Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-05-09
Number g.
The Voice of Randolph County

large and enthusiastic meeting of the cit;zsns ofRandolph county, held in Pocahontas on Monday the 22d day of April, 1861, the following procsed. ings were had:
 On motion of John II. Imboden it was unan,. mously resolved that in selecting officers for tbis meeting none but late Union men be eligible for the places
 - -Whereupon, lame Russell was called to the chair, and w. R. Hunter appointed secretary.
 On motion, the chairman appointed committee of seven to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting; which committee was comoo,ed of the following named gentlemen: Hammet Me. Ilroy, Louis Hanauer, Peter Snyder, R. A. Oakes. M Wilson, Robt. Bryant and Isham J. Mock.
 The committee immediately retired, and duripc their absence string and appropriate speeches were delivered by Hon. J. F. Davies, Col. John Mccoy and P. K. Lester, esq.
 The committee upon returning reported the fol. lowing resolutions, which were unanimously adopt. ed.
 Resolped, l. That the Hon. David Walker Ia hereby requested to issue proclamation calling the State convention together at the city of Little Rock, at the earliest practicable moment, for the purpose of passing an immediate secession ordi. nance.
 9 That the convention, when reassembled, will send delegates to the Southern Confedsssey and tender them the assistance of onr State. Also, that they take the primary steps toward having Arkansas annexed to the Southern Confedsracy.
 3. That the convention will immediately arr, and equip the State militia and volunteer compa- nies, especially those upon the frontiers of or State, so that they may be able to defend them. selves against any invasion.
 4. That from reliable information received by this committee, we learn that private and public property belonging to this and other southern States, has been seized by the city authorities of Cincinnati, and detained in that city from being sent forward to it's destination; therefore, be it resoiued, that such things cannot nor should not be tolerated by us, and that hereafter in all such cases, we recommend retaliation as the proper remedy.
 ,. That although we, the undersigned commit. tee, have until lately been Union men and loysrs of the stars and stripes of the United States, yet we find that under the deceitful and vacillating course of Lincoln and his cabinet no assurance for the future and that by it we have been deceived in the past; and therefore, we hope and pray that the Hon. David Walker will act upon this, our peti- ton, immediately, and that all Union men as well IS secessioniss, will receive the above resolutions in the spirit in which they are given.
 6. That we, the citizens of this county, pledge our lives, fortunes and sacred honor to the defense 3f the South, and that we will resist until death northern aggression, before we will give up our southern rights and liberties.
 H. McILROY, Chra. On motion of J. II. lmboden, the proceedings of his meeting be furnished to the publisher of ths Advertiser and Herald for publication, with the re- luest that all other papers of the State publish tho ame; and that the secretary forward copy imme, liately to Hon. David Walker at his home.
 JAS. RUSSELL, Prest. ". K. HUNTER, Sec'y.