The Arkansas banner., 1850-05-28
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ia anelhcr Pestlez q our papss. Never was the sssiea of any numtss ef usn ieskea te with deeper CT nese shriillas sszissy by ssmmsai,y. than Ia thEs laslanea. Tbs aititnds which thsy occupied. was eae indeed sf fearful ssd responsible ns- tars ThsPsaes, haPpissss ssd gIsry of ths whsls country sssmsd. h . measure. dspssdsns apOn lhsir wisdom, patriotism and soasd dlscrs.ion.-- They were "ths observed of all obseSvers," Of ali elassss and eeadisieas q mss. sf all sssss, parties and faeiions.
 The patriot end ssaissman who loved hIs whole eeuntRy with dlaniersstsd devotion. regarded with fear end trembling the operations of the committss. ss day alsr day s seilsd on to conclusions which, s was deemed. must leave their impress for veal or woe uPon the aAtion's history.
 1 The hsarllsss end corrupt politician looked Oa too with trembling istsFps,, feeling that one ghOst of discord nfer another exercised. that his o7PoFtunity fer promotiOn and evil doing were diminished.
 The unpriaeiplsd and detestable fanatic exhibited deep and desperate sarnes,ness ss he waited GOE the result Of the deliberations of the committee, which he feared night anset,Ie his plans Of sgta- ton and OPPresSiOa and bring to peaceful and hap py termination. the alarming and disiEaeting Issuss. which were threatening the safety of the Union. I, is known that there are tn Congress men from the North to whom no plan of settling these exei- ting questions wnuld be satisfactory. Their exis- tenee depends upon pandsrisg to the tastes Of set of ratorOus sbolitoniss; they feed and atien upon the praise which is awarded 10 them fos their abuse Of the Soa,h and their efforts to destroy her righ,s under the Constitution. Let but the olive branch be thrown out by party In the present fearful contest and caught up by the other in the true spirit of eoneilia,on; let but the glad news go forth that our political bark has ouirode the storm and again floats maestiesIly and quietly at her mooring.; le, it be known that the contest over, that justice has tramphed. and ali is well, and these contemplate canting, hypoeriIcsl f,natics will be whipped through the land by inc scorpion lash of public in dignation.
 But if the questions submitted for the eonsiiera- ton oi this committee, Of such vital import Tor good evil let inquire how they have discharged the trus, eonfiied 10 them.
 Aiter mature and patent investigation, the repor; has been offered 10 the Senate. reviewing the impnr- tant questions referred to the committee with bills for the complete and final settlement of the ssita- ting controversy.
 Will the passage Of all these bills. as they came f'om the committee. answer the ends ot which they were framedf Will they serve to allay the excite. ment, protect our Iighis, and save from anarchy aud disunionl IT so they should at once be adopted But we fear this will not answer fully the purpose There are many provisions in the bills presented which imperioasly demanded ia the present state of a4Is but there is much beside that is Ob- jeeiionabIe.
 Although this effort. and 1t may bs the last. has been made by the ssges, and best men of the eoun. try, although tnlen.s and labor have been employed to ward off the impending stOrm, by men whose heads have become white in the service of the coun- try, and whose patriotism will stand the test of scrutiny and time, although thirteen such men, some of whom consider it, perhaps, tho close of long life as insl peace offering at their eOun- try altar, we take the privilege hnmbly to differ on some most important points.
 We object to the admission of California with her almost Iimitlesa boundaries, stretched out too as we firmly believe, with no other view than to ex. clude much as possible, the South from her fair proportion of the acquired territory. We object to every thing in connection with CaIiforni,; the un- precedented and unjust means rssOrted to by the administration 10 induce her apply for admission Stais free Sist.; the modas opera ndi of get tidg up their miscaed Convention, without the authority of the General Government, or the num- bers upon which that authority could have been based We object to the spirit which che has ma tested to pandsr to the tastes and appetss of abo
 itiOnsts and their influence that che may get ] into h.. H.f~ h~.
 We object to the vexatous preliminsries imposed npon the slave owner before he can reclaim his property, stolen from hin, by northern negro thieves. We object to these as measures of com. Protaiss. because we understand by the term com. promise, mutual advantages. mutual concession. mutuafsaeri6ce; but iu this the yielding and con. cesson is all made the side of the Souih the ad- vantages all upon the North.
 The South gives up all CoIifornia, and that too under the mes. provoking and insulting eifcsm- stances What do we get in re,ural Is n ter. ritorsai government in Utah and New Mexico, with out "fhs Wlmoti" This is but granting right O; ] which we have been deprived in Caiifornia. Had the Infaasas precise been attached 10 these territo ries, patience would have sieksned aud died, and forbearance been 40 longer a virtue IL would be 1 accepting as . boon, what Is our own, under the guarantee of tho constitution sad of right. Are we pointed to the fugitive slave bill7 This Is but an acknowledgment sci forth in the form of anact of Congress, reudered offensive and disgusting by oppressive requirements from the slaseholdsr.
 These are some Of The objee tons We entertain 10 the bills; but, more than ali we object to the whole pIan report and bis. because they evincs sa utter disr, gard for the "Missouri Compromise Iine' and . clear declaration that the North are governed oy no agreement. by no compact with the Soath how l ever solumnly entered inte. but the contrary know no law beyond that of self interest and DO TO- l atraint save the stFoag arm ef power
 With these facts before Us, and all the concession that is dsRaHded. what of policy should the ! Soath pursue h the crisis What path does oar duty to ourselves, our children, and our county post out to usl Shall we reject k us . whole and cooperate with those factiOnsts of ihe North whe opPoss It, and who desire nothing than the continued agitation of this great dif6cultyl Should we aid in defeating the plans presented by the com l mittee, when nothing more liberal can he expected