Democratic banner., 1850-06-24
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For tie Rasnsf.
Ma. EDrroa:--I zee Thar e 10 suggested ID
Your last No. tohold . mkss meeting in your city,
M the purpose Of enabling the people % give an
depression In references to The c6mpfCa6iie, COM
Fhd6ply styled tie OmniHhs Bill, now pending in
|the u. S. Senate. Although itis pretty gener-
ally understood that It viii pass that body ulti.
|ustely, yet it fingers, and. / presume in conse-
Iquence Of the want Of q sufficient degree Of NOR.
81 courage upon the part Of some Of the Sena-
tors, they being DESTROYS Of seeing . more gen.
|eral, harmonious and indubitable expression, in
favor Of that measure before they take the re-
spensibility to act. A crisis 10 rapidly approach
ing in the affairs Of our country, growing out Of
the slavery question; and there Is danger at this
moment that It may not only involve our happi-
ness and prosperity as q people. but that It may
|awfully affect the integrity and perpstuity Of our
glorious institutions. With the exception Of .
few noble patriots, whose prototypes have sprung
up in every age, and in every country, a. de-
TENDERS Of human rights and human privileges,
the free States are at this time arrayed in bitter
end Incorporating hostility and opposition. to
the domestic institutions and consequent rights
and privileges growing out Of them, which char.
|~actefize the slave and Southern States. And
who can doubt for a moment the object Of those
|iendish, misanthropic fanatics, who are bowling
in the van OF that mighty: army Of Abolitionism,
preparing and exciting them 70 hsiflsh deeds of
Injustice and blood; and that il ready 70 be pre-
|cipitated upon US with the crushing weight of
Ian overwhelming ayalanche-itis emancipation,
uncCmpensated emancipation, not only in The ter
~ritories and District Of Columbia, but in the SOW
|ereizn States themselves. Senstors Seward,
Hale, Chase. and others, leaders In this unhofyl
and unnatural crusade against our rights and lib.
critics, and entitled par excellence to the epithets|
Just used. are pledged to their friends and fol.
lowers, that the prayers Of abolitionisis shall be
realized, and that they shah live to see It.
Where, in these perilous times, pregnant with
the fate Of the nation, when men who have
marched up to the cannon's mouth with firm un-
.hinching nerves upon many q bloody field, now
stand aehast and are appalled, at the impending
dangers that threaten our beloved country, where
% be who was once Missouri first and noblest|
son, upon whom she has lavished her favors and
her honors during thirty long years -hs who
was once the pride Of the South and the chsm-|
.pion Of her peculiar institutions-ths bold and
defender Of the "Union a. IL is"--the
great expounder Of Democracy, and the urswerv-
ing adherent to, the unfaltering supporter Of.
Democratic principles and Democratic measures?
Where Is Thomas Hart Benton, Senator from
Missouri. during these portentous times, that
are convulsing the country from the St.LaWrence
10 the Pacific? Closeted with Seward, Tom Cor.
win, and Hale, taking counsel Of Giddings, Chase
and Upham, and in relation to the present imbe.
ellie, non-aeiioh, heesoil, do.nothing administers
ton. he il the 'power behind the throne" great
|er than the throne itself, inspiring that poor old
weak nominal head Of the Government with
views and opinions deleterious to and destruc-
tive Of the best interests Of our hitherto happy
Whilat Cass. Dickinson, Clay and
Webster, have devoted their giant ~intellects TO-,
and have brought their mighty influence TO bear
upon the portentous questions that now seitatel
the country, with Q view to their just and fber-
al adjustment, Col. Benton and bis ffeesoil Abo-I
.lition coadjutors are throwing every obstacle in
the way, in order to prevent a Contamination sol
devoutly to be wished"
Upon these subjects. the people ought tospeakl
out in tones that will find an echo in every vail
ley and upon every plain, from Maine to Texas;I
and especially the people Of the South, we thouldI
in every eligible way 80 express ourselves as toI
convince the North that we know our rights and
dare maintain them. As for myself, and 20 be-
|lieve Il 10 with the South almost to q man, should
the crisis arrive (which may God avert) that
will compel US, Notwithstanding our oft repeated
willingness to compromise this -''vexed' ques-
tion, to choose between dierace, degradation and
oppression, and the assertion and maintenance ot
|otr inalienabls and imprescriptible rights. nyI
mind is made up, end I am prepared to fall back
upon tour reserved rights" and put in reanisi-
las q AZ 80 a. ~ : ~ kS k.kl
placed at our comnand. Ia order to maintain un-
the priceless boon. won and beadesthedl
to rs BY our immortal forefsthers, thus proving
ourselves to be the worthy sons Of glorious an.
|~cestors. Let Us have the meeting, aid speak
out boldly ofthe men and the presses ofshe North
and Of the South. who have basely Betrayed the
trust committed to them BY their conidnR couI-
Itrymen. .5. N.
LOcusts have made their appearance inI
6a,nkw. Va. after faufa of aAV.i