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Gov. stewards Appeal 20 the PeopIe
Of MISsOupi

Gov. Stewards Appeal 20 the People
"f Missouri.
Hon: K. M. Stewart, the predecessor of Clai.
borne I. Jackson, as Governor Of Missouri, who
served for the three years preceding the pres
ent' has Issued the following eloquent appeal to
the people of the State:
Citizens Of Missouri; May not presume up.
ON the confidence you have repeatedly shown in
electing me to high Offices, and the evidences
OF continued Fellowship which meet me every
where amongst the people, to address to you a
few words Of counsel In the midst of this
terrific crisis Every interest of the
State is threatened with utter destruction -
What can be done to tighten, for we cannot en-
tirely avoid, this great calamity7 This war
Is already upon US, and if it could be stopped
to morrow, its evil effects would be- FELT for
generations 10 come. Our obly relief is in
putting speedy close to the cruel and cause
less war now being waged upon our southern
border. How can this be accomplished viii
it bring peace TO Missouri If the people should
bow their willing necks to be trodden upon by
the heel of Jeff. Davis and his minions2 Never.
Ii Missouri could be dragged or dragooned into
the Southern Confederacy tomorrow, it would
only add hundred fold to her calamities. Some
OF you who have been led away by the false
god OF secession, fancy that if the State should
once proclaim herself a member of the cotton
confederacy, her troubles would all be ended.
Lay not the dattering unction to your souls.-
missouri has now declared her loyalty by near.
ly hundred thousand majority, and even II
she had proved an ungrateiul traitor to the Gov.
ernment thai has founded and fostered all her
interests, that Government would sacrifice it's
last man and spend its last dollar before it
would abandon Missouri. When the United
States Government surrenders It's right to nav.
igate the Atlantic ocean, IL may abandon its on
y thoroughtare to the Pacifc-not before
Rather than give up Missouri to a rebel rule,
les territory will be desolated as by FIRE, and
then opened TO new settlement by loyal cit.
zens.
VINO brought this unnatural and unholy strife
70 our bordersi Not the people, for they voted
loyalty with vim that caused treason to turn
pale and tremble with fear. The very men
who insisted upon calling a convention, with
the belief that it would carry out their traitor Gus
schemes, being checkmsted by the body they
had called into existence, have inaugurated this
war to carry out their plan in spite of the people
The late Governor, having been repudlated, and
having left the State, in disgrace, has returned
with host Of foreign enemies to wage relent-
less war upon its citizens. There can be no
peace for Missouri until these ruthless invaders
OF our soil are driven into the hills and swamps
Of Arkansas.
HIas part Of the original programme Of ssces.
s'oH to Ttrnoue the burdens of The paT from ke
cotton TO the border StOtes. Virginia was first
drawn into the snare, and her dearest inter ests
WI be ruined, let the contest end as it may
Missouri has been dragged into the same hor.
rid vortex by few disappointed demsgogues,
and our only hope of rescue is by driving back
the invading foe from nnr hnrdora
Missourians! You who still preserve devo.
tion to the country and Gag that has given you
political existence and constant protection, this
% no time to halt between two opinions -
With you 1t Is single question of lie or
death. If the man whom you have repudiated
as Governor for his reasonable acts, ia allowed
to resume his seat, and you are brought within
reach OF his power, your homes and lives will
lot be worth an hours purchase. iIis chosen
freebooting general offers you protection2 IL
ts such protection as the yulturs gives to the
lamb.
If you Wish to have your towns and cities
given up to sack and slaughter, your homes
robbed and ravished, your fields desolated, and
your property plundered by these soldiers of
fortune, then open wide your doors and welcom @
the invaders to their bloody feast. II you
would save your country from ruin and your
hearthstones from being stained with the blood
OF your children, rise at once to the defense of
your liberties, and drive the insolent foe beyond
the boundaries OF your State.
Missourisns II cannot be that we shall fail
in cause like this, for it is the cause of God
and humanity. Take courage, too, from the
marsbaled hosts that have gathered for YOUR
rescue. A hundred thousand warriors are now
on the soil OF Missouri to defend it from the
invading toe. From every hill and plain in the
Northwest these armed squadrons have flock ed
TO your aid, and with one earnest, united effort
your enemies will be routed and Missouri once
more rest in peace.
Citizens of Missouri, you can bear me wit.
ness that during my official life have labored
earnestly against the doctrines and practices of
the extreme fanatics of the North. Abolition
and secession are two extremes that now unite
In the destruction of everything we hold dear.
10 not latter yourselves that this social war in
Missouri is against sbolitionists. Il is lust
what they have prayed for, because they saw in
1t the utter annihilation of our domestic insti.
tutons. The only practical abolitionis,s in
Missouri are those who have inaugurated and
are now prosecuting this unholy war. II al.
lowed to continue, it will accomplish in
year, what could not have taken place
In century - the practical abolition of
slavery In Missouri. The only safety for
Missouri slaveholders Is in the Union. Out
OF it, either by force or by treaty, their property
Is utterly valueless. You have been told that
this war Is waged on one side for the protection,
and on the other for the destruction of slavery,
This Is falsehood, a snare and a delusion. -
This war is for the life of nation, and the
lives and fortunes of twenty millions of people
are pledged for its prosecution. Abolitionism ia
swallowed up and lost sight of in the magnitude
OF this terrible crisis. The war is to decide
whether free governments are practicable. and
its issue will fx the fate of republics for veal
or woe, during the next thousand years. Ifyou
would save your homes and your property from
Destruction, this war in Missouri must be
brought to Q speedy close. This can only be
done by driving back the invaders from our
southern boundaries. This done, our State will
be relieved from military occupation, our prom
erty Will be secure and our lives protected.
For myself, my lot is cast, and all that have
and all that can do, are thrown into the scale
OF government, law and order, as opposed to
revolution, anarchy and blood. For the peace
and prosperity Of my adopted State, will sac.
rifce property and life il necessary, and all my
fighting must be under the Old fag. Itcame to
our nation with its birth, has borne its glories
on every sea and land, has led the van in every
battle Tor our freedom and rights, and when
fall, | ask for no greater glory than to be
shrouded with Its star spanglea folds.
r. M. STEWART.
The Indian Tribes in Treaty with
tho secesslOnists.
The Fort Smith Ti,nss haa n latter dated