Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-05-02
From Perry County.
 PERRyyILLE, April l9, 1861.

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 EDITORS TRUE DEMOCRAT
 We are just in receipt of NIT. Lincoln s proclamation, declaration of war against the seeded States. As far as he possesses the power to declare war, and a requisitlon upon the other States for men to enable him to prosecute that war, Arkansas in common with the other States (stlll ad- heringto the Federal Union) it is presum- ed will be required to furnish her propor- tionable amount of the 75,OOC troops call ed for, and her quota of what Mr. Lincoln may subsequently, require; and the question is forcibly asked will she do it. If the fol- lowing resolutions, reported by Mr. Turner from the committee on federal relations to the State convention, on the llth of March last, were reported and received in good faith, as 1 am sure they were, the ques- tion is already answered, and Arkansas will never comply with Mir. Lincoln's de- mand The resolutions are as follows 4h ResolUed, That any atterpr'son tue part of the federal government to oerce secedlNeg State y~.narn1ea IorceT liI De resisted by Arkansas to the last extremity.
 A6th Resolped further, That the execution of the federal laws in the seeded States, in the collec ton of revenues and duties, by other means than the local and civil authorities, the recapturng of the forts, arsenals, and other property of the federal government in the seeded States, by an armed force, would be coercion. s
 The foregoing resolutions it will be re- membered were neither presented nor re- ported by the ultra secessionsts, but by the most devoted Union men of the con vention; thereby showing that nothing less would satisfy the most conservative DOT tions of the State. And as the coming events had already cast their shadows be- fore them; the convention wisely provided for present exigencies, by the following or dinance. D
 SEC. l. Be tt ordained by the people of Arkansas in Contention assmblsd, That the president of this convention be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered by proclamation or otherwise, to con vene this convention at any time between this and the 9th day of August, A. D. 1861, if in his opin- ion an exigency should arise within the intervene ing time between the adjournment and said 18th day of August, A. D. l66l.
 The only question for the president to decide in order to induce him to convene the convention, according to the foregoing ordinance, is, has sufficient exigency arose to require it, and as Mr. Turner's reported resolutions so completely defines the exiges- cy as provided by Mir. Lincoln's proclama- tion, surely there can be no doubts uponl President Walkers mind, as to the course for him to pursue.
 It is true, the fate of Arkansas is depen- dent upon the will of one man, her politi-i cal destinies are in his hands; and if he, should fail to call the convention immedi- ately, or defer 1t until the 18th of August, the day to which it adjourned, no seer will be needed to predict her doom, for in far less time an army will be within her midst to awe and force her into submission But what will President Walker do is the anxious enquiry. T have no doubt but that he will prove himself equal to the emergency and assemble the convention at as carly day as may be practicable, The delegates will come fresh from the people, fully advised of their wishes, and fully pre- pared to act without conditions. It IS surely time for Arkansas to define her po- sition. and if it is for submission to black repQDlican uOullHdtlOU, leL uci Soli' op manfuly, as the northern States have done, with free will offering of men and money to aid Mr. Lincoln in his crusade against the South But if she is determined not to brue her hands in the blood of her brothers, if she is to maintain her rights and inde pendence, and intends to act out the spirit and letter of her own resolutions as declar- ed in convention, let her be just to herself, and honest with Mir. Lincoln, and give him hopes no longer of her sympathy: Let her place herself in an attitude of honor and efficiency We have no time now to dispute over abstractidns, but must deal with realities. Independence or direct submis- sion now is the question to settle, and must be settled soon or it will soon be set tied for us.
 As delegate, solicit an immediate call of the convention.