The Arkansas banner., 1847-12-13
S,alhins ret Is.t RfhaLf.


 The Psnsayfpaaisa pu6lishes letter from Col WTNKooP, ot the Pennsylvania vcIunteeEy. dated af Perote. on the 9th ot SePteahbef. from which we make the following extract. eoi. WYxEoop Isft home decided sbsg.-aBd while he ssii eheEishes his foEmer opinions upon questions of political po- ey that have heretofore divided parties n ihe eoun- try he coa3emhs the course of hts party leaders nPoa the subject of the present war. He uses stTong language, bat The verY eAInasfness with which i is uttered evideaces the bones, sentiment and abiding truth by which t is prompted. We have ofen referred 10 this matter snA spoken of il la exen severe tsims HeEe is another fssnisesta- ton ot the truth o what we have uttered. We ask the friends otthe eoanry the true friends of peace
 to read alteutiyey thiS letter; and especially iss closing sentences. What sh annonneemen. is il Tor American officer to make in the heart of an rne- mys cOaaIry. that peace ls dsfesrrd hy the course Of political party fa his 6wh fsnd xsd lhsI ssths strongest arguments published agaesf our army are selected ffom whg papers ia the United Ssases '' Can II be .aster ol wonder that brave msn ,t.o afe bearing their lives ia thrir hands ainoag hostile people, 'earse and ds?rec ate" sach ihingsor that honest citizens denolRce them, and the parfY lead. CTS upon whom their guilt Fesls in the peaceful walks st home But read the letter -CSa Eao.
 This $ hard. iAborioas. and precaTiozs serVlce. Many Of oas best nkR have died, and truly cen. sider the climate in itself much more f,;sn;dabls enemy than the Mexieans A noble and selF-aeny. ing spirit of endurance actaa,es The men, and com pIaint of any kind is Content to do thelr du. iy, they risk ese9ihisg in the eaori, and with . eheefinlness which IS gratifying to those who con- nand. step up rapidly to any work, DO matter wha, the chances IL IS. as have before remarked . hard service. full Of toi privatoas zRd danxer-bnl q is willingly encountered and braYeiy endured. Judge, ihen, o Ire effeet upon our good tnen bere wAea they look back over the distance which serar- stes theg from their friends in an eEort to 6ad at hc1e some proper appreciation of their self sacri- being eosdact it is bitter and ia initiating tell yoa sir. thss~fs spirit abroad among the sooo Americans engaged in this war; which wiIi not sleep during futuriiy-a spirit which awaits bat their re- turn to thunder down upon the mcaihag, scIibbiing syeophants oi 2 most unjust party, ths Gdli meas 0re ot an honest indignation. Ii IS the same that hrooted over land during the war oE the Revo- luton and ihelast War aud men of the present day. patsied nh age, haye lived 10 caFse witt tears of repen'anee, The hour wheR she, with scortfal fa- grT, marked thegn for fife as tie ToRIEs of their country. We, HERE, eAa diieres~e be- tween The men ~ho m '76 sUecored the British and those who ID '47 give arguments and sympathy to the MrxcAns.
 Ihis kind of language fom a man who came in. 10 this eanpl'go whig in poii-y. may sosni rough to ycg, but have again and again been compelled 10 itsten 10, aHa to sad-r that winch wsasd have changed the disposition and aliena,ed ths affections of the most determined pAr'ixaa Even DOW do ho' ooIect to the leading and main rrincipses of my old party so much as curse and depreea,e the tone Q! its acknowledged Ie4els and snppor CTS Ifihere ls any reason whirh miIi prsven; snera Scott from efeeiiny an hoaorabie peace, commanding. as he does the whole city oi the Azieces. with his pox- eriai. army Ii is the spir, ofiressoa hieh unhesiia- hngiy say IS promulgated by ihe leading wbig jour nal> al home
 lR sortie upon some iadrores Or Jsiapa short lime since, possessed myself of all the late TeFs published in that place. and upon examining them aad that n that place. san- as in Mexico, fhe strongest Shat .nxf oar are selected from shig papers ia the United States ndsyea late copy of The Bo.etin de Notieias: n n winch you %Ili perceive that the rst article is an extract from the Na;ioEa al IBe!iigencer