The Arkansas banner., 1850-08-27
A esuAprEn oN pODCIyc.

the Cempromiss blli beeams known ts the Editor sf ths "tasstie and Democrat, ,' ke would trim hts sails te suit the pepaisr brsszs. Thin vs- ri6ed hy the subslaaiiai chaags which grew nP In Gavor of southern rights. and by the Gazette and Democrat at the last hsar bveemisg an OPponsst Of the COmpromlss blIl aftsf ssylng bsssowel upon t . warm and nearly support from i.s birth. and having denounced thoss wlio exposed iis aujust provisions. We had no idea whea ws gave place to this item, that should provoke ,irade of two columns n reply, and far Isss did we expect to be asssiIed wilh such spithets aS dishonorable," [" nisan,"s' q malieIoas.'' !" traiiOrous" &c.. &c. We absolye the nominal editor from any psrtici- patton In the bad taste and wOrse judgment exbi- blsd tn this attack. It s altogether probable that, coniding In his :" distinguished employee" he did not has happened before. see the article until was In print" Furthermore, we do not believe that the ancient editor. trembling almost uPon the brink of the grays enisrains so fierce degree of rancer towards us d Is manifested in the prediction in the last Gazette and Democrat gracefully hea ded " Stop Thief" We can see the ear marks of | the writer as we'll as If we had our foot upon his neck. Hts early education, In the OrnaHnsafat parts of speech, has Rsf been neglected and IL Is evident that biIlingscaie is a weapon furnished him by na' ture to compensate for her nigardiness to him in nober qualities. We shall therefore spare our req d.rs any retort ts this esasts langasge believing we do, that reason and truth will be accePta- hle than contes, in blackguardism where the most depraved can succeed best.
 Bot the employee not content to heap upon us so liberay this abuse attempts also to place us in the same category into which the :" Gazette and Demo- crat" has fallen, and prove us guilty of the same absurd inconsistency, and foudness for " summer sets" Like the fox who had his tail cut oil, he feels the degradation aud endeavors to fix others in the same miserable predicament. The weak and confused effort to exhibit any inconsistency upon our part rests solely upon his assertion and he does not and cannot quote single line from the columns of tho Banner" to sustain him ia It. No- thing but resort to the most bare faced perverson of language and meaning would show aughi but strict adherence to the platform we at first formed for ourselves in relation to the Compromise bili.- What that was brief extract from our first article upon the Compromise, which appeared in the ' Banner" of the 2sih May last, will tell After snumera,ing ths causes of our OppOsitiOn to the Compromise, ihe reader will find the following de- clareiion:
 These are some of the objections we entertain to the bill hnt more than all, we object 10 the whole p an, report and bills, because they svincesn utter disregard for the " Missouri Compromise line" aud | clear decar ation that the North governed by no agreement, by no compact with The South how | ever soienhiy entered into, but on the contrary | know no law beyond that Of seif interest, and no restraint save the strong arm of power.
 With these facts before us, and all the concession Ina, is demanded hat course Of policy should the South pursue in the crisis' What path does our duty 10 ourselves, our children, and onr country | point ont 10 nsi Should we dash al once, and
 oreyer the last hope of reconciliation snd Ie every thing go broadly ant nnmistakeably into dissolu- ! ioa oi .he Union! We say not.
 With all dcherence to the opinion of others, unjust and oppressive ss The alternative may be, We would oaer the report of the eoinmist opted, than | that the southern members should withdraw lFoin Congress. We would labor to lop of the objec;ion- able branches expunge its unjust provisions. modify
 s objectionable features, but failing in the efort 10 improve il, go for il with all its objectionable ieat- ures with all its sins and enornes on it's head, as the i.ast evil 10 which we may be driven.
 We would pursue this course because we can do no better We would take the compromise bills oBiy as the last alternative between what believe 10 be the committees plan and absolute dsuuion.- There are none who regard The idea of dissovng the Union with more holy horror than ourselves; but we are willing 10 admit that northern aggression may 20 so far and events may transpre, that would lead or ce us into its advocacy; but the compromise bills, as they now stand. do not present an issue so l feaflal.
 From the position then taken and the opinions there expressed. we have swerved. If we have even seemed 10 deviate from this grouad, 1t was 10 advocate some amendment which we deemed more favorable ia the South. such as that propos- ing to extend .hs Missouri compromise line to the Pacific or any other measure having for it's objec. the annihilation of the Wimot proviso. We were even willing that the South boundary of California should be the 3ish degree. thus redeeming so much territory at least from the bane of free soilism, and we rsassert that the portion South of ba, line would make territory equal in square miles, with few exceptions, to tho largest States ia the UaiOn.
 Nothing but utter ignorance. or determination to misead the public, cOaid have induced the employ 10 insist upon a statement to the contrary, and so clearly foreign to the truth. In his effort however
 to sheer at and rdicuIe inc idea of settling the ques ton by the line of 3t'. he has overshot the mark by plainly cOntradctins that part of his article in which he charges that our object to support the failing fofiunes of MT JOHNSON, or advance the tra- torous cause of disunion." If we were willing to tsks even that miserable " bounty for the sake ofsettling the question, certainly proves our acqu- in act of grea. injustice before advocating " the trai,orous cause of disunion." Such con,ra- dic,ions are not uncommon with those who, having pursued course erroneous and injurious, would blind tho public to the wrongs th-y have committed. The witness who purjures himself at the bar of justice rarely fails 10 exhibi, his true character by the inconsistency of hs statements
 l In truth. the whole argument to show that the Banner has not been uniform in its course. is a la bored confused aud muddy effort, nteIligible only as toths envy and uacharlabsness of the intention which directs 1t.
 1 There is QUO sentiment expressed ia the article thus noticed, in which we cordially concur, that 1t Is "far better and moro honorable to bs ri94 than | n.e ua,l1 f.x