The Arkansas banner., 1848-08-15
TIE EFFEFTS OF NN.piRTYlSN.

night awakened and filled me with terror con sidered il at once as kneIl of the Unioa. IL is hushed indeed for moment. But this is a reprieve only, not final sentence. 4 geographical HRe CO., itiding ritb marked yrncipie, ,noroI aad political, once eoneeivef and ked up fo he ongyy passons of men, uiH be obliterafed; and ore,g nstc rfia- ton TH make deeper and deey cr."-TuoMAs JEF- FErsoN.'
 These were the words of that distinguished pat riot and patron of democracy. with regard to the Missouri question, when il was ogita,ed in 1920, after he had retired into the quiet and abstraction of private life. We are foFcibly and painfully remn- ded of them by the present dark and threatening as pcct ofour poticalh horizon. The same qaeton which was then agitated and whose discussion filled with horror and apprehension every true patriot and we'll wisher of our Union, has been again presented to the present Congress in much more fearful attitude l The checks and restraints that were then thrown around ii ly the organization upon priqcpl.s of the two great parties of the country have been broken down by the wiful act of of those parties, and this "nomentous question" is dragged into the arena of political discussion in all the hideousness of its nakedness ll-adyised and corrupt politicians, finding themselves in hopeless and seemingly ir- retrievable minority, have sought to lay aside those DOFetDIOTe l0fHlfd the issues upon which the country divided These issues, while they arrsyed against each other the two par ties of our citizens, under the names of democrats and whigs-formed one of the greatest. safe-guards against d disruption of the Union. They united the whigs of the north with the whigs of the south. They co1lotned in one solid phalanx, the southern and northern democracy, and thus entirely obiitera. ted the geographical line, and wcake4ed in a great measure, the antagonstic preudices existing be tween the northern and southern States These issues having been once set aSde the eonseq are plain Co every considerate mind The north and the south will be left to array themselves one aganst the other, merely upon the score of preiud;ces At present superiority of numbers iu ohe branch of our national legislation has defeated the passage of an unjust and unconstitutional act. Upon another occasion, should these means fail, who can tel, (God send il may never happen, that an appeal might not be made e ruder and less peaceful srgu- meats7
 The position of country, at the present crisis, IS most critical The WmOt provisc, that vile reso- lution, by which the citizens of the slave i1odinc States were to be prohibited from transporting their property into any of the territories, for whose ac quisiton they had willingly sacrificed equally wi,lr tie north, at least equal portion of tieir best blood and treasure has been brought before the ac ton Of Congress In the House of Representatives at ready have the old party lines been almost oberat d and The north and south, irrespective of parties have begun to take opposite positions upon this question Wehave only been saved from the adoption of this unjust and unconstitutional measure by the fortu. tous circumstance Of democratic majority in the Senate, comprising few such men as Dickinson of New York, who ike fearless and true .hear,ed pat riots, would not surrender to sectional prejudees their own convictions ot right and justice
 In the words of Jefferson, 'It is indeed hushed for moment But llis is rrprieve only, nos 4 final sentence" " Should pariyisn prevail should Taylor and Fillmore unfortunately be called to fiji the high and influential stations to which they have been nominated. behold the consequences. In the popular branch of our national council. the north has the ma ority. In the Senate. tho slave -holdinp and non slave-holdng States are equally divided Should this veXa,ious question be again introduced as it most certainy will, ask fellow efizens WILL THE CASTING VOTE OF WILLARD FILLMORE, rIrf ASSOCIATE AND ALLY HE NOTORIOUS GtnptNqs AND SHADE, THE aANcoRo.s ADVOCATES OF AsoII. TON, BE GIVEN IN FAVOR or THE Sou1Hl Look through every act of the public life of this man. and the answer will be aeecr unless he bellies his, aVowed preJndices us well as every opinion that he has expressed. Should the Wilmot Proviso, by q
 ere sectional vote, and the casting vote of Willard Fillmore, be adopted by both houses Of Congress. WILL GEN. TAvroa VETO rrr Look to has celebr. fed letter. and see there hh FLzprr NOT TO rsr 1Hx VETO TOWER.
 lS behoeves every voter, every citizen who is old enough 10 thirk and 10 speak upon these subjects. to ponder well npos this coming crisis Let them reflect upon the Immensely important iaiiuonce thn T iii Tioa; Fea5y he exerc:;t. hy .he ..es: Pre-: dent and Vice President, upon the dearest interest oi the South, and let them beware how they elevate to ihese stations of power and responsibility two Rscn who have urre ssch pledges. which, shen re- deemed, must prove tta io southern interests must exclude the southern States from an equality of right ~nh hle Test ef their confederases, or bring ahoui that wors, d all ,a to osr repubIic--a dis union of the States
 ! To whom, then, shaIl VIZ lock for relief Is there uo onesolicicnty inbued wiIh true pa,rotisn and lac'iSed ia the inlJoaccs of statce,nanship- no oue with mud freed from sectional preju- d'res and eeEaied abovo "hypotheical irsis,,s, to ht hitH for err chief Ingisrac in suci, nome a, of diifealiy and danger! There is aud ihs, oae ls LEWIS CA>s, Of Michigan His early youth Pfesed hs-de' otion 10 the cause of liberty Isth.
 maturity oi iAs manhood, he stbnls before us with ehdi1cIer unsiemisi'cd. wiie his every public ae, eI.G every opinion he has expressed, have been in coaioIHIity vita the .ruest spirit ot repulo anism lie has alcead? boldly, clearly and explicitly ex- pressed his views H?en the Wiirrot Proyso H.. hAs sad :" The principles involved in the Wiimot PToyiso should be kept out Of the national legisa- ture and left to the people of the cenlederAcy in theit respective local goveruents, and .I an, op- posed e say jurisdiction oi Congress over lac s,,s Ject ot slavery"