Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-06-26
For me Irne- IemOcTat. The Point to which they are Driving Us.

For the True Democrat The Point to which they are Driving Us. The present war bids .a,r to becume one uf exterminafion. The stars aud bars and the stars and stripes will, each, be lowered aud the back dag hoisted iu their places. The federals are initiating this policy and driving the patri. ots to il, in self def-nce. War; in any aspect is terrible, but when 1t assumes the shape of war of exterminatiOn, when uo quarter is asked or given, then 1t becomes So horrible that humanity shuddera al the thought of 1t.
 However much such d state of things is to be dreaded and deplor1d, il seems to be the fixed .tenou of the military and civfl leaders of the North to force such d war upon Us. To Ihis end they declare that the leaders of the rebellion shall De hung, aud who these are they defhe to be those who once held office under the United States and then under the Confederate govern meat, legislators, members of State conventions and others. Moreover, iu k-utucky the courts arrested three persUus upon charge ot treason, who had served a$ prlyates in the patriot army. l They Were found gully and the penalty of tres. son Is death. Iudeed every man in the ci,il aud military service Of the Coniederacy fl sh!s wlth halter around his neck. The confsca> ton act which robs every man in tue South is calculated u render men desperate. The fede- rals shoot or hang, without ceremony, every par risan patriot they cItch. In return th guerlllas reyaiiate, aud already, in some localities, a war of externinati,u ha, begun.
 .,li Ol bAr thIu.rS rp,;rr, of ya | 4roes and attempt to create servile inaurrec- ton will force the people of the South to make tnls d war to the kniie. Setting aside the fact that Gen. Hunter has proclaimed the slaves in tIree oi the States to be free and tnereby licen ovd them to revolt he and others have drilled them, put arms in their hauds, and formed them | ,to r, gments. Tais Is done in Tennessee and on the coast To show that this is the case we give an extract from the proceedlngs in the fed sral house ot representatives, May II, lSG2.
 AKMING NEGROES.
 Mr. Calvert, (Uuion,) Of Md, offered the fol- lowing
 Provided that no portion of the appropriation iu ths biI shatI De applied to keeping, support 'n1 or tquippIng negroes or lugIJlve slaves for service IL the army ot the United States.
 Mr. Nlckitt offered amendment as fol- IOAs:
 Aor shall they employ or enlist in the ser vice of the CulteI States slaves or runaway ut-
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 of,rr his amendment fer the purpose of eli, cit}ug information with references to t subeC, upon winch 1 addressed the war department 6ut received no answer. 1 want 8 disclosurt made with reference 10 certain facts, of winch l am myself perfectly stti>f-d l have infor> natIon, direct from Fort Royal, that the slave, ~hO have been taken mostly all desire t. retur4. .O thclr masters, and are prOhiDittd from dUlny srbv the military authorities governing them have th" A,auraucp, Jb4t when some of thss slaves had aJlr mpitd tU leave tha camp f3r th purpose ot grItiug back to ther mas CTS, they Aer, hr, q uu b1 he sebtI0eis, acting under th. ,rero of lbelr superior uthccra and some eigh ot th- m We're klttd l want to show that th. p1upi5 u iiy g,lntry wno atr taxed. taxed iuii, and largely, while willing to pay thrse taxes to te suppuIt Ut the army and navy engaged Ii. pulFin. down the rebel on are not wiling l. submit 10 everything. 1 want to show that th Slaves whiu the h4es ot the army ol the Ms >l,~ippi have been provided wlth 4 uniform ttd trow--rs and q srecked w;tl>tcoat-auu employed in that army in turning their arms 1 tualnst lhe whlle men of the CudHtry. 1 an sure that, whtIe ,Ais course may De TprOved oi hy mernarrN Oi this house and utheis Iu official position, Ihr honest men of Ihe country, wh leS!te this rebellion put down as speedily a> pps,ihle. and to see the Uilon restored, canno, | ,aurtiun, r;uJ!y ar Cuuhrm such au application ut ihe pAoilc m1uey.
 i Atur long debate the amendments were re i-ced and the settled policy of the Lincoln go> ,erumeut declared to be that of armug Il, :. 4rors
 Commenting upon this, the Rchm m9nd Enqui rer ji,riy say:
 Io fugitive slaves f found in the enemy, rankS, the S3utherI ldrr could of course gIv- no q turer. WnrFhrr as drserter or d an n- >urrectlouist, his lie Is equally tUrt,ted anu the Imperative necessities Uf the ease would com DIHe to render centucy entirely nadniSsabie and impn~si1ie The de>ertng negro, taken iu arms, wI be >I4n in his tracks, or hung on tn. nearest tree. There can be uo other way. Our laws and our safety allke demand It.
 II the eremy prove not Il, false to the negro in hi~ as in every other case, be will retallate aud then the black Aig will be the banner on both sides.
 There are other local acts of the enemy at different points, all tending to tie same end. i The 6endsh proclamation of Bat!er in regard u the women of New Orleans has made many | Il soldier swear that hencetorth he will neither ask or give qiarter. In Virginia, citizen who ! shot federal soldier while the latter was strug ! gliug win tie citizens wife iu an attempt to ! commit an outrage we may not describe. was ! taken by otder federal soldiers and hung. ln our own State men who resisted attempts Of federal soldiers to rob and despoil their homes and insult their families, were arrested by order 1 o Gen. c 4rtis, who announced his intention to ! murder hem. Such contemplated atrocity WAS 1 pro.iptly met by Gen. Hindmtn, who threatened to hang the federal prisoners in his hands, and who told Curtis that if he wished to make the war in Arkansas one of eAtermination, that il was terrible game which two could play at. A5 much as we abhor the thought of such 1 cruel, relentless war; as much as we dread to ste such terrible scenes enactel, yet we cannot shut eyes to the fact that we are fast drifts ing to such strife, that a cruel enemy is fore ing it upon us, and the time may be rapidly ap. preaching when th- cry will he z Tue VtctiS.' -~ss -~~rs~.. ss-- ITEMS.