Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-04-18

TloJu duuIeSSeu tuo meeting. AnOtHef meeting was ordered for next Saturday at Clarksville. Johnson county is wide awake. We received the proceedings at Horsehead too late for publication this week.
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 From Dallas County
 Tulip, April 3rd, 1861. EDITORS TRUE DEMoCRAT-
 Gents: l think it best for both North and South for us to separate peaceably, and still maintain friendly relations between each section. Our re ligion, our politics are diverse.
 The interests of the North are manufacturing and free labor Ours agricultural and slave labor, They require high tariff and protective We only want "iree trade and sailors rights" with tariff reduced to the lowest revenue standard, to promote our pursuits. They want a monied aris tocracy and largo landed proprietors to oppress the poor white laborer, and compel him, his wife and
 little children to work ten hours day in their fac tories at low wages and starvation prices. To scringe and bow at their bidding; do all their menial service; pay their own taxes and doctors bills; to be neglected when sick and forgotten and suffered to finger ard die in misery when old. While it is known in the South that all good mas ters feed and clothe well; work moderately; take care of the sick, and have their old negroes well taken care of.
 Well may these northern abotionists be in
 favor of negro equality, for really the poor northern operative is not equal to our southern negro in comforts and enjoyments This is one reason then why should separate; for they, poor souls, want to be put upon leve with negroes, and 1 think they ought to be gratifed. How is it here in the South7 Our white laborers who own no slaves are free independent land holders; equal to anybody, ye. equal to king, for each is a sovereign. When meet one, I meet my equal l meet man, not a thing, 6 chatte! but man amongst men. How then any southcrner live under and support government that wants to degrade him by bringing him down to the level of the negro7 Lincoln says slavery must De abolished; ]; that the negro is equal to the white man. that there i. an "irrepressibe conflict" between free and slave labor and as we all know the negro can't be elevated to the level of the white man, of course the latter must sink to that of the negro, or else there will be equality.
 My fellow citizens of Arkansas, are you in favor or this negro equality2 Of this negro union. Ii you are for the Union and opposed to secession. do you not take it with all is qlo,ics7-negro equality high tariff-Abe Lincoln, etc. and swallow all at one mighty gulp. If this don't choke you, you need never fear dying of strangulation.
 said we differed in religion. In making these remarks and statements, wish it distinctly under stood that deal in generalities, and my remark. refer chiefly to the New England mind and procliy. ities, and the influence it has had over their neigh bors in subverting their moral and religious edu. cation. It is well known, that in Cromwel,s time the Puritans were canting, bgotted set of men, and Oliver knew will how to turn it to account by uniting and joining with them. After his purpose was accomplished and he no longer mingled in their conventicles, they became dissatisfied and determined to seek new home across the broad ocean, where they could enjoy religious liberty ac. cording to their own notions We'll not long after the Mayflower landed them on Plymouth rock having no government or laws, they met in solemn concave and resolred, that they would be governed by the laws of God until they could make better Here now we see the germ of the northern mind, the principle that was to be the handspring in edu- eating the northern intellect, and give direction to it's moral and religious bearing. Their idea of religious liberty was, conformity to their views, hence their persecution the Baptists and Quakers They tolerated nothing contrary to their principles Their first resolution that they would be governed by the laws of God until they could make better, shows the kind of obligation they felt to be gov erned by the bible. We have it from high authority that "a little leaven leaveneh the whole business" That leaven has been silently but cer- tainly working from that day to this, till like the foul scab of leprosy, it has infected the whole body polite, and formed a mighty, overwhelming. abo. liton, infdel party-a niger law party, that like the destructive Sirocco, has swept over the North and north west and culminated in the election of purely sectional, abolition, black republican Presi dent. Yes, Abraham Lincoln stands to-day as the embodiment and representative ofthe one absorbing, idea of the northern mind Ain't he a beauty7 fit representative of negro equality, with his noble lieutenant, who is said to be consan- guneous to the race.
 The tendencies of aboitionism are to infidelitv, to disbelief Of tho Holy Scriptures, Consequently their divine authority. Your Phillips, Garrisons, Beechers, Burlingames, etc., disregard the teachings, and consequently deny the authority of the Bible. They say the sons of Ham shall be free The bible says, "a servant of servants shall he be to his brethren" They say they are not The Bible says, 'they shall be an in heritance for your children forever" They tell the slave to runaway, rebel, disobey, do any thing they can to escape our authority. The Bible says, "obey your masters-please them well in all things-shewng all good fidelity be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the for ward" What marked difference in the teachings of the two7 Who can hesitate which is right? That same book tells their doom. May God have mercy on their prejudiced souls!
 You see then, our religion is different We take the Bible "as the man of our counsel" they rcpudiate and setset naught it's holy teachings. With such men B cant affiliate. We are not It is best for us to separate. Unity of feeling, views and ends, can alone make US happy; without congeniality of sentiments we ,an't get along we'll together, and had better be .part. "A house divided against itself must fall"
 Our political views are also different. The northern mind is essentially federal, central, and ,onsoidatedi in its politics. It is modelled after the ,ld patriotic federalist that wanted to build up splendid consolidated government, with some of he trappings and paraphanaia of royality bedizen- ng it's escutcheon. They still have a hankering hat way; hence, they have but poor idea of State rights, or State sovereignty. They think like some of our wise-acres) that State derives Ter sovereignty from the Union of States. They hink there is, in fact, but one government in the United States hence, their cry of the 9lorions | Union, one and indivisible, et0. Now we of the |