The Arkansas banner., 1845-05-28
TEXAS AND HER FRIENDS.

ing excellent article, which, although writ ten in another State, and in direct reference to a particular canvass, and to certain men, Tn that State, is also, very applicable to te~ politicians, some on each side of the fence, who nhabit the State of Arkansas. '.Ele- venth hour friends" and "Benton and Globe men," who, upon finding the current too strong against them, have, in the true spirit of a ''death bed repentance,n turned to swim with 1t, will do we'll to read it, and then re- member chat it was that exclaimed-''IIow ace apples swim!" To our mind, there is something ineflably mean-almost beneath the reach of contempt, in the position of those, now, in the day of its prosperity and success, vociferously claiming to be the pc culiar and almost exclusive friends of annex alton; who, in the sdark hour of its need,n denounced it's open and fearless advocates as presumptuous disorganizers; who aided in the republication and distribution of Mir Benton's anti-Texas speech; who preferred Van Buren to Annexation, who declared themselves "Benton and Globe men," in a word, who opposed annexation by every means, and as long as they dared.
 We, also, give the article, as a specimen ofthe admirable spirit and style, in which our friend Van Pelt deals with his adversaries in Tennessee.
 From he Memphis Appeal Mqy 20.
 MIR. FOSTERS TEXAS POSITION. l TENNESSEE REsoLU- Mir WALKERS AMEND TIeNs. MENT.
 RGS0lred, That our Be ureSolred, That representatives in Con a State to be formed out gross be requested toIof the presentrepublic use every eXertlon InIof Texas, with suia- their power to procure ble extent and bounda- the admission of Tex rles and with two Rep as into the Union, with Iresentatives, &c., shall equal rights, and on dnIbe admitted. into the equal footing 1cih he Union by virtue of this sorreign Slides of these act on an equal foot United States. ing acdh the eriSting
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 The question of annexation Is daily, we are delighted to see, gaining ground in the esti- nation of he people. And we who have watched for some years the variation of po- litcal weathercocks, are not in the least sur prised, to find the whole tribe of jumping politicians all agog for Texas The great battle on this question has been fought, and nobly won by the Democrats, aided by few patriotic Wings. And now the battle is won, why To! we find some politicians who, last fall, were found with Benton's speech, Gre citing through the land,n are now throwing up their caps and crying hurra for Texas Did so important subject admit of laughter and ridicule, we would be inclined to com pare these modern friends of annexation to one Jack Falstaff, of ancient memory, who gloried in carrying of, the slain of more val iant men than himself. We never see, or hear of one of these new converts to annex ation talking about ''blilton Browns resolu- tlons," and saying at the top of their voice, s'see what we whigs have done,' that we are not forciblv reminded of the tricks of val iant Falstall, who appeared in the presence of Prince Hull with his sword hacked and his nose bleeding from the use of spear grass, and eXclaming, ''it valor is not now rewar- ded, there Is no honor in the land.o But the most remarkable thing in the whole matter is, that these gentlemen who have been re- creant to the best interest of the country, are now attempting (when an abused people are on the eve of indictng punishment on them) to conceal their nakedness by a spe- cies of sophistrv that Is really smaller than Father Adams ..fg leaf " Above our read- CTS will find, in parallel lines, the resolutions of the Tennessee Legislature and Mir. Walk er's amendment The language and the sen- timent are almost identical. Alr. Foster and his followers attempt to justify their votes against the bill for annexation, as 1t passed, on the ground that the question of slavery was not settled Can we suppose that the enlightened wisdom of the Tennessee Leg islaiure, all slave holders, would have passed the above resolution, admitting Texas into tte Union on equal footing 1cith hc s0rereiga States of these Umied StaieS,o if the ques- ton of slavery was not known to be settled, by the very words of the resolution itself: Do these gentlemen who now attempt to sneak from their truly unenviable position. think that they can thus gull the people ?- We think they are reckoning without their host, and they will find out that at the election in August, How ;dle and ridiculous is it i for Mr. Foster and others to say that the question of slavery was not settled in this matter. Would McDuflie, Walker, and the whole Southern democracy have supported this measure, if the question of slavery was not settled? Have they not as much inter- est in this matter as the whigs? We should presume they had. The attempt to shew that the democracy supported these resolu- tions on the ground of "party interest,"" is as mtenable as any thing could be: Mr. Polk was elected-Clav as dead as salted mackerel-and what could the democracy gain in party aspect by pressing the rcso- lutons' Nothing under heaven we would say, And the fact that the resolutions were pressed, and passed by the democrats after the election of Mir. Polk, Is a triumphant ref utation of the islander propagated, by none more zealously than the present Whig can didate for Congress, ''thatthc democrats were riding. the Texas pony for mere electioneer- ing purposes" We say to the people, look we'll to these gentlemen who rendered you no aid in the hour of danger: they should not be trusted now, when we have got out of the woods In farmers phrase, we will