The Arkansas banner., 1850-04-16
[Frem the Rirhmosd Eaquirsr.I D THE PEnpLE OF TIE sOCrH.

TO FIFE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH.
 The critical staas Of our national affairs. and shs ohsliaais detsrmIuaiion 0f the Bortstn fanatics 10 persisg tn thetr mad career, ferees upon us the en qutry as ta wAss fe Ses SHzh s ds, to meet uaesc fepeated. outfsseeUs and GsriBg sgRresSiohs uPoh Der eonstiss,onal aggressaons wa'ea atm 'o destroy her fade peadenee. and make hef Hisfe tfshassry 10 baila SD northern inhnsacs. power, commerce snl wealth al her expense and SegraoA tea. I hays fveseted seriously, though naPleaSanty. upon thls question, and haze to propose Pssn te meet the dangers that threaten as we'ea- seiaA tg not only con nstItatonal, bat just ia iis nstac Sad will be eHeciaAl ia is operations U does net invoavc a wishdrawsi from Inc unies--ihs cons'i- kn,Bpn RmaFantiea the ght Aaa tfle means 70 mees sIi ssch disicatis zrising from pslpsose S'osVoHs CT iafrzciioas of thst iastTument within me hioa. If fhis he the thers is then a' Aesa g e@ eftke gaisa ts yedress ssT sYoags aud these nghis
 and tnexso ses ss,osf be exercised ordinatey wish the extent aud violence of those usarrsssens and sggressioas. and the dangers with whieh we are tlses~hy meBaced.
 Tn. eoaeSe woasa suggest should be HRara sae; Alhoagh . angle State eoa'a saop. ~i.n eaaal justice, vet 1t eosid not so fully meet and arrest oar gfi~ranees. lt is theu supply conn hin~d ectaraIion by the seatnern states thHt saeh sisa saeh northern States, by their total sisregAa sf the federal eomPaet, their aggravated iatracuohS sf the pEoyis0Bs of that instrument aud tne,t Yle NWMfHINtuW3 the soashern States have thereby fSfesisd all she rig,ss, privileges and benehs derived from ssii com psct and esnDet. therefore, be any longer reeeg' Rired ms parties to the same
 Hesa is the exercise of plain constitutional rgai beeaase it is reserved such bs egea Mate as one of he fan5anensal attributes of sovereignty. the right lo lu4Ee for itself Of the violations or iaifse tioas of the compact by any one or mere 0i the
 A st.ts thas seekIess in ibis wild fanaiicsl es- Essx aSf= Taiasiioa to overthrow and pFostrsts then. foFfes all cistfn and ngiat in virtae ef InNfTument. by which she, herself, IS ceterHiEea no longer to be goTerned
 State, uf States, so declared and proclaimed as having totally forfeited si Figst claim party, parties the federal compact, by tasir utter dis regard thereof and wilfai viSiatons o it's PaineSt psoyisoas to be coazkler~j and vswe by the States 90 declaring, as are c<her forsgH States; rigid non-intercourse Seeared, aud the most stringent State laws enaesed and vigorously enforced -saeh State or Ssfse however. lo be fe-adnttej to th.ir usual consatutiOaa iaterccurse after due amends. and s4senin pledge to abide by The terms of llat instr nj hereafter.
 u should be asked huw th. repress utatives of sueh Stste ot Ststrs are 10 be excluded fFoIn Congress, the answer is: this is measure ef tas sovereign States, acting upon their Preserved rights. and within their simits. as& care net il their representatives doabed; Congress Is 5at the sf ts Hmt< acting under specific rules
  When this ersatafs snail assatus t0 eRlafge it. rales of action beyoBd lhe prescribed Limits, sad aftsSnps t~ usarp te powers resesysd by its crea- tors, is scts t0 be ef any force aulaoFiiy and, attempted to hs enforced, the sa9eTioss or creative PoweFs raast either fail back upoa their sriginal sovereignty ia the maintenance of their ri&hts or yield or submit to injustice, oppression aud tyranny, and thss resolve free republican inst tta,ions inso Sss<raa<st ef faree, instead of cSRssRt
 This then, is q constitutional mode, of redress. foand in the T7fs reed by the sovereign States respectively. in the formation of the federal con- pact, aad is JHsifled by totsi disrfqar5, tAe part sf tas H9theTa N1tss 0f tks prosssaas of Ast faafyaaeaf 7Ae Tsspoasibfitsg tksa rests trsA "A. HeTtheTa Natss; ts<g d,frrUziaei to resslists the eonsthstlsRSt compact and sci st Hasg, they eanaot fiS5dfalty etaiaR contend that lae Soath sail be bound by il, and the sniy course left for the southern States is. either lo withdraw from compact no longer valid by the North or to stand by the consultation, as they ever have done, and declare thoss States. either of thea thus repa. eiattng that sacred instrument, no isnser part ners h the federal Uatoa.
 II you ask for instances Of Northern Ayyrssstous upon your rights and infFscfions of the Conssita- tioa of sueh character ss 10 justify the proposed, answer, they of frequent occurrence courageous aud insusfeFabie h is known to the whole csHairy of the freqaent sbductinas and ssassL sAssA isis iAA fss@ fssAre@ y citixeRs or those States Their Legislatures have enacted laws obstructing our recovery of sucsi fsgitves and declaring them free. Time and again have our citizens attempted, under the guaraatees Of ths Constitution, to their property and they have been baeey iasuIted, mobbed. seized and inpFssonea in the common jaiis of our coaatry.
 All know the nature of ils4 Wiimet Proviso-ttts Is to deprive the citizens of the southern States of thcss rights, benefits and privileges whieA they equally claim In the territories ss the common p.s. perty of ait the Sttes; the abolition of slavery aud the slave trade tn ths District of Columbia and be- tween the several Ststes-an attempted ussrpaton snd exsreis~ of power by Congress no where to 6 foand among the granted powers and directly con- hc'ing with the constitutional rights of Inc Saata.
 All Ihese repeated outrsges aad insults ani dar- ing attempts of the northern States upon ihs rights ef the Soath. is open c-F-gari and contempt of the terms os the Joint co pact and their riHiuaton, ss Plainty maaifestsd. obs;inaiey To coa,ius them leave ths South no other alternative but to adont such measures of self preservation and Geeace as right and justice demand
 That measure, or mode. Is already suggested: stand oy the CS ,~tution; and the State or States which are determined 10 repadiate and set ft at nsagh,, declare and proclaim them as out of the Union and deal with them accordingly. NoIcT FRox LOUISIANA.
 Clntoa, Louisiana, March i6.
 The above is from gentleman, not upknowa to fame a the last PresiSentisI canvass His views tally with these of Gov. Floyd, and meri, careful attention, l-Ed. Eaqairer.