The Arkansas banner., 1848-01-10

Mr. Foster offered the following resolutions which were adoptcd
 Resolrsd. That this Convention adopt the four following resolutions adopted by the Legislature of the State of Virginia.
 | Resolred.s That the Government of the United States iids iio control, difectly. mediately mme diatey, the institution of slavery, and that in taking any such control 1t tfanscends the limits of its legitimate functions, by destroying tine internal organization of the sovereignties which formed It. Resolr6d. That under no circumstances, ought the rcopie of the slave holding States to recognise binding any enactment of the Federal Government, which has for its obect the prohibition of slavery in any Territory to be acquitted, either by conquest or treaty, south of the line of the Missouri com promise, holding it to be the natural and indepen- dent right of each citizen of each and every State of this contederacy to reside with his property, of whatever description, in any Territory which may be acquired by the arms of the United States or yielded by treaty with any foreign power
 Resolred, That this Convention holds ii to be the duty of every man In every section of this federacy, if the Union Is dear to him, to oppose the passage of any law for whatever purposes by which Territory to be acquitted may be subject to any such restriction.
 Resoired, That the passage of tho wilmo. Pro. viso by the House of Representative of the United States makes 1t the duty of every savehodiug State and the citizens thereof. they value their dear est privileges, thei sovereignty, their independence ard their rights of property. to take firm, united and concerted action in this emergency.
 ResoI-sd, That. for the purpose of carrying out the doctiine of firm, Hnisd and concerted action" as recommended in the foregoing resolutions, that the members of this convention solemnly pledge themselves to each other, and recommend to our feow.eitizens, not only Of this stasc. but of all her sister slavehodng States to withhold their votes l.s n whom we do not know to be sound in his oppo, siiion to the principles of the Wilmot Proyiso.
 Resolred, That the delegates to the National Con vcn,icn who may cast inc vote of this State for nominees for President and Vice President of the United States, be and they hereby, instracts sd to withhold their votes from any man whose claims may be considered by sal Convention, whose opin- ions they do not prove to be unequiyocaly opposed to the Wilmot Provi.o.
 Mr Hays offered the following resolution which was adopted:
 REsoLvKp, That we believe this to be as full and fair convention as can be obtained in tho State of Arkansas, we therefore, pledge ourselves to support the nominees of said convention and all honor able means to elect them, will we encourage or support any democratic paper that does not give said nominees their full and undivided support Mir. $. H, He,ups'ead introduced the following resolutions which were unanimously adopted:
 Rssoiyed ss tke sense of tbe Conreaton, That Tex as, with limits extending to the Rio del Nor'e by declaration of independence sustained by sue cessfu revolution and by the establishment and maintenance of a republican government for nine years became a free and independent power among the nations of the carth and such had " to Ievy war, conclude peNc-, eontrac; alliances establish commerce., aad to do a'l other acts and things which independents States may of right de' Resoiped That Mexico being unable b reconqueI Texas, the annexation of the latter te the Unit d States furnished just ground of complaint to any power, aud that in treating it equivalent to declaration of var our part Mexico arrsyed her self against the principles of Ircsdom and eyipced settled design to compel us to take up arms in the defence of righteous and lawful ss.
 Resolced That the present war was frs. com menced by Mexico, by Der sending hostile army across the Rio del Nee. invading Texas sovercigr State oi the Union and shedding the blood of Ameri