The Arkansas banner., 1848-01-10

NAf k4nfattf seat 70 renew aFlicabls re- lssiona sa sasfd ail ofsler tor the laentiiate as tack of out ainy. and rslhlessls sls tts bsoa as onr own eisltgns oa oas 4aB sS3 A.saia ana 1<ain has she teofgissy ted 9sis Fosfs af 3n bslf.0. reRie psaee, and seeins snaal heat ca loreinx hsy own enssfe snbJee0on. Sseh ase ,se leviaG iekens which ihls Sese.t v saspe nation have given ss of tbeiF Efehdship. Such are the means they A c used to excite the tender soeiude and anxious cares of some ot our Whig friends. Such are the mark d nnmisfskAble memsntos of affection which have ia. dAeed Americans to declare Inst their own county invaded the peaceful Gresides of aiexeo and to cal. rulate, with such nfcety the cost of the war spl peal so you and ask you are iIiey not rather such evidences Of bitter hostility ss could only be over. looked with disgrace! And ask again, is 1t meet Tor American citizens to weigh in inc scales the l- thy iacre of dollars and cents against the sanctity of American honor!
 Though spirit of forbearanee and moderation have marked our course, victory after victory has crowned the efforts Of our arms. But should whig policy rule our destinies gallant IiIfs affny wifi be ofcedto retreat from the scenes of their tinmphs they must desert the fruits of their har-earned con quests, and, like detected cuprit must sknlk from the blood stained fields of their victories to some imaginary line Dt Nhig neutrality and national de- fence. By this unnatural Testrant their energies will be wasted and their spirit broken In detached parties they will be subjected 10 the daily ncursons of the Mexicans without the power 10 return the a- tack. By this hopeful Iinepf defence onr eagle i, to Ut C1StU, kttes ot Ukcxlcan peTfluy may waste his strength by eowafdly picking through the bars of his prison.
 Never, in the history of ancient or modern times, has wal been conducted with the same nnparaliel- ed sGceess. Its conniessvictores have loaded with impeTishable honcrs the officers aud men engagedIn it. and shed reflected glory on their country. 6lo- nous was the fate of every hero who fell fighting his country's battles Rich in the gratitude, and titled iD the blessings of his coun,rymen -his name shall be handed down to posteFity as martyr to glory Tn the cause of patriotism. And what though
 the loud voices Of home did not soothe his last mo- ments,--the shout of victory robbed deaths sum- mons of its serrors, and the stars and stripes, float ing in triumph over his head, dotted he grim non- ster himself in visions of uniadin3 glory. What though the eyes Of love wep no sympathetic tears, and the hand of affection planted no rusc, no willow to wave over his cold bed. A Nation teats have wet the newly turned sod of his grave, and great nature herself has decl ed 1t in her aires flowers aud show cred upon it her sweetest offerings as if enafnored of the spot where hero slept, and though that will derness of sweets alone marks the limits of
 soldiers grave, his epitaph is written on the bright.
 y iIlun1ihed pages of his country's hisory-his monument is erected in the memory Of his country men.
 This war has placed the names of Taylor and Scott, Quisman, Shields, Smith and Worth high on the list of heroes. From Palo Altos hard fought plains to the horrid ravines of Buena Vsta the same dazzling success has marked the of that plain old man. Fate seems to have delighted in sarfoun- ding him in dangersin exciting the snonrnful for bodings and sympathetic fears of his countrymen, that his triumph might be the more magnificent ihas the meteor of his glory might dispei the dak- ness of nations despondency, and dry uP, by its briancy, nations tears. What shaiii say of our Scott Shall we seek him amidst the laundering artillery of Vera Cruz Shall we follow him 10 inc bloody hills of Carro Gordo Or shall we behs.d him before the Notifications of Mexico, the heroic leader of an army of heroes! In each--in al. he showed himself above all praise of mine His leu- rels shall be twined with those of Taylor, and that wreath of tyin giories shall be among the proGdest boasts of their country, till memory rerlshes and gratitude is no more. Into every nation where ge- hius IS acknowiedged--;o every cline in which glory is known, their deeds shall be waited on the breath of fame llke flower seeds on the winds of Heaven.
 This, then is not time siubboTnly to advocate personal predicctions. have feltho% prone is the human heart to yield to those kindly influences most heavenly impulses of our nature. I know that celestial happiness, when she eft Ter heavenly home. bull; her altar in the heart of a friend. have seen how welded the soul 10 that friendship which IS reared upon estsekl end admraticn as it's base, and an not the man 10 break the bond. l am aware how natural it is to be influenced hy onr friendships and confess how honorable it is 10 ad- vance ouI friends. Bu: now cail upon you, in the name of higher duties b forget these preferences strong and honorable as know them 10 be- l beg you to remember the example of the same Brutus who was deaf 10 the calls of na'nre-who forgot eitNe lfiR IE3 oI idtHtt ItHueTUtSS in the more sacred duty he owed to his country beg ol you, in the of our party to bury unnatural animosity-to scatter the loyeliest flowers of harmony over is gloomy grave, and to hang up on its tomb the beauteoas wTeahs of bfotheily love- impore you. in the name of our common country, to offer up the duty you think due to your friends a wiling offering, to The hig CT and more sacred al. iegancc, you owe 10 your State.
 If this hostility continnes-f ths bitterness per- vades all ranks of society, fear that the crisis of fate, party, is but too ai hand; for the lines of division must become more distinctly mar ke,--;he power of dsunion more widely sprsal- divided strength must sink into weakness, and discomhture and ruin must be our portion.
 No man can feel higher respect for the claims of the most prominent candidates for yonr suiirages than do. No man can entertain lotier adfnira- ton of their talents and virtues than myself re- gard il tie propdest boast ol our State that young as she is she is blessed with So many citizens who have distinguished claims on her confidence that i ia difficult for her to determine who has the highest And So long this is happily the case councils must be guided with wisdom, and a.ldirs con dacted wfh success. Bit hope tha, The friendships and praiu5ices of the friends ol each of candi- dates for Governor are not so deeply rooted as 10 prevent the happy concurrence oitlie Convention in favor of some of them. If no one Is willing 10 sacrifice his p3rtaliiies and if this stubborn con tenton for the onnaiion of iavories be not tempes cd by the cooling breath of compromise, anarchy and GisuhiOn "ln lhefitaoty eHsue Anu c.i+ that l mad prophets power to thunder into your ears the dan gels that attend upon anarehy--tbe ruin that waits on disaaion. Our only safely consists in meeting GU neutral ground. Individuals must sacrifice ln the public something of their private iacna- tious. We ought to nominate, as Governor and Con- gressmen, men whose eminence would entitle them tc so high mark of the confluence of the Slate and whose strength and stratiorwaTd course would en- able all heartily to unite upon them. Let make their names the watchwofd of our party to rally to the rescue every Democrat. Let us nominate them for Governor and Congressmen and then send them forth peace makers to quit our noisy dissensions the one the bearer of the olive branch the other of stronger bonds Of union- Let them be the good Sa. nariians with the wine and oil of peace and com promise to heal up the open wounds which her mis- guided friends have inflicted upon the bosom of De- mocracy. Whosoever the Convention. in it's wis. dom, may unite upon, land l am sure will bs joined by our voting dciegAtes) will willingly lay down my private friendships a. the shrine of the