Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-01-26

,sa 'I'ose of few northern men with roiot;o ect or step of policy. Permit ms to sav .o Mir. Pal. 'ie summation for northern fanatic oS
 eek, or any other man; and find in ,h "s named as few redeeming m .ie paft.es e ikroEs of those designated nm tb m
 oS JUST ds cordiaily We are grataf,I to nI 'ne r;nb,. man who has been battInr for o,'n ha' h Justlfable manner. Rpt uas bs ,o, | ou. unahIa so ueeply steeped in prejudice as to be that w; ;o uiscern between that which is riqht ani mend en.I wrong, or to enthusiastically com ~ lenu edca attke-eUen iR triends Tbi .. 'oin. @ neser do--never! We thereby bocan,e ..:ai we G'n ronoo; III crime and abettors in its pernetnity w. frn;ts, that this very principle is ono of tbo . s,.t, sources Of our present calomitias I
 ponslole men in all sections and in ai nartos mera" .us'ihed Tn unlustifable if not crimnoI acts
 are ,re me most auaiiaJie men ;, "' F"''y' anu
 we as southern men feel ,nore ,oon,,. 4,. Jo tne modification resulting from tho ;on,, | hott VI our iriendS-9nd as d fond and arnbitio,,s vnrn ser IS deeply pained by the derelictions and "ar'ahtaole acts ofa brother, reprehends and ro. poooes oes "'Vn ndety and even severity. SD we-in amhiS "itn m the principle laid down in our nre- "1noie' Vlzi~ That the conseryatism of tb, S,tL aoae can restrain the evident nrorliy;tas of tL" s ,o oultralsm-irankly, but dispassionatelr ev our disapproval of the resort to arms for the o eSS oi our casual grievances whether bv friends iLoe'-namlng few of the leading advocates of 'u,I eI 1octrlne on both sides.
 to -ir eek says Git lily becomes southern man sG I ohafSe them with treason.'' We anake m sucb | o"afge or eUen intimdt0n
 bo,s, nave always heretofore thought Mr. P. too nOnoi"ote' and too just, to saddle upon any one Sei',iehts so foreign to the facts merely to S""heh 'he preludices of the iterate and the in- iihatlhg. He is in this, untrue to himself as a,t.e a"ays known hm-as we'll as to us. We oer'aihiy never intended to convey such an idea HOT do We yet believe it susceptible of such con su"c'ioh. We think it un9enerous to use no s"ohSef term, thus to pervert our manifest mean ihg' It IS a universally acknowledged principle amongst gentlemen and ethical writers to accent that signifcaton of words Gas also sentences) which we have reason to believe the author attaches to them
 What is unlawful and unjustfable Norts would be mJustha6ie south in this government Wedid not say those southern men had placed weapons in the hands oi their fellow citizens; but all who read their speeches and pamphlets know they advocate such course-and we should certainly disapproye of such policy because the advocacy of arming, tseH presuposes determination to commit some act ot which the Executive, bound by his oatl. of oihce, would be compelled to take cognizance. Ii not-why arm themselves? Has our government been so tyrannical-so regardless of justice as to visit the various members of the confederation with military raidsl Has she not only manifested disposition to be just but also lenient? 'Tis true our southern friends feel aggrieved almost past rea sohble torbearance; but not as much so as we But if they love the constitution and the Union as some of them profess, is thus arming the people the most judlcous course to secure what we demand, viz: Our constitutional rights in the Union?' Does It not nave tendency to eXasperate and arouse all the venom of those bad men in the North2 It might lntimidaea q power greatly our inferior. That pan which meets our appobaton is to try frank gentemanly negotiation until we are satisfied there | is no responsive conservatism in the North 1 Mr. Peek saws, have been m tbncn demands for thirty odd years" Has it been done With calm dignity and traternal spirit which gave | us reason to expect favorable reply? Or has it not been in most cases with something of the spirit | manifested by Mir lvefson. when commenting on | the Presidents message? What could we expect as the result, if such course were pursued by our minister at the Court of St. James? Yet We see it stated that England is aiding and abetting the North in what she is doing-lheu why treat Eng land, who occupies q similar attitude with relation to our institutions with more marked respect than the northern sisters of our c0uiederacy2 We no where sap or intimate in our resolutions that those northern men ''are as go0d" as any of those south ern men; MT. Peek to the conTlrv notwithstanding. We reputilate single act of those men, naming a few of the princ pal ones who advocate such a course of policy, in juxtapostion with similar number on the part of the North, indorSe, viz: "a resort to arms for the redress of our casual grev- ances.' Mir. r. will not take the responsibility of saving that our estimation of mans tcaole characer Is made up ot, or is identicdily the same as the | opinion we form of single iaD0ttic act.
 No Mr. Peek! pe meea blush 10 sDeah our honest sehtments. Wedo esteem the spirit of the extremes both North and South alike suDver,iye of the har- mOny and com promises of our government, and well Calculated to secure the same nnal reSult--the utter distraction of this federal Union. We think so stl. We think the motive underlying all our strctures upon southern men and measures, is made palpably manifest to every honest, unpreju dlced mind, by the principles laid down in our pre- amble-that it was the peculiar and appropriate duty of southern C0nsersatism 10 curb and restrain southern atraism. We suffer friends to admonish ana reproYe Us, and We receive it without one bit l ter ieelng; while similar language addressed 10 Us py Parti',s ut variance with ns would be esteemed lhsuu. Good men North admonshing and re- proving northern fanatics with language much stronger than that used by Us. We do not think it polite or Tn accordance with the dignity of refined gentlemen or deib rItive bodies of such to indulge in explosives and taunts. It never results in good, and is certainly not in accordance with that nspir- ed maxim; "A soft answer turneth away wrath" whilst all who try it, realize the trath ot the verse ''griveous words stir up anger'
 Mir. Peek says: "'Fhe rlmcrs of those resoll- tions seem to msapprehend entirely the real issue It is not whether We shall rusn mldly into seces- sion, disunion, revolution. blood and thunder-but this simple proposition; will the people of Arkan- SIS loin her sister southern states, in southern convention" We must inform the gent eman that he is deeply benightcd as to the facts of the case, the ramers of the resolutions. No SHcf pro. position had ever been made to Us, when our meeting Was held Not q word had ever been heard by us as to any convention except that of the states of South Carolina Alabama and perhaps Georgia; but each to be he'd separately Wewere the first body of people, to our knowledge, who ever proposed a National COn0eat0h for the adjustment of our diff terences; and conceived that all could be effect ed by caucus of southern mcmbrrs, that could be done by Somhera ConUentOa, and with d great economy ot tune.
 We give few extracts from the sentiments ad- vanced by southern men which we considered the proper ideas of what they intended, and will also show the light We had on the subject:
 'if the ballot box fails to give our rights, the cartrdge-box will.'
 "We will seeede, peaccaby if possible; but at all hazards"
 "No power on earth can prevent her (Georgia's) ) withdrawal. The repeal of the personal liberty bills of the North would be in vain. They are ob- noXious but We care nothing for their practical operations"
 (The Charleston Mercury holds almost identi caliy the same language)
 , ''We are enemies, we are hostile, we accent the issues of war;
 Does not this look like secesson disunion, revo- uton and blood it not thunderl Does this bear any resemblance to the profession that they love the Union and desire to secure their rights in it
 These, and such like, constituted the light before us. The same patriot says: "One thing alone prevents Texas from seeding, that is her governors and il he does not yield to overwhelming public sentiment ,, some Texan Brutus will reach his heart, and rid the world of hoary headed traitor."
 l This possibly glves us just expose of what Mr. Peek eseems true democracy, true soutaernis, rut patriotism and coaSerodtism, He says our resylu. tons are any thing else than conservative, etc How 7 my fellow citizens of the South, who reqlIy love the Union, desire its perpetuity, and to enjoy youI rights Ill It, comports in your minds this sort ol conservatism with that policy recommended by oul ! resolutions throughout. For instance nResoioed That we most earnestly conure our fellow citizen. ,o exercise spirit of moderation and forbearance Tee ing thaJ We have justice our side and mus prevail.
 Wewilt also give an example of Mr. Peek's owl inst ' -0'' 1 HOr will thnr ri -n III. l :. - - !. :, :.