The Arkansas banner., 1850-10-08
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what.COurSe should the sOuth Takel Ths:provisiOns of Mfr. CLArs.cOmPromiss blli, AthO ugh somewhat improved we admit, have re2 ceiyed the sssnetlOn of the law making POwer.- From the commencement these measures have met, from the of the southern people with unquAli- hsd disupprObaiOn. and many of ihe sOChern mem bers of Congress after struggling against the pas sage Of the bIlls regard them still dsgrscefuly ruinOus to the South in lheIS inevitable tendency. What course shoud.now bs pursued by us, is a question deeply interesting, and perhaps which each Of us may be called upon 10 answer.
 To order inst we should be prepared to decide correctly is important that should be correctly informed of the wrongs ps'petrated by tho North, and the injuries suffered, and s, to be epdursd by the South. This subject should be freely and fairly discussed We are aware that the time once was when to question the psrpetUiiy of this Union, would have bsea held but lIttls less than treason This should have eyer remained the case and doubt Isssly would. had the equality of rights we enjoyed under the eOnstitutien, been respected. Had that instrument remained inviolats, and the Union re- maIned that Union ,s which we owe our allegiance
 But that constitution having been violated and ihe Unlsn in spirit at least having been destroyed our rlghts denied aud interests tramplsd upon, it becomes US to enquire into our condition, and de- termne upon the course which duty points out No one now pretends to doubt the existence of a
 large party at the North ercely hostile 10 the ins,i tu,ion of slavery exists in the South snd who avow their determination to accomplish abolition. This party have fou Dd men to operate with them for the purpose of gaining political Prefsrmsnt- Others because of their popular strength adopt their views, preferring to swim with rather than sgsinst the current. and these different factions, and. ss was the case upon the late contest on the subject of slavery, constitute party representing majority of the American people. But a few years have passed since none dared openly svow the principle abOlitiOpism. with the exception of few consmp- ubIe fanatics. Ths ssprants for political power the weak minded and irresoluts. were with tho friends of the constitution, because it deemed the stronger side, until by combination ofcircum- stances fortuitous in thslr nature the subject of slavery up before Congress % associated as to give the abOliOn party unnatural strength.
 | The whole weight and patronage Of the late ad- ministration, the personal popularity of General TAYLOR, twop upon theatre better adapted 10 his geuius than playing the presidens,> and the nAu- ,encs of his army of office holders, was thrown in the scale against the South. Cslifornjs, with her girdIe of gold. and her crown of pearls stood upon the scale against US. and with her harlot smile al ! lured tn her embrace. few southern Statesmen, and bore them over to the camp of the enemy. Great, snd perhaps good mon, with their hearts set upon presidential honors. dared not speak out for justice and the constitution, and although not
 found in the ranks of the abolitionits could no moral wrong attached to those who were.
 l The combination was too strong and ia van did the South point 10 the constitution. and plead Tor
 its integrity; in vain did she offer to suffer all the blighing of slavery, and asked but to be left alone in the enjoyment of those privileges gusrsn lied to her by the founders of government I he South was defeated. and wrong-dsep and deibe- rstO wrong has been inflicted upon her. The South wronged by the admission of California Ito the Union, because sbe was premstarely forced in, in violation of all established usAges, in eontravsnon of the provisions of the constitution to effect the exclusion of slavery from her limits and if possible to sxtricAs the late Executive from labyrinth of conflicting pledges, disreputably made to hs election. She should not have been admitted, be- causs there existed 10 competent authority to as sembs a convection. The members composing that convention, were elected by few illegal votsrs- Msny Of the msmbers alternatives were citizens of ether States. and the whole ridiculous affair, gotten up and managed by set of political huck- 1 slers and interruptions sbolitouis,s.
 Tk. I;.-.-rh.v~.., of T-.x.. ..d th. ..e,;E.. of portion of her territory a, the shrine Of abol- tonisun, outrage. if possible. less scrupuIOus and more aggressive ihau the admission of CalifOr nis.
 The abolition of the savs-t.ads in the District of Columbia. is but another step taken in the matursd system of northern sggrsssions.
 l These are few of the tangible injuries inflicted upon southern rights and the constitution of our country. Bat the wrong which mus, ever remain irrepa.abie is, that Congress has considered the question of slavery at all. But the subec; has been discussed and determined; the charm has hson bro ken, and this usurpaiion will. in time to come, be held up as precedent to warrant new and heavier ! aggressions. We grow familiar with danger by aP- sociatng with 1t. The weii-traiued soldier will sport with death upon the battlefield, who, years before shfinksd from the dangers of the field. And
 fl this spirit of aggression s not soon checked the | constitution-now violated when northern tyranny demands twill become clay n the hands of the 1 potter, to be moulded or fashioned as will or cap rice may dictate, or. as the fabsd orioles of Delphi be construed to mean whatever ambition or fanati cism may require.
 Men are snibOldsusd by success, and even now sentiments are avowsd upon the floor of Congress and published 10 the world, the u.tersncs of which in the first and Purer days of tho Republic. would have chilled and frozen with horror the very life blood of those to whom the sentiments breaihed Had disnniOn been spoken of then. as now. we should have expected the cearments of the tomb to have barsted, and the old patriots. in their grave clothes, come forth to chidc our imPiety and weep over the apossacy of their cons.