The Arkansas banner., 1845-01-22

VI ioi1Nii oi any otiieI Dtdtej can come auOnU
 us and claim and receive benefits and adyan7 1 tages which are not enjoyed by our own cit
 lzens, or ln other words, bring with them the
 right to demand that we shall treat them. as
 they might have been treated, by the laws or police regulations of the government or State rom which they may have come. Concede
 put thlS position, and then farewell 10 State soYefelgnty-iarewell to all State-rights-to all peace, order, quiet and domestic disci- Pline Let but this doctrine be asserted and acqulesced i'll, and we will have the anomaly presented to our view, of a community erect Ing themselves into free and independent
 otate, granting certain privileges and immuni- ties to her own citizens, or l might say, to themselves, and restricting others. all for the general good, and for the peace and harmo- ny flowing from well regulated government; and at the same time, guaranty to others, who have been required to come among us, and challenge for themselves, privileges and ad- Yantages which is not enjoyed by themselves, and which they have deemed necessary for the general good, to delegate way.
 Such doctrine IS wild and visionary in the extreme, and founded in gross, and monstrous error, without the semblance of reason. ius- tee or common sense, to give to 1t the cha racter of plausibility Yet is this not the course pursued, and the position contended for by the State of Massachusetts, in the controversy now existing between that State, and the State of South Carolina?
 Admit for the sake of illustration, that the 1aditidaals, who seem to have acquired such a deep hold upon the tender sympathies and Paternal affections of benevolent Massachu- sets, are citizens of the United States, and have been so treated and regarded by the na- tlonal compact, and the State of Massachu- sets herself; and can the position contend ed for by that State, in the instance under consideration, be maintained, by any process Of reasoning, however ingenius and subtle Il so, then Massachusetts could Gas she does) demand for this class of her citizens, rights and privileges which the State of South Car ollna, in her wisdom, has found indispensa- bly, necessary to refuse to this same class of individuals, within her own limits, thus re- solving the whole matter into this simple proposition: whether South Carolina has the right to pass such laws as her necessities may require, and her wisdom dictate, with an eye always to the Federal Constitution; and if this IS granted, whether she can require eiti- zens of the same class coming from other States or governments to submit to those laws?
 In this case, South Carolina has. for req sons deemed sufficient in her estimation, thought proper to pass certain laws, restrict. ing the rights and privileges ofacertain class ol her inhabitants-lree negroes and mulat- toes-and under this law, numbers who have ever resided within her limits, have been sub jected 10 its penalties. Thus far, they surely had right to go; but individuals of this same class, free negroes aud mulattoes, claim ing Massachusetts as the land of their natiti- ty and former residence, have thought proper to emierate to, or otherwise come within the jurisdiction of this State, and because they are required 10 submit to these restrictions or suffer the same penalties, Massachusetts has thought proper to despatch duly authorized agent, instructed not only to hold the arm of protection over these individuals whilst under the jurisdiction of their own laws, but to dis tufb and Il possible, abrogate law deemed essential by South Carolina to her security and quiet Shall this outrage be submitted 10 South Carolina has Tot hesitated to speak and act, in manner well becoming the chivalrous character which she has won for herself, amid danger and peril. Yes! her sons have stood firm amid scenes of danger and peril, calculated 10 try mems souls. The voice of her patriots have been heard plead ing for their rights in the forum, and their swords have been felt amid the thickest of the fight, when battling for their country, their homes, and their firesides, She has again nailed her flag to the mast, and embla- zoned upon 1t her principles, and her deter imitation to resist all unjust encroachments from whatsoever quarter they may con G.
 Will we stand by her, or shall she stand alone in this contest of usurpation against un- alienable rights? Shall she win the glory alone, of having protected and secured one portion of this Union against the tyranny and unjust encroachments of Northern usurpa- ton, who ayow the doctrine, that the end justilies the means-and that right or wrong, one portion of this proud Union, shall cease to bask in the sunshine of peace and domes- tic quetude, the result of whose move ments will be to lay waste the fairest portion of this continent, and drench our soil with fraternal blood?
 If we of the South tamely submit to thls usurpation of authority upon the part of Mas sachusetts, in the instance complained of by South Carolina, and that too, when we are called upon to give an expression of our opinion upon this subject, either approving or disapproying the course pursued by her, ha- wing the whole subjectlaid before us for ac- ton, what assurance have we, that we will not, as State, more directly interested, be called upon to resist like encroachments up- on our rights The crisis must come, if we yield in this instance--the result will be, we will be called upon to yield inlnstanees more vitally affecting our security as sovereign State. Who can doubt, that concession on our part, will be but the signal for other and more fragrant ontrages, more daring and enormous in their character Might not Massachusetts as well question the proprety of passing and dexecuting any other law? For example: we have thought proper to pass a law which authorizes the imprisonment ol
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