Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-01-26
HEAD QUARTERS.
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE, LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Jan. 9, loGl.
GENERAL ORDER, NO. 5.)
To the Militia of the State of Arkans

To the Militia of the State of Arkansas A TIER a long period of uninterrupted peace 4 N and prosperity, during whch our united coun- try has attained for itself position not inferior to | any oI the nations of the earth, we now find our selves upon the verge of dissolution and dismeul- bermtnt.
 The contederaey of the United States linked together, it has been hopefully believed, by the constitution, whose starry banner has SD often float ed vctorousy and land, is about to be dis. solved into its original clements; a melancholy evidence of the mutability of human affairs.
 By the action of the uncontrolled and now un- controlHbe fanatlcsm ot the northern part of the cont nedemcy, that constitution, which is the toun- dation of the federal governments; the bulwark of liberty and of equal rights, and with which, pure and undehled can we only hope to remain united, has been openly and repeatedly violated; war of political aggression only excelled in rancour
 and malignity by the religious wars in Scotland of the seventeenth century, has been and is being waged by the northern against the south ern States of the Union This political warfare has been progressing for upwards of a quarter of a century; leebly at first, but acquiring power and strength as time rolled on, until at this moment it threatens to destroy the liberties guaranteed to all alike By its action the sovereign States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi, have been driven to the dire necessity of recalling the powers delegated by them to the feder.l government, and to re assume to themselves lUtlI lllil iAcltltt IiSbIo. southern States will follow their example.
 It is held by those best informed, to he matter of impossibility to induce the hordes of northern fanatics to yield . fair and constitutional adjust ment ef the g eivances of which the South com pialn. On the contrary, settled determination to continue in their traricdM course is manifested by their threats to coerce the withdrawing States
 into submission. Money, arms and men are lavish
 y oteped to The federal executive for this purpose, and these proifers published in the public prints
 This state of affairs has not heen brought about by any action of the southern part Of the Union. Of this they are guitless. They have but calmly and dispassionately demanded their just and equal rights under the constiMtion-they have borne patiently tine wrongs inflicted upon them until patience has ceased to be virue.
 To live under the rule of men blinded by fanati- cism, lost to reason, the dictates of patriotism and the sense of humanity-demiyed of the ina.ienable rights of liberty and pIOpetty, should be alike dis honorable to all mankind. The people of the southern States are not less jealods than others of those glorious privileges With them, death is, as it ought to be, preferable to dishonor.
 smarting under injuries and insults studionsly, pertinaciously and industriOusy heaped upon them by the preponderatng power of ab0litionism and black repubiicanism, who can be surprised that part ofthem have already felt compelled to dissolve the connection which can no longer be maintained in peace and harmony. Indeed, it would be much