Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-05-27

ted 10 maintain the rights ei thc South. oe ,,. 8 imagine tote necessary to argue ahosi th..-4.-. secession. We hold t to he Shc sr,s, S,,,t .al,t without which all others are ntgealar, and '. .,- hsc oi being enforced and your paS,t,on .,-
 us ihai yeuT faith cannot he d.aeyen. frspc,'.S
 Nor can we regard Il eS coeSSsry asy isr,t.... diseWsSs The wrongs which have hecn .rs-,... '' the Souiherp States. Thcy may 6s 4...-. .a those who shut tnCf eyes Co ihsiu. bat ,,., .., Z belong to that class. Sohthcga ani Et,,s p . Usen may dsnsy as to tho necessity af ,,.,' the Fght oi secession at particular i,rue m eeuG, e5 those wrongs. But ss cc7ts.p5, .. tight exists. each state must pcSscy tls ,-t, { judging fay herself. as ta lhc occasion ss8 t.. hS exercise II soath CaEOltna Gcsia,s ttsfl.s and Salety reqaire her io sece,lc. SAs tse t..,. i 70 leave the C0nie5lerary nracsahly aof a..s " atol statiog II fhc ael v SeeeNs5et s ,s. - ,'' nsttieaAte ec peacesble, d wlii be nun ,,ss-, " oi power by the Federal Goycnialspf. a,f f,.r.' nature el the aci performed by South tsf,1.f, Accustomed sS we have been 10 r,al5ti,,s .s.. Consultation, and 6f the rights al tfe Sost.-..
 States by the Federal Government. p,. lst. t, ,'" 1 forward to tho probability of sno,her oatfsss s
 that Government, n the attempt Co ls,yce th. S. { 10 remain n tie Union We suppose ,l, s,.s,... i wlii be made, if the Southtm Statts psrpt ', t l Those States mast declde fag themselves wi,,.,. t they will permit it. South Carolina n,nSs 3s.1 l ior hetseit whether it is necessary sa Sece,}a u
 sister States of Inc South viii bayp no ..t. .
 complain that she forces thsln into a r,s,..
 where they nlusi either inlefpoye to nreyes, t.. l SoplnEduon, 0r, hy consenllRg Ca it. abandon ,h own sovereignty, aud lay themselves q, tbe s,+,. 1 oi deSpoOc power. iN StceGing SBntb IsY,i
 Will simply do an act which all Southrrn ls,,g ,t
 beheve ln the existence of State rights at an r,,
 adMi that she has perfect right ta do. and vt,.t
 she regards as absolutely necessary. Sbs nm {
 acting on her sacred rgh. Sic Will lc ssi,s, s
 she weuid have to act, f none of tbe otbe, Sos,I
 ern States were h existence, and she weYr iA, ,y
 " oaFgt oi aggression by the Northern sia,sz sal
 the Federal Government She IS pot ansu.,,lI { Tor the gsarpationS and injustice winch may Ic oounhiied against her. And for her slsieI S,si,. of the South which she reeanls as io8iSnepss,5
 fof seli- preservation, would te an interference v
 her trce action ef far different character ffnp sn. 1 with winch she can be charged towards fheu ! SeVerelgns are equals. In seeeaine niors So vs,
 Carolina would be placing her sister States of tA
 south under no constraint. II they. should find themselves m position af coHstsaini, Il wogH ! come from the action of tue Federal Goyernpeg,
 not of South Carolina Rut if thcy sbnol5 'nss.
 upon her Tefranag from ihe exercise of her Y,bt
 and submitting to condition which she reearss ss into lerable, they would make themselves esr,
 with the Federal Government in placing an es
 lustnable conStraint upon sovereign and an e,ssi We wish that the necessity for separate aetus ] by Sauth Carolina, winch we have contemplatgs
 may be averted. We eonAde in the sallan, sD,
 it's whom we address. There may he s1rpe hops si inc assembling of a Southern Congress to devss measures Of redress and relief npea winch sons
 Of the injured States may unite. We haze berc
 totore cen willing 10 sacrifice much ror Southers Union We Still are. We da moi desire 10 ita9 but to follow. Propose any etieclnai mcasgrrs f,
 yindeating our common rights and providing s
 our common safety, and we wlll heartily Na.r
 with yon in carrying them ont. We should s- gret most deeply to incur the censure Of tyiendS
 with whom we have the strongest desre to at. H
 concert But we feel deep conviction tha, Fe have not acted heretofore with any precipitstoe
 and that we are i'll the right in the deteraiuaior
 which we have formed The self abas .meat e
 submission, appears to us unworthy Of raen ytf pretending to be free. The gloomy prospect ai
 inevitable ruin to follow submission appeas a IS more formidable than any dangers to be encoGn
 tered ln coniending alone, agalnst whatever odjs i for our rights. We have ealae to the delibersts
 conclusion, that if II Dc fate tn be leij aoae in the struggle alone We must vIndea,e our lteTy
 by secession.