The Arkansas banner., 1845-02-26
Fom He Ncao 057eans Picayurp.

rom tde Nclv O5ieTHS PtcTyUTe.
 MASSACHUSETTS, AND LOUISIANA.
 The National lntelligeneer objects to the ] treatment received by Mr. Hubbard in this city, "as inconsistent with the duties of hos pHalty, with constitutional rights, and with the consciousness of ust causen Now, we would ask, what was done to Mr. Hub bard that should provoke such reproach ;- He was not molested in his person; he was neither insulted nor threatened with violence of any sort. Several gentlemen waited upon him and told him, in all candor, that the mis- sion he had come upon could not be success- ial, and that if he persisted in executing it., he would cause great and perhaps dangerous excitement Was there anything unfriendlv or unhospitable in this3 Was it unconstilu- 1 tional to tell Mr. Hubbard that he was here upon all errand that might bring trouble upon him and us too? Was it an evidence of the weakness of our cause that VIC did not choose to tolerate the meddling of -aiaried cmissa- res in what concerns us alone Wherein IS the inhosptality or unconstituiiondty of telling stranger frankly and in good part that the objects for which he comes amongst us are such as will produce popular commo- ton if he persist in them Is it inhospilable to advise d stranger of what 1t concerns him 10 know or unconstitutional to aeauaint him with facts the knowledge of which might conduce 10 his ease and safety
 Those journals that condemn the sensitive- ness of our citizens touching the matter of Mr. Ilabbard's mission, blaspheme against Providence; for t Is a natural instinct that makes men restive under viSitalions that im- ply an insult, besides threatening daneer.- Considering the whole subject, the spirit ill which alr. flubbard's mission originated. the ends sought to be accomplished. and the possible consequences that would flow from them, as well as the probable effects of an agitation begun and kept up in our midst by a people far removed from, and altogether indifferent to. the sequel of an insurrection- we say, considering at these things, the treat ment Mr. Hubbard received here was hospi- table. torbearing, and courteous in an eminent degree.
 Our legislature evinced no morbid irriia- bility upon the subject, and our citizens were quite composed during Mir. Hubbard's stay {: though we must add, both were prepared to do as much as might be necessary to secure the peace of the community. without seeking to endanger the safety of anybody. When we contrast the action of the legislature upon this subject with the manner in which Rhode Island met he New Hampshire resolutions concerning the imprisonment of Dorr, Lou islana seems miracle of meekness and equa- l nmity. And yet the resolutions of New Hampshire were harmless nonsense when compared with the effects that the toleration of mission like AIr. Hubbard's might be expected to produce.
 The National lntelligoncer docs gross in- justice to the people aud State in saying that l Mir. Hubbard was treated amiss whstin New Orleans, CT that the public authorities here did any thing that is not justiliable. The legislature has not, to this day, taken any acton upon the subject. Would the lntelll. gencer have this State to open its arms tc foreign emssaries, cherish all persons sen hther to stifHp strife and iesUrreetion, invite
 in her courts of justice, discussions calculated to inllame the public mind and stimulate re- volt If 0If. Hubbard ought to have been allowed to prosecute his mission, then the agents of abolition societies. foreign and do- nestle, ought to be tolerated, provided they he instructed to carry on their machinalions
 in part, through our judicial tribunals. Tho Glasgow Presbytery has just as much righ
 to send an ageut here to pry into our police
 and municipal regulations as Massachusett
 has. Once submit 10 the interference, an, reasons for repeating it will become as plenty
 as blaekbefries. Surveillance from one quar
 ter is IS objectionable as from another; ant
 no discrimination can be made in agencies
 that are got up in no friendly spirit, and cal
 culaied to produce the direst calamity.
 AN INTERESTING QUESTION tS RGL4TIo' [ TO THE LICENSE Lkw.-An appeal has bes'
 r,ade lo ihe Supreme Court of the L. S.ior th purpose of testing the coustiiuiiouali,y ot th license law ef Massachusetts, and an opiaio wi,l probably be given this week. h happaar that when Massachusetts was colony, ,h local Government passed laws regulating tt ; sale ai spiri,uous liquors. and lhal sle la co,iuuel lo exercise the power uf eouieollin their sale te the present day. 'furlow, lh , defendant n ths present case, was prosecute,
 ln Massachusetts. under tine eNisling lieeHs latr.Aad dnod. Tae ground ol appeal is, lhr