The Arkansas banner., 1851-01-28
MT. Laee's Letter ca the Van Rv,..r-
 Resolutions. '"a

&e&ot0u0Ns.
 To tbs Eiisers q tAs Rssa~v
 on nAy sFrtssl as shi. place tAts svsp,ag u 'sh''Sn was called to your remarks ana, ,A. esed'ss' Sf 'hs lats Union Meeting. ct yss R,,.. P"oeisaed 'a year paper ef December sls,
 tn this whole mater, yea have been s,o..,v A. es'ved; and, as had as much to eo wuA ,h. sao'aAioA of the meeting. as any ether p.r.en-,, V que 's myse'f' to tasse who acted with me. and especially to Jesse Turner, Esq who. far f,0, representing es intending to misrspresent oh,,. ;. 'a' instance himself the victim of inlsrrnrn..,. 'on, to make kaSwa the tras state of the o..a
 no meeting was the result Of call .va.s A,. more 1hSa one hGaared persons reqae.t,Av ,h. .,,' Iens Of Crawford county. withou, a,,,,nc,,.. =, party, to meet fer the purpose of exnc.~.,n. d.. U~'e"'" to 'he oa'0H' and sheir disaparObA,oa of all measures tendiug to it's dissolution ur,..n,., 'h's call myself to every one that sirsed t, and n SO eefng, was struck noi only with the r..a,n.,. ., every one to whem was presented to s;rn .srA ea' batalso with the fact that large majority signers exprc ssed the most unqualified dsvo,,o, |. sae Uaioa, and their desire fer it's prrse,ya,0. under all circumstances, and al any sscr,sc. IT.. ! CfttGeAa Eaft s'"''h aud Van saren, as happened to mss, iu the course Of two days devo,ed to the purpose. ssA... quently, took great pains to ascertain in. ..nn- ments prevailing in other parts of the country .na with that object, coRrsrsed or eerrespeadra with two hnadrea of tho more prominent, ettiren, i. ,h. different townships The grnera character 0f ,h,. correspondence may bs seea by sub,ein,a oon,, O
 eSaaty. IL soon became eviden,, ,ha, a..sA.A majority was in favor af preserving the Uu,ou \, all hazards, bat, for the sake of unanimtv. !, u.. proposed that resolutions should be prepared of such character as to obtain, If possible, the concur. Fence of all parties. Accordingly, a se, subs,aa- ,aily the same as those you have publi.h.a. w.. drawn up and presented 10 two or three of thee. who are regarded entertaining ultra Soaths,u opinions They expressed themselves entirely sat. ished. and declared their intention to attend the meeting and take part in it's prOceedInrs One sf thein acted as of the Vice Presidents Te sai, the peculiar views of two three other gentlemen. tho resolutions wero afterwards, by a fsw'yerb A alterations changed to their present form In ha, shape, they were submitted to srea, many psfsous
 
 instance, fully approved.
 As to ii's organization Of tho meeting, all that was done u the selection of officers -and ia other proceedings, the result of consultation with Messrs Josiah Foster, Henry W ileoS. Capt Ja~ shepherd. Joseph Brisnt. aud ie~ others ol tho same political school. the bars mention of wkess nRmes tn connection with charge of introducing whig white washing resolutions wlIl be looked upon ia Crawford eoenty, simply rtiisaIons The eniy step not taken at their suggestion vas the ap poiatment as President, of Thos, E. Wilson, Esq. an astltnching democrat, who was nominated by me, ia consequences of the unexpected absence of the gentleman previously selected.
 After the officers had been chosen, Jssse Turner. Esq was called upon by the Chair. to state ths objects of the meeting. He st first declined, bat afterwards yirlied so the pressing solicitation of others present. Alter making Inc proper statement. his hasty approval of the Compromise acts. and hts well knowa devotion to their author Mir Clay. lead him to eaioKze that gentleman and other lead iug whigs, in terms which might have been appropriate in whig meeting, had he not praised. with equal warmth, ths prominent democrats who co operated with them. This is sIi that Mfr Fur ner had to do with lie meeting. beyond tine simple voting in cOmHoa with others present upon ihs different questions that were put. Further than that he mads attempt, whatever. 10 influence it's proceedings. He prepared DO resolutions-he of- iered none. The resolutions adopted by the meet ing. were not presented to hm unli long after they had been prepared. He suggested the pruprie,Y of approving the course Of the advocates of the Com promise, bu, when ths opposition of few ciireus 10 such approval were mentioned, he ai once rsss way.
 i To proceed with the meeting After Mr Turner had finished his remarks, to save time, proposed thai any one present. who had prepared resoIuionr should be invited to sabmi, them. I wss lnierfup. ted by \. c Mayors, who, apparently ignorant of the fact that the course l suggesIed. the ono usually adopted in meetings of this kiDd dsnoenesd t as ''an attempt 10 gsg the meeting, and nsss'ed upon tbs appointment of a committee to prepare resolutions A good deal of excitement aud eonia. sioH followed. which prevented my eGploin,ag a desire to test the sense of the meeting by submit ting t~o motioas-ons for the appointment of x eemmitlee; and if that rejected another of ihs purport above indicated To avoid dissension, l  gave way. and sccedsd to Inc proposition of Nt. Mayors.
 Now one sord as io tais giving way my part. Yoni version is that some good old fashioned raf ots &c. insisted upon the appointment of sn mPsi- tiai cominit,ee. Se. There but two ot ll,rss ! who were prominent, u calling for committee .-- Thoss two or three II lhey citizens Of Crawford couaiy al ali were ho known such by Eiae tsnth' of those prescott they were al iIfos susisioed oy any considerable party If 'bs meeting fbeiT con duct throughout the whole affair, seemed 10 i"ai- cate sh intention 10 prevent the majority from sa pressing theit opinions, aod was therefore looked upon by sabstanal citizens 1f si parties as as ua' wsnanisble oatrsge gave say noi from any isa' tbst the great body ~oaid noi sustain me, but Ss'' lg e svo,d tua delay and disturbance winch the ie" referred 10. were apparently so anxious 10 efesi'
 The stalssnsnt ihsi say resolution ~as iaiFcdsssd snd indignantly voied down. IS absolutely iaie'-