The Arkansas banner., 1849-01-23
The Folly of Aholifioni.rn.

nc madness of party was never more str,Lincjv a..' .asse tnan m the course now pursuing by the spotionisss tn Congress It would seem that these fanatics, to carry ont their ultra yiew yvouts not hesitate 10 rend assunder this gIorioas Union. and Geiuge the South in the blood of it's best eiii1ens
 eh tncse men be entitled 10 the respect or sympathy any lover or hts couutTyf Do they not rather merit the scorn and condemnation of every ,,,tyiot heart! We dc not ike 10 use harsh lanpuage but no other suits the men or which We soeak 'Fhei, conduet s such to call for the oronpi and lacii5 seProbation Of all who desire the perpetuity of our Union, and the future peace of our conntrv Tbs ,c ton Of the House of ofRepresen W C.o,,,. resolution has startled the people The whole Sonth VII Sinfaie under its influence as from some stro,g gaivanic shock. By what right does Compress da rs .s 'a'eriere with the private rights of citizens Hgns guaranteed to them by the constitution foy which they toiied and bedi Does ,he Honss of representatives imagine that it has the power of the provisional government of France ce-nower in ovsr. steP the constitution, and hy it's resolves a, snci pow .snd asunaer The strong compact which has pound these States together1 Docs inc hI;nd s,,, pafhy which they profess for Inc blacks make ,bcn, utterly careless and reckless of the interests and lives of the whitcsl So 1t seems, And whsn yys ,emsmoer uat mauy of these men who clamor iouoest aoout the nseries sf slavery, (which they never saw') Will with cold, unfeeliag hands grind down The poor operatives, and for uoiticaI elf.c, roo then without scrup!e of half their earnIugs our contempt for their Hypocrisy cannot find Ian guage for its expression.
 Ds-" sotu- -oiooaed lhcenciafics should have fhe seorPioniash applied to them by every honest and .neepesden, press in the land. We have repeatedly referred 10 The bill of Judge Douglas as one upon which all who wished the question settled. might wan ..n some notifications unite Rat this would be hg sh.nlg. rom lhese inesndiary spirits their only chance to become distinguished They crave an immortality, even if IL be such an immortslf,v nf ,..aaiy !" the wretch who fired the Ephesan tenpie. We hope those who have s.artad in tbis
 I .nan suicidal course. may be met by tho firm hs x.s"s aa.'. aeonNe oi an insulted country, and oc drsrn 10 retrace their steps aud listen ,a rxrr coansshofs surely this Union. upon which ths eyes et all who love liberty throughout ,ba xorId have srsn 6xed with uaniingle,! grii6e,l,oo is nos to be sacrificed to the fanaiicism of r,eaers mtaorsty' who seem to carry out the conceUtion of that proud spirit who deemed t ..b.ter to ,nIs in neii ihan serve in Heaven'' This glorious coun try, % fall of als tho elements of power ami rye,, ness Is netto be converted into keld of s,Tifs ,n1 e.eod. .nd uic last hope of freedom be bnred in s aissoiaton, to please the morbid fancy of inc anti slavery faction. We shall watch the issns sssv ready to stand by the compromises Of the eons,i,a as we are .o s'f'Se down the patici4ai hand that we may Ind arrayed against is principles.
 tBaltH1ofe Reputacan.