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whether we shall occupy a Neutral position,
and turn aside from our bo.rders the com
mon flood that may flow over the land.
In the present aspect Of affairs, we think
MISSOURI viii still cling 10 her old land
marks. She has nothing 70 gain BY, revo-
luton and she should husband her resyources
and set her house in order. The food ,cates
Of revolution are opened; no man can tell
where they viii end, for an impassioned 60
pie can not be restrained. Then comes TIE
horrible reflection Of men killed, that they
are American citizens-our brothers and
who should be so unwise as 10 rejoice AZ
such prospect7 Remember that he who
lives by the sword dies by the sword.'
tFrom the Fayette tMo) Bannsr.l
THE WAR OF sUBJuGATIoE COMMENCED.
The Southern breezes have already brought
TO our ears the "clash of resounding arms
The death. knell of the American Union has
peen tolled. The fanaticism that has 80 long
been gathering in the North has burst With
Jury upon the South. The power Of the
American Government is now beinO used "a
subvert the liberties destroy the hoines and
desecrate the soil Of its own people. "Grin1.
yisaged war" has tapped his dark wing in
tne lace OF once proud, happy and united
natlon OF treemen, striking terror and dis.
may in every direction. The "stars and
stripes" the once honored and revered en-
sign Of a noble Republic, has been 1isoraced
and dishonored. The American army and
navy are now doing the bidding of tyrants,
and are endeavoring to subjugate millions
Of freemen who have declared themselves
Independent of a gubverted and degraded
government, and who will maintain that
Independence or die the death of patriots,
defending their liberties and their fresides.
We have prayed earnestly for a settlement
of our national difficulties, and, above All.
for peace; but there is no peace, and we can
now only pray that the God of battles will
defend the right-will aid the just against
the unjust. We hope that every American
nag that is raised upon Southern soil for the
purpose OF forcing Southern people 10 obey
the behests of the Abolition fanatics, into
whose keeping it has so unfortunately
fallen, will be torn into O thousand shreds
a1d that every army that sttempts to subiu-
gate the freemen of the South, will be swell
coined with bloody hands to hospitable
graves"
lFrOm the Fulton CMo.) vOx PopuiiI
The Black Republican North has arisen in
arms, thirsting for the blood of our friends,
and crying aloud for vengeance. Lincoln
has heard the cry, and assuming the prerog-
alive OF dictator, has responded by pro-
flock to his standard in order to subjugate
the rebel South.
Now, men of Missouri, the time has arrived
for you to act. Will you, as the action of
our late State Convention indicate, ioin the
Black-Republican standard, in making com.
mon war upon your friends and brothers of
the South Or will you rather (for there is
no neutral ground now rise in the might
and majesty Of your power, and proclaim to
the North. Nay, nay-thus far shalt thou
go, and no farther. You have trampled
upon us, and we have smiled you have in.
suited us, and we murmured not; YOU have
Injured us, and we have borne it all. But
now we have reached that point beyond
which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
And we say to you, in the language of a dis
Senator, "you can neUer subjuoate
as, You can never convert the free sons of
the soil into vassals, paying tribute to your
power: and you never can degrade US to the
level of an inferior and seryile race. Never
never ~
IFrom the Independence Gazette.l
That war policy has been inaugurated
by the Administration, which led to the at
tack upon and capture of Fort Sumter. no
one in his senses can doubt. 1t has been
ann ounced time and again by the press, in
all sections of the country, that the policy
OF Mr.. Lincoln would be peace, and we have
the assurances of that gentleman himself.
Notwithstanding his inaugural, that it would
be peaceful one, and yet every action of
his has been one continued series of false.
hood and treachery. Duling the last three
months we ask what has been the course of
the Confederate States2 They have time
and sgain rendered to the Federal Govern
ment the olive branch of peace, and have
to account for all the Federal prop
erty within their jurisdiction in fact, they
have offered to do everything that any
other Government would do, and yet, these
offers have been treated with scorn and con-
tempt. Upon an Abolition Administration
let the curses of a people fall who have been
outraged in being deprived of their rights,
They have asked, when they could no
longer remain in the Union, to be treated as
equals, without being compelled to fight for
the protection of their homes and their fire.
SIDES yet all has been refused. We ask now
what course is left tor Southern men to pur-
sue, unless they ignominiously crawl down
from the position they now occupy, except
to defend their lives and properly to the
last, and, II necessary, to die in that defense1
Mr.. Lincoln has called ON the several States
of the Union for 75, 900 militia to resist the
action of the Confederate States, and to CO.
erce them back again, to retake the forts,
and to collect the revenue. What will be
the action of the Confederate States, to meet
this extraordinary crisis which is being
brought upon themP To brave men there
can be but one course, and that they will
assuredly follow, viz: to resist.
Who believes that Lincoln and his Aboli.
ton cohorts will ever be able to coerce a
siDglc seeding State back into the Union
Should these 10000 men be mad enough TO
go South to carry. out the plans of the Ad-
ministration, a desolating war of brother
against brother will be the result,
In the mean time, will the Border slave
States stand by and see these abolition CO.
horts march an army upon their Southern
brethren, and not dare to raise hand to stay
the blood which will flow like water? We
can not believe it. Have they forgotten the
example of those sires who dyed the earth
with their blood for the liberties which we
have epjoyed2 Will not the memory of
jackson, Boone, and a host of others,
prompt them to grid on their armor, and
prepare TO battle for the right2 We call
upon Missourians, not as State rights men,
not as Union men, but as men who have the
nerve to assert their rights, and to defend
Southerners holding the same rights, to take
some action to show their sympathy for those
whom Mr. Lincoln has sworn to subjugate.
Will it be recorded in history that the State
of Missouri stood an idle spectator when a
gallant people were down -trodden by ty-
rannical North, for asserting those rights of
which she as well as they were deprived by
the action of that dominant party2 We
trust that no such page shall ever darken our
history. Let, then, our Convention be called
together at once, aud let them act, aud if
they have not nerve enough to take the re-
spopsibility, let them resign their power
back to the people, who can and will act for
[FrOm the St. Joseph Journal, Isth.l
FOR IMMEDIATE SECESSION.
We learn from Colonel w. L. Irvine, that
Hon. W. p. Hall and General Wilson have
conferred together, and that they are in
favor of the Immediate reassembling of the
Convention, and in favor of submitting to
the people whether they will Immediately
secede, OF await the action of the Border
State Convention, at Frankfort. We pre-
sumo that Ex Governor Price will convene
the Convention at the earliest practicable
moment.
From the Huntsville Citizen.I
THE WAR NEWS.
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