The constitutional union., 1861-01-25

 South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Ala bama and Florida, will form breast-work of opposition to the old Union, under the rule of Black Republicanism which can only be battered down at the cost of streams of blood When such position shall have been taken by the States mentioned above, 1t Is hardly fair topresume that they have been less willing to have the rights of the South guaranted and the compact of union preserved upon satisfactory, fair and honorable grounds, than the single, separate State of Arkansas, whose interests, social, commercial and political, are only co-equal with the rest of the Gulf Squad ron, and certainly not greater.
 The only question which will then remain for Arkansas to determine-in the event which is certain to take place, of the throw ing of of allegiance by the rest of the truly Southern States, to the Union as it has ex- isted-will be with whom she will cast her lot and whether it will be with the North, or with the Soath
 We have been particular in attempting to demonstrate that Judge ToTTEN's idea of making an effort to maintain and protect Southern rights and the equality of Southern States in the Union, if not already so, will have been fully and fairly tested before the meeting of our State Convention, and that the secession of the other Southern States will have boldly assumed his own suggested dcrnier resort, |" to remember that the rights of life, liberty and property, are more sacred than the government which was merely made for their protection,' and by that position unmis- takably assert that no basis of constitutional djustment could be gotten from the North, whereon the South could, in honor to herself, consent to stand, as united in interests with that section And such being the case, that majority of our sister Southern States having declared that they could find no secur- ity for their rights by remaining in the Union, and consequently declare themselves by an act of secession, or revolution, or what ever else it may be called, severed from their ancient connection, it will be the Dounden duty of Arkansas to make their people her people and their God her God. We have been thus particular in setting forth the sub | feet as we have done, in order to call out the 1 the opinion and views of Judge ToTTEN upon this important point, for with this one exception, we doubt not that his letter will find favor with a majority of the people of Prairie county, inasmuch as it shows him to | be man of mildness and moderation and at the same time of determined purpose when conscious of right; and that when found to be his duty as a member of our State Convention, he would have Arkansas to so bear herself that the enemies of the South should beware of her.
 Mir. GANTT's position, which we have care fully attempted to arrive at, is of the regular IIotspur and straight out secession school, unmindful of the action of any other State, either North or South. If it were possible for basis of adjustment to be fixed, up on which all the rest of the South could and would consent to stand, and dwell banded to- gether with the North in future. it seems to us that Mr GANTT's views would not permit Arkansas to move with them. He shouts nothing but secession, as Justly as Patrick Henry said Johny Hook S bawled beef, beef beef, through the American camp" in the days of the revolution. Mir. CAN'T furthermore has the unkndncss to speak of those, who, how ever useless the idea, are yet willing to have the difficulties adjusted in some satisfactory way, and the Union preserved, in the follow ing language:
 " There is a class at the South, small 1t is true, 1 am rejoiced to say, who advise delay and pOstponement and suggest remon- strance with our Northern brethren" These men will tell you with one accord that the ultimate disruption of the government is merely a question of time, and that every possible means of adjustment ought to be ! exhausted before We determine to resist Such men are willing to preserve the Union at the cost of our honor, our safety, and our independence"
 We know of many old and highly respect ed citizens of this county, who, although they might and perhaps do wish " remonstrancc with our Northern brethren" in order that the Union which they love might be perpetu- ated, if it is possible, would be just as averse to having 1t done at the cost of our honor, our safety and our independence as any in the land. And they are men of as much con- scientlousness, worth, integrity, and devotion to Southern interests as Mir. CAN'T or the seventy-fve Des Arc gentlemen who address ed him the letter requesting him to C vote the state out of the Union when the Convention meets"
 Changes in the Cabinet.
 JOSEPH HoLT, of Kentucky, now Postmas- +or ConoroI ic to ha appOinta1 Sncrntaru of