The Arkansas banner., 1848-07-11

11~tsHWoFd V cn the Alpk1e e1iila, MnA "a Hanel d Ocsdcni" va ihs esy shat sreas,d sfAs seostish eoursga en ths hlesdy heid ef Fisdasn. but An,er, cans assa 10 othsF signal s.a he pfoaa txhntr Of tnelS country, 70 Sstehwesd but lhat ef Lsbsrtr.
 It Is not hsEs ny province c discsss ths mersis of this war. to Shsw that t was ns,sisr conceived without Pt6soeatioa. nor eoad6etsd witk inius,ies ! tssl eoafdsnt thai there sis not eas %lthsn ths nonnd of ng voiss, who w1uid net sxxiaim 6rsm has heaft ''ous country. rightss wrongs ThsrS b nst one wiihan this hall whe. &kntsesr sus Ae she esssd ihAs ha peafssss Aass ast gory Ia tAs aehsv. msns ef "our Iitsis ssBsy af seeusstsoa- fson ths meneDhls batilee ef Ihs sTh and eskof nesv. 4s to the capture of the MeAiean espitol. TAsrl it net one apeng sass whe ueuid sus in pssaine, rsy w'ling tsisats ef respsof. sAa ist faH shs klndly ter sf resEstfsl rsmembranes Gsr si.ses gailaat spirits. whose lifeS biood wus hohiy end ire.,y poured eat for thelr esuniry. IL thas redeemed and eeaesezsisd foreign ssiL Thsy disd, but sse So, uAfemenesssd- Far fen theis loved cnss sud she;s hemss svhsR RthsiEssmpanio ssass sadsy sneoth- cd he dan easshy pillow for slsir i.y, leav s,sr,
 -s thoasasd fls noands attest thsis gallaniTy and dsvetien- MaF the gsnias sf Llberisy watch Ger thsf graves, as t.s Seaa bat sad relnsmhrance Of their nsbs asaiisies. viii ever lire in the hearts of sheIr cpuntEymes. Ere tine shah have erased the gTassy mounds thst mask their 6rai resting piscss,
 ayths stars and stripes or which they feli gaiiany hshting wave proudly and peacefully OCT the land nos eonsserated by their blood The rory plains of Palo Alto and Baeaa Vista, the shattered walIs of Meptefey and Vera Cazs and ths dismsnsled fos- trsss of Churaeaseo and Chapaltepec bear witr ess to American psossess. They prove to the wondsr- ing universe the insincibiiify of fseemsu. It is glorious to obtain brilliant victory. There ls . proud triumph la subdaag and crushing to the earth powerful snd arrcgaHi enemy, but there is noi les giery, netless pride, in arrxegiug snd concluding peace alike honorable to cunelves and to our fallen foe. This too. has been happily effected. and Ar kahsas should be jastly proud that t was through the mediation of enc of her own henored sons. While revolutionary spirit s stirring up the fac- tons and bursting sbe babbles Of anarchy and dis. cord in the East ever desirable peace and tram quiii'y have been restored to the Western world
 We have just cause io bs proud of our esuatiy and cf her citirsns. though the period and the oe easion that we now celebrate stsad out in bold re- lief upon our national records; yet we may gaze wish pside and satisfaction upon the whole history of our eoantry. From the period when Smith first trOd the beautiful banks of the Powhattan, or the May flower of foTlorn hope, approached the Rock Piymouth; From the time when England aeknowi. edged her colonial offspring, and bade them yield to her despotIe wi; Prom the days in which a Henry aroused the patriotism of South, and . Quincy awoke the sons of the North to throw of this base allegiance, 10 these latter days, when Taylor and Seeit have tietoroasiy led our forces across tho burning plains and through the danger ous defiles of Mexico; when France and Cerma
 ny, and Italy and Ireland. convinced Of the beauty, the justice and stability Of our institutions are emula'ing our example. The fame o. Ametita has remained untarnished. Vs
 While at this pinnacle of power and pros Peri,y, let us not forget the means by which 1t has been attained. He, whose brows are en- crcled with all the proudest honors of man. hood, finds pleasure and instruction in recalling to his mind the innocence and purity of earlier years, When wearied and beset with the worlds cares, he seeks relief in the contemplation of those boyhood hours now dim with the mist of years, when all the anrnly tenants of the heart are struggling within him. and prompting his now grati6ed ambition. I. Is thus beautiful and instructive lesson to revert, upon occasions like ihis to the early history of our country, and to observe by what rapid strides she has attained this of prosperity siucs the dark and threatning period of the reyoiutisn.
 How vain would be the attempt 10 dstsribe that eight years struggle. How inpotent gre words to express the praises of those who guided in safety the rail barque of our republic through that sior- my period "ihat tried mems souls" Though they have passed away from among us the glory of their aetions and the shining truth of their sentiments stl finger as the sweet perfume around the fallen flower. Their names arc cnshrined in the memo ries of grated posteriy and so long ss we retain in their p!..e excellence the blessing. fhey have ssquezihed us, the lame Of thoss ho struggled 50 nobiy to deserve them, esn never die.
 There are truths, that no time can change DO in. teiieet alter or amend. There are truths that. in spite of old Fauss Invention of the art of printing, will bs tradtionaliy transmitted from father io son. OCT which old men love to ponder. which era. ded infants are taught to lisp h tones of grateful reverence Truths that lose their enthus,astie in- Ansncs ia du inanimate type. that are bes, incui- eated by the quivering lip and spskns eye eT age.
 A.~ E or the proud bearing and wild enthusiasm of buoy ant and expeetant youth. Saeh truths are faith fully embodied In the instrument that you have us, heard read and kept alive in the hearts of the people by celebrations like ihis, in which you par ticipsts. That declsraiioa is truly the nations jewel. IL urged the pstioss of the revolution ,o secure their independence. Is directed the deIibe> ratiens of the founders of republic. and if iher suecsssou would choose n for their guidlsg star. those principles would be perpetaaied. and car Uniop would be as immutable ss the truths which they contain. s. ,lsr .f
 II is no, now necessary to remind you fths esr- iy settlement of the British colonies, io tell how Jsmestevn shrived apased. and hos ihs Plymouth pilgrimage spread tts branches shrcsghoal all new England; bow s. insgoss was planted oo the banks .f Al nNs k~s