Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-01-19

'0i e"Pianatlon or the object | ot the meeting, on motion of Col. A. R. Durk' the chairman appointed the follow. Ing gentlemen, to act as a committee. whose anty It was made to report pream- oie and resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting viz: Col. A. R. Burk. Dr. .. A. Mitchell, Col. Moses R. Woods. ..Dr. Wm. Gray, Andrew Mitchell and Dr. Vim. ogle, who retired, and after conference of | an hour or so, reported the following pre- amble and resolutions, and after discussion. I which several gentlemen engaged Dr. ogle moved their adoption, but call being made for division, he withdrew his mo. ton, and on motion of Col Woods, said | preamble and resolutions were submitted | by sections, and all were adopted, except | resolution third, (which relates to South | Carollna( by small majority. The third | resolution was negatived by small vote: WHEREAS, The government of the Unit ed States has failed of its original design and end, in this-that: lst. Fourteen of the States of this con- federacy, in open violation of the letter and spirit oi the constitution of said confede- racy, have wantony nulifed the fugitive slave acts of Congress, based upon the con stitution. They have denied extraditon of murdercrs and marauders, and other felons in several States
 2d In several States of the North, they have refused and still efuse, to punish and prevent, by State authority, the spoliation of slave property, (which is estimated at two millions of dolIars) by their under ground railroad system; and thereby mak- ing slave property of precarious tenure in the border slave States, and nearly aboi- tioniZed two of them.
 g" aid 'vz7aas asoes ,l sl. 9eseg 91 yg gl!ll '. legislotion," hostile to southern interests, and contrary to the genius of our federal compact. and to the decisions of the su- preme court of the United States, which declares that negroes are not citizens; and that this once glorious union of States was made for the anhite nan, and not for the black or Indian races.
 4th. The sectional party of the North has kept in our midst emmissaries of in. cendlaism, to corrupt our slaves, or induce them to run of-to excite them to rebel lion, murder and every crime known to the law of God or man.
 5th. The same party has repudiated and spit upon the solemn adjudications of tho supreme court of this Union, and avowed their determination to construct a supreme court which will base its decisions Gin re- laton to the slavery question: upon theil notions of what they term "the higher law" which holds Me negro equol 10 Me aUtte mon-that slavery Is q moral and po- 1 1;t;n,J nx,j nl, b,,, III be abolished.
 9th. The sectional North has proclaimed an irrepressibe conflict between free labo, and slave labor, or that this confederacy shall have all free or all slave labor insttu. tions.
 7th It has, by the mere technical, (thougt unwise manner of election of the chief ex ecutive, elected Abraham Lincoln president of the United States; who will, by virtue o said office, be commanders in-chief of the army--the navy--have control of the treasury, and of all the wheels of the gene raj government, so that by aiA ef his fanatical party, he will be enabled to carry out the heiish doctrine of o6ola onism-o negro equality and moral degradation o the southerner, especially of the poorer class in the South; of which doctrine he i, the anthor and exponent.
 8th. To cap the climax, the said party of the North refuse to make any conces sions to the injured South but on the other hand, falsely declare that they have not violated the federal constitution in it's spri or letter-and boldly declare it to be theil determinate aim to carry out their doctrines above referred to, even to the destruction Of our property, our lives anl our hearth. stone gods. Therefore be it
 ReSolued, 1st. That "where a long train o .'.-e- and nsu'pations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces design to reduc, people under absolute despotism; it i, their ligh, it is their duty to throw off sucl government, and provide new guards fol their future security"
 2nd. That in view of the premises se forth in the preceding preamble and reso lution, it is the bounden duty, as well a the right of the fifteen southern States, tc dissolve their federal relations with tht abolition States of this Unon--peaceabl if they can, but forcibly if they must--anl reconstruct the general government.
 3rd. That we sympathize with, and ir dorse the action of South Carolina, in he withdrawal from the Union; (which Unioi is a union of sovereign States, and not un ion of the people in their individual sover eign capacity and that we will assist hel in case of an attempt by the general govern ment to coerce her into submission.
 4th. That our representative and senator be, and they are hereby instructed and re quested to use all honorable means to pas bx,t tba (,anaroI hl,, ,,f tbi, State, calling State convention. before the 4th of March next which shall take into consideration our federal relations, cleo commissioners delegates toa general con venton of the southern States, and otheu who may choose to meet in said conven tion, with power and authority to recon struct he general govelnment--or to con struct southern coniederacy' as may seem best according to the issues, which the present startling facts and future event, may loom up to their perception and judg ment. And to make an appropriation tC arm the militia of this State, and thus pre- pare for war, in time of peace, if inevlta ply thrust upon us.
 5th. That to the conservative party ir tho free States of this contederacy--those noble men who amidst lanaticism and trea son to the South--have stood forth the friends of our institutionS-we tender oul thanks, and except them from whatever ot denunciatlon we may express, when speak ing of the North and the northern people
 On motion, it was ordered that a copy of the proceedings of this meeting be for warded to our representatives in the Gener. al Assembly, and also to the editors of the newspapers at Little Rock, with request to publish.
 L. A. COOK, CAr'n.
 THOMAS J. THRAsHER, Sec'y.
 Meeting in Franklin County
 At large public meeting held at l L 4 -L