The Arkansas banner., 1850-04-09
THE pAsr AND md rRrsrvr.

EWG FAsE AND THE RRESENT. We extract the following from an article Ia ths
 RichGsead Rsqnlrss IL Is short history of what was oRes doss under circumstances not altogether |diszimilar to thoss now existing, asd points out
 elesF'y the sstsss. thc and the conseQ It may serve as lssson of prudence and modern
 toa to al tha parties engaged Ia the much deprs- cstsd sectional controversy which has b~ea styled
 the ''grcat question of tho day.H u is time fer re. fecdcR not easy oa the past aud present. but on the faturs. There are duties wh,eh we owe to cal
 oHsnring and b our childrcns offspring, as hish as holy and imperative as any that we owe to our
 selves. The question for IS of submission or re- ,moastraucs, CT some will have t. of resistance
 This is for cur people themselves 10 determine -- Let them poadsr well upon him i,; let them re-
 member that the present session of Congress is the
 last opportunity for a choice: their resistance, if
 sucecssfai, will secure 10 them and to their chl-
 drsa ihe equal enjoyment of the rights and privi. leges guaraaied 10 them by the eoasiitu,ioa their
 spomissioa wiEl place them. ever after, entirely at
 the mercy of relentless faetionists who seem hiadly
 determined to sacrifice their dearest interes.s and
 even the Union itself, to the success of mere ab- s,mctien
 l. you will tnen ,o the history of tho Revolatlca, yeu will find, in a resolution adopted by the mem
 bers of the House ef Burgessvs of Virginia, the lst August, V, the model from whichl have taken enc of those proposed in nay las. letter The tons,
 and temper are tue same, and the parposs and lan- guage Of both are the same masfts sasfaHds. The
 ptiIo-oPhso staissunan who would interpret the pre-
 sent aad read the lGtare by the past, will do well to examine what wss done oa that occasion. Let southern politicians initiate tie prudent boidaess
 and adopt that mid but decided, of fathers. Let northern politicians shGn the example of obdu- racy, arrogance ane folly then set them by Great Britain, aud all viii be well. Far from being dis solved or weakened, the unioa will be confirmed. sstrengthened, and peTpetsafsd. The constitution, parifed from corruption. and the rights of every
 par, of this grcatconfederscy impregnahlY secured, sst0 psrpetaa wia be the prayer whieh every sou thern heart will send ap 10 Heaven.
 We are by nc means uBmindful of the fame of
 our fathers andperaps teo prone to celebrate it in terms Of unmeaIared applause. Yet will venture to say that the most eloquent Reclamation ever poured forth In honor of the authors and conduc- tors of tho Revolution, speaks less for their glory than the simplest history of those proceedings. which drew fron the lips of Chatham the highest paneyyric ever paid to statesmanike prudence sa- gaeity, ferbearsnce and hrmness. la the rare as
 semaiages of all these great qualities our safety
 then and it IS suy in the exercise of the that we sinai. find sdety now. Walking by the light or their example, ye shall walk securely aud if God haS given northern brethren to a strong delaSon that tAey shall believe lie,' peace aud harmony and mutual confidence will be restored, ana .the light hfliction of the moment will work out for Hs' happier prosperity and glory, not eternal tfor which of the works of maa siIall be
 so 2 but whicl shall endure leng as our people
 shai retain ensugh of the purity Of their ancestors
 to contaue capable of the high privilege, and the ! kigs task, of sa-F government
 It was on tn, lst August, '74. soon after the ab-
 rcgation of the charter of Massachusetts, and the
 closing of the port of Boston, that the Bargssses of Nirgiaia re olsed to intcrpese behalf ol tseir 2aHicied brethren of the North. Massachusetts, stricken downby the blow, ana left without goy- ernnlenl. lifted np her voice, and called ali the
 ether ceonies 10 to her aid in defence of her rights and ther uwn. But listen to her language ia this extremity. She declares that "a meeting of
 eonmiitees from Inc several colodies of this eonii- kneBt, is highly ex1edieut and necessary to consult upon ths present stats of the colonies, aud the misc ries to which they are and must be reduced by the aopera,ion of certain acts of Parliament respecting Amarca, aud b deliberate and dslernae apoH wise
 and proper measures, to be by tAsm recommended to
 all the cooaies, fos the recovery and establishment
 aad tas restoration of saioa and harmony befaresn f,-4 1-it@ia aad tas coioaies, MOST ARDENTIT DE-
 SIRED RT ALL GOOD ASS"
 To tilis call. Virginia responded thas:
 hssessed HaaRiHoasty, I hat it is the opinion ot
 this meeting that it will highly conducive to the
 security and happiness Of the British Enapiy., ,bat General Congress of Deputies from aIi ths colo
 njss assemble as the nature of their sgtna-
 tons Will admit, to consider of the most proper and IeasctaaI manner os so operating the commercial seoanexioa of the colonies with the mother coun iry. as to procure redress for the much inured province of Massachusetts Bay to secure British Amsnca rem the ravage and ruin of arbitrary
 taxes, and speedily 10 procure Ae return Of that aar
 Ssssy and anioa 80 beaefeai fo ths rhoieenpre and so acdsnfiy desred Gy al British .4Iaeriea'
 Let me add the names of the men selected for this Paele duty. | give them in the order in which they stand on the journal sPeyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, GEoRGE WAsHIScrss, Patrick
 Henry, Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, and Ed muad PeBdletou.'
 The tOne of all the other colonies was the same.
 Jnstiee was all they asked, and up that tis md
 long after the restoration of harmony and aaioa on terms consistent with Justice, vas the great end
 for which they la5ored..
 Blu; tine alarnist who shudders at the bare name |ef disuaion, and who, regardless of the eonsttu hoa. seems eager To take any Unioa on aay terms however unequal, unjust and oppressive, is fright
 eed \, the bare aiinson to the transactions of wch havs spoken. Did "tiey not end in revelation r'' 'S oshs III ctsfna}. lHaeeu tuef 0ld but Whyf For
 the saine that, when man of spirit has done
 all that the spirit of christianity could diclale all
 that gentleman could expect or wish and all thai honor will permit gentleman to do, to avert a !quarrel, when having done ali this, his adversary answers with new insult and outrage, he feels |eompelied to fight. But had the King and people
 of Great Britain listened with proper respect to the |naanswerable arguments, and the earnest, sffec
 honste aud dutiful approximations of the Congress |of 74. there can be no doubt that the Revelation
 would have besn indefinitely postponed. sad perfect harmony, for the time at least would have been re stored. ihs men whose names have given above. were not the men 10 say one thing while meauing another. The unanimous language of the Con- gress to ths people of England was that of breth- Fen; their language to the King was that of loyal subjects. The most zeslOus champion Of the uida st this day canaot express his altac hment to it in stronger terms than those used by these truthful single minded to manifest their devotion 10 the crown and constitution of the United British Em- pire Their sincerity in all this no man can doubt wtlhoat dishonoring nafnes which breath Of manl has ever suiIied Yet mark, pray you. sir, and let the people of the North. whom it most concerns mark well. ihs part which these same men. ,woI