Uttered. We ara opposed to
 Mr. Clay. and have ever bsan, o4I shall e3gr be.
 upaa every consideration. almost which 1Ha eoaid allucc arains any nan aG any office His oR22sl-
 lion to xaffaa therefore. only adds one iaofe 10 the olions stares o Lis character and Fa-iei i5t
 31, one of which WE would oppose him Hita aacom-
 promising hostility. And apar; from all tha rest Of
 lis sins even fl, in other respects, he were a angel
 of wisdom and parit tys Te would oppose him with q
 hostility equally anconpromisng, alone forhis oppo- sitton 10 annexation.
 MAnrN VAN BtFaz s also ogt in opg9st9a io aanavaliau Tbis =pa 4,eae hot prepared for. Aaa that he Las taken such ground is sore grief and sad disappointment. Tha course of h;5 friends bo,h in Congress. and Of a Press. had iadDced us to hope and believe that he was in r9goe of aanzl- ton. But there is, new, no longer room to tIoabE l lis ,tter. which VIC fa1 il tha Globe of the a3h iafil defines lis position, aal arrays him q98iasi annevation lis letter is a long one anl a5lY afit ten We have not, nos4, the time TOT iaeIiaatiaa o aaalgse or dseass is positions and arguments. Eef is 1t necessary al tlis tiae. | 5 enough for oar purpose that we #do not deem his positions tenabe, nor lis arguments convincing. II is enough for us to know that he is opposed to anneXlhon-ia order for us to fix and declare GIT opposition o him. This opposition of ours is doab.lass oflite consequence. considered by iiself; aud will give its object little concern should teven be known by him. Batitis, nevertheless, the opposition of one man, and of oae press who will urge and maintain if, so long as sse retain our freedom Hielda pen and gsbte esst n vote But tte afe aot clone n this oppostioA And l the result will prove 1t. There are thoosaads-ay millions, we are sure, who join us, "heart and hand, in this sentimsnl-ia# this opposition 10 any man who opposes annexation. For the people ot tbe South Western States generally and of .3ti4asae particularly, We feel assured We can sPa4s hf aa- thorty-we feel assured We but speak thaiG seuti- ments when we express our own, on this subject In carly numbaroi our paper we took this ground and expressed Ais determinations and we have tae best guaranty that our views found a ready aHaceg- dial response in the minds and hearts of our readers Our position, then taken, will b. maintained; aud We nov call u2oa , true friends of the Saltl and West to rally to the standard of ASSEXArIoS -to make il the Watell-word and battle-efg in the struggle for o11ice-to Wage uncompromsiHg Wal fare ogaiegt every man sllo opposes aaaeNatea-to gs'an no man who s nat ia flg9r faaaaXaaoa. For our own part We nuke it. now, the great turning point and test question. | is fine risht the interest and tine duty of every South Western man to b the same. Heretofore, the Btfa and the IHa# have been the most important naaaares, involving nesa- eiple and policy. before the country, and ataea ed and stl attach due weight 10 them. But com pared with 1lRegatioa, t5ay become insignificant. That they are eqils. under which our country has groaned and suffered, W well know, ndhaye loudly declared. But they are evils under which we have lived, and can continue to live for time, though grieyously oppressive While the question of An- nexalion sa question Of life and death-the South and West are ruined and lost without it.. Will tAe people hesilate-caa thay-dare they hesitate under such circumstances Texas once Was a portion Of our territory, bought with our national treasure. | was unwisely, tfaaeaerously, unworthily cat loose and east of from is just connections and a7turad- inities with us. Since then our people have colo nized it cultivated t. Wfesed it from the hands of a vainous despotsm, and erected it into a RepHb- lie resembling our own in ifs laws and institutions. It is obonc of our bone and flesh of our flesh, \ union is now proposed. Our brethren desire to join IS again, and bring into tla common stock a vast and fertile domain They desire and propose to ia- crease the number of gallant stars and stripes to strengthen the arm of true civil liberty and free institutions, and spread sill more widely over the world the banignant sway of the American Eagle Shall we refuse this reasonable, just righteous, and noble request Every sentiment of manlinsss and patriotism forbid
 Bat Marlin Ht2 Bafea is oppo'eI 10 al tbis He may be honest-aven patriotic in his views. Il is not for us to impugn his motives. He has rendered his country great and valuable services. For these we are grateful to him. We have given him our humble support win zeal. and cordial good Wiil.-- We had hoped to do So again. We but awaited the nomination of oar National Convention. which We believed would fall upon hia, to place his name at the head of our columns, aai again. did in lS89, fight under his lead, and never cease our blows, nor relax our efforts, until victory crowned us, or defeat drove Us from ths fad. He Was not our personal choice, for that We lad given 10 the great Carohuian, but we believed him to be tle chc:ee of our parly-a statesman wor- thy of all respect, and patriot worthy of all confidence; and, thus believing, We Identified him with Democracy, aa1 were willing and resolved to rise or fall, sink or swim with him. Bnt this al bsloass to the past. Believing him 10 b. honsst he still has our respect. Knowing him 10 ba hostile, even though honestly So. to the vital interests of our country he has not, and never can have our support for any office. Ne do not now believe the NatoHal Convention will nominate him. They daf, not; for if they do he cannot be elected. What individual they viii unite upon we are not able to designate. Let it be Cxtom, Johnson, Cass, 7blef-aay one who is in favor of annexation, and Democrat. we believe he can and Will be tiumPhantly eIected. For omself, We are of aaneXation first last and all the time. Itis indispensable to our support of