The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-11-21

congress III looU subsequently Oh Tue
Rebel Congress, and still later Rebel
General, has issued an address to the
people of Arkansas, dated Little Rock,
Oct. 7, 1863. We make the following
ex tract from it:
WHAT SHALL WE DO?
This question naturally comes up after
all that has preceded. If MIR. Davis,
when he held the lives and fortunes of
many millions IN MS hands, so blundered
as to lose his opportunity, what can We
hope from him now that scene Of black
ness, of anguish and desolation reigus
where wealth, happiness and plenty
smiled? If he would not protect Ar
kansas when he could, but instead gave
il over to plumber and oppression by his
pets, what have we to hope now that he
Troubles in Richmond for his own safety,
and wakes up at last to the terrible re-
atty of bis folly, weakness and indlscre-
ton If we were not protected when
we could have been, aud if we cannot
now be protected, what must We do -
Some say continue the struggle; let the
last man die, &c.
think differently. We ought to end
the struggle and submit. Blu. you, say
it is humiiating. No more than to sur
render when whipped. We have done
that often-always when we cou d do no
better. 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
If we don't get the happiness we en-.
joyed in the old Government, we can get
no more misery than we have felt under
Jefferson Davis. But look for peace
there. We had it many years. Even
while we are arrayed against it, find
that hostile forces in our midst give
more protection to citizens than they had
when Holmes and Hindman were here.
1t is true the Johnsons tell you that
General Steele has imprisoned and OPP
pressed people here Not word of
truth in it. And they know it is all
false. In few months, when no more
Confederate money can be invested, and
nothing more be made out of the people,
they will sneak back and claim his pro-
lection.
But we are whipped fairly beaten.
Our armies are melting, and ruin APP
proaches us. Will continuing this strug-
gle 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
rum. Anguish aud sorrow and desola-
ton meet US wherever we turn. The
longer the struggle the more of it.
Don't let yourselves be deceived with
he hope that the United States will
abandon the struggle. they can never
do it. They have toiled and spent too
much 20 see the solution Of the problem,
aud 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 who dies
or gets killed in battle wo emigra,c 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 leyies to crush US
and not feel it.
low is it with US? The last man is
in the ield. 'af 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 planta ions
abandoned and laid waste meet US on all
sides, and anarchy and ruin, disappolpt-
ment and discomfort lower over all the
land