The Arkansas banner., 1850-04-23
~oNLY A SMALL sHowER.-

A dsauge was oneo sent upon the earth, and Heed of watefs coyeFedis ebtire sSsfsce. At this inssres'iSg period. Il Is related of one William Jsa of the world sad strong was his sksptcism that, whsu the windows Of Heaven wers opened. and ssa of waters appeared before him. and gradually FOss to his iPs. he said to Noah, as he was borne along by him in hIs ark. Fash ahead. old fsllow, with yOus dag .eut; its only small shower, aad you can't get me for passenger 7"
 There arc many Bill Jenkinses of the present day. There are men who seem incapable of realizing sAy great and important change ia the existing order of things, andlook upon all who foresee evil and would be prepared for It. as the humbugs of tse age They cannot conceive in their staPid brains, that, the routine of government, under which they have vegiiated quietly since they were borne, can now bs interrupted by oppression from one side and resistance the other. or this class they who can eoOlly and SDdisturbed regard the darkly gath sring storm upon Ouf political horizon growing In blackness every day--North and South, and say that there is no fesr for the Union, that all the alarm and agitation nov so widely spreading ema- natss ffOm the madness of fanatcism in on4 sec. ton, or the trichs of designing demsgckues in an- oIhef Nothing but actual dacera.ion of the Union and Overwhelmipg cosfuSion will drive thess Bill Jenkinses ir:o the belief that "ater all, it Is thingno thsn small shower"
 l The GyiDg efforts of the lamentsd CALHouS to awaken bis country to sense of impending dan ger sul the wrongs inflicted upon the South, are looked spoa by such men the ravings of en- feebled and diseased mind. The alarm note soun- ded from one end of the Union to tho other by the mighty voices of CAss, WEBSTER, CLAY, and hun dred others of less distinction. impart to every ' of common sense dresd of a dissolution of the Union. Bill Jenkins sneers at and calmly writes a | column of imbecile matter to show that CALHOUN, CAss, t.ie whole galaxy of statesmen, know less than he does about the matter, and that t is only a small shower, which has caused so much vspOur- ing" Tell him that the last six months have wit messed in the legislative halls sach constant scenes { of violence never before were known, and that genius Snd intellect, and patriotism have been ex- erted in vain to calm the storm produce any sstis factory result, he will argue that it must all end in smoke, that the South dare not recede from the Union, and her only redress for grievous aggres- : must br the Supreme Court of the United States. The Jenkins family, with whom We happen to be acquainted, are all |" Southern men with Northern principles.'' and rarely te induced 10 believe especially the Jenkins editos) that the North is net always righ, and and the South always wrong a eOnve ntiOn at Nashville would be an BHamatory and dangerous proceeding, from which good could possibly arise, and is honored with his strong disapprobsiion. while similar assenrblsgs in Bos- ton, New York or any free State. becomes. in his opinion, entirely different affair, and if il does not receive his open cOmmendstion, is passed with indifference and without rebuke. The resolutions adopted al a recent convention in Rhode Island, in which every portion of the State was largely rep resented, will no dOub, be very much to the taste of the editor and for his benefit, well as for the purpose of showing that the wrongs complained of do not emanats from fanatics alone. We will pub fish extracts of the proceedings of this Northern conveRtion
 The Resolutions presented by ihe business com mittee were taken up anu discussed and uhaniuous- y adopted.
 Resolced That while pstt sf the grea. national party Of Freedom, adept inc platform Of pinci- ples held forth al Bdfa o n lS+5: No more Slave Territory, no more Slave States, the rescue ei the FetisIA Government from the cont Ol Of ihe Slave power and it's restoration 10 its early policy o In- itiRg, ioe alisng and dscouraging Slavery; the abo litoa Of Slavery; whereas Congress has the eoBsli- tu,ional PowrI, the passage of the Wiimot Provso:
 Resolred, That T the bill now pending before the U 5. Seaae, 'to reclaim tugIiives from sIsvery,'' becomes law. cAnno; and wiil not far degr ade | our common humanIty-mock our proiesSions as lovers oi l. bert y-Julfy convictions Of justice tk. sNEA of sho Religion, and drride the instructions ofthe Worlds ! Kedeemer-ss 10 refuse ts eiohs the naked and Iced the hungry, paHtlng fugitive, pleading for free donor as 10 become jackais and bood- hounds for man. -stealets in pursuit o their innocent victims
 Rssolred That in common with our bre,hern we dscaim and utterly repudI~,e any desire or design to sever the Union Of these States, although we do not believe that our Government is commissioned or the 10 which We belong authorized. 10 sslave and sacrifice another innocent people 10 secure do- ainon or inie pendence to itself
 | Rssntred, That by the passage of the ordinance { of l1S9, by which slavery forever prohibited in s the public territories then held by the nation by ihe uniform practice of the government, and the almost unanimous opf ion O. most distinguished statesmen, the power of Congress; over slavery in the territories, has been established beyond doubt | Resoired, That there can be no comproms- of right and justice ith wrong and oppression with. out sacrifice Of truth 10 expediepcy Of the eternal law. 10 the caprcious vii of the evil docr-and iha, ! the various propositions brought forward in Con. gress during The preseE, session under the spacious l name of compromise. are deceptive in character and calculated if not designsted. open the ter rto,es 10 the free ingress of slavery and that the only safe and consistent course for freenen to pur- sue, is to forever prohibit by positive enactment the introduction of slavery into any of our terrio- ries. And that every dictate of patriotism, justice duty. hamsnity and expedeDey require the imue- diate exercise of that power, that the blighting scourgs of slavery may never more curse territory | now free.
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