The Des Arc weekly citizen., 1861-08-28


 &1blie Meeting at Brownsville-Sub- oriptions Of Crop for Defence of the
 onfedsrate States.
 ia meeting of the citizens of Prairie xpunty at Brownsville, or the 18th inst, on MOtion Nl '. 4. TEnaY was called to the cha sssi '. ], c. DATE aad J. c MORRILL, appoInted Seetarias.
 Cor. IERHT esfaiae ef of the meet ing to be to obta3 ae Confed- crate loan, ap3 ae e f apply Ii ing the proc N sne Confed- &rate GovernmS anstleted that Ehe t Patriotic citizea he9aqfedeate stsses ! Had, thus far, aided the gSuunAes win means sufficient to sustain itself thae struv ple with the Northern hordes. s.ssgfsd I that to the fact that our soldiers a!rsaT s4ae < field must be sustained and supported, as'tstl < Every one was interested in mSEsag the b. $ scriptions of cotton. grain, &c.,, ss large , possible, and receive the bonds of tAe Cenfet 2 eracv therefor-that if these bonds are nob good, then all is lost-our property of every discription, our rights, as freemen aid all that we hold near and dear on earth.
 Hon. F. H. ENGLISH next addressed the meeting. We regret that our space will not permit us to give his entire speecl. After congratnlating himself that so man of the people of Prairie were present, he demnstrated that the citizens of the South were struggling to sustain constitutional liberty-that theserpen |. as it entered Eden, had entered the PresdentiaI | chair of the old Union. He drew a hstorca parallel of the dear memories that cluster around the past-down to the time tie Chi cago platform usurped the place of theconsti- tution. He showed the base abandonment of the force of the writ of HABEAs CoFUs by Lincoln and his minons, and their plpable violation of the constitution thereby, End that the liberty of the press and the fredom Of speech had both been destroyed by khem.- ! Two things he affirmed were essentia to the success of government, viz NN and MONEY" and added that MONEY or equiv o,ent was what was now wanted. Hehowed the relative population of the Cotederate States, as effective fighting men, toFe near 750 .0OO. and that mere than milliorfonld be 8 The people of Arkansas had promptlrushed to arms-over 25,0OO of her populaon had 3 already enlisted, and more were read should their services be needed. He maintahd tha. such people could not be crushed. tshow ed that the soldier must be fed, and themount necessary to sustain the Southern Conheracy in her struggle for independence. A'Mont- gomerv, MT. Meminger estimated tit fifty millions would be necessary to carry)n the war this year, but the federal governnnt has compelled us to enlarge the amounto one hundred and twenty-five millions, in feier to meet Lincoln and his satellites. T raise this amount all classes must contribut their proportion. Several modes were suggted.- We could not rely upon tariff Bills cred it would not do as that had been frtlessly tried during the old revolutionary wa Di- rect taxation would not do, as the nple in the eleven States would not stand it. A1ansas alone would have had to raise about the mil- lions as her proportion of the amoun-about thirty times as much as our present ate of taxation.
 JuuSc SpoOCu Wdo ooiS iiV"S" out, and partook of manly straightorward desire that the people should put the should CTS to the wheel and aid the Confedere State' in establishing and maintaining thehndepen- dence. He complimented the la'es who were present, and commended the gEious aid they are extending towards the Sonern ar mics.
 On motion committee of six corsting Of Dr. Wm. c. Hazen, J. w. Adam, J. w. Moore, Abram Jenkins, James Eagland John H. Bulls were appointed to present tthe meet ing series of resolutions. After fetlrlng short time they made the followig report which was accepted
 The committee appointed by thismeetlng e' express our views in regard to tht proprlet. of the people to make loans to the sonfederat Government of cotton and other lroduce TO the defence of the country, would lespectfuii. present the following:
 Resolved 1st. That we believewe are en gagged in righteous sasse, one in which