The Constitutional Union,
W. II. UIIEA, Editor.
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DES ARC. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1801.
FOR THE CONVENTION^
Hon. B. Q, TOTTEN,
Public Speaking.
The candidates for a seat in the Conven-;
tion, Messrs. Totten and Gantt, will address i
their fellow-citizens at the following times and
places. Time will he divided with Mr. Quis
ENBERRY or any other gentleman who may
he a candidate for the same scat: Pettus
Farm, 7th; Church, Clear Lake, 9th; Bel
chers, LaGrue, 11th; Brownsville, 13th.
Excitement in Little Rock.
There appears to be considerable excite
ment just now at the capital, in relation to a
project which is on foot by persons residing
in different portions of the State, to seize upon
the Federal arms at the Arsenal. Many con
flicting reports concerning it have come to
our ears from varied sources, but we can bear
nothing of a definite and indisputable charac
ter touching the matter. Rumor first said
that a large body of United States troops bad
been sent from the frontier to take possession
of the amunition and arms now at Little Rock,
in order to prevent them being taken by our
citizens in the event of secession by the State, j
and that the people of that city were very i
much excited about it, and wanted men from
everywhere generally, and Des Arc in par
ticular, to aid them in resisting the move.
Since this representation of the affair, it has
been told us that the citizens of Little Rock
were opposed to the seizure of the Arsenal,
and that the project was set on foot by a lot
of young and thoughtless youths. The next
report came that numbers of men were pour
ing in upon the capital, and were firmly de
termined to wrest the Arsenal from the Gov
ernment troops, no matter who opposed it.
The last rumor which reached this town declares
that the matter has been noticed by Gov.
Rector and that he has demanded from the
officer in command an unconditional surren
der of the arsenal. No true conclusion can
be arrived at, for the news, both telegraphic
and otherwise, is conflicting and entirely un
reliable.
Wc deem the whole affair to be one gotten
up for political effect, in order to hurry the
State into a rash and excited secession atti
tude, because there exist some fears that the
moving of Arkansas out of the Union might
not be done precipitately enough. The old
and most substantial people of Little Rock
were evidently not the original movers of the
scheme, from the tact that those who arrived
in the city to consummate the notion of ap
propriating the Federal arms met with oppo
sition from such citizens. If our State is ne
cessitated to pass an ordinance of secession,
for heaven s sake let it be be done with con
siderate and deliberate judgment, and not in
manner which savors of the actions of lunatics.
The Discussion Saturday.
The candidates for the seat of Prairie
county in the State Convention—Judge Tot
ten, Col. Gantt and Col. Quisenberry—
addressed the people of this place last Satur
day, and defined their positions. We listened
to each of them attentively, and feed prepared
to give their views as correctly as we under
stood them to have been expressed. We cer
tainly do not wish to reflect them otherwise.
Mr. Quisenberry made the opening speech
in the discussion, in which he proclaimed his
sentiments to be for the Union, under all
and any circumstances, and that he would
vote, as a member of the State Convention,
against any resolution or ordinance of seces
sion for Arkansas, no matter what the other
Southern States might do from the present
time to the assembling of that body. If the
L nion had to he dissolved and a Southern
Confederacy should be formed, he was for
placing this State in a confederation with the
Middle States, independent of the cotton
group. This is what wc gathered to be his
idea, when listening to his not overly clear
and connected remarks; and it is almost use
less for us to say that wc deem liis notions
wild, improbable, and impossible.
Col. Gantt then followed, and reiterated
his peppery, straight-out, no-otherwise, inten
tion of wheeling Arkansas out of the Union,
under any and all circumstances, although lie
loved the Union, such as was left by the Father
of our country. He thought the time has
already arrived when the people of this Com
monwealth should “ nick up their beds and
walk, despite any plan which could be fixed
upon—if hope for it is yet possible—as a guar
antee for all our rights in the Union; lie
would ha\e them do so, even if the already
seceded States should consent to return to
their former position in the Confederacy, upon
grounds which they might think honorable,
fair and cognizant of their rights. He wanted
no more compromises; would be unwilling to
have the troubles allayed and the country
kept together undivided, even upon such a j
basis as is proposed in the well-known Crit
tenden resolutions. He denounced these
measures as oppressive to the Southern States,
although such men as Toombs, Davis and
Hunter, have expressed their willingness to
accept, provided the Forth would pledge its
™>f:iith to maintain them. And these resolutions,
every intelligent political reader is fully aware,
are amendatory to the Constitution and to
this effect: They recognize the right of the
Southern slaveholder to his property, so far
as to guarantee him protection in it while so
journing in or passing through a non-slavc
fcolding or free State; and should a slave es
cape from his owner into a free State and be
kept from recovery through the agency of an
Abolition mob, recourse lor his value is guar
anteed, to his legal holder, upon the Federal
treasury; furthermore, by suit against the
county in which the slave was taken from his
possession ; and the county has recourse upon
the individuals engaged in so acting. The
old Missouri Compromise line of 36° 30' is to
he established, and slavery, in the language
of the resolutions, “ shall be protected ” in
the territories south of it up to the time of
^ forming their State Constitutions Those
I measures. Mr. Gantt would not have Arkan
sas to receive, though all the Gulf States be
fcdw should say to the coatrary. Ia fact, ho
had arrived at the conclusion, after permit
ting his “observation,” with extended view
“ Surrey mankind from Maine to Peru,-’
Jo submit to no other Course for this State in
the future, but to set up shop for “ herself,”
and carry on the business of American lib
erty, exclusive of “ limited or unlimited part
nership,” with any other State or States; and
assure the world, at large, that Arkansas has
the pure, unadulterated article always on hand,
which cannot be found elsewhere. After
some very beautiful and eloquent flights of
fancy, which were intended to kindle the
fires of Southern chivalry, and impel deeds
of daring on the “ tented field,” Col. Gantt
concluded, and his Hotspur friends smiled to
each other indicative^ that there was the j
Brutus who would stab the Caesar of his J
soul, not because he loved him less, but be
cause he loved Rome the more—in the shape
of secession.
Judge Totten then came upon the stand,
and in an impressive, clear and forcible speech
showed wherein he differed from both Mr.
Quisenberry and Col. Gantt. He bad
loved, and still loved the Union, as it was
given up to us by the blood ot our forefath
ers; he was deeply grieved at the evil times
which have fallen upon us, and would favor J
the hand, no matter in what quarter it ap- i
peared, which could be raised to sweep away !
the cloud which now overshadows the land. 1
and bring back the blessed sun of happiness, j
content and quiet. lie retained hopes that
the prepared plans of the border slave States
would yet prevail, and terms, guaranteeing the
full rights of the South, be made, which
would be acceptable to and accepted by the
entire States composing the old Confederacy
and reunite its dismembered portions before
the assembling of our Convention, though lie
sorrowfully acknowledged that the political
events of each day seemed discofiraging to
such a consummation. However, should the
efforts of those States, headed by old Virginia,
which holds in her dust the remainsof our be
loved Washington, fail to secure the proper
guarantees for our just rights, and the Southern
members of the old Union declare themselves
aosolved forever from such connection, he
would have Arkansas link her destiny with
them, her natural sisters, and battle against
our enemies, if need be, to the death. The mild
ness of his manner, and the collected judgment
which guided his thoughts, gave the crowd
assurance that he was the man who would
properly represent the sentiment of Prairie
county, by hisaetion in the Convention, which
will be called to dispose of matters so serious
and vitally important.
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THE XOUTil CAliOLIXA FORTS.
Governor Ellis, of North Carolina, in a
letter to the President, informing him that
the United States forts in that State, lately j
seized by the citizens had, by his orders, been
given up again to the Federal authorities, re
marks :
Your excellency will pardon me for asking
whether the United States forts will he garri
soned with United States troops during your
Administration? This question 1 ask with
perfect respect, and with an earnest desire to
prevent consequences which 1 know would be
regretted by y«>ur excellency as much as my
self. Should 1 receive assurances that no
troops will be sent to this State prior to the
4th of March next, then all will be peace and
quiet here, and the property of the U nited
.'■’dates will be fully protected as heretofore.
If. however, I am unable to get such assur
ances. 1 will not undertake to answer for the
consequences.
The forts in this State have long been un
| occupied, and their being garrisoned at this
tiifie will unquestionably be looked upon as a |
hostile demonstration, and will, in my opinion,
certainly be resisted.
To this letter Secretary Holt responded as
follows:
In reply to your inquiry, whether it is the :
purpose of the President to garrison the forts !
of North Carol na during his Administration.
1 am directed to say that they, in common
with the other forts, arsenals and public prop
erty of the United States, are in the charge
of the President, and that if assailed, no mat
ter from what quarter or under what pretext,
it is his duty to protect them by all the means
which the law has placed at his disposal. It
is not his purpose to garrison the forts to j
which you refer at present, because he consid- i
ers them entirely safe, as heretofore, under
the shelter of the law-abiding sentiment for
which the people of North Carolina have ever
been distinquished. Should they, however,
he attacked or menaced with danger of being
seized and taken from the possession of the
L niied States, he could not escape from his
constitutional obligation to defend and pre
serve them. The very satisfactory and patri- 1
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justify him, however, in entertaining the confi
dent expectation that no such contingency
will arise.
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CAPITULATION OF T/IF AUGUSTA, GA.
ARSENAL.
The Chronicle of the 20th, after noticing a
grand militaray parade the day previous, thus
refers to the capitulation of the Augusta arse- j
nal :
Governor went up to the arsenal about 9 j
A. M. and had a long conference with Cap
tain Elizey. We get the terms of surrender
aud other details from an intelligent military
friend, who is posted. Captain E., it is un
derstood, wished to make it a condition of the
capitulation that they should take their arms
with them when they left their post; but to
this Gov. B. would not consent, as he said
they had brought none with them; and could ,
take none away. It was finally agreed that
they should make a full surrender of the ar
senal and all the arms and munitions of war !
it contained. Captain Elizey then, about
12 A , fired a national salute of 33 guns, low
ered the stars and stripes from the Hag-staff,
and formally gave up the position. The in
dependent flag of the republic of Georgia was
then hoisted in is stead, and the affair was
over. Captain Elizey and his men arc allow
ed a suitable time lor retiring, carrying the
necessary baggage.
We understand that a detachment of ten
men was detailed from the Oglethorpcs, to
take charge of the arsenal. They will, of,
course, be relieved by guards from the other 1
volunteer companies of the city—the same
system being adopted, probably as in guard
ing the powder magazine.
\\ e learn, also, that the Washington Artil
lery went up to the arsenal in the afternoon,
and fired a salute. The statement is probably
correct, as we heard firing in that direction.
By the taking of the arsenal, Georgia se
cures the possession of a fine battery of two
12-pound howitzers, two cannon, and some
22.U00 muskets and rifles, many of them of i
the best kind, I here are also large stores of
powder, cannon bails, grape, otc,
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STB OX G DEBATE.
}XX Washington, January 29, 1861.
IljUS®.-*“-Mr. Adrain presented resolutions
passeu by the legislature of New Jersey, ex
pressive of firm attachment to the Union,
aud the duty of every good citizen to sustain
it, and favoring the Crittenden proposition,
and the calling of a convention of the States,
etc. Laid on the table aud ordered to be
printed.
The House considered the Senate amend
ment to post route bill. Without action, the
morning hour having expired, the special or
der was resumed, being the report of the com
mittee of thirty-three.
Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, regretted
that he was compelled to believe that no
compromise could now be made, when six
States are in open and declared rebellion, hav
ing seized the public forts and arsenals and
robbed the people of millions of public proper
ty. When he saw our harbors blockaded,
and armies in array against the flag of our
country which has been insulted, he had no
hope that concession, humiliation or com
promise would have good effect whatever.
Lather than give concession to rebels he
would sec the Government shattered into ten
thousand atoms.
Mr. Harris of Maryland, spoke of the glo
ries of the country, and said the disasters
now pending spring from the empty rivalries
of boasted statesmen to solve the problem of
the States and Territories in regard to sla
very. The verdict of impartial history will
be that there is no reason for secession, and
none for the disruption of the Union. He
believed that the responsibility of national
safety or perdition rests on the present repre
sentatives of the people, now in Congress as
sembled. The question now is upon whom
shall the terrible lCiponsibility of the future
rest, and that will lull on the party or set of
men who will not spurn mere miserable party
trammels and come up to" the question how a
great nation can be served. Far too much of
tlie present mischief came from the abolitions
desires of politicians at the South who want a
greater eminence than they can command un
uor our present system, lie repeated that
secession is the uniioly offspring of southern
political ambition, and far too much of the
aggravation which roused their resistance
from the North. He repealed to the North,
if there was not too much aggravation on
their part and by their Representatives, which
administered to a southern spirit which was
ever ready to seize with avidity what would
feed their appetites. The botli sections are
responsible lor the trouble. The secession of
c>ia ovuuiv-ui uuuv. 0 niui uu a > illicituj 111
Maryland.
Mr. Hughes denied that Mr. Harris spoke
for the part of Maryland he represented.
31 r. Harris. Not more than a corporal's
guard in Maryland favor secession. He urg
ed his northern friends to do something at
once for pacification. There was a smoulder
ing tire under Maryland which might break
out and sweep her into disunion. Let them
rise above party and prejudice and cement
the Union more firmly than ever. Let us
have less eloquence in speeches and more
pertinent eloquence in votes. Give us the
Crittenden or similar propositions. 11c closed
as follows:
“Let me not. instead of our national music,
hear the Marsellaise, which is not music to
my ears. Flaunt not before my eyes the flags
of a divided nationality exciting no devotion
in my American heart, but let me and my
people go to our graves with our consecrated
melodics ringing in our cars, and over us
float the flag of our Union with all its con
stellated parts.” [Applause.]
Mr \\ inslow spoke of Northern aggression.
High sounding words, lie said, would not save
the I if on, nor could the piece of bunting
with the stripes and stars, lie spoke in fa
vor of the Crittenden proposition, with noth
ing less than which the South could be satis
fied. lie was against coercion. By this the
Union could not be held together. It could
he done only by mutual justice and affection.
Mr. Van Wyckc, of New York, spoke at
length. Among other things, you a.-k us to
compromise. \\ hat have we to concede? \Ye
have done you no wrong, and promise none.
You have proposed no'compromise which
docs not involve a surrender on our part.
You want the Constitution amended. How
would this avail you, if your present position
is correct, and one State, however insignifi
cant, can destroy the whole fabric? You have
violated the Constitution, and have set the
laws at defiance, and are demanding constitu
tional guarantees that we will do nothing.
l*o you propose any concession to the
North? Any security to life and liberty to
Northern men in Southern States? Of prop
erty in books? (If the freedom of speech and
the press as already secured by the Constitu
tion? \ ou say you concede to freedom the
territory North dfj.oO. We have a double
title to that already; first by purchase and
then by conquest. We bought it when we
took Missouri into the I nion as a slave State.
Then we convucred in the strife of civil war.
All our future acquisitions must be in the
direction of the tropics, and you demand its
unconditional surrender to slavery. You want
us to surrender to men who themselves are
compromise breakers. Believe not in a re
construction of t lie present Constitution.
Once lost, you never can regain. Think you
another State can be formed wherein Florida
and Delaware can equal New \ oi k and Penn
sylvania?
You arc opposed to the army and navy
because you boldly assert that an enforcement
of the laws means a coercion of a State, but
you arc willing to send troops two thousand
miles to coerce our brethren in Utah. You
have used the Federal troops to enforce the
fugitive slave law, and to rescue the arsenal
at Harper’s Ferry from John Drown. You
sent the army to Kansas. The camp had no
terrors for you then, but now you oppose coer
cion. Yet by force of armed men you seize
the forts and navy yards, and trample the
stars and stripes in the dust.
We do not mean to be driven from the
Unian by force. Do y ou desire a peaceable
secession? A convention of all the States
would possibly allow you to depart in peace.
Adjourned.
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The Deluge.—The Tennessee is higher
at this time than it has been since the ydar
1857. The freshet has occasioned heavy
losses. Many farmers residing near the river
have been forced to leave their residences. It
has not been an unusual sight to sec houses,
barns, and in some cases, cveu residences,
borne away by the almost irresistible current.
The large brick block known as the Steven
son block, of this city, is almost a total wreck
—having fallen in Hay, corn, fences,houses,
etc., have been swept away. A great many
cattle and hogs, we understand, have been
drowned. The losses have been very heavy.
The abundance of water and the scarcity of
money are playing “ fearful havoc ” with the
people. M e hope, however, for better times.
[Chattanooga Advertiser, Jan. 24.
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Florida Ordinance.—At the request of
the Convention, says The Milledgeville Kecor
der, the Judges of the Supreme Court drafted
the Ordinance of Secession, who directed it
to be enrolled on parchment, and the edges
ornamented with blue ribbon, by NIiss Eliza
beth M. Eppes, a lineal descendant of Mr.
Jefi'erson, the author of the Declaration of In
dependence of 1776.
XXXVth CONGRESS—Second Session.
Washington, January 30.
j House.—A message from the_ President
announcing his signature to the Kansas bill,
occasioned suppressed applause by Republi
cans.
Mr. Conkling resumed, and said secession
was a subterfuge of desperate men, a make
shift of unholy ambition. Slaveholding is
outlawed and abhorred ; henceforth it will be
no longer the pampered child ot American
destiny. He opposed all compromise with
rebels with insurgent banners in their hands.
Mr. Martin F. Conway, of the State ot
Kansas, had the oath administered, and was
| admitted to the House.
Mr. Stephenson, of Kentucky, said it Mr.
j Conkling was a fair representative ot the
Northern sentiment, his hope ot adjustment
was extinguished. He reviewed the speeches
of several prominent Republicans to show a
design to exclude the South from its just
rights. lie argued that all the States bad
! equal rights in the Territories, and their prop
; ci ty was entitled to protection under the Con
| stitution. He had hopes of a good result
j from the conservative action of commissioners
| to assemble on the 4th ot bebruary. lie
j knew no reason why a compromise could not
be effected. He urged the adoption of the
Crittenden resolutions, and agree to unite once
more as a band of brothers.
Senate.—Mr. Bigler presented several
memorials, among the rest a memorial of the
working men of Philadelphia, in favor ot the
i Crittenden resolutions. He said the lattci
| was a memorial representing 5d,U0U working
| men of Philadelphia, without any political
distinction. lie was willing to yield anything
reasonable to the South, and thought that the
resolutions of the Senator from Kentucky
were eminently just and wise. He moved
that they be printed.
Mr. Cameron said lie also had a petition
representing the workingmen of Philadelphia,
! but that it differed vastly in the sentiment.
lie referred to the speech of his colleague, and
j said he had been charged with indorsing the
I jpeecli. lie certainly never indorsed the
\\ ' ole of it, but he was willing to do anything
to bring peace and safety to the country ; but
i he first wanted to know if what he did
I would be received—if it would bring back
! the leaders of the rebellion in the South, for
j he considered it rebellion.
I Mr. Mason said that the Senators from
Pennsylvania said they were willing to make
| concessions. The Southern States had not
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a>lvUU CUliUJSMUlia III any iuim. m
had no complaint to make of the Constitu
tion, but that the Constitution had been vio
lated and her rights disregarded; but she
never asked concessions. She only asked that
the Constitution be carried out. She would
be humiliated if it granted it. The South
only asked for right.
.Mr. Bigler disclaimed any agency in the
charge that his colleagues indorsed his whole
speech.
Mr. Trumbull presented the petition of
citizens of Chicago against any concession
while the South was in rebellion against the
Constitution and laws, lie said, let the Gov
ernment put itself in a position to be re
spected, and it would have respect and obe
dience. Also, a petition of the Methodist
Conference of Illinois, asking that, if a com
promise was made, there be provisions made
for the safety of citizens in the States, and
that no man be proscribed for the sake of his
religion.
Mr. Foster presented a petition of certain
citizens of Connecticut, fishermen, for pro
tection to the fisheries of the Florida coast,
where vessels had been seized and subjected
to a fine.
Mr. Crittenden presented a petition of two
thousand four hundred citizens of Massachu
setts. in favor of his resolutions.
The Pacific Railroad bill came tip and
passed. Ayes. 37. nays, 11. The nays were
Messrs. Bayard, Bigler, Bragg. Clingman.
Fessenden, Green. Hunter, Johnson, of
Tennessee, King, Mason, Nicholson, Powell,
! Saulsbury. Thompson.
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[Special dispatch of The Cincinnati Ktnjuircr.l
FROM SPRING FIELD, ILLINOIS.
SpitiNi.i iki.o. 111.. January 2S.
I was humiliated this morning when I read
] the leader of The Journal. Mr. Lincoln’s or
j gan. The article was headed, “ The position
of the Republican Party,’’ and was an exhor
j tation to the party to kk stand firm.” In the
! next column of the same paper was the an
| nounccment that Louisiana had seceded and
i that Texas had voted overwhelmingly For im
mediate secession. '1 his was given merely as
a news item, while the long leader was devot
ed to expositions of party creed and appeals
to* the faithful not surrender an iota of their
doctrine. The following extract from the ar
ticle referred to undoubtedly reflected Mr.
Lincoln’s views :
ik The Republican party believes that Con
gress has a right, under the Constitution, co
exclude slavery from the Territories, and that
i it is the duty of Congress to exercise that
right. It is the freedom of the Territories,
as such alone, that we demand. When the
people who may inhabit those Territories
shall bring them to the doors of the Cnion
! tor admission, they should be admitted with
I or without slavery, as said people may deter
j mine.
That is the belief, the doctrine, the princi
ple that we urge the Republicans to cling to
the last. It is to this we refer when we say,
no surrender —stand jinn —be true !”
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Letter from tiie Governor of Ala
bama to the President.—Gov. Moore, of
Alabama, has written a letter to President
Ruchanan, announcing the seizure of United
States forts and property in that State, lie
says it was an act of self-defense, which, had
it not been executed by him, would have
been performed by an excited people. lie
says:
“The purpose with which my order was
given and has been executed, was to avoid,
and not to provoke hostilities between the
States and Federal Government. There is no
object, save the honor and dignity of my
State, which is by me so ardently desired as
the preservation of amicable relations between
the State and the Government of the United
j States. That the secession of the St;fte. made
necessary by the conduct of others, may be
peaceful, is my prayer, as well as the prayer
of every patriotic man in the State.
“An inventory of the property in the Forts
and Arsenal has been ordered, and the strict
est care will be taken to prevent the injury or
destruction of it, while peaceable relations
continue to subsist, as I trust they will. The
Forts and Arsenal will be held by my order,
only for the precautionary purpose for which
they were taken, and subject to the control of
the Convention of the people to assemble on
the 7th inst.
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Secession at Yale.—The Yale College
boys raised a Palmetto flag on the alumni
tower of that institution, on Sunday, and bar
ricaded all approaches to the top of the build
ing. This was done in retaliation of the sup
posed insult offered by persons who employed
negroes to wear the secession cockade before
the Southern students.
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Mrs. Lincoln lias gone to New York to
purchase an outfit for the White House, and
i will visit her son at Harvard College.
LETTER FROM HON. JERE: CLEMENS.
Huntsville, Ala,, Feb. 2.
Hon. Solon Borland:
My Dear Sir : I wrote you a long letter
at Washington, but I aUppose you had lett
there before it reached its destination. Its
chief object was to obtain reliable information
of the views aud purposes of the black repub
lican party. Ssuce then so many evidences
have thickened about me of a determined hos
tility to our poeple, as well as to our institu
tions, that I have lost all hope of any settle
ment, except such as may be made by the
bayonet and the sabre. After the election of
Lincoln, in the first flush of triumph, I was
prepared for, aud could have overlooked a
good deal of insulting exultation on the part
of his supporters. The mere extravagancies
of a partisan press would have been pitied
and forgiven. I looked beyond these, to
Lincoln himself, and to the leaders who were
likely to have an influence in shaping his
policy. In that quater no ray of hope has
made its appearance. rI he idea of concilia
tion, of fraternal concession, for the sake of
peace, seems not to have entered into their
thoughts. We have heard enough of coe:
cion t<* make the blood of a freeman run like
melted lava, but we have heard not a word of
kindly affection; we have received no assur
ances that our just rights should be respect
ed. Senators and Representative in Con
gress ; Governors and State Legislatures talk
to us glibly of the halter and the gibbet, but
no one appeals to our affections; no one seems
to think that we are capable of being swayed
by any motive but t he fear of an ignominious
death. Mr. Lincoln himself is silent, but the
olive branch tendered by the venerable Crit
tenden is trampled in the dust by his follow
ers, and we are told in every form of aggra
vating defiance that the day of compromises
has passed. Re it so. There is no one in all
this land to whom the crumbling of that
mighty temple erected by our farthers, has
brought more agony than it has to me. No
one lias habitually cherished a more enthusi
astic love for our national banner—no one has
followed, it more readily when it waved in
front of a hostile force, or has shaken by the
deadly breath of the pestilence, and even at
this hour no one would more gladly return be
neath its folds, if it were possible to find there
the freedom and the peace of other years.
Rut that hope is gone. The Northern States
have rudely torn away the ve:l which we. in
our fond and foolish affection, had drawn over
our own eyes. They will not allow us to be
self-deluded. They furnish us no excuse for
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iiiiMiiiauiMUNuifiL: uiuii * i,y j
utterly scorned to soothe us with sott and
gentle words. '1 hey address themselves to
our fears alone, ynd we should indeed be the
effeminate slaves they prifest to believe us, it
such seeds did not grow into a bloody harvest.
1 resisted the secession of Alabama to the
last moment; not because I doubted that it
must come sooner or later, but because 1
preferred to wait until you in Tennessee were
ready to go with us. 1 knew well enough
that you must go eventually. Mr. Lincoln
will not let you stay in the 1 nion as freemen.
Alabama and Mississippi arc in a large part
the children of Tennessee. lie will demand
your aid. in the first place, to crush your own
descendants, and when that is refused, as
refused it will be, the decree for your own de
struction will at once go forth, or if it is
delayed, it will only be until he feels he can
strike with greater safety.
I do not look for the present contest to end
in the immediate secession of Tennessee. I
know your people better, ind base been more
familiar with them from infancy, than those
of my own f'tate. '1 hey have been deeply
schooled in sentiments of attachment to the
I nion. It is an honorable attachment, and
therefore the more difficult to be destroyed.
Hut 1 know also the material of which the
predominant party at the North is composed,
and 1 know that Tennesseans cannot affiliate
with them. The day is near at hand when
the mother and daughter (Tennessee and
Alabama > will bo standing side by side, as of
yore, and when that day comes, woe be to the
enemy that assails them.
Very truly, your frieml,
JUKE: CLEMENS.
Mr. Crittenden on Coercion.—From
The t ilobe of the 24th nit., we take the fol
lowing remarks of Mr. Crittenden', by way of
correction to the rumor signifying that he ad
vocated the coercion of seceding States, fie
thinks Congress has the power, bv.t that it is
not expedient to exercise it. Authority,
however, no less great than that of Mr. Crit
tenden, questions the Constitutional power,
and to vein ivc all doubt on such a point, the
Montgomery Convention would do well to de
cide whether we should have an article in
the Constitution authorizing the coercion of
sovereign, voluntary members of the Con
federacy. Mr. Crittenden says :
“ I have heard, casually, that F am repre
sented with having, in that speech, advocated
strongly, indeed fiercely, the policy of coer
cion in respect to the seceding States. Mr.
President, I did no such thing; and you
know. 1 did say that, in my judgment, the
Congress of the United States had the power,
but the exercise of it was always a question
of expediency, and that there might be cases
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a ml where it ought to be cxerc seJ ; ami no
j body can be at a loss to imagine such eases,
; arising either in States or Territories.
If the District of Columbia were to undcr
; take to secede, and give us notice that, hav
I ing resumed her ancient soveie:gnty, i-he de
sired us to abandon the Capitol, does any
man suppose that the Government could ae
; quiesc 111 such c proceeding; or that, if per
! sisted in, it should not employ force to put it
I down? Certainly not. 1 expressly said that
now was not the occasion or the time for the
j application of any doctrine or policy of cocr
! cion ; but by some misunderstanding or other
| of the publisher of this supposed of mine, I
: am represented as a determined and fierce ad
| vocatc of coercion now upon the seeding
j States. I said the direct contrary.
Sir, this is all I have now to say on the
subject.
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Tiie Manufacture of Cannon in Mem
nils.—We learn from Messrs. Quimby A
I ltobinson, proprietors of the extensive West
' cru foundry on the batture, that they are now
making the necessary preparations for the
casting of cannon in their establishment, for
the purpose of ascertaining whether or not
cannon can he manufactured as cheap in this
city as in Pittsburg and other Northern cities
They will cast the first a 32-pounder, some
time during the first of of next week, which
1 will soon after be tested on the bluif, in the
vicinity of Fort Pickering. The length ol
this gun will be ten feet, being twenty-fin
inches in diameter at the breech, and fifteer
inches at the muzzle. The iron to be used is
from the iron mountain in Missouri, the Ten
nessee iron being rather too high mettle ami
not sufficiently tough. Wc shall look with
i considerable interest to the result of this ex
| periment, for upon it, doubtless depends tin
j establishing of an extensive foundry for tin
manufacture of cannon at this point, supply
ing orders throughout the South.
[Memphis Enquirer.
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A HOUSE was struck by lightning nea:
Taunton, Massachusetts, on last Wednesday
j and nearly demolished. This is unusual ii
1 tho winter time.
BUSINEBH CARPS.
J. M. GOGGIN. D. c. TRADER. B. *. t. HOLT.
GOGGIN, TRADER & HOLT,
Gjtton and Tobacco Factors,
GROCERS.
FORWARDING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Xo. 16 Front Row, MEMPHIS, TENN.
TTTEEKLY ACCESSIONS RECEIVED throngh
W our the season to their already large and
desirable stock of Tobacco, Bagging, Rope. Su
gar, Coffee, Molasses, Bacon, Salt. Whisky, I lour,
and Plantation Supplies generally. Will Store
Cotton, Leaf Tobacco and other Produce in our
commodious Warehouse on Uuion Street, in sight
of their business house. No. 16 Front Row. We
Store and Sell Cotton at 75c per bale. no 30-3m
EXt’ELHlOIl STOVE WORKS!
GILES F FILLEY.
MANUEACTI'RER OF
Charter Oak. Plymoth Rock, & Valley Forge
Cooking Stoves!
Also, every variety of
PARLOR, IJOX k ( A\ VO\ STOVES,
153 an<l 157 Main Street,
I dec 7-tf ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI,
HOFFHEliER BROTHERS,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
Brandies, Gins, Wines, Cigars, Ac.,
ALSO,
DISTILLERS & MANUFACTURERS OF
Domestic AVI n,-w and Uquors,
32 X 34 Second St., betw. Main & Sycamore,
nov 23-tf._CINCINNATI. O.
F. LEPTIEN. - F- KLEIN.
LEFT El IT <fc KLEIN.
DEALERS IN
CLOCKS, WATCHES and JEWELRY,
Buena Vls-ta street,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
H aving on hand a new and selected
stock of Clocks, Watches and Jewelry, we
I respectfully solicit a continuance of the kind pat
ronage of the people of Dos Arc and surrounding
country. We are also prepared to do all kinds ol
V .itch. Clock and Jewelry work with care and
despatch. All work warranted. dec 7-tf
i, rfL'imv _ _ TV PPTTIfV
PERRY & PETTEY.
South Side of llucna Visla Slreet,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
Dealers in staple, fancy, foreign
ami Domestic Dry-Goods, Ready-Made Clo
thing. Hats and Caps, Hoots and Shoes, Hardware
and Cutrlcry, Qneensware, etc-. Also, a complete
assortment of Fancy Silks, Ribbons, Trimmings
1 and fancy articles of every description.
All kinds of goods, by the piece, at wholesale
prices. dec 7-tf
GARVIN, BELL & CO.,
IMHOItTF.KS A WHOLFMLE DEALERS IN
FOREIGN & DOMESTIC DRY-GOODS
AND
Mnnufnetiirers «>r Clothing.
Nos. 442 and 444 Main Street, north side,
nov lfl-Om. LOUISVILLE, KY .
E. O. XOBTON, - - - F. A. PBAGL'E.
E. O. X O R T O X & CO.,
Forwarding & (omniission Merchants
AND DEALERS IN
FLOUR. GRAIN and PRODUCE,
;Vo. !2ti Front How,
dec 14-2m ___ MEMPHIS, TENN.
j r. -I. BOB1XSOX, ------ G. .1. BRANCH.
ROBINSON Sl E^ANCH,
(Successors to G. W. Vaden.)
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
(ii*oc(‘i’i(‘san(l I
KF.t HIVING, Ft)KAY AKIMNt. A ( OMMISSIflN MERCHANTS,
nova. DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
G. M'lAbEX. ------- S. X. JACKSON.
ML AREN & JACKSON.
Successors to G. ik .1. McLaren & Co.,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
Dealers in staple and fancy dry
Goods. Ready-Made Clothing, Hats anil
Caps. Rennets. Roots and Shoes. Hardware and
: Citttlery. Rooks. Stationery, etc. Also, Receiving,
Forwarding and Commission Merchants.' nov
DES ARC HOTEL.
HI .1. C. TAHKINTOV.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
Having leased this wkll-aruangel
Hotel, the proprietor respectfully inform*
1 t rave lets and the public generally, that lie has com
pletely renovated the premises, and is prepared
to accommodate all who may favor him with their
patronage. 1 f mil-emitted care and attention will
I secure the favor of all, he is determined to please.
C H A RG ES R EASON A RLE.
gg^-Thc Ear at t ached to this House is supplied
.1. .. i... .. .x i : .l t': o
A. STEWART, WM. STEWART, H. STEWART.
STEWART & BROS.
I? eceivin", Forwarding
4XI» COMMISSION Ainu il 1XTS,
nov d. l>i:s ARC, ARKANSAS.
J. H. QUISENBERRY,
AUCTION, COMMISSION MERCHANT
A N D
Tfceal Estate A^ent,
novd. DF.S ARC, ARKANSAS.
R C MCCARLEY & CO~
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
EALERS IN STAPLE AND FANCY DR1
Goods, Ready-Made Clothing, Harp, (laps
Roots, 'Shoes, Hardware, Queensware, Etc., Etc.
Forwarding and Commission Merchants, novd.
STOVE AND TIN SHOP!
jV • II. Burk
Has removed iiis tin shop to thi
house recently occupied by J. W. Wallact
on Buena Vista street, opposite the Nucleu
i House, where he is prepared to accommodate th
public with the best articles of
COOKING STOVES, TIN-WARE,
and all other merchandise in his line, eve
1 brought to this market.
■ My cooking stoves are immediately from alarg
St. Louis establishment, and l feel confident thn
those who want these convenient articles can sui
themselves from my large assortment. Give m
a call, and examine before purchasing else
where. nov3
• EXCELLENT PLOWS.
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARG
quantity of the best Cast Plows, which w
offer cheap. nov 3. J. JACKSON &C©.
DES ARC CITY^ m
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PLANTERS,
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AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY
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Your attention is respectfully invited to otte o* '•
the best selected stocks of fresh 1
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drugs, Medicines,
FRENCH, GERMAN & AMERICAN
CHEMICALS, PATENT MEDICINES
TOILET ARTICLES,
PERFUMERY, BRUSHES,
DENTAL & SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS,
GLASS, GLASSWARE, PAINTS, OILS.
DYE STUFFS, Etc., Etc.
and all other articles pertaining to the Drugbnsi.
ness, lately received, and now offered at the
PES ARC CITY DRUG STORE,
! At WHOLESALE OR RETAIL!
ON ACCOMODATING TERMS.
A CHfrifK LOT OF
Segars, Chewing & Smoking Tobacco.
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ALSO, ALP. KINDS OF SUPERIOR
uni ons lost Mcnit ti. ists,
KEPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
Orders from a Distance will Receive Prompt Attention!
AND THE GOODS FORWARDED WITHOUT DELAY.
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PHYSICIANS PRESCRIPTIONS
Compounded of the purest and best materials,
with accuracy and despatch, at ,
ill Blours of the l>ay or .\isrlit!
nov 8-1 v. JOHN 15. PERKINS.
N EW 8T O BE!
! ENTIRELY NEW STOCK!!
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which consists, in part, of
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KERSEYS, tTOOLSEYf,
HOME-MADE JEANS,
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KENTUCKY JEANS, SATINETS,
LIN SETS,
AND GEORGIA PLAIDS.
LSO. A FINE ASSORTMENT OF POPLINS,
Do Borages, Mcrinoes; Scotch Fluid Alpacas,
etc., cte., etc.
ALSO, A COMTLETK STOCK Of
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CLOTHING!!
A better assortment cannot be found. Also, tit*
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, largest stock of
BOOTS AND SHOES!
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