Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-06-15
By order of the .
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
. The Delta, of the 2d inst, comes to us with an article that, in some sort, foreshadows the

an article that, m some sort, foreshadows the coming events. It said
 When, before thefonnnl and public inauguration Of the lhde cnGent movement Ill thls city We alud- cd to q spontaneous and prevailing impulse towards reaction among the people. We scarcely concel. ed that it could rapidly make ilsei an acknowledged power i'll the approaching municipal eiecti h.
 but oIicL the reacuon has unquestionably and ob- Nou>iy Oecome. The act has been almost as quick as the thought. Organization has followed swift y the theoretical toreshliomilg of the danger and the eIheigcncy pressing upon the people, and the hope ahd aspiration Tor better things have been fol- lowed by the heart and han,stnc will and delcrnna- uoli, and "ithal, the adoption of those meIsures winch alt necessary o the pshment oi the high purpose.
 It only needed that the good and true men of the clty. the pfoperyiiUlders, the merchants and pro- ies-"nal men, tine working and productive men, the permanent residents all, in word who are deIIti- hed for Ncal or for with lhe destiny of the city, lhe nome Of themselNes their wives and children. family ur trlcs, who ~ensitive participate in it's good name CT uad fame. it4 adeerSty prosperity 1t oniy needed that these should understand each other to be uDe to c0-opcrac. shoulder shoul der, and perform the work of usieling ill brghs and benittent
 A Lew genesis Is wanted. Out of chaos and darkness 1t must Let 1t and if the min ions of night refuse to follow let them perish with their iiol if they wlil but for us let resolve thnt gloom, and teIror and haunting shadows of evil, alsli prevail longer.
 ci''il "S lllc lLlfiOSL thought or JnOusdnQS, WHO uttered it not, however unt the occasion put them ih electric commnnicAton. Then it that they began to understand other Then il that they became aware that, while straying apart, follow ing rhautoms and deIueioua. and wasting time and energy in futiitics they had been together in secret hope and wish and earnest .icton.
 or course, sponancy Of reaction was the natu- ral res ut ol such understanding. At first. also quite natural tlis reaction somewhat tut muituors; but it took the form of organized re- action; aid cd in the outset. il grew apacc. grew amazingly. and in almost iese than d fortnight has become tremendous fact and recognized power.
 The press in general responds to the popular feel ing. None worthy of mention oppo-e the iryepress- be desire and earnest effort of thr people to redeem and disenthral the city, to utterly annihia,e the lrGhtiui uhominatioIs and loath,Ome horrors which have ia tened uon the city's vit.s and bed name less tOulness and corWptiou.
 On the night of the second of June, vigil lance committee, in large numbers took pos session of Jackson square, of the arsenal aid the prisons. Events now followed in quick succession.
 The common council met, but were too con fused 10 act decidedly. The mayor called ont the militia, but only few persons came in obe- denco to the call. The bul.es aud ruililus, imdIns thaJ their vocation aud their pelsous were u danger, sided with the city council
 The BuIletin thus sums up the events of the 4h irst
 No attempt made Co disturb the quarters of tue c"mnite ti"u4 is ,eutiuels did not i cUH-eQueucc sleep. On the contrary they were very wide awake. he mayor and G Ii. Lc"ie m the morning papers. issued their procalail ns tp the mi Ary to out yes erday morning The call mt res ondet to. the oloer "as noS obe, d, Not enough to make a corporaIS guard a>semo ed for tie purpose of taking the Vi.lI u commltter. A. the rose however r, did the excitement throughout the citv. Every body tciJ that q crisis must come. Every body felt. too, that to attac! the committee cntreched d. It Was, would be sheer madncrs. Some grave and od cluzcn> under these crcU ces saw the neet- sly of pcmn- negotiations vitha view to secure the ald o the vgi ant force> te hnicaly as well as real ly on the side ot law, thereby giving them the pres tgc tfat nothing else could, and eiectuaily using them to maintain order and to secure the peace of the city. meeting cuI,eq equentiy took place uud committees were appointed to confer with the mayor and Gen Lewis on the one side and the ygilants pn the other.
 The result that members of the committee were to be sworn in | special police force to ple- serve order before and duing the election under the mayor and Gen. Lewis. superintendent of elections the men retmning their organization and probably ther present quarters at least Us long as may be ne cessary tosecure tue objects in view The documents signed will appear the same time this article does ill this mornings issue
 he course pursued we think the only rational and ]uclous one that could under the circumstances have been taken by the authorities and they deserve the thanks of the community, and we feel sure will receive them for it. The respectable citizens who it Is understood formed the Eig1dnce C3nmaatee are thus egaized and brought into acquisition under the regularly constituted authorities for the purpose of giving that protection citizens both before and the day oi election which they require.
 This arrangement seemed all that was re- quired, and would have efectually preserved peace as well as guarantied fair election, but the council of the city refused to support the Mayor. The plug-uslies and know nothings en- deavored to kill him 50 that he was compelled to retire to the quarters of the vigilance committee The common council met summarily deposed Mayor Waterman, elected another and refused to carry out the agreement entered into with the committee. That agreement was reduced to writing aud was signed as follows
 Notice to the People and Citizens of New
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