The Arkansas banner., 1849-04-03

conviction resting em our ntisis, ws shoald have forfeited srif-reePect, sad tise cea6sieace faithfaI seeeUua sf this 4ae~slea. paper which. pPou this isnPOrtsnt vicw ef IL wss sent the grave.
 The ihqaity nov preaents Rsslf, are tAese facts well aWtlse seaticated and is the arasmrRt which we have drawn from them FFcPeF snd lrgitimatel If h Fetnains te De considered why they were e4- cUl~d from the addr~ss. Upon t,Ae first pelnt k hardly necessary to enlarge befoEr . deasscFatic constituency. upoN rrpsalsd eceastsas we have PFee nted them te lhe ceHrdcFeaieu uf the soathern people, sRd whilst the democratic portion ef oaT hearers have. by un,Ristakahie evidences. mani tested thcir aud aapfobaiisn, sse have not yet met with the first whiy who has beea able. truthfuiiy, to deny tho lcts suceeasfuy to con irovert the argument Te the fiiea of the same demOcraic press sisat is soasliag the pYrnoal- tory notes of condemnation Vf esr coarse, we ceaid with s4fety agpcsi Cor stse evhasscs of tho corFectness cf our Fssitioms. ns hclesed that the occasion required h. ~'ss s7. re-,
 To the srcoud iaq"s.y ,vAfet tss Aavs pr~ssSs~a, we have yet c hezF aay satisfactory that be given for denying the facts which have de- tailed their legitimate place tn aa uddress which pnrported to give fsithfai history of the abeion qaes,ion. The fear of giving ofFense to southern whigs, and thereby loslag their aid and eo opera lion, will hardly afford justification in tlse minds Of those who accord their assent 10 the correctness of our statements, and whose judgments sanction the soundneSs of our argument. Under eircum- stances the nost attering of success such policy would tax the strongest iuteects for to ps
 Hate and justify t. but tn the present instance, tbe object idle and visionary one. tI,e rrsal,s very clearly demonstrated. Tho whigs had just succeeded in elevating 10 the highest offices in the government, men in whose tategriiy of purpose aud
 delity 10 the constitution they had expressed their nnecunded confidence. and was an unreasonable anticipation to suppose that they would partic paIr
 in any movement whIci, rested for its proprety aud necessity mainly upon the spprehe enson that the rights of the South were unsafe in the hands of those whom they had selected as faithful guardians Of the constitutional rights of every portion of the Union. This error, on the part of southerR whigs, was not more deep aad fatal than was the hope ef their sudden conversion wild and visionary. As might have been reasonably expected they refused
 ca masse. with tsro exceptions, te give their Sancon 10 the movement, and gave early indications to the meeting of their intention 10 withhold their sigma lures from the address With this determinaion
 on their part, ended the prospect or making this southern movement, irrespective of party consid- eratons. At this period we considered that the time had arrived when the friends of inc add ess must determine between two policies, the one look ing tO the preservation of the dcmocraic party Of the Union, and the other contemplating the organi
 zation Of q sectional party, which being composed almost exclusively of democrats, would suppEant entirely the present democratic party of the South. and utterly destroy national organization To minds, 1t left the friends of the address without any reasonable PreteAt for excluding from t the matter which it seeIued to us was indispensable to n just, full, and fair consideration of the subject
 Those who agreed with us. urged upon the peculiar
 friends Of the address the PtopFcty and necessity of giving it this direction; hut we found that the proposition met with little favor, that If sub
 mitted to the meeting it would not eniy be attended with defeat. but would subject its friends to the impatatOn of wantony urging dsturbing eie- u'ent upon their proceedings, ihas leaving us no other alternative ttnu etf1er to withhold our sig
 natures, to aba adon the course which we felt clearly indicated by of truth and justice
 There was no difficulty in moulding this address into any shape, consistent with truth, which would give to the movement additional strength in the South, and every facility afforded of relieving the scruples and quietiBg the apprehensons ot Southern men. whose alliance sought to b~ ob-
 tained; but when suggestion s made which looks beyond the limits of oWu immediate section, sna seeks to de act of sheer justice to Northern democrats. who have stood firmly by side in the darkest honr ef our trial, and which regards with favor the coRiiaued preservation of the democratic party of the Union, H is regarded narrow and ceatEaeted. and indignantly spurned as unworthy ef serious consideration. No one appreciated more fuity than ourselves the necessity for nnanmty in our action to effect say decisive good; and thoagh may be hel. responsible in part for the failure to obtain that result. do not feel that npon shoulders should tia. responsibility be placed nor upon those who sympathised with us ia the views we entertained Some of the pee uliar friends of the address manifested an oppostion 10 any material amendment of il, as determined and uncomproalis- ing ss was our support of our own firm aud de- cided convictious.
 They were fixed and rrsolnte ia their purpose 10 have ;hc address substantially it finally pre- srn'td to the public. not to have at ail. Snme of them declaring that they coall nni far yield thrir wishes to acquirsce in Mir. BgREIgxs sub qhotti he hu nj the meeting. The only construction winch mhis could place upon this course of conduct. led us to the conclusion that thn principe effect which was to result from the movement, would he the organization ofa southern sectional rafty. In such party organization We could additional security io southern rights II possessed no charfs 10 lure as from th. oid association which we had formed in the days of our earliest potlcsi recoiire
 ton with the democratic party Of the Unioa. We preferred vet to rely upon the eaInhined iniaeRce of the southern and nnrthern deuccrats for the pro- lection of the rights of tie south, bong the salnc were dependent upon the iegislaion of our national government. We coulsl pot how strength was la he increased by diminishing our numbers 1T southern democrats alone could, by party organization. throw ample barriers aroaIsi the peculiar interests oi ihc South we were al loss to understand how the ah and ce-operaiiOn oi utIr norihenf friends woali enbafrass movements weaken delences. So ioBg cop;efs piatr the continuance of inc Union, long viii w. book to the preservation of the intrgIiiy o inc enOeraiic party nt fhe Union elemeBt ot o'Ir greatest sirencth and security. Whra the tune shall cosue, fl eyer-Which God iu his mercy ay,rt--wien the Iisbts and tie interests ot the So1h. under the
 siuion, slairne and dlSreg arIed ai'd We shJli erase t, be eoifsi"r'" as eIais with ota aoflhert brethren Shaii l,s.k io dghrf atHt hIsbcr wray prs ol redress than ib'se which promise Ia s'~ tTosn He organization oi ~othPrn sectional pdTiy We have nrw frankly and honestly stated the reasons whrh have I'apelled to ihssc"asse wh,ch have eIt II to bc daty o pntsae. aud they submitted iUiilosc ~'o have righi io pas ufan them ior their Caln ssl deiiberA,e "n>idsfal,"o uu oh'ci has been ,o det~uh ourselves, an.l nat v Nssaij oii-Is and it is dHe to ussRy ot these Nhn have RanclUhe,i dud sishr.t the a'tress, thsi We should disclaim any inientioH in afIhUie ,o ll,sn n" motive oi produeiRs be result winch beIieSe would iueS aa5ly inI!ow the sieeeSs ct the move nirnt Then flIIatnsut las ptassd ItlirrsHt con