The Arkansas banner., 1850-09-17
From tAe Fsrs smnh Hss.la.l beetefy from the Hons. W. K. sehu.,..,
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 and n. ". Johnson.
 It viii bs seen. that tke letter of M,. John. n, ssrs From that of Mir. Seh~stsA, with to.n.r, "a M seaadehmeht of this pest. Air. j.. Se ,r..,.-" means by the abandonment of the Fe,t ,h., ,a- departmcnt dld not intend Co send tseen. Irn...aa- ieiy hesei bat Ms Scbastan's letter fnlv e,nlss-. tae whole matter We have pp hesalatlon la sayIa. s .aas tse government VII order ore company h.re in very short lfae; h fsc lt has been yreO,,nS. ded by Gen AFbucklc Tine late acts ef ,A. Ing,s-. w,h eertainlY shaw the necessity for such s ,,s. eeing Akeu hy the department. Ma wjI .ns 1AF ever; in short time, hew much regard the otSrsl. as washington have for the welfare ol AthaD~..
 UNITED STATES SENATE, Aav. la, 1850.
 '.eahemea' Have received yoas eenmwpIc.,t.. WI" aae copy ot the Ptueeeoiags cf . puhiSc u,e., ing et ihe ciIiEens of Crawford county. st po,, sA.n, respecting the late order of tho W ar Deeart. ment' withdrawing thcstToeps from Eeyt SmNh .nA dessgnaeing the location ef Fort Arhackic i hsS oeiorc me receipt of these communications, uoon learning casually. Of tss existence of ths. .,t,~ called the attention of the War Deps r,men, ,s ih, subject, was Informed, ia reply, that n wss ns, the intention of the government, to ahelish the Fer. entirely. but that h would be retained as | n..a, .s Military Stores, aad as the Headqaassea Of IN. Military Division embracing it. The erdsv ,.l,h drawing the troops from Fort Smi,h. with which "a gafIisoh the new Wort on the Santa Fe route .es. made upon the direction and sanction of inc l.,. fressdent, whose personal opinon of the pron,,.sv or this measaEe was consulted and followed sv ths secretary oi War. As ts the aIedgea mlssake in designating the site of the new. Fort am eeT,.sa saat the rcase surveyed by Lieat. Simpssn, wss eonfonnded with tho return foate of Can't. Marc, Ahe death ef the President and the delay In evgnn izsng eabinet, suspended fer whils anv final ae cision on this peinf. l have lately laia ina anes menis pertaining to this matter before the present AetisR Secretary of War. with ,he rrnort and ssr veys Of both routes, of which that by Cant. Marcy had net been heretofore consulted He has reviewed he decision et hs predecessor. and for the present rescinded the order until report from the psuue, otteer shall enable the Department to designate . proper sl,e upon the return ponie of Caet Marry. Without being enabled to farm aB enlightened iuds ment npon question ofsthis character have asked that the fort may be located with view 10 inc combined objects Of defence Of the frontier pro,ee. tion Of emigraats, and tbe settlements which will follow the route, as well as It's fitness as enc ef corsioh Of military posts reaching to the Pacific with which the Uui,ed States must expect to redeem itstreay stpalatieRs for the proectIon oi the Mes cans fsoU she ipcaFsions of the ladlsaa. whh ref erence to these objects. the Actiag Secretary of War Gen Scott has cons dered that the fort should be located somewhere the roate of Capt Marcy A ud orders have been, understand transmitted ae. cofdingiy. Some delay has unSsodaby occurred which must be attended with additional delay in operations nader these orders. as Capt Marcy has
 
 have thought t proper to say ,h,s much in aatiei. patton of the hnai decision of ihis question ia de- fersnes 10 the great interests felt by ye4f elrshs in this matter.
 am, respectfully, yours.
 W. IA SEBASTIAN.
 W4sHfNGroN, 4 neust I3, lBta
 B. T. DUvAL, and others Ge efiemeH. 1 was the first to find out tho adged aud destructive orders issued concerning the removal and abandonment pf Fort Smith. protested al once strongly but a vain was informed that protest useless. IL was by the special direction of Gen Taylor.
 have made three visits specially ia person. to the War Department Gen. Scott this rnerninv gave SEBASTIAN and myself, positive assurance that the fort should be established the Marcy route, aud that orders viii be issued as soon as some ne eessary examinations can be made
 The Northern Representatives in Congress gre rapidly rieing down the South. The prospect is that free soil will carry every thing, Men af the North, who have always, hitherto, been iahfu to the constitutional rights of the soeih. arc now al- most entirely against us; democrats and whigs Of the North, with the eSeepteR ot eight CT tea, all against us. have never fet so gloomy In the midst of this struggle so unequuIIy main taned, also have to ack uowtedgs that whilst ths North united almost Co a man, the South laithlesssy represented by number who seek out and go for every measure which sacrifices tho rights of our people, provided only. th | Il bs made 10 look ii it were not so. orif be possible for them to represent it to their constituents as to their own poor political necks l now for the first time, acknowledge {seving the cold, uB- consciousness of the South ia many places, and selfish treason of good many of boE reprepents- tiyes) that In the end. bv some similar effort such IS the now dead mis called " Compromise, ,"" Ad justment." or by something equally fatal, that shalt lose and be excluded from every foot of be territories, California and a. By the census now taking. the South will be reduced .e 75oF 30 mem bers out of 2jD, HOW in the House o( Represents- lives, Thus we will stand only one.ihird, and when those vast and rich territories shall have filled up for 70 years to come, md Oregon, Caforais, New Mexico, Deseret. Minesots snd Aebrnsks, without naming the vast coantry bsiweea the Ms sissippi and the Rocky MoaRtains, now snsettied. shall have been admitted, the representation Ofths Soath will be reduced 10 proportion ssch as S5 or 70 bears to 23D. In ihs Senate. the south via also be helpless Who Is if that refuses 10 conlem- plate results pslpsble, and who weak, iTai- toroas 10 his coubtry and his descendants. as 10 deny himself tho piain truth that the North will have the power. and will invade the rights Of slave properly ia the South, and will proceed gradually but rapidly and surely 10 destroy our prosperity, emancipate slaves. and subject to the desola lion of the French and British West Indian islands -- When all Is lest. the South will make up and will have remaining enly the poor consolation Of per. suing ta execrailon ihose who shall havs betrayed her. We will lose all, fear. and be taxed our share of .000, 900, to help the North to bay out Texan slave territory, to make it free-soil
 Your friend and serv't, R, w. JOHNSON!
 
 A Clerical swindier Caught.
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