Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-07-29
Raa. E, V, Johaxoa.


 Tie ckareeS made against Col. Johnson bv the H&g ksiethgracsr. and ether pspers m the state. ot leiag secesSionisi, DtsuAulnsi, &c. have tAl- len ina2xious at h's feet. Flfm and true ta inc prnoqdeS he has ever advocated, and locking down from tae honorable eInnuenee be has attained hY hlS own efforts and ndeissigable eneseses apon such etieie 10 iHre him before inc uef,- pie whom he Las eninenily served, it was but tie work o. moment te convince his fellow. .oltixsas that De had been groSsiy mlSrcpgesented 1t vas 0ut Ihe utterng of those neeromanie words ssptee- to, veto" and behold the cloud capped tawergs. ot the enemy dissolve as quickly as the vision of the night.
 The iGca ls strange that an lneiv idaa eanu1t be soathem nan and friead to the Lnloa al the sarae ume or, m other words, that public servant 7a8cR az Ius Johnson has pfaPen hH7se 10 hc to the SeGt3-~canRot come oat ia round pian terms and say that inc soath has been sefleusly injured hy the aggressive spirit of the North without belns Gonauncea as Recession St aud an enemy ;o the nnton oi the States, And yet, Col Johnson hns "as9y done this--Ae has only fought on the sssie or southern Rlshs--le has poured hlS only liha- aoHS upon the altar of equsissA He has eauf- Seied wtth hlS oustitaenfS-reaSaned with Them ~-laiAed with them upon the meneatons eanSe- qucneeS lIse'y Io flow oat of the aggreSsioas of euf Northern bretbrcn. lie has told them line and again, y hs domestic fire side. and from he foStfan, that unless steps of deeisive character were taken and that without delay to check this cnward march ot uSurpatlon, few years would sni'lce Co tel! the doom oi the southern slave holdef' lie has told them that the grand finale to the conSe4 BcuceS resulting ffdm the Agifati.n of he slave question would be a fsrces seteSs,an on sha part Of sbe S0ath--that when the ems af shame and disgrace were full to the briIn that the S9Uih would ifr0SiSuby be driven 10 secede But We deny Col Johnson ever paving said that the south s60Hia oF maSt Seeede. his enemies are Siuy'ng to impress upon the pubic m,ad He de- mos t.- sahH t {
 the people says
 '' lave been, l maniain. the trueSt and best itlcad oi ihls Union, and aai yeti for 1 have sought te preserve t as we received t. isun, our fathers, and ls elected shali continue the struggle s3 lar as my humble voice can manifest my will biT tAe compFonLse measures are How the law of the land do not propose disuRion as the feme- dy. l do ned propose secessinn 1 know tl.e d., visions among us throughout the whole south and Inc ioiiy ot such propositions. But l am calied upon to endorse and approve those measures la my heart can not do t, and vii. not. Vt nat do want is askedl want the South to expect con- hnued aggression, and expecting t | want her to unite and prepare herself in q spirit of tJnion among ourselves to repe and forever to arrest is; that Inc constitution of nights guaranteed by 1t may be preserved. Who ls there among us that Will advocate not only submission to tae wrongs already done us, but that s prepared subnlissfveiy 10 see the Constitution set aside and to b treated
 
 Government treated her West India subjects !--- Now fl those who have been true to the south are to DC destroyed Tor defending tho rights ol their constituents heretofore involved and lost those vho may aiteGipt hereafter have l.tlIe 10 expect and should ht destroyed too"
 . Alter reading tbe above extract we tfiumubautty appeal Co ihe candid and the faif, as1 ask, l. from the tenor cf the letter the inference can be dawn that he IS & SccesSioDist RON of sh enemy to the CHoht ffs Gen. Clarke, of the iaseiiigeneer, and the hg papers generally throughout the Ssale have been attempting to raise the ' hue and cry against h1a on account Of ais Tuinnus doc btneS thes tenn theta. But. to the honor of th. Siaie iel t b, sad, shat uot in a thousand lends listening ear to then representations -- Like ihe old, warrior whose good blade has been irled ia many a harafoaght battle hu1 who stakes ieAs1sst effort upon iot life ayI l4ae so tho peo- pc ale stl wiling t0 risk tAea poiiiieal destlnis ia the haFds oi Coi. Johnson for veal oE wee. la The boUr when stout bsae;s and bfagf souls shrank ffom the oon'est--when the deslia6 of The south hang suspended upon the emerged Ind efforts of her own Peopie-waen the ship wA sabnleSglng beneath the wave, laShed to tnrs A ouheFH az greSSlen, tte vosee Of Col. Bobg Johnson ljSe aIthfu senuuAl from the w Bower was heard, not in pl.lai sefeals oi mef H1eggiag inc ieaeacy 0i he iasN and blessing haS8hds that tl. 1icted X, but in tones of outraged alk abused con feence--as frecmaH, aeiaandsnS ghtS guar. anticd hs constituents sy tue Cod bn IfGtI Johnson had never doae one act lof State save ths. J alone speaks n thunder lonas Ntac bearl every citizeu south .ot Masons < D2Ja' D Line Col. Johnson Is no DisunioDsst Sn l1fx 5e honol and a respect ul property observed - .Ke Fed. deIai Government. W hen thIs s nok dsae, ths only resort IS secession. The peoplA Awauid dt well then, to guard against the sophiskies T la enemies. The time fot holding 8 eitsalor IS fast approaching. The most inaefa.gabie. forts will be made by Glarks, aesiAg m con cert wlih the wing party, tn deisae hls elec ton. The only weapons they can possibly attacl him with, are the ones to which we have alluded t Tests with the people, after reading his late let tei and hearing him from the stump, to decid, upon hIs soundaeSs. 4 confidence ia tie manl bearing and noble hearted SpisstS of the people 0 Arkansas justiGes us m Sayiag, tkat the first Mon day ef next August wiii present the laurel wreatl to Col. Johnson to the eternal confusion Of hi eEeales Arkass4s Repziake9a.
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