Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-09-29

.1 sNA II ohi Holulng an Offlce. 1S that winch an honest and intelligent com < hunl.y VIII ever accord to an officer who promptly. faithfully and efficiently ner. forms hs duties. To know what these auties are, It is necessary, not only to read oat 70 study and understand Me la,rs and srequfaf.ons prescribing them. Then an of- hcer- -w1ll be prepared to act, and if he have prlde and energy of character, will promptly and efficiently discharge the public trust re- posed in him.
 l have prepared and had published with the militia laws, register of the divisions, orlgades and regiments of the militia, and the names of tie major generals, brigadxs generals, and colonels, who command tlz ! II these officers will go to work in earf Nd discharge every duty required of HI9 ocAlaw, they will acquire credit and hosIGI; {; lorSelr patriotic services, and will c6l,s1 'iie iA itia to be such security to the S{tA ''s , tue Nnstitution declares to be neces s<t1k ne Nriotic ladies of our State n,ight, saea'ly elrSDrage the militia by preparing ana piesentA suitable flags to them when 0It'is9t; It < t;ma 10 'i,ie prepare for troublc md. uahsef' "hlch WI certainly be brouf{
 upon our state if Ay citizens remain heeds less and lndlfferentA the security of theuts selves, their famileAand their nronertv,s The dangers which thAaten tbe neace and quiet of the people of A kansas are of such character that every gsd citizen. it is hoped, will be willing, notSaly to enconr- age the organization of theSniDifia hut.ta use hls influence in favor of raix;ne, m onav in the manner which havesurggestea to buy armsa to arm and equip tin Volunteer companies in his county. Let the leople take hold of this matter and petition tho general Assembly of the State of Arkansasto mass such law as 1 have suggested, A that every county may be enabled to haM ;ts volunteer companies of militia well arAed and equipped, so that they would affdd protection and security to the people of tlN county, In their persons and property-' Will not the people act and aid in provid- ing for their own security? Will no warn | ing be sufficient to arouse them until Eng fish enemies of our government shall have their secret and dabolical agents and emis- sarles stationed in every town and neigh borhood, III every county i'll our State, and their arrangements fully perfected, and all things ready at the appointed time, to begin their assigned and systematic work of wholesale arson and plunder, nsurreetion and murder? It is my opinion that the settled and secret policy of the British gov ernment is to disturb the domessc tran guilty of the United States. Thatits ob ject is to break up and destroy our gpvern- ment, getfid of powerful rival, exteM the area of the British dominions on thisc con- tinent and become the chief and controlling power in America.
 It is my opinion Mat the abolition stotes
 man vos fully ascare Mot the British goueyA- naem intended, unceasingly, to pursue Ma
 paticy of disturbing the domestic tranquility
 of the United States, when he announced
 that there was an " irrepressihe conRict'
 betweenthe free States and the slave States
 It is my opinion that millions of dollars of
 British gold have been and will be used in various ways, in the northern and southe,a States to stir up and irtensify this '' ire
 irresistible conAict'' f5etween the free anC slave States. That'the policy of the Brit
 ish government hasl been Jor mony years and as RoU, so toIconducl US uhce0ssn5 efforts to overthrow our government, (by employing abolitiohlsts as its secret agents ani emissaries. thht the mischiefs and out rares nerpetrated ,nSn the slave States will seem to havn hAa--s7r ..7Ea0feE, D1oRned anc pcrpetrated by abolition citizens ofthc free otates. It IS my opinion that the Britisl government is the reai author and instiqota, oi the mischiefs and outrages perpetrated against the slave States, and that u is tHt aafy ot o"r federal gouernneent, and Of the Pdfrtot'c people of Me United States to holo the bratsh gooernment responsible for dis- f4ro'Hg the domestic tranquiiay of the United
 ofafss ltis my opinion that the British i government has determined that, as long as our government shall exist. there shall hencetorth be no domestic tranquility in the onion- It IS my opinion that British gold has been and will be used to hire unprinci- pied abolltlonists from the free States. and send them into the slave States, instructed to commit such outrages that the peonle ot the South will become so hostile to those of the North, and the aggressions and outra ges committed upon the southern States bv those Aired abolition British emissor;es. rom the free States, will be SO otten and oqqra ooted that civil war will be produced. the Union dissolved, and anarchy. with all it's desolatingevils and deeds of plunder, rob- bery, outrnges, crimes and murder prevail
 believe that such conspiracy exists against our federal government. and that. If all the secret facts and transactions com. nected with it, and the names of the secret agents and emissaries of the British govern. ment, distributed throughout the United States, could be ascertained we'll anthem tlcated and made public, the patriotic peo- pie of the United States would be filled with astonshlnent; and that having discov- cred the reol aathor and iastigator of the mischief, all discord between the free States and slave States would at once be allave1 Ii not entirely cease, and that then they would become traternally and more firmly united and that the united indignation of the patriotic citizens of the whole Union against the British government and it's agents and emissaries, would be so great that war would be declared against tba British government in less than twelve months.
 Entertaining these opinions, I deem it my duty to the people of the State of Ar kansas, to warn them to go to work ;a eoy- 's~es and sr~l=n xLe.o...sA Porotaons, so that they may at all times he ready to protect themselves and our State against evils which believe the British government intends shall not 5e temporor,, and h.etng but continuous and agqyayoted '' irrepressidte" and kerv;ble.
 Every county in the State of Arkansas of the county should have substantial and secure arsenal well supplied with arms: and organized and we'll disciplined volunteer companies should beready at all times to ] use them.
 Let these important matters not be lightly treated, but calmly and seriously considered.
 We must look as far as possible in the lutnrc' and prepare to guard against evils which are certainly approaching.
 Then as wise menF as prudent men, as |. -