The Arkansas banner., 1848-01-24
From As Un;oa

ger. ih "Ttung against the war. We request the
 Mhig members to son over the following deciara- We cannot bring ourselves to believe tha, neaes
 is to be obtained. or the welfare and prosper,ty of the eonntfy promoted, by proving 10 Mexico and 1 the world that we are in the wrong On inc ro, irary. We apprrhend that eminent whg statesmen
 destroy their ability for usefulness hy takioc ,s is sue that can ent ench the administration. A sov einnent may involve tho country in an onvvise ar
 even an unjust war; but being ia the PEoPIr |, i'll
 stand by their country. And ile more fiery the ordeal
 and the harder we are crowded. inc more nntIinc,-
 lhgiy wd the lighting aud the voting masses adhere
 to the country, and to inc administration as ,s bodimeni. h other and more emDhatir ,ro,Is in. people will. in times of war. 20 10, the country
 'Tight or wrong" And in this sense we arc of Inc people.
 But while exposing in all is nakedness the base
 ness and The inbeeiliy of the adranisira,ion. let 1 us stand by the coHntry Let us separate the re public from those N ho nisrule i,; and hv t,irlent
 Y sustaining tbeesgies, and uphoiIing the honor of the iormer we can most surely and aaieklv over twbelrn ;he latter. We cannot hone 10 ,,h,a,n an honorable peace by opposing the wal On the con
 nary m ihat way 're sssH onF proraci tis ,c7r by
 perpetuatlng the authority of is authors l., cbey.
 ing, therefore, SO far the country is concerned the suggestions ol Patriotism We shall secure al
 Inc earliest practicable moment through the ns.tu
 mentality oi whig administration, the blessings of
 an honorable peace.
 Fo, o"t o"H psft, II we cared more for our party man ioi onT country, was told whig member two weeks ago, we would say to the whizs Re- iuse supplies or stint them To the lowest rate or any rate beyond the requision of a vigorous pro-
 seehlon of the war. and yoa prostrate yourselves
 ne people will trust no party which stands np aga'hs, their country In war with common enc my. You pTos'Tate yourselves beyond redemption
 m the Presidential campaign of ISis"
 We cannot believe however, that supplies will
 be refused 10 the wants of the government and the demands ot the people. Some of the whic presses. disapprove as they may of the war, are iallying round their country aBd calling for supplies For
 exampie-the following is from the N Q. Bee. the last that we have received
 l "Upon ether matters immediately connected wilh
 the War, and especially in reference to the policy
 necessary to sustain ifs effective and vigorous pro-
 s2cution We apprehehd there win be little contra rie'y oi sentiment; our opiniors still remain ur- shaken, that supplies will be freely granted Few of either party, except handful ot mschevcusly
 lncned, bu' really impotent fanatics will have the
 temeIiy 10 attempt to withhold the required anpro. priailohs This IS question that will be consider
 ed upon tts naked merits, and irrespective of its conteXen with the presumed justice or injustice of l the war. Our army mus, be strengthened and our
 gallant soldiers clothed, fed, aad paid. Whigs and democrats will, therefore, unite in furnishing sup ples.''
 l This IS the trae spirit Bu not only a portion of the whlg press is speaking this language, but some of the leaders of the party For instance, we ap- peal To the following extracts from the message of Gov; oung, (eiected and known through the isngt5 and breadth oi this land as decided whig.) It is h' message of Tuesday last. to Inc new legislature of New York, now in session.
 ''The wal with Mexico has iinposet new and deI lcately interesting duties upon you. II may. and probably will, in its progress, claim further sacti
 hces rom this Stale; and l rely with the utmost 1 confidence upon your readiness as the rrpresenta | nVes Ot gallant aUu t. .i.-
 win ai2crltY, any duty tha, may be cast upon you m the legislature O this State. in Sii when l the ilrst Intelligence received that Amcrica an 1 blood had enmSoned the waters of the Rio Gtande upon proposition to appropriate money for the en- | Toameht oi troops, tn expressing what 1 then be- lievcd to be n4y duty q member Of that body. 1 sad, nat our county IS n a state of actual war with Mcxico, hone can doubt. The causer of that war are to ne, now uninpoLant. All here now tlat from The fist, was opposed to the exa,ion ol Texas; but that IS now matter furegoue. Tex IS how bone Of our bone and flesh of onr flesh; and they who invade any. portion of that country in- vade The UnIed Staies; and will as soon vote for the enrolment ot troops 10 protect the soil of Tex a', as 10 protect the spot on which now stand - Whether the conduct oi the govern nent ja order. ing our army 10 be matched into that country has been such as II should be- Ur not Is also iorerone conclG%.on-pGF e9aRtry has been invaded and the blood Of our citizens has been shed; and will su,. tain that country and those citizens against foreign eHchY, al aii uileS dili under all circumstance git or wrong Although these imSulsiye sugrcs- tons were naturally consequent upon the recent of intel sence that the blood of our people had been shed such impulses in matters Of this description may generally b. lEustet; and said aoihng which, upon mature consideration, do net feel it my duty to retsTote.
 "l do noi. however, mean 10 be understood as say. ing-norea gan sncA inference 5e fairly drawn from anything have said-that it is unimportant in war with loFeISn county that the government should be right. lt has everywhere been truly said that war IS among inc dest caarnities that can be. Tall nation rarcu.arly if its people have felt inc suhduIng and refining influences of Christianity and civI!l1ahon; and can only be sorted to fer inst cause, and be justified hy high regard for the in- tegrty and hoUoi nf the nation. National honor is not merely ethera!-the echo of high sounding wofcs | is intimately connected win our well ] be'ng, the power of sc-preseryatoh, and, indeed, i our very existence as a nation.
 "l De power to declare war ls vested in the Con l sress oi the United States; apd when Cnce engaged m war. either under a declaration b, Congress or into "hlea We have been involuntariIy plunged by inc agsressioHs ol foreign government, the power 10 maNe peace rests with The President O the t. ! States and the senate; and thlt doctrine which teacaes oDedlrnce 10 municipal laws whatever tier character, unii they modified or repealed, re- quircs oi ns, as citizens of the T. States and in corporate capacity IS one of the meuibers of the conederacS, 10 come ID to the help of the govern. mcnt agaiust foreign eneniy,' however we ma, have been involved in ihe war, and whatever is causes or objects. Such s our condition now. We are in state of War with Mexico; and in ifs pre- gress, The country has responded Q the demands Of patriotism with spirit and zeal pure and arden, as that which burned in the bosoms of those wlo ! oIsht the battles oi the revelation. Under officers whose names will live as long the knowledge of
 letters by whlch their heroic deeds have been recor- ded oar armies have achies cd a series Of the most brilliant victories known 10 he hiso,Y of ancient oT modern times.
 ''The eonnify. always iudisposed to war would ceive with joy the diligence of an honorable peace But to rend. peace honorable, think she would demand. sn has right to require, that it sinai, be accompanied with such inder: fly as upon the page of history will be evidence of an acknowledgment by Mexico of the superiority of onr arms. But of the character and extent Of snch .indcnniiy, may not speak in ths communication.
 With the retu. n of peace will come a season for chim d.hharntinn anA searchinz inn1.rr The