Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-10-24

ger, when tue government Is Inv ved ili WAT, iht nu secure. regardless Of pice, whaevet miy be n-ctssar, 10 the t;aint. nance and comfort oi Ou | patriot c and Lr ve tou trymen who h i've gone to | he hed to uphold ihe ri-h anu honnr of thu Il | country, and to defend ihe lives and ropeity O | h who are thus SpecuiatinS upon tiieir pri rationS and neccss t.s. the autho it es cannot bt too vigiant i uheir efforts to restrain the 'esses ,f aviticc and protect society against the evils tt which it is exposed.
 | Also the following proclamation of the Go vernon of Alabama we find published in the Alabama papers:
 Proclamation by the Governor of Ala. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, MONTGOMERY. ALA, October 2, 1861. have credible information that sundry per | ,ons in the cities of Mobile and Montgomery | md other parts of the State, are buying up the | united supply of the articles which are lndIspen l able for the subsistence, clothing and malnte | ance of our soldiers and people, for the pur | oSe of monopolizing the trade III such articles | nd realizing large aud unreasonable profits | deem It my duty 10 protest, m thlS pubic man | Ter, against such conduct, and pronounce II un 1 atriotlc aud wicked; and 1 hereby notify al | ers bis authorized to make purchases for the ,tare of Alabama, not, under any circumstances
 
 xacted by such persons.
 Those who would take advantage of the neceS .s,its of the couhlry and its army, to enricf hems ;lveS by such means, cannot be regarded is it's riends, and wli meet with mtriJed re tribut on in due season. 1 have no condemns p.i or r,bukt for merchants who are engaged | ieglrimatr trade. and ou.v exact ist and rSa
 nabe profits. Trey subs ptrp ot iuqueoilonable iisefulntsS, by rrtcu'Ing ani applying the things wh ch 'ht p-"pe and he nrrnmrnt nee'i and they u;iuIleSt a!Ike thtii airl.'ti-m and iegrity by continuing |" pur>u course nt legitimate tradr uhlutnerced b, he opportunities for mon"p y and eXt"rtl"n | Is due 10 the community winch ha, p iirpnlZed lch merchants, well 4, [ the cOantry, iha lry sh ,u!d sell their m -rchlndise only to the 4r>OnS needing then tT consumption. au'i h Il h quanliies as may be needed # Ih u ,ur
 o-.; thus contributing Io defeat ihe designs Q
 ne barpi,.,, who wnulI speculate up tht ne
 e.>slties ot the tunes. A. B. MOORE.
 The pres throughout the country are de 'ouucing bitterly thi, spirit, winch would en rich itself at the expense of a young z 'vern nent struy ling r lIs first existence, al the
 xpeu>e of the wid bws and orphans ot our gal tut soldiers slain in battle, or of the poor who, .hrown out of employment by the universal ,,agnation of business, are alm st in starving Z condition. The Selma (Ala.) Reporter thus ustlv characterizrs those who are engaged in ,nch business:
 ExroRrIoy-It is undeniable that there are n:n who have taken advantage ot these war
 mes to enrich them selves at the Xpeuse uf the
 rit, ,,t uen Is to get rich; this $ The acme of thelr am-
 iun, and the sum total ut all their endtavors.
 they have no regard for man devil, only so
 if as they may be made tributary to these ends. they are the horse leeches ot the body polItic- he vampyres of society-in whose presence sldows weep, and the wall of wreLchcd orphan ,ge Is heard in vain. Their iron boxes are .0rged with gold and silver, and this Is the ark
 f their covenant with hell, and the dep ,sltory oi coinage from tears aud blood. The Iau ghing iend keep, guard over these boxes and bags ol 7, ,ld and grlns horr bly at the presence of h)i
 ,w-eyed penury. Ihe beg gtr Is dismissed empty vith grImace of which neil Is made a,ham -d while. the lean arms of the iieni caresses the .o!d like coed shakes III the darkness oi his in ialnous den. Snch all one Is ripe or the flames
 f the pit, and should have the badge of his lam able doom nailed upon his forehead by a his,iuy DO ,ulace. It Is with a shuddcring feel lng We think ot such men; souls revolt, and ,purn them back as the very refuse and off scourings of creation.
 We had hoped that during the war no such a spirit of extortion and ex;ravagant speculation would be ndulged in within the limits of Arkan sas. and that our citizens, without exception would be found to be all that true and loyal and unselhsh men ought to be. According to her population. Arkansas has furnished sol d.ers than any State in either the United or Confederate States government, and her people have shown themselves as liberal as the people of the most favored States in supplying her sol diers with the necessary clothing, supplies, etc Amid their self sacrificing and patriotic efforts it is with regret that we hear complaints of ex ,rtOn and cruel speculation. Parties from Memphis aud other places, with their boarded m ,ney, have been traversing our State, north and south, purchasing everything valuable to the army and the poor, for the purpose of con veying it to points where they can exact irom the government, or a necesstous people, fifty or a nunuTtu per cent. upon Ino'i hio"Oy 'h"o ih- vested, and we are sorry 10 record II that there have been found Arkansas mercnants who have S, far encoraged these men a5 10 sell them their goods. This is- all wr,ny-it IS iaiq iitpI,. No longer ago than las; week one of the e sharptrs from Memphis took away from thu, city no less than five thousand dollars worth of what might be terne the neces 'are' of life.
 This should not be permitted. aId if the at should be repeated the people ou sht to rise in th.ir might and expel the offe lder, pennyl-ss, from their midst. The attempt to buy up g o1s for purp pD,es of speculation by one of their har- pies was male short time ago in Clarendon on White river, but the p.op'e prevented 1t by un loading the b ,at Of its god, and running off the wre,chel, unpriacped scamp. Th's oaght to be done in every instance wherever such at tempts are made.
 Merchants owe a debt to the public that pa.