The Arkansas banner., 1850-07-02


 Northern arrogance aud pseAon,aaRce---S would things stop lheref Fh~se Rge al mcsns aiuHg at great endihe abolition ef Sassl ln te Sta;es. SaFenjeriBg one of these psfAss yr1 slil but flame the power by which another win ee *xacted
 Anj when sti arp conquered wIli the evil h4 Iedf in isty years, twenty ne~ Ranss vrhuidiax States may be atieA to the Uason. waiiss sosnss Whteh ssschSs,ing {. may bvr s;Re naa slave. holding States. There then, Stl Ae Rs Her As nov, openly to put aside the constitution reach thetr object Il they viii arign to do #, ths aee4slave- hofttAg states wia theu have the power by two lhgds ln Congress and ,hres-faafths of the 2sates l., amend ihe constitution and tn i,s ex press sanction to eoRsuGaaie their poiiey Your soass,ica Is progressive
 IL from the rest transactions we hare uartated. we learn condition iH the uHon-~thsy teach aa s,so tha; past policy ei action and sabmss. to aggression eanao, bring ds eate aud AAtatF When tho doors of Congress werr thspsa open Id agitation Ihs subject Of slavery. the k,uthsFa States had moved wIih enefgy 10 avert . slate ct ihlags unconstitutional iset and surely tenling is bring the siaSeholing aud vehoistng Slates iRto coIlslon-athoagh late. 1t misht not have hsea too late to stop subsequent encroafh afhmsns apoa 0ur rights Bat the Soaihrth States were passive: aHA their forbe has had the eect oi suspt ag tho Northern people w,'h the beltef e,thet that we val, ue uaion with thern Hiore than vasic the iasi- tInn a slavery ot that dare not ltosn eaEA inability 10 protect ourselves faa have una generously stood stllla whis. your supporters and ihe defenders of the Constitution, In the Nerthern States, in their ehoits o protect you otu the asi. ta,ions oi slavery in Congress- har- been politically anniniiated have tuTued your t9rs. Yaa have tameiy sequtesced until to hate And perseenle the South, has become a high passport to honor and power m Inc unioB, You have unwis-lY stood ssIl whist year ter year The volume of aniis slavery l policy and sympathy has swollen into unaaiuny throughout at the ehoding States, and the sections of ihe Union face each other tn stern collision. You have wailed. aaiii the Consultation of the United States IS in danger of being abolished -or ot becoming what the majority in Congress ] thInk proper to make t. That great ptine pie on .AIeh our system of free government rests--ofs so dividing The T1w~Fs oi GoyrrBmeSt--isat 10 a cont mon Government. only those powers should ba granted, which mus, sff e all the people eonp0s-- iaS it, equally in theT operafiaa-Nbilsi all powers over all interests local sectional should be rr- served io local oi sectional government I in dsO- ger ot being npF'Hiied from the Consu ton. L.scal and sectional interests absorb the tle and business o Congress, and thus, sectional despotism totally irresponsible 10 tie people of he South constituted of lie Representatives m Congress from ;hs non- slaYehodipg Statas---igaotaht ot our feeaxs cop dilon and instuoas--fegns at Washington "a Taese are the hdits cr your pasi forbeaFance aud submission.
 IL We look iaio the nature Of things, such rasots viii not seem to be either new oT strange. 7'hets Is but one condition, in which people ca. be sale nrder lhe dominion ai anoshet people; aud that is when their interests gre entirely identical 11en the dominant eanlidt oppfess the subject people. without expressing ihenseives. The identity oi interest between them k security Tor right govern
 ncn'. But as this identity ea0 scarcely ever exist between any twu people, history bea,s bal ons les. tIIbony to the fa'e of subject people fbey have aiSays been compelled tc administer to the nyna. peIy and sggrsndtgenent es then masters IFIhis has always been the case under the orlinary ttst. rnce Of interests and feelings which sxist bef@een States how much murS certainly riust the ekperi- ence of history be rvai1 fd between the peopie Of the Northern and Southern States Here fs dit- ference oi climate and productions throughout a territory stretching along the whole beit o the iem. peraie Ione ad~cng the pursuits and characters of the people iDhsbitiDg h Bni the great difference the great dfFrie eace-he greatest which can exist among people, IS the lDsthion of slavery.
 Fms alone sets apart tue Snuhern States az a pecu. lar peoilr-wIih whom independence To their ihernsi poiicy IS The condition Gf their existence hey must r1le themselves, or perish. Every col ! ony in the world where African slavery extsted. wlih one exception. has hesn destroyed; and il ths has been ihe under The oii aad ehete govetn- meBfs ot Europe, wtll it not prevail nuIer he dos
 ninioH of tue restless people oi the Northern Sass They do no practically ieeogRizs inc nleriolity of the African 10 The Caucasian races. They do bot Tesze. becaus' the circumstances of ,hst eoDdlton 1 lo no compe' them 10 realize, he mpossbliiiy of an amaiganaIon between the races. Exempt froul
 the insiliu.ioa .. slavery II is net surprising that their sympathies sh9uld be against as. ~hilsl iha dogma on which they pToisss 10 bniid hen syseln Fee goyernmchtAthea abs0iie tnls Qfthe majsriig leaves no barriers 70 their power the ai4Ts O bs general toNtfHhrHii anu ltaHs tiFm To IS e0Hhott datlon. R-hgon, too, false rsal, fires tbeir ea. thdsssm sgaInst an institution. wbIth macy of its professors believe 10 be inconsistent aii ts ptnci pies and precepts. To expect tol bs atahee lrofa such people, ander such circumstances, towards the institution oi slavery, s nauifestiy vaia fl they have been false to he c6pacs Ade with us in ihs constltui,on and have allowed passion and prsjudjes 10 master reason, they have oBiy eketnPhhsd that
 Fany and taliihiIiiy of our nature, which has pro-
 iuced the necessity of all governments, and which, l | Inn. .hanh ad nyN ha
 ton of slavery haTng oaee entered the popular mind of the non siavehodiag States for acton and control, The rest IS inevitable. Ii agrestfained by u'. they will go on, until African slavery will be 1 swept from lite broad aud fertile South. The nature of things, theteIofe, independent of experience. teaches that there can be no safety In subnis- l sion.
 i To subnlt to evils, however great. whi st they are endurlbie, is the disposition of every people especially of au sgrcaltnra p-eple. living apart 1 ahd having association iH their pursuits. But the responsibility of preserving free government rests with sA its members, what-ver may be thsir tparsuiis, and not aOae Wiia those whs have ths power e vii 10 destroy it. A miho.iiy, by s1b- mission, may much hetray the constitution. as the majority by aggression Ihs consultation GOes nos protect majority, for they have all lhs powers of the government ia their handa and caa Pfotset themselves The Limitations of tbe co0stithtlos dss,gmsd to protect inc tninoTity tbozs slie hass 1 Ho power. against those who have tt Hence, the great motive and duty of self pfoieson pee aiiar to minority iadePe nd=ht ot that faiti to the stitati0a which they owe ia common with the Ierity. They must protect tismssses, and protect te constitutions and they fail ia Una doable duty, they are a; s4st capabis thoso who, la ag- gressiag upoa their rights overthrow the eoBstiin lloa. Aud uIs public epiai0a of the world ss in conformity wta tasse views The oppressoT s haed-~bul the uareslstiDgly oppressed Is dsspisod. More respect follows the tyraat, than the slave who sa saliis to his power The svathefa States ibere- fore. although mBoriiy, are aoI exsniPt ifom tho responsibility Of preserving Inc eohssiistoa, aHd, in preserving il. to protect thsaissiyes.
 la what way sna ttey preserve the eossttu,iea and protect them 'eisesl
 Asa general rule, IL ,. undoubtedly tras. that sfslea. in goysTDnsnt iAe ears, coHstlatiVn Is violated ey majority, who aloRe esn violate t tn | nlatrrs of en.sailon U eannol he fesiorsd to lts