The Arkansas banner., 1850-04-02
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Ian ane nanse o sectional pfejudiee. but there arc times which try msn's scala. times which require the active exercise and interpositon of the suerxy and intellect. the sober reflection and ardent patriot ism of the good mea ef the country. of those who are the source of sovereignty of those who are to thrive or suffer under the acts of government The present is an occasion of the kiad Oar political hOFison ls oVsrcast with dark aaA threatening cloud. wheh may bring dsstsuc,isn to oar mach loved. our glOrious Union. From tho GuIf of St. Lawreace to the moush of the Rio Grande, the cry of dsunion" is heard belchsd forth tn bitter tones of tanating defiance, or timidly named with whs- psFed horror. The UuIon Is endangered. and so long as It continues to ts all its citizens, equally and slIks, North and South, East aud West, those rights and liberties those dearly prized privileges and institutions which was intended to protect it h the duty Of every man within lts borders, threatened danger.
 Is, indeed, crisIs thai demands the earnest at tentiOu of the people. and we would be dsrsiei to duty wedid nOtse them that it is time for them to ponder well upon their position, and to give prcsson to their opinion. The people of the nor thern States, dsIudsd hy the crafty emmissarss of British ambition. blinded with the madness Of an abstract fanatcism. relying upon their own nu- merical strength. and encouraged by repeated con- sessions ss the pert ss the ssssh and her present quiet inactivity. have made demands upon the southern States. which their citizens cannot grant withou, sacrificing their rights frssmen and thsir equality as citizens of a common country. without yielding 10 the expressions of the North those lib critics which were given to eur dearest prize, and providing for themseves in the future pOliti- cal noncnti,y. even worse than colonial dependence 1 From the tenderest infancy of the republic until now. out of their love of harmony aud reverence | for the Union, the southern States have invariably yielded to the demands and encroschments of the | North, where sectional interests concerned. These exactions have increased step by steP until already but little is left to the people of the South but their honor and their right 10 live and labor
 In past times the northern section Of the Union has arrogated to it's own exclusive all the rich and fertile country lying between the Ohio and Mssis- sippi rivers. IL has excluded the South from the occupation of all the Louisiana purchase situated North of 360 3V It has appropriated to itself the whole of the vast territory of Oregon. Its repre-  by which the North has received the greater and a disproportionats share of the public monies, and imposed system of taxation by which the South is not only made to bear the greater portion of the expenses of the government, but Is continually drained to add to the wealth and importance of the North. These representatives, impelled by fla nateisn, which to have fed and fattened upon these conciiiatious and concessions, now form majority in the Federal Congress, and in addition to the $90, ,000. .000o of annual tribute paid by the slave to the free States, they seek to exclude our citizens from the aud occupation of all or any of the territories, which acquired by mu- tuaI expenditure of blood aad treasure. They have openly violated and trampled upon the Constitution I by denying to the right to recapture fugitive slaves. They threaten to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, to forbid by law of Congress the interchange of slave property between the States. aud, in spite of law. of precedents and of justice 10 admit into the confederacy sufficient number of new free-soil States, to enable them to possess in both houses of COugressn the electoral college and in every department of government, twO-thirds majority by which they may not only make laws. bus 7, pleasure change and modify the Constitution to suit their wishes aud their own prejudices.
 These things they have done and are now doing, and a, the time insul,ingIy tell that, "URion or no Ua'On, peace, or icsr Uietory uietOry," their ends must be accomplished. Is it not time. then. that tho of the South should arouse themselves and take counsel together what course
 s to be pursued in this really eventful crisis to the i rh.vu ha hrnndAd disun mia but their object Is protection, not disunion. They viii plan, themselves upon the provisions of The constitution. which they have reverencsd and observed, and disunion, if come, will be the sequences only of tho reckless aggressiOns of the l North.
 1 These difficulties can be avoided, not by giving encouragement to the fanatical spirit of northern demagognes. not by meekIy relying upon the feeble power and purity of tho Supreme Court to repair the evil after il is committed. but by firm, manly. and unanimous sxpression of tho determination of the South not to submit to these unjust and unpro voked expressions. There is yet sufficient good sense and genuine patriotism among the mass of the northern people for them understand and ap- precats the position of the South if It is properly brought before them. Already had they begun to moderate their violence when the uufortun nate dema gegueisn of the once great oracle of southern whig gerry awakened new hopes Of the ultimate success l of their schemes. IL can be conclusively shown
 that it Is to the interest of the North to retain the southern States in the confederacy they are. and that without them the whole fabric of the free sol section mus, be overwhelmed with unprecedented ruin and desolation.
 It only remains now for the people of the South to concert to sustain their representatives in the just aud noble position they have assumed upon the floors of Congress. The North will soon b. convinced of its error. and will no longer seek to sacrifice its aterssts for the prOmuIgation of mere abstract idea of mistaken philanthropy. The crisis will be past. the Union wili be preserved brighter and more glorious from the ordeal 10 which it s subjected. and the southern States will be saved either the humiliation of submission or