Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-07-15
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WASHINGTON Co.,, July I, 1851.
 MEssRs. EprroRs - take this the earliest op- portunity of acquaintIg you with the visit of the candidates to Fayetteville, and of the anticipated resultof the expose of their political tenes. MT. Preston, the first speaker on the floor, IS without doabt, fluent orator-clear in his statements and conclusive in his deductions; but. undoubtedly tle positions that he assumed are altogether antag onisie to patriotic principles, and the ndlSSoluble unty of th.s vast repRblic He, true indeed, cries, with vehement vociieration, harmony of feeling unity of action and love of unlon, yet wonderful to be told; every word he uttes, ultimately tends to the fearful dissolution of our beloved America-- ciyll war--bioodshed and carnage MT. Preston is without reserve or disguise n favor of the com promise bill while there IS but single clause which favors the South. and that if at aii, upon very lew occasions IS carried ato effect.
 E. ". Johnson IS taunted and StlgmaSed by a public print, edited by pig and pupgy" and otAeg struggling factious demagogucs with the opprobrious epitel of dis,poJ,ist, but any rational man possessed of common mother wit, can see that this is an npds,tion--a paipabie false hood anl ylie persecution. So far from being a dis. unioHt, he battles against t with all the innate energy of hs SouI. Helabors ardently to preserve inyiolale the unity of our glorious republic, yet, as charity bcgias al home, with the preservation of the Jnoa he wishes to perpetuate unsulHed the nghs and Iumuntes Of the Southern people guaranted unto them by the Constitution.
 He sees as a patriotic statesman should see that inc igmogtal Compromise Bill pampers to the full those northern fanatics, whiic the southern people are wuthing under the disadvantages which t has necessarily produced The irregulary of it's benefits is visible to inc most casual obseryor- Slavery IS fcnmscrbed--Southern immInites re- stucted, and the most gloomy embauassments ouly await us in the future-eyen now they loom up before us like rugged-viSaged mountains, and threaten sudden destruetion.-If we feel concern ed in our present security, and the prosperity Of succeeding generations, 1t beboyes us 10 be ul and doiug. If we wlsh our rights secured our homes permanent, and our persons respected, We must resist with fimnesS and decision all symptoms of fggresSon, and he speedlest way of elIectug this grand object, in IGy humble opin,on IS 10 give our vote unanimously to the honorable R. " John son-sustain hun in the present campaign, aud send Am to Congress Hall to lragsac; oar business. and to g.yc point anu emphasis to iae opiu.ous of Arkansas. Yours truly, ASA.
 IF We have received from Charleston, ;. C., the prospectus ot a daly paper tJ0e called Inc Southern standard. The object, as set forth ID the prospectus, IS the advocacy oi 8 SoulheEn con lederaey. The following $ a exUact
 The safety of the slave States iequ uires gov erumeHt that emahates from themselves, and any measEre oi resistance E8l teaaiHg to lhat end mast nus be poweTleSs for goed and may d0- ncaIcu- labie evlL The result Of the secession Of 8 sng.e State 8, least uncertain, and neither hGnoY nor true manly courage, requires as 10 exeFeise any cert4fa rteAf, II be uncertain rssedg. Under ,he government of a slngie State, oat burdeus would be too -heayy-we could not bear them And every manly cheek must reddeh and burn af the bare suggestion, thsl m such posl,lon we wnald be free from insult aud injustice, at the mere suaerance of nations that pf0isss to abhaf nuF cause. 4 Southern c9nfeieraey thea is our only hope, and can b. secuted only by fofbeaEance and e0nciiIsilGg.