Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-12-12

small property holders have in. the main, fought the battles for the protection of your property And when they ask where are the men for whom we are fightlng"' how shall I-hoA can Iexpain? Citizens of Missouri, l call upon yon by every inter- est, by every desire for safety, by every tie that binds you to home and country-delay no longer. "Let the dead bury the dead" Leave your property to take care of itself. Commend your homes to the protection of God, and merit the admiration and love ot childhood and womanhood, by showing yourselves MEN-the sons of the brave and free who l,equeathed to Us the sacred trust of free institutions. Come to the ar my of Missouri-not for a week or month, but to free your country.
 "Strike, siil each armed foe expires
 Strike for your alter and your fires,
 For the green graves of your sires,
 God and your native land'
 The burning fires of patriotism must In- spre and lead you, or all is lost-lost too. just at the lnomeut when all might be for ever saved. Numbers give strength.- Numbers intinidate the foe. Numbers save the necessity, often of fighting battles.- Numbers make onr army irresistible. Num- bers command universal respect ana insure confidence. We must have men-5O, 600 men! Let the herdsmen leave the folds. Let the farmer leave his fields. Let the me- chan;c leave his shop Let the lawyer leave his office till we restore tho sllprema cy of law. Let the aspirants for office and place know they will bs weighed in the balances of patriotism and may be found wanting. Ii there be any craven crouching spirits who have not the greatness of soul to respond to their country's cali for help, let them stay at home, and let only the brave and true come to join their brethern on the tented field
 Come with supplies of clothing and with tents, if you can procure them. Come with your guns of any description that can be made to bring down foe. If you have no arms, come without them; and we will supply yon as far as possible. Bring no horses to remain with the army except those necessary fer baggage transportation. We must have 50, 900 men. Give me these men, and by the help of God, I will drive the hireling hands of thieves and
 
 rians fail now to rise in their strength, and avail themselves of this propitious moment to strike for honor and liberty. you cannot Say that we have not done all we could do to save you
 You will be advised in time at what point to report for organization and active service. Leave your property at home What if 1t be taken-all taken? We have S200, ,000, GOO worth of northern means in Missouri, which cannot be removed. When we are once free. the State will indemify every citizen who may have lost a dollar by adhe>io 10 the cause of his countrv.- We shall have our property or its valne, with interest. But in the name of God and the attributes of manhood, let ma ap- neal to you by considerations infinitely higher than money! Are we 9 generation ot drivelin@, snivelling. degraded slaves? Or are we MEN, who dare assert and main tain the rights which cannot be surrender ed, and defend those principles of everlast ing rectitude, pure anl high and sacred like Gol, their author? Be yours the office to choose between the glory of free country and inst government. and the bondage of vour childrcnl l will never see the chains t--.--.-i r--- ~----.--- Ill I'll and a half feet of Missouri soil in which to reposc: but will not live to see my people enslavedl
 Do I hear your shouts! Is that yonr war-cry which echoes through the landl Are you coming! Fifty thousand men!- Missouri shall move to victory with the tread of giant! Come on my brave boys, fifty thousand heroic, gallant, ,unconqrerabl Southern men! Weawalt yonr coming.
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 lItj. Gen. Com az.