The Arkansas banner., 1849-07-31
Repuhlican.. Atfandi

! It will be seen, from the following notice, that
 measures are about to De taken to enable our citi. zens to give their coun;enance aud aid to the op- pressed and down .rOdden people of Europe. who, fired by our example and maddened by the tyranny of their rulers. struggling for freedom. The pubcsns of the Gsrmanic confederation have called upon the people of this country to assist and tain them In this enterprise Societies for this pur- pose have been formed In all the large cities The Central Southern Association, at New Orleans, have invited the citizens of Arkansas to add their mite to the fund already created It Is proposed that every one who Is willing to aid Inc brave people of Hun gary in their struggle for eonstitutional liberty against the combined power of the despo,s oi Aus tria and Rassia should contribute, during the war, the piltance of one dime per mouth. This is to furnish arms and munitions of war to the defenders of Hungary. What woman or child is there among us who would not gladly seize the opportunity to assist in effectIng the object contemplated In Europe it Is not 1t is here. The wealth is there in the hands of a very few, aud these few are with rare and not frequent exceptions of aristoc feelings, who are attached to the princes and empe- TOTS. The people who have been oppressed till hu- man nature has rebeed, poor; they are willing to risk their iyes their blood, their all to cverturn the power that has ground them to the dnst but they have not the means to continue a pfotracted war against the immense resources cs Russia and Austria, and the imperial army of three or four hundred thousand men. They have seen the stars and stripes, the emblem of our freedom and they look to us for sympathy and assistance. It is a noble cause, in which every American should be proud and eager to engage. Liberty first dawned upon our shores; we have basked in her light; we have been blessed with her benefits. It should be our care and our joy to manifest love and gra- titude for the possession of these uueqaaed gifts by aiding not only by word but by deed those who are endeavoring initiate US and shake off the shackles of tyrants
 On the evening of the 29th inst. a meeting was held at Georges garden, for ihe purpose of forming association to cooperate with the society in New Orleans, in promoting and aiding the repu blicsn movements in Europe, IL is to be called the Little Rock Branch of the Southern Central Association. for the purpose of supporting the revolutionary movements in favor of liberty in Europe. The officers elected for one year are
 c. O. HALLER, President; A. OsrwoLD and P. fosr, Vice Presidents; J. WoLTMAN and WILLIAM GEoRGE. Secretaries; ALEX. GEORGE, Treasurer; l.. A. WHITLEY, JOHN E. REARpoS, D. DcRR DIFFER, McCRAcKEN. SHAER, DooLEY, G. R JoNEs, CELLERs, and WiTzEL, Standing Commit. tee. k er aa
 constitution was adopted for the association and an adjourned meeting called, at the City Hall
 on Friday evening next at which all those citizen, who feel any interest in giving freedom oppressed Europe are invited to attend. -
 It requested that this meeting be noticed in the different papers ef this city.