The Arkansas banner., 1848-05-09
From ne Ner Harea Regisier. HOW STlyDS THE CtSE,

Whai great issues can the whig leaders take be. fore the people al the coming eertion2 Let Us .ee how the stands. The var WAS the main issue which whisgery intended 10 seep before the pceflr At first they united wi'h the Democrats in sayinr "that Mexico begun the war and in Congress thcy voted men and money 10 carry II on. Tise war has coniiHued the ssWe t began. But to make party capital. the wIngs changed their course and al the back of Mir. Clay, who also changed, the wtigs in Congress have beed their own votes and made themselves laughing stccks before the world Bot theif's was ''hard case.' and so they acted ike tools in the hands of their 'cmbodment" This act will stick 10 uli of then like wax Their cam paiga based on the War; aud the peace las cap- sized whigsery, and exposed Hs nakednesS Peace has served the wings as npr army served the Me1i. cans at Buena Vista. They will Fo-e both by ihe and peace issue.
 The TiriF wa, t'eir next great irsue But near. Y all know that the tsrid oi I6 Is better than tha, of 42 The present tariff Is well adjusted to our great interests, and far protection can be well applied, it protects our national industry, and does no, favor any one interest to the inluTv of those equally as important. Ii equally aids fnanaiac. tareis agriculture, commerce, and the meehan C arts. Ii works well for ali, ard turts none; and when needed. ii can be modelled io the times The tariff issues cannot help whggefy.
 The I1d'peRdent TreGsury was com famed of by some. Bat then, it's working had not been seen - Now if has been ill operation throughout the war,
 
 nor more safely kept CT better exfanied, than they have been by the present sysein. For inc inde- pendent Treasury, Inc wings would substitute u controlling baik. But how much better the Jade pendent Treasury has carried u' through the late crisis, than . monster bank could have done: waca could have expanded o scontraciea the currency a; aHl; disturbed inc eXchanges and regulated the whole business oG the country, even against the wishes of tine whole individual interests. The whgs can do noihihg.wiih the Independent tr.as- ury issue.
 What issues then wliggeEy dFun upl How much can ihey make cut ot the Slavery and WI- mot PIoyiso issue" with slaYeholder for their Presidential candidate; What can they do wi distribution or public improvement" i,saes when all the money which can be raised from all revenue sources will bc wanted for ordinary pubic scr, ice | and to pay inc War debt and interest, which have been greatly increased by the tisiiofous course ei some whig leaders, In view of these facts how can an issue on either of these topcs help whig- ery}-Ihen what can inc whigs now dc; what car they now consisie nty do to hel, them cut oi their sad fix? If they fall back on their od issues of a United States Bank, the veto power, aai lhe an- neNsuon oi Texas and Oregon; they are all ''cbso- iete ideas. Yet they must mount something, they must r'de, for they are too proud t7 ic3; f. Viii they have ano her hard cider eanpai- -n. build mo ( leg eabfns. hoist more~intempcrsie banners and moio-s, bedcck themselves with coon skins. sing more funny songs, and pass round lhe biz beled bottle? Will theytry fbese experiment over again We shall ste.