The Arkansas banner., 1848-08-15
To Axprrw MlLLta, of Philadelphia.
PnILAnELrnA, July r, ISIS.

PHrLApELFHA, July ia, ISIS.
 GENTLEMEN: Your letter, dated New York, July | ,sis inviting me "to be present af, and to ad dress a meeting tv be cld at the Park, in the city of New York, Tuesday, the 18th inst, al l"
 o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose a rs'iiy inc the nomination of Martin Van Buren for the Presidency, aud of contributing to thc extension of free soil, and tho perpetuatiou of free labor, was received yesterday by due course ot natii and as have no time to be present at yonr meeting and no
 spostion 10 address in lid of the obects you app pear to have in view, have concIuded to address YOU few words of advice and eoanscl ia regard to your political notions, and the course you ha Ee adopted to carry them into effect
 Ihhd previously learned from the newspapers thHt Mir Van Burcn had been nominated for ihe Presi- dency, bv a convention held in Utica, in your State "a prominent actor in the getting up of which was his eldes, son John; but have not seen any se- count of his acceptance of that nomination; and did not until the receipt of your letter, believe thal he was really candidate for that honorable and in- portant office. sy..
 But your letter sets all doubts at rest and deygiops the fact that Martin Van Buren is again bsidfe the people of the United States candidate for the Presidency; and is, through his friends, seeking their saragss under the preteAt that he Is In favor of free soil and free labof
 An elderly grnileman of my aeeraintance often makes the remark, that ''there many sSl aps and changes in polit es, that one can hardly Keep the of tbeH, uud the tate eAtfdofaiHaiy sv"- orset of Martin Van Burea strongly Verihes the truth of this saying.
 In Is36, Mir Van Buren--ihen Vice President of the United States and candidate for tic Presidency gave as President Of the Senate. casting vote ih favor ol a law that required pcstnasters iA lhe southern States to examine papers and pamphlets passing through their offices, and directed them not to deliver any that contained any thing on the sub ject of slavery.
 During the same session of Congress, his friends, tt his earnest suggestion voted to admit the Stnte oi Arkansas into the Union, although it's consultation provided for the existence and contlnaahce oi negro slavery.
 In Ls iu,ueural address delivered March 1. 5.i7 he said that ne went into the Presidential chair the uncompromising opponent Of every attempt ou the part of Compress to abolish slavery ln the District of Columbia and no bll for that purpose could re- celye his approval and that he would equally re- sist any attempt 10 abolish il in the States Where II existed.
 This was an extraordinary proceeding on his part the subIeeI never having been referred to m an inaugural aidruss by any President before CT since
 And in lS}9, when party of negroes were taken n the Spanish schooner A'hlstid, and were lh tbr custody of the U $ Marshal for the district o Con ne,tiept awaiting the issue of cSse before ihs B States district court fer that district involving lie question of their hberty, MT. Van Barren isSIch at' order to the Aarsha directing h'ln 10 take the~ 0Ht of thc custody of fAs e1ur and place theii board of 4 U. states vessel of war
 h Is difficult 10 imagine an act u'ofe at Ndr'ahe" with every principle oi justice Ina" .sis ias' o" and disposition 10 play the sycophant to the pro- slavery men of Ire sonth, Is universally s't down as the motive for IL . -
 Win these several public acts of Mir Van BuFeu standihg m bold relsl The pages oi ourcountry history, he cuts sorry figure n now apPeai'ag be- fore the people of the States the foremost cham pion of free soil and free labor
 "A hermit ask. ia all tiIts glamour abou the abolition of negro slavery l-Ior. although you .4ti under the banner of free soil and free labor, X easv 'o perceive that this your object Can you
 oi see in the signs of the times the gradual bat tain extinction of that social sVl slightly impedsC of late II fs true, by the misdoings sf soe ~hos' zeal is not according t0 knowledge"
 ts about two centuries since the first of the | rican race were brought to our shores They wer' then vhai they still in their native conrtry- miserable puay, eieminate creatoIs~: @cascely osi ter than brutss, and antpSt without niiBd or intel feet Now eNea those m bondage robust ath let,c. and naay of theni intelligent and inteil.ciua hun,au beings and the lest c-nsns exhibited lh fact that near . million cf them free, and i far on the advance towards intelligence and eivit ! zation as circumstances viii admit of And Is l unreasonable, he they are thus progressing lron the ignorance and barbaritv Of their paiive condi .j0n 10 the siais Ol freeaom aud civilization ( which they are ultimately destined, that they sheu for time be fastened se that soil that clothes com forts, and supports them, and gives them sn impe es ts tst state cf intelligence and civil xation7
 l There is tn cur State. aud have no doabi Il yours. class of men who voluntarily left then na l five country, aud for time became b0hdsmsB Il ! order that they might ultimately eaJoy the advan tsges of ,ur free snd equal iRstitstious and uIs ! of th,s class of men are now usefai and worth citlzsns And il is not unreasonable that the Air, can shoald undergo moro pro,racted bcadage fol { being rie more tnsn beast when he arrives hers a longer time is occupied !a his trans,nsia.ion that condition that enables him properly to es.ims, agd appreciate the advantages of civil liberty.
 Africa, with iv Carthage, ias fhebes, and iss Alex andria once the seat of art, scisnce. and of learn ing. Is now in the deep darknsss of igsorsaee an i approximation and. with the wender!ngs Of m l imagination, have often contemplated the a when her sons shaA yetarn to her, heavily la5s with the fruits of the kaswledge gasaersd f-ot those who hold them ia boa@ags; and in t.e might workings of that all-wise Providence wesse lifs tin is eternity, shall roll back upon their native land
 mighty aoed of intellect. intelligence. and eivlls.