Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-31
Aaairs ia Arkan.ns.

q interesting. General Holmes, it is stated, "
being daily reinforced, having his field hea
4 quarters at YeIlviile. General Hindmsn
e again reported military prisoner at Lit
9 Rock, and is bound for Richmond to have
: hearing. The correspondence between Gener
Albert Pike and the authorities at Richmond
slso published, aud is as follows:
ALBERT PIXIES LETTER TO THE PREsIDEN,
Fort McCULLocH, CEoCTAw NATION I
July Sd, 1852
SIR: As private citizen of Arkansas, hsvii,
a wife and children in Little Rock, though nv
self happily beyond the reach of the proT9
marshal, who holds the liberty and lives of cai
zsns in the hollow Of his hand invoke the Il
tention Of the Chief Magistrate of the Conftd
eraey, solemnly sworn to PRESERVE, PROTECT
aud DEFEND the Constitution and the laws, t.
the orders, which enclose, Of MsjorG Genera
H!ndman, commanding the trans MississipB
district | might well do SO in my mill
| tary capacity, since / have some time been il
command Of the Indian country, crested 4 mill
1 tary department. IN November last, hut now psr
of that district; because I may wall appTehenC
! that the. absolute despOtism established over tbs
/ so"A OF Little hocE, Tho county Of Pulaski
/ Sns other parts OF the State, may be attempted
! TO be extended to the Indian country, and tb,
! dilemma be presented 70 ne 20 enforxing such
orders here, or refusing 70 obey unlawful orders
and because indeed, it IS already announced in
general orders" that on the recommendation
OF provost marshal euthr0ned at Little Rock.
martial law will be declsyed Ia any portion OF
! the trans-Mssssippi district and by novel
proclamation OF that novel magistrate, tariff
of prices is established throughout its whole
extent.
prefer, nevertheless, to do i.in my character
OF citizen because It is chiefly the rights Of tbe
citizens that are thus rudelY invaded
But still, and because it makes the state Of
things in ArksnsGS, and, in soma respects, else
where, more astounding, ] so far remember that
l am IL tie military servic5, as to mark the i1-
crsdble strides that usuTpation has made within
few months, by placing before the eyes of the
Chief Magistrate, general order, issued by me
on the 27th of February, of the present year,
OccssisGed By an interference in the ChickssaT
nation Of Indians, on the part of Chickasav
otlcer in the service Of the Confederate States,
with the pTerogstives of the civil authorities end
tribunals Of that Indian tribe, and by the com
pusory enlistment, by the same officer, of Ger.
taia individuals, in cur service.
then declared to the Caickasaw people. that
il was the pride and boast OF the Confederate
States, that no where within their lin its, since
the present revolution commenced, had the laws
been suspended the siltiugs of the courts Of
justice interrupted, or the military power placed
Ab've the civil authorities
And that was then true
And therefore, declared that, if this had in
considerably been done anywhere within the de-
partment OF the Indian Territory, it was disap-
prove and would not be permitted again TO
occur.
1t is nothing to me as a citizen, that Major
General uindman uSurrs the power Of appoint
ment and promotion 10 military Office and rank,
which belongs to the President alone. Il is
nothing to nae as 4 citizen, thathe without color
OF law or shadow Of authority, cashiers eli GERS,
duly elected in accordance wi.h law, and in ss
full legal possession of their rank as ho is when
ne Is pleased to deem them incompetent; OF that.
denying tie men the legal right of election, lie,
fcers
But as simple citizen, bring TO toe notice
Of the President the orders which / enclose, and
especially those passages and features Of them,
to which L shall specially advert, es Of singular
and inCoucsivahle aao1mify.
A thousand thou and G tizens OF tho Conf5de-
Tats States engaged in rne present bitter and
bloody controversy, not Ia the interest of slave
y, but because the Northern States, by inter
tsFing with I5 were subveT,ing the original
frame Of the government, and DESTROYING the
theory on which cur liberties rested, thai the
Constitution was the fruit and evidence of
compact made between the States, and to which
the States alone wese parties By the Constitu.
ton Of the Confsderat8 States, that Drincipleis
solemnly censecrated forever.
And when those States made the Constitution
eseh State sitting in the solemn Senate and giV-
ing its single and equal vo.e, they solemuly de-
ciared that they did 50 for She purpose of estGh-
hshing Jusuc5 and securing the blessings cf
liberty to the people Of every STATE, Rnd to their
PosteIity; and they guarded with singular isal-
ousy the rights and proTogstives of the States,
and the secNuty Of the lives, liberties and prop.
erty Of the citizen
And when afterwards, the same States, oy-
pressed by stern necessity, were willing. for tue
time, 90 part with that essenta atsibuta of their
sovereignty, by which their courts of Justice
and magistrates were enabled to protect against
the rude assaults Of the military power the per
sOnal liberty Of their citizens. thew enacted = |
law, By which, conferring on tho President the
right 70 suspend the privilege Of ths writ of ha-
bess corpus, thcy strictly confined tha, power 10
the President ayoae.
When, q little more than year ago. the gem |
erals Cf tha Northern President SUSPENDED The
privilege of that writ, the right 10 which had
been guaranteed by Magma Chayss in = bsrbsr
ous age TO the subjects Of q monarchy; snd /
when the venerable Chief Justice OF the United |
States issued the wit notwithstanding, and fol !
lowed i! by writ of attachment fer coutemDt
against q general for diso0eyiug aud when the !
general, panoPueI IN his military power set ths |
wit and the magistrate az defiance, ono cry of |
applause for the virtue of the msgis rate, and I
Of indignation for the Tyranny of the North I
srn desPot and bis minl0ns, went up out of the |
honest heart of The whole South and NJ cirearo-
stance that occurred, tended mere to make tns 4
Northern government odous, and tg turn South 4
ern hearts against it, than inst outage upon the
Constitution, that contempt for the law and lis |
august minister.
A lis!le more than a year has elapsed and /
without any shadow Ct righg or aufholity, in /
direct defiance Of the Constitution, We see with |
astonishment tho privilege of tho writ Of habsas |
gOrYRs suspended and marital law declared |
in these Confidence Ststss it pleases |
general Of aBy grade to substitute himself aud |
MS provost marshal in pace Of ihe law and the /
In ACkaBsas, : chief provost /
msrshal is appointed, and assigned to duty as
chisf provost marshal Of the whole traus-hs-
sissippi district, which includes a vast territory
occupied by five allied Indian tribes On his I
recommendation, martial law is to be declared, |
and provost marshals appointed Whersver neceS-
sary. He is authorized to enrol and compel to |
serve as a provost guard, ell white mail persons /
between the ages of sixteen and fO-ty-fivo years,
who are not sub Jet to coDscrption, and not ex-
amPt from military service He is to arrest and |
punish all persons who, anywhere in the dis
luet suspend the sale of any produce, wares or
drug or commodity, in order to
eTads the major generals regulations concern
ing the same all persons who manifest or in
oi5e dissffsction toward The Confederate States
and all persons gully Of any disOTderly or /
immoral conduct; as also AL persons who refuse |
to receive Confederate notes as currency, at par
in business transactions and all who ask or re-
ceiye for any produce, goods, wares or merchan-
fixed by him
By decree Of the chief marshal, all merchants |
within the district of Arkansas, are reuuired to !
keep open their stores, from certain hour in |
the morning to a certain bouf in She evening |
every day except Sunday; and are required to |
receive in exchange for ali articles of nerchap-
disc" Confederate money, if teudared. A tariff 1
OF prices is announced to his subjects, to be ]