Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-07-04
Carroll Country Arh

CAPT. SMrH-'Tis with feelnos doac .nd ,hr;i. ling that come to-day to present to vou and your valiant company, band of Arkansas brave best, the nag (made by Miss Baily and myself) of the Southern Confectionery:
 The flag of the South, ave ainr ;ts folds
 Upon the kindred breeze. ''' -0'N'
 Emblem of dread to tyrant boIds
 Of freedom on the seas:
 fOreper may it's stars and strn
 In cloudless glory wave,
 ked' white and blue, eternal types
 Of nations true and brave
 Although Arkansas has lacked the s,;,;.y of some o1 her southern sisters in defying the north ern foe, she is none the less true fin o,. t,; ,, Not until ' iorbearance ceased in Ina ., ,., she' proud' liberty loving Arkansas, too true to herself to M'"S Of submission loo loqal to crouch to oppression, rise in all her majesty and st,orrtb sever the chain which bound her to tbe tvr,nt,s sway and clamor for admission in tn. South.., Co., tederacy. Gladly, gladly, methinks did .bov o,- come the " Young Cotton State" with bsr ,o,,o and fearless heart, as another bright cam |, ,h, southern galaxy. What, though the dsraa,o.as and fanatics of the North, exultingly and u,fsel. ingly talk of our saSagatios-of eonousr;,o Q people who necer kReIo subection, (but w,o ao know how to "die in duty's line,") to us t;s hut as '' sounding brass and tinkling cymbaln u,v. they forgotten the brilliant display of sor,ho.,, valor and courage on the gory battle 6elds of R.n 'ista' Monterey and others! Or think they southern chivalry tarnished by the lapse Of wears, Ii so, fancy their spirits will cover. when Gla Assyria's guilty monarch they read tue "h.nJ wr,- ting on the wal''-valor purity and truth. and while they read will believe, and while beusving " fear and tremble.' Should the proud b;rd of liberty 'ere cease to nestle amid our hills that lift their blue ridges up to the ''storm kings home" or cease to flap trumphantly its broad wines o,ar our lovely valleys smiling in perpetual beaut,q Twill be after the graceful folds of this beautiful banner have mingled with the dust. I feel a,sur ed that when it waves no longer in proud defiance. the last of this gallant number shall have fallen. nobly fallen, on the bosom of our Sunny Soutb.n " II there is on this earthly sphere,
 A boon, an offering heaven holds dear , lis the last libation liberty draws
 From the heart that bleeds and dies in har corson Strong are the ties which bind you to home and friends-dear are the associations which o,rs.o. around you, and those associations how in,ricahlv they are woven with every fibre Of your sonls then fAn would you finger, but your country call, and you go to "fght till the last armed foe e.. pires." Go, and on this banner which Inow pres.nt you may victory perch ere you return-take for your motto: q Aut 0ineere aut mori" May tke '' God of the South" protect you, and may you all live to seethe dark clouds of the present disappear ani that bow of golden promise which rose upop our revolutionary sires, once more span the Hea- vens. May you live, not only to enjoy the bessin. ot prosperous Confectionery, but may wreaths, im- mortal wreaths, be woven with Fame's bright gar. lands (" to tell the world your worth"
 JOE WRIGHT