Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-01-23

naDlleQ Dy popOaton, m sentiment fayol able tf the South, by very large majority. This unarmet population IS held in check by detached bodies o
 edtral soldiers stationed in their midst-southelr men forced to take the oath of allegiance tC the Lincoln nment-seek shelter in the wood; and have their property confScated, or be oonfueC in prison walls. These are our friends and vii ling and anxious to 9ht our battles, but are mol able 10 pass the federal lines and get to Gen. Pce Ii left thus unprotected 'th hope is fed and gone they must of necessity make friends with the foe upon such terms as the Lincoln government may propose. The people ttus quicted, southern men rln cut, or gagged by abolition bayorc,s, Miszorr is lost to the South, and Arkansas becomes the theatre of action, or else tao large federal force now kept there to confront the southern army, withdrawn and added to the forces destined for the Mississippi river invasion, making their pros. ects of success more probable.
 What then are the legitimate conclusions to be drawn from such state of facts and circumstances: Frsi-That the salvation of Missouri depends upon the success of Sterling Price, and that to be successful his army must be advanced to tie Mis sour river valley in sul,irnt force to give the peo pie pro cccon, and tho fifty thousand southe men 1 in that country chance 10 enlist ia tho soLthc 1 army.
 | ;Secoad-Arkansas will then be permanently sc- i cure--:ile resources of the Missouri valley-suff- cent in quantity to supply our whole army turned s0uththe lr trlns erIcd to the Illinois border, an Kansas, 10 which the Missouri river valley s the O. ly outlet, also made subject to the will of the Confe derote States-St. Louis, when the tributaries by which it is supplied are thus cut of, will fall of | itself into our hands, CT be easily taken by the 1 overwhelming army which will concentrlte upon l Gen. Price, when the iron bars of abolition des- I potism arc removed and chance is offered.
 TAird-If such fortune should not crown our l arms, the Lincoln government will be the recipient 1 Of he rich treasures to which reference is made, and Ar1ans2s De the scene of the same cruetyno now perpetrated in Missouri flor there is no stand still place in revolutions. It is but natural that if the l Mssourians prove unable to hberatc their own State, and find hemselyes left simply to protect us from the enemy, that they should throw down their arms and leave W te feh. our own battIes-which they wiIl de if conrinced that we have not more regard for their welfare, than make their soil the perm lnent batt.e seoand or the contendng armies Arkansas sustaining the same relation to Louisiana would dJ the same under similar circumstances. What then remains to be done7 Let Price, army be advanced to the Missouri river, which ht knows to be his only hope, and certain means o victory. If not done by ordinary means of war ftre let extraordinary rne ms be em 3loyei. The confederate government realizing the important re laton of Missouri to the Southern States. will ren der all possible assistance to Gen. Pece, fully re cognising his condition, and appreciating his almost matchle.s hcroism. The scale of fortune may however, be turned by the want or by the addt on ! of very small numbers in such emergency. Extra. ordinary measures should consequently be put forth to accomplish q result so desirable Every man in Arkansas able to bear arms should Gy to the rescue rather than have Price fail in Missouri. Success would he the brightest noon-iay to an oppressed and down.trodien reop'e-a failure, the inkiest night of sorrow and despair.
 4 regular crusade of five or ten thousand men should be raised in Arkansas ani on the bcrler ot Texas, for the express purpose of placing the Mis- soari army beyond the Osase river. Let them go for six, njrc or twelve months, IS necessity de- mands. Let warriors preach it on the high ways and hedges, aa dl Peter the Hermit of old, in q cause less worthy.
 Let citizens of Arksrsos, whose position and persona! courage wonld stimulate the Missourians, without sccamblng for plumei hats or military titles, lead such an army to the headquarters of ( n. Price, and plac, it ath:s disposal. Itmltters not whether he be Maj Con, Price, Capt. Price, or Fourth Corporal Price; he is the impcrsonaton oI the southern sentiment of the great State of Ms souri, and around him clusters the only hope of 3 chivalroas and down troddcn people.
 No other man, even of greater military skill and hsrosm, if possible, wrest Miss )uri fom the grlsp of the Lincoln government. Whether it i. right or whtterit is wio 8, that such should be tht fact, is no. onrbdsness at present 10 enquire We had as well rause to enquire, why the sun is king Of day, and the moon que o' night, and VI, other planets could not paro orm the same oice as to p1uso whona great and chivrous Sta.e is poised on the verge of ruin, to enquire why is and com plain that certain great anl brave warrior is
 it's only hope of redemption. It is stern f4c with which we have to deal, and cannot be chlngei by aspiring paFtizans, but while they are cavilin2 over it, inc State of Nj ssouri may be lost Nils souri is as drowning man struggling with the IrattCN WLllI5 ALU waves HI HecU Ol present Hclp or help need no. come at all. The newspaper press there ,ore, that makes war upon Gen. Price and Missouri thus struggling for relief, strikes death blow to that State, and to the State of Ar I kansas To the former, Gen. Price stands in the attitude of redeemer and defendera preseryer anC friend of the latter. fla friend was sinking in th waves of the deep and but one man present whC 5 could lend successful helping hand, 'twould be heartess wretch indeed who would have him sta, his hand until enquiry made, why some one els, could not afford the same relief.
 Let our citizens then, without delay enlist in tht Arkansas legion, go as crusaders for the relic ot Gen. PIice-the redemption of Missouri Mo the 9 preservation of Arkansas. Delay will be fatal td that State--southern men will lose all hope and will be compelled to make terms with the foe, and the State will be garrisoned by an army too srong to be repused. But the prayers and tears of inno- r cent women and chldren-.he sighs of brave s1nth e,ers cagcd in prison walls, and the blood Of the murris red dead make more eloquent and pathetic appeal for relief, than any language which we can 2 employ.
 The question may arise, how can such an army be equipped and supplied, We could imagine