The Arkansas banner., 1850-03-12
The slnreh aue.tion.


 the most confident belissrs ia tbs isdissolubty oi the Cnion look with s9Bess st ths violence sx- hibi,ed In the national legislature. and feel, for the first time that the drssled aiteFnative may be al hand. Is there no statesnsn with influence sufi- eIent to quiet this turmd. no one with brains aud patriotism enough to led us out of the diiiicnlty' and calm the troubled elSnents7 We Will not dis pair; but. at the same tins auy of sense mast regard the state of thing. with alarm NeF is this
 period for the people of Arkansas, or any southern State to sit with folded rms, trusting that all may yet be right. The fanatcs of the North are urging with frantic eagernrss won their representatives in Congress ultra measure against the South, while in son,e Of their State legislatures openly advo- eating disunion The ntthern whig papers are dis seminaing doctrines cshnlated in every respect to exasperate southern mel. to TOnae feeling of en- mity towards the peopeof the slave States. and to prepare them for q disolutOn In this unholy work the New York Tribune, the leading and most inAuential whig paper D New York, Ahe editor of which IS a member of Cngrcss, tells us he would sooner that the Union slpuId be shattered than to see the enactment of lsv which would admit sa- very into the new terri,ofes. The same paper, al another time, says:
 .But of the two evils, ,isuniou or slavery exten- sion, sce prefer lks for1ng; of the two perils we consider inc istter more inminent Whenever the alternative shall be preseiied-" Give to slavery all the territory south of 36 3V the Union shail be dissoived"' eur answer eka be '.Perish fhe Cai0at Freedom aud justice foTesern If the people of the free States will tempersey, kindly, but firmly evnce the sentsehl, V shall escape the curse and shame of slavery extension, and still preserve the Union"
 Again, movement has bsen made in favor of tie dissolution of the Union in Boston, and peti- ton to the following eftet has been widely circula- led throughout the Stat of Massachusetts, No one will doubt that will hys thousands of advocates, and we publish 1t in ful to show what extent the evil exists:
 Io the Senate and HAse 0f Representatives of fke NGfe ot MassdchaseHs: :-Ihe undersigned, iBliabl tunts of the town of-+, in this State deeply im- pressed with the necessity, duty and importance of such act, earnestly Rquest that you will imme- diateiy cali a conveniio, Of ihe people of this uonweaiih to delermiie evhat measures shall be taken to effect peacefg secession from the Ameri- eau union for some orp of the following reasons: l.. Because a porlionSf the citizens of Mass4ehu- sctis solely on accoun; of the skin which |, has | nl on visiting the Sou,hea States are seized, thrust into prison, tined. ;onkmued to work with felons in the chain gang. and frequently sold on the auc- ton block slaves in contempt of the sovereignty of the State, and iu utter disregard Of that clause in the United States Constitution which declares. The citizens of hch State shall be entitled 10 ail immuDties of citi7sus sf the several Ststes''
 ?. Because perfectly legal measures to bring these outrages to the notce of the federal court are for bidden by severe p,nal euactments; and the ngents of the conmonw cath. especially deputied for this purpose. have been dhven back with insult and violence; the fedora government being appealed to in vain through Cogreks. for redress.
 3. Because it is morally degrading. politically disastrous, and glalng paradox, for State glory ing in it's freedom. tobd a partnership with States gloryiog in their slatry
 4 Because, by lhsai lance Of the North with the South the slave powS has been enabled 10 acquire the immense terrtoris of Louisiana, Fioria, Texas. New Mexico and Cli ornia, aud is now plotting for the annexation q the Island of Cuba, mainly for the purpose of esienling aud perpetuatng its supremacy.
 Bat specially:
 j Because. by tlp compromises of the United States Constitution southern slave ioiders are al lowed slave representation in Congress; the right to hunt and seize their hgitive slaves the sooi Massachusetts; and tooemand, in case cf emer cency, the aid of Nus ychuSetis to suppress slave
 
 commonwealth consent to these compromises, go long viii they be moray and politically responsi' be for all he cruelties fl the slave system.
 We will end this artile with extrsct from the Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, of February 2ith, whia will show how far we are from compromise and cnciiation:
 have witnessed, of kr, no increasing signs of disposition, north or sonh, ocompromise the slavery question; on tle cou'fay. think that Congfe's IS intther of now than Il yer has been from conrli- atnn and conpromise. Tnere is much less of con- cla1ory temper than hs been heretofore. do not kaow what t!Iect GenHal Tayor's visit 10 R'ch- 1 moni may have, but according 10 all accounts from that qnsrieT The poiiel atmosphere of that capitol is mofe heated than cvn of this. As far Souih AS We eau hear from thereis noihi 7 but exeteneni, pas ion aGd preparation. Everything indicates a s'orn. II s almost ab,,FG, in ths slate of things 10 iak of compromise.
 Mir. Ciav's plan has sci with less favor than was expected ior lt al the b,lb, and none whatever at thr South.
 The noltnern men, N lo until recently. have taken iiitie share in ,be slWsy discussion, have got up their blood, and are hllng fierce defiance al inc South. Horace Manul speech was declaration of war He declared thatthe North wouh not yield an inch. even 10 avert He cdiam.tss of civil war Thadhsus Stevens piva,hed crusade against the accused ns'ituton. C,l. Bissel's speech oftoday. was iuIi o scornfu tans and fiery, inveetiye, and fierce lsnuaciaIion against ihe South. These are men who addie,edto no gasconaie, and they mean what they say.
 l. appears 10 fae that the North has assumed a higher and boier tone Ian al any former time. and thai the argument on which ih-y rely ls the sword.
 Gen. Cass' speech inreply to Mir. Clemens vas the @aTlnesi and most eeqnen, that he has ever delivered, and hecaW>et came from hs heslt. If hs :sss iot tine tone oi sehanee, II was thai oi dcs par fie warned the South thai theiI threats had df,re8 tte North 10 The rait, and he deeisred rhatIcay, for himself, taat he could moi siaad I The claims made ny Southern tarn in behalf oi slavery, as an nstItuot he utterly sepudated; and m iaei, hs whole speech consisted of objargalions against the Soaih, and the expression ot positive b-llei that the question must lead to civil war.
 APPolSTMESrs.--Ths President has appointed Hon. LITTER SEVERANCE, formerly member of Congress from Maine, Commissioner 10 the Sand wien Islands. He has also appointed Hon. CHARLES FOLK. formerly Governor of the State of Delaware, Collector of the port d Wilmington, to fiji the vacancy caused by the death of the late w. P. BsoB gOx ESn