The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1863-12-05
A NEW UPRISING IN THE SOUTH.


The Hon. E. w. CAN'T, of Arkansas,
has lately issued an address to the people
of that State. He, like many aaothar
misled man, has fought for Southern inde-
dependence, but now returns, sorrow strick.
en- and penitent and asks to be once sgain |
taken under the protection of the old flag. |
His eyes opened to the per6diousness OF the
rebel leaders who have plunged the South
into the vortex of ruin and desolation, he |
calls upon the citizens of Arkansas to arise
and resume their place 10 the old Union. |
Plainly and impartially he recounts the
suferings and privatious which they have
endured under the rule of JEFF. Davis and
his tyraunical minions, aud implores them
to come out of the ''counsels of the wicked"
To the rebels General Hindman, Who so long
held despotic reign over the people Of Ar
kansas, he gives most bitter scathing.
Although a STAKEHOLDER, he says let slavery
60, if they can thereby secure peace that
slavery has accomplished its mission, and
that even majority of the Shareholders in
the South are becoming tired Of it. The
address is very long, and we have only
room for the following short extracts: -
WHAT SHALL WE DO! Il
This question naturally comes up, after
all that has preceded. If Mr.. Davis, when
he held the lives and fortunes of many mil.
lions in his hands, 50 blundered as to lose
his opportunity: what can we hope from
him, now that scene of blackness, of an
guish and desolation reigns where wealth,
happiness and plenty smiled. If he ,oould
not protect Arkansas when he could, but,
instead. gave it over to plunder and oppres-
sion by his pets, what have we to hope now
that he trembles in Richmodd for his own
safety, and wakes up at last to the terrible
reality Of his weakness, folly and indiscre-
tion? If We aeere not protected when we
could hare been, and if we can not now be
protected, what must We do7 Some say
continue the struggle-let the last man die,
sc. =a haas77.r ,..iaa-ssi ~ 'siff =
1 think differently. We ought to end
the struggle and submit. But you say it is
humiliating. No more, than to surrender
when whipped. We have done that often
always when We could do no better. l
have tried the experiment twice and found
it by no means foolish, Submission is but
surrender. We are fairly beaten in the
whole result and should at once surrender
the point .5t5' L. y'r
If we don't get the happiness We enjoyed
in the old Government, we can get no more
misery than we have felt under Jefferson
Davis. But I look for peace there. We
had it many years. Even while arrayed
against, find that hostile forces in our
midst give more protection to citizens than
they had when Holmes and Hindman were.
It is true the Johusons tell you that Gen.
Steele has imprisoned and oppressed people
here. Not word of truth in it. And
they know it all false. In few months,
when no more Confederate money can be
invested, and nothing more made ont Of the
people, they will sneak back and claim his
protection. tf9t '76 eos 90 3t1n
But We are whipped-fairly beaten. Our
armies are melting and ruin approaches US.
Will continuing this struggle help Us +?
Every battle We might gain ought TO wiring
tears from the hearts of Southern men!
We are Just that much weaker, that much
nearer our final ruin. Anguish and sorrow
and desolation meet us wherever we turn.
The longer the struggle the more Of it.
Don't let yourselves be deceived with the
hope that the United States will abandon
the struggle. They can never do it. They
have toiled and spent too much to see the
solution of the problem, and not foot up
the figures. They scarcely feel the war at
home. Their cities are more populous and
thrifty to-day than ever. For every man
that dies or gets killed in battle, two emf
CRATE to the country. Their villages and
towns, their fields and country, flourish as
fresh as ever. They could sink their armies
to-day, and raise new lcvies to crush us
and not feel it.
Ho~ is it with Us? The last man is in
the field, half our territory overrun, our
cities gone to wreck-peopled alone by the
aged, the lame and halt, and women and
children! While deserted towns, and
smoking ruins, and plantations abandoned
and laid waste, meet us on all sides, and
anarchy and ruin, disappointment and dis
content lower over all the land o's -
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NEGRO SLAVERY.
am of opinion that, whether it is .