Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-04-22
The old and the New Webster.

Tsn or twelve years ago, at time when the annexation of Texas had not yet been seriously metItated by any considerable portion uf our peo- pls. rsnlei Webster made 6 set Speech m our city wherein he volunteered a declaration that resis- taRee n the extension cf slavery and slave power ander our government was with hun a rn1tier of conscientious principle and patriotic duty, whic ' could not bc waived nor compromised, bat must be lived up to at al hazard and al all cost
 Seven years ago he spoke at 5aif rvals through the stttggle cf 1874, making resistance to slavery exteaSlpn the great controlling sSSue, ani there gp0n calling northern feemen to rally to the whig s.an4a,t Well do we remember he bitterness he felt and expressed ca ;he teceip. ot MT. Gays first Alabaula letter, which seemed 10 take the true groun1 from under our feet.
 Three years ago. Mg. WetSter came into the sup port ot n. Taylor with raftagned reluctance, in view of f!e pro slavery influence which, to great exteaj, secured hIs naail a,lon. '' The Nofh' said Mir. w. in one of his first speeches Of that campaign; " there is no North!--but thiuk see iaIlcaion that hereafter there acH be koytb. tSc. &c.
 Ia ,ka; campaign. Nlr Webster rid.euled the clam If the Van ButeIis and their Bnhalo drove Q be dis,,1s ILshed free soilers. clsined the Wi.ln3. pf0visO not Davys a; all. bfi; hs thun- der, ani inSsgei that he ami h.s whE brethren had been WphllaHg the free Soll banner for years be- fore ihc Wilmots and Vsa BaFeus ever thought of such tl.ag-fha, Inc whig party was ire true party of resistance 10 tho caeroachrents of slave power, and the Buifai0es were bogus.
 In 1879, Hr Webster fought noble battle in the Senate against the eriS of the exten .lonists and thcir allies to organize California. 6e., with ont the WIimo; proyiso and maintained the stug- gle down 10 the last hoars cf the session.
 In IS5H-nat yei one year ago-MT. Webster, even after making hs great plange, dec.ared in the Senate tha, any fugitive siaye bill to he passed eaght D guarantee 10 the persons claimed as fug- ttycs tria by jury, and, in thrs coBnsct ou took frooi ts dgawtr l biil which h- said he had drawn l0Hl asfdrc, expressly securing thts right.
 Aa1sbe. Mir Webster --diyerse n spirl., though iaiantcai ia b1iy-has just tecn making g speech D the eiseinblsd slave breeders of NaFtiand--a speech very fui Of Iniou aad yery empty of liberty Taly sprsch speaks of the fc3eEs si coast u.ion as compact between slave states na the one hand and free states or the othefs wbcn n tfnth the wisac. substantially were slave SlaieS-nsariy all ioidMg men n boaiage, ant ID one of them having ihen h1lshtfsliy considered tue elkiea aai socia bear lasS of slavery. Tnts speech talks as f hostility to of even 8 disposition l1 ask notifications of ihe pyeseai fugitive slave law, wsiea utterly desiez; and saayerSS that rghl Of trial by iaFy which he o,bey Mir Webster assisted should be inyi0lale-- woFe syaonyrn1as with disioyally-to tae UnbOa-i with mlg2i treason
 hota 'aese Iaea make able and plausible speet-tys bat in spite of our progressive tendencies. our foRdsca Eof nov ity-we eaas AeIp hkiag the old We1S;et bgs,lr ihaE iLe new one