Washington telegraph., 1851-07-16

1OllOWlnS aItlcies WutcR ~0 SSRy "o''
the Van Buren, InteDigeacer. Read it
calmly and dispassionarely. divesting
yourselves Of all, prejpdics, and you will
find it plain, pnsmbellished history of
facts as they exist. No matter if it is,
from the pen OF Gen. Clarke. it contains.
truths which should carry conviction to
the mind of every patriotic friend Of the
From the Van Rur.a Inteligencer.
THE BANNERS NEW FACE.
The. Banner has been driven from the
issue which we presented, and which. at
6rst, the managers of that concern. in-
timated they meant to take Up, The pn-
answerable questions, which we have
oropounded weekly in, our columns. which
the friends Of Col. johnson, have failed
to answer. and which will sraad upap-
;swered. til the day of the election. have
thrown them horS du conabdt. They
have ingloriously abandoned the defence
Of their candidate. and have left him to
quibbls out Of the scrape into. Which his
letters aud speeches have involved. him.
Col Johnson stands charged with having
declared that in, the event of the admis-
sion Of California. The Uuipn. ought
ant will DISSOLVE" The Banner has not
dared to deny it; and yet it hypocritically
says that Johnson is not a dsunionlst
and it quotes his last letter to prove the
assertion. 1t is true, Col. Johuson said,
in that letter. he did not propose disunion
as remedy for the evils Of the compro-
mise;-he knew of the divisions in the
South, and the folly of such a, proppsilion.
What does that proye?, t oplY proves
that Col. .Johnson, thiuks i utter folly to
propose aispnion wAue the South is SO
divided Nothing more He still leaves
upon the public mind in his conviction
that the Union ought 20 be dissolved
He has so declared in former letters
He has not since said that the Union
ought not to be dissolyed; be oply de-
clares that the ATTEMPT would be stYsuc.
cesyut, With, the present divisions in the
South, and that under these circumstan-
ces. it would be folly to make tbs. propo-
sition.
In his celebrated Disupiou Address,
published before the passage Of the Com
promise, he stated that the advantages
Of disunion were great and unmeasurable
His whole argument was to propose dis
union, not only upon account Of the evils
that had already been Inflicted upon us
by the North, bat for the advantages Of
disunion. After the passage Of the
Compromise. he saw in that act causes
for disuniop a thousand fold greater than
ever. Has he ever said in any subse-
quent letter that he has changed his mind,
and that the advantages of disuniou
were not great-or that the causes for
disuniou were not thousand, fold greater!
No. These declarations still stand up-
qualified, aud yet the Banner attempts to
foist Col. Johuson and his disunion senti-
mepts upoE the people Of Arkansas under
the garb of democracy. 1t attempts TO
evade the true issue, by arraying Col.
Johnson against the Wings, as a party.
A bold champion! An able advocate :.
TO dodge from our questions, to inglori-
ously flee from its true adversaries the
Union democrats of tae State, and at
tempt % raise a false issue with the
wings, weak and powerless adversary.
They are engaged in digging ZIP buried
whiggery, like the Faltapoosa guards
setting up "deaad Indians" diaps, to shoot down
again.
The Banner denies that their candidate
have great weight with its readers, when,
at the same time, it asserts that there are
no disnnionists in this State. There is
as much truth i'll one assertion as in the
other. No disunionists in Arkansas eh.
Leaving out the head and trout of his
party. Col Johnson, we will ask where
is that correspondent whose letter be
published in the National lutte lligencer;
as "refex" Of public sentiment in Ar
kansas, who took bold grounds for
"peacable dissolution? Where are the
members of the Arkansas county meet
ing, who declared for disunion and select
ed Col. johnson as the best exponent OF
their views! Where are the Rusts and
the Jourdans! Where are those dele
gates, to the State Convention, who dis
cnssed the propriety and expediepcy of
disppion, on the public streets of Little
Rock?
No disuniopists ip Arkansas eh! We
have them before our eyes, we meet
them in daily intercourse, open and
avowed disunionsts, and the most able
and the strongest champions of Johnsons
election.
We have then in our army! men wear
ing the epaulet and bearing commissions
under the General Government. who are
vociferous for disunion, declaring that
"moa0 IS the time for dasunion." These
sworn guardians of the constitution ard
the Union, are assailing it in every shape
they are tramplihg under foot the in