Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-12-09
Let ns Look to inc Enture.

We have coniended earnestly and faithfully, for the success of the southern rights party, because we believed that the success of that party would give commanding position and moral power to the south which would secure us from the impo- sitonS of the north in future. The southern rights party has been defeated and in that defeat the moral force of the south has been lost. Until now, thousands, both north and south, have con- fdently believed, that southern men would defend their just rights at all hazards and to the last tremity." Who believes it now The events of the last year have destroyed all confidence in southern threats and southern resolutions. Here after, if we wish to be believed, we must act-- The protests, and the declarations of southern men, will pass by like the idle wind, which no man regards The little Spartan band at the north. which stood up nobly for the constitution and the rights of the south, we fear will loose all conf dence in our frmnesS, and give up our cause in disgust; and what IS worse, southern men will loose all confidence in each other. The UnIon party has triumphed, the Union is safe, but the spirit and confidence of the south IS lost. The Union was never in danger from the southern rights party. But it was the policy of the office seekers to make the people believe that the Union was in danger, that they might have excuse for a union party. They have obtained their object, they have got into office, and now they admit that the Union IS safe. Even South Carolina has submitted and every one must now confess that the Union IS perfectly safe. Now, wien everybody feels satis- fed that the Union is safe, u ere is no longer any necessity for Union party. The object for which 1t was formed IS accomplished, and its mission is at an end.
 But if the Union is safe, southern institutions are not, and t IS time all the true friends of the south to unite for their preservation. The Union men have TO longer any excuse for holding back They have professed to be friends and champions of southern rights, and said they were willing to go as far as they could for thelr protection in the Union. few months will prove whether these professions are true or false. If we see them standing shoulder to shoulder with the true friends Of the south, firmly resisting every future encroach ment upon our rights, then we may believe their professions are sincere. But if we find them col iudtng with soiiers, and for the sake of federal office, giving aid and comfort" to such men as Scott, Webster, and Fillmore, we may know that all their professions hollow and deceitful, and made only to deceive the people and promote their selfish ends. Let every freud of the south watch these men, and observe carefully the signs of the times. Demagogues have endeayored to withdraw oir attention from the north. where all the danger lies, and turn our suspicious upon our friends in Alabama, Mississippi and Carolina. What harm could we apprehend from our neighbors in these States, who have the same interests 10 protect that we have, and are exposed to dangers in com mon with ourselves. All of the southern States have common bond of interest binding them to each other, and he Is no friend of the south who attempts to array the prejudices of one southern State against another. Let all such men be watched, they have some selfish scheme to promote, and sooner or later shall see them selling thetf birth right for mess of pottage. Feieral. Union.