Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-03-06

short work must he made with eneniie; in our midst. We can excuse the somewhat letu}ant tone of the letter for the facts it gives. Our oaly object in referring to the subiee. was to arrive at the true stae of matters:
 SYLAMoRE, HARD Co, JGl. 3i, 1869. ~ Ep7oR TRUE DEMocRAr-
 Dear Sir: In your issue of 10th inst, you have an editorial on the self styled Peace Party of North Arkansas. l write this in reply to some reports which are tke~en set forth, viz: That the men when taken to little Rock dscaim any treasona, bic intent and when offered release on condition Of volunteering in the Confederate service, they gladly accepted the same. Of old men wko hay e three sons in the Confederate army and who had tbuted food and clothing to the troops at Pocahon- tas, being arrested, iroaed and taken to Little Rock Of men who had responded to Col. Bot- fend's call for thirty day troops at Pocahontas, and op their return were arrested, and that man who has a'u enemy in this part of the State, who will just po qt him out as of them, will be arrested, etc., etc.
 In reply to the above reports, can say first, as to their trea onable intent, was only on one com mittee and se wed on that half day, but during that time, he 'ped to examine some live men and one of them said he understood it to be move ment against seceiso. o.-that he was attaching nm self to secret society that was i'll favor of the North and agair5t the St uth.
 have lived in this township (Harris) for the last six years. and have fight to know something about the private feelings of these men. When you consider that Harris township, with ayotng popu lation of forty-eight turned out thirty -four jay hawkers, you concede that l ought to know some thing of them When I and several other gentle men first raised the s,arS and 6ars these very men threatened to come in force and pull them down. When the news came here last summer, :as 1t first cid, that Price and McCuoch were beaten at Oak Hills, these very threw up their hats and hnr- rahed for the United States of America. When and others were canvassing this county last sum lner for volunteers for Col. McCarver's regiment, these men M uld not come out even to hear lis speak nor mu41er-they swore that they would never muster under the dd nigger flag, but if any one would just come along with the stars and stripes that they would arise at midnight to go to 1t, and rbey would fight for it too when they got there. They plead ignorance 9oN. If you will eXamne your books you will find tlat 1 paid Dr. Gaines, when he and Hon. R. W Johnson and Mir. New ion were canyassing this county last spring, hve dollars for tep campaign paptrs, one Of these ordered to myself and nine of ttem ordered to he sent to other names which l sent yoa--my olsee' being to inform the people up here Well SIT, three of the iaauortaI nine turned out to be jayhawkerG, and enc of them, B. r. Erantey. swtre more men in than any man in the county. l have traded with these men for six wears, and detg any man to over reach them in q trade--no sir they are not 90 ignorant as they wouId fain have you believe, nor their looks indicate. If they were true to the southern cause, why did they try so hard, those who ran away, to get to theSorthern army When the Hon J. J. Ware heardNl Van Buren county that the secret had been told he rode seventy five niles in a day, and only stayed five hours at home as am informed by good authority. and then he and some forty or fifty left and are now in the northern army in Missouri. Why not go to Poca- hoatas to Col. Borland, for it was much nearer!
 They all volunteer readily-well, ami very glad to hear it, for and others tried last summer every inducement to get them to volunteer, and was told that they would die first e Old men who have three in the Confederate army" Y our informant forgot to tell you that those three first in the Peace Society, and volunteered to get out of the scrape. No, sir, not one man has been arrested in this county, who had a sonin the southern army. The committee who tried these men were our best men-old men who have lived here for years, and who have done all in their power for the South and agho have sons and brothers in the army; and they g offered these men choice to volunteer or take vial at law, and they, every one, chose to voun
 kolyau .,, ,S the old men were refused and came home an left the er patriotic sons there; and one of them is no,y absens at Pocahontas, learn trying to get bis son ont of the army. One of these men fur nigbod 1qg lbs. of flour and one rife gun-another f,r,isbod me rifle gun to Col. McCarveF's regi ront for which they lave receipts, but neither of them furnished gun uutil the captain sent men to them to bring the guns whether they were willing or not. No sir. the true men of my county had tried every pan they could devise, and done every thing they could to bring them over to the cause of the South. all in vain and when they found them baud ed together in a secret sworn sSelefy' they LOOK them up.
 One word about those l" "who responded to Col Borlaud's call for 30 day men" was at foca- hontas acting as conrmissary of Col. McCarFef ; regiment, and as all the men who went from this county were first attached to Col. McCarver $ re- giment ought to know who they were, and assure you that onlyone man amongst them went to foca honas and he did not go till they were disco vered and several arrested; and when he came home the committee turned him loose. His name IS Ihos Kaney--he lives in Rocky Bayou township
 " That man who has enemy in this part of the State, has only to point him out as one to have him arasted-" No such state of society exists here and further, there has not been one single man ar- rested here until After he had been informed, except one who had acknowledged himself that he was one Ram law abiding man, as all who know me will bear witness; but it ill these latter days that the written law and the law tf nations = even ceases to protect the rightof the people. and in that case what would you do ,ioin tbepeaee so'