Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-07-18

less ana overwhelming ivasion. And for the purpose oi sustaining and assisting that i honorable body in their noble and manly effort to protect the State or Confederacy against the encroachments of 2 formidable adversary, was tho G Pike Guards" organ ized; and beg leave to assure you ladies, that It IS soul-cheeriug reflection to us to know that cur motives and what we con- ceIye to be our duty to you and to our coun try, has been thus highly and kindly ap- preciated by this fair audiance. and hermit me to say that the reception of this beaut:- | tul banner upon which is enclustsred eleven | white stars upon its square of bIre. each 1 the representative of co-e4ual and com poncnt part of the Confederate States. and to which Is annexed the white and red, eu emblematical of our glorious Corredcracy, resting upon thee eternal principles of valor, truth ami purlly, is indeed an esteemed gift; and accompanied as it has been by your'eloquent and animating address, the ! recollection of which trust nav ever serve to buoy us up in the most trying hours through which we may be called to pass. sustained, as we feel be by sn oyerrnling Providence who has animated every fresf born son with courage to die if neccssarH in defense of your sacred rights and soil.. and when the word shall be given, trust " 1t will be no less our pride than we now feel 1t to be our duty, to assist in rescuing from the enemy and adding to this bright galanXy our four oppressed and down | trodden sisters who are now manacled with the chains of abolitionism (which they had unscrupulously laborod though in vain, to bind and rivet upon us.) And whilst that noble and patriotic spiritnow oyerpowered 4 and incarcerated in the cell of black repub- licanism moves, whilst struggling in tho throes of patriotic death, their clanking chains may be heard from Delaware along the plains of Maryland and Kentucky to Missouri; and notwithstanding there dwells within their borders may noble, brave and gallant heart, whose thirst to relieve themselves and country from the galling yoke of black republication, is unsurpass ed, yet they cannot now make the effort with the least possible hope of success- Every attempt to rescue themselves having been in vain, alas! might they not well ex- claim, |" the harvest Is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved" Is not their cause ours? Can we remain as silent spec tators of their dogredation, downfall and ruin? or should we not march forward to their rescue, roll back the stone from their political tomb. and bid them arise and come forth and partake of now and henceforth, and forever enjoy the freedom, happiness and prosperity of the sunny South.
 You ask, !" will not this banner return to you with halo of liberty gleaming through it's sacred folds and bearing the history of ma4 gallant deed i ,ose who fight be- meath it," and say mDling whis- pers, it N H." II eor air lady, be un- becomr in us to oo of anticipated aohiey ments, pnt we tru to-v9ur sN / Tor o-r country's and oIrse ,s ths .'',s ze the l1 frr Sion tla3 hog srfs$ your tl 3'so ant .ila1 ; be more tbT N<S ilei No4E,$L tasn pleased 10 satyou
 banner waived oya not 5Ss h1 In response to lis proud
 urssgalant9, prefer thga speak when an opportlnitysh) given us to deend yes--A9Ut can say, and will S iti bcilnl pany, that none haze oined ! knowledge of the l-rlships, S and dangers to wh e tllay wou
 be exposed; and rnit me, spected friends, for nomes myself to this larg res, tabl ous audience, collectively in b families of my brave and homo ions, who at the moment of thd call and danger, have not o farms, shops and laily aroS fathers, mothers, wivas and csl of whom are dependea5 upoJ labor for support, tc iorA
 be- to bleed and die ln del nse
 and hberties-for ] tell you
 men, that upon the rse or fall
 ern Confederacy hangs the grl
 hope, of the friends Of civil
 liberty, and to then and ia t
 weary patriot and christian pi
 northern States seek and lhs
 quiet refuge from ansrehy and For l tell you there ia now
 TOT at the North such as ha5 ls
 or felt since the days when n'
 mothers suffered deathfor u iI
 of witchcraft. Nc man t',e question the motives or sTeaV
 powers that be; and they arc
 ing into exile all those among
 sympathize with us. When thess
 how else shall they appease theN | thirst for persecution unless, as in
 yore, they slaughter their feeble and dA
 less matrons? Or will they, by some
 mode or ism which their bigoted and il erant land has so long been congeni. and prolific of. find some new moC~@
 ishment? As 1 think, most HES
 will by some stringent enactments
 ing their civil and religious riglA out from amongst them their best ~ desirable citizens, and with them thGs source of wealth and power-mecliA agricultural mercantile and commerpl( leaving in manner as desolate and as VI ueless those huge granite walls, as will the bleak and barren hills from which the were taken, furnishing another illustratiQ, of the truth of that old adage, that "ii justice and oppression carry within them selves the seeds of their own downfall. we are successful-of which l have neve for moment suffered myself to doubt their losses will be our gain. Therefore have 1 and do l, with confidence, appeal t this generous and magnanimous people see that the mothers, wives and children my brave comrades, shall not suffer for tl necessaries of life, whilst they are engaged in defense of your rights and your liberties, upon account of the slow transmission of their wages, whilst it is in your power td prevent it. (Cries of they shall not
 Thanking you, my generous friends, for this noble response l shall again address myself to the ladies' l am proud to tell you that we fully agree with you that the cause of truth and justice is ours, and ami mated with this hope, we shall go forth with full reliance upon the assistance of divine providence, conquering and to conquer, "asking nothing but what is right, and sdb-
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