The Arkansas banner., 1850-04-09
ruE PORTION OF PARTIEs.

THE POSITION OF PARTIES.
 h the midst ef the present important eFnis' rhsn the wLeie esuniry b shaken to its very cen re, when the chains which bind the States together Ire strained in every link and the Unicn itself hrsssessd with annihilalioa. when the imminent iangsr ts the rights and isssi,usisns of the South 70 ,oudly demands the anitsd action and patriotic fvtermIaatIou of all her citizens, we regret te zee 70 large portion of the whig Prsss snd the whis party arrnyiaV itself against the moS vital interests of the soashern States azalnss the cOnstiusien and the country. We had hoped that the PrsSs'ng ne cessIy for the preservation of southern rights would have opened their eyes to the purity ssd stability of demOcru,ie principles, and ndaesd them 10 make common cause with us in defending ourselves from the agrresuions of free sOiism and preserving in- v;ola,s in. consultation Of oar country. la thisl VI. havs heen appointed. EphrAim is Joinedl ,o his i3ol.." The whig party s too inveseFate m its eami,y to every principle of democracy ever '' leo-oeers.e with us even In the earnest enceaVof 'O pYosee, ourselves from oppression and to maintain the Unioa. The same party, which in l''o s'aed wi,h the crown aud endeavoFed to suppress the ln- digra,IOu meetings and quiet the remOns'Fances oi the ,xr.a, ,roden coonisss; the same party, when in lsla traitOroasy displayed the blus-ighss al, Hartford, us signals to the enemies of their counEy' the party, which, n she recent contest win Mexco' reiased supplies to the American soldiers and 'oo"-
 and openly gave aid and comfort to their ee-
 mics; the same party that has ever advocated . .rI,;.~ .f sh. -a~n~-~ -f ~------~ --e"- ~ !
 Fgar1ess of the means, has ever sought to gratsfy
 Tits lust for high places, only to absse its trust and 5egislaie for the few al the expense Of the many, { blinded by the falIaciOus demagOgueism Of HkSRY lCLAY and led on by the wild fsnaiicism of HoRAcS
 GKEELr and others like him, is opposing itself to
 the attempted self preservation of the South, and
 as far as it dare do sO encouraging the encrOach- men,s and sggres<ions of the Free soilers of the 2 North.
 On the other hand, we do not say It In any PhsFi
 ssIcs spirit but the recorded facts speak for them
 selves, the democrats of the country found, as they ever have been since the days of JEFFERSON, on the side of the country and the constitution. By resolution in tho Baltimore Convention oi
 4s in reference to the slavery question: they openly declared the doctrine of noaiateruentisn, and still
 in al their sssemblages, in aboliiionist New
 Engsnd and Pennsylvania. instead of this traitor
 our sentiment of the New York wbig editor. '' Lei lhe nion be thousand times shivered rather than
 we should aid you to plant Slavery on Free-sOii.' < they emphaticay condemn both the WiImot pro
 viso and the State laws against the recovery of fU
 gitive slaves uSjus.i6able aggressions upon the constitution and southern rights. This is the true
 position of the parties at present. It surely needs snO comment. There are, 1t is true, among ourselves
 and in our sister States and even in the Senate of the United States, many good whigs who, prompted by pure and patriotic motives, have thrown of the
 irsmmels of party and nobly espoussd the cause of
 the constitution and the Union. We admire their manly independence and heartily greet them with
 joy and gratitude. With such spirits iocking to our aid, we yet may be able to achieve triumph of principle over fanatiesm, asd without any fur ther compromise of the honor or the rights of the
 South, the Union may yet be preserved to be trans
 mitied 10 those who may come after Us, as re- crived it from our Fathers, one and iadivisble.
 without stain and without reproaeh.