The Arkansas banner., 1850-05-21
THE BULwARK OF THE COUNTRY.

THE BULwARK OF THE COUNTRY.
 Never. since the frs, formation of the Esvsss=sst has the democratic party bad morS just to be proud of its position upOs questions of public policy lhsn at present From ls very birth the object of a
 it's struggles the tendency Of ali its doctrines hes been to retain ss much possible the sovereign power in the hands of the people in whom by right and nature it was vested, and to carry inces- saut war against the consolidation Of power in the few under any form whatever. Upon every meas of great national importance, il has always been found upon the side of the people. of the consIi,u ton and of fS.ate-rghts. Time ana experience, and that great safeguard of liberal ins,situtions the sober second thought" have invariably sustained the great measures advocated by the democracy and proved by practical illustration, the purity Of it's purposes. The stability Of its principles and ihs expedieney of its policy. unGer the guidance of a JEFFERSON It batiled with Federalism until The names 5s FedeTaiis: aud TTsi:sT have become almost sy- anonymous; led by the great inlFepidity Of JACK SON, it attacked and triumphed over the Hydra reptile to an infamous oblivion, and saved the try from the poisoned influence of a union of the purse and sword. When the minions of federalism would have srrogated to the General Government nt powers and privileges only and justly belonging to the respective States the democracy interposed to defend the constitution from the threatened infrac ton and preyeat 90 dangerous and unwsranied as- sumptions of power. When few nabob manufac lures of New England sought by means of mis- called tariff to build up an enormous monopoly and to tax the many for the exclusive benefit of the few, the democracy stood up for the protection Of the interests of the masses. and the safety oi the farmers, the main dependence and support of all communities. At every period of our country's his- tory, in the hour of trial and odauger it is to the democratic party that the people have looked with confidence and found strength. counsel and relief From the first approach of the present crisis, from the moment when the " cloud no bigger than the hand" first rose up like speck in the northern horison, until now, when reckless fanaticism and sectional jealousy urging the North to acts of violence and injustice which will make our constl- tuition but thing ot straw and much valued and cherished liberal institutions but idle mock amid all the storms of fierce debate bitter invectves and foul denunei1tioH, not unfrequenty from tra- torous recreants from it's own ranks, the democ. racy ofthe country has stood firm and unfiinching
 in the support of justice and of right It has planted itself upon the constitutional platform and denIes the right of Congress to arrogato itself any power not already delegated to it In the primary meet ings and in the State and National Conventions of democrats, from Maine to Texas, the principle of intersection, with reference to the slavery ques tion has been asserted, and. in spite of the base insinuations and cunning arti6ces of federal whig- gery ana noparty fanaticism. it will be maintained We may be branded as disunionists, we may be lkened to Hartford Conyentionsts but We will persevere to the end We will neither faint nor fail for the safety of the country and the whole country our purposes must eventually be accomplished, they may be obs,ructed and delayed by unconstiliona and garngly unjust attempts to break down the consti- tuition and the constitutional party. but when the reckless rsge and maddened fanaticsm and jealousy of the North shall have driven the government to the very brink of dissolution, the people will turn with horror from the teachings of the zealots and irnpos;crs and once find safety and refuge in the doctrines and the measures of the democratic party.