The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-27

VI hlgnlano and lowland ehiefs, aIlusi0ns 10
their fathers conflicts in the simple strains
of the rustic Burns
Let us live in hope my griefstricken broth
ers, that the day is not far distant, when Ar
kansas will rise from the ashes Of her desc
lation, to start on path of higher destiny
than with negro slavery she ever could have
reached; while the reunited Government,
freed from this eankering sore, will be more
vigorous and powerful, aud moro thrifty,
opulent and happy then though the seourgo
OF war had never desolated her fields or
made sorrowful her hearthstones
quit hOpeless stfugsie tic sssa ar,ns and
prosperity will return. N'si' "liSs OF
why 4 Hesitated--The Situations
-. The Remedy.
L hesitated long, my fellow, citizens. before
| determined to issue this address. dislike
to be abused and slanderod. But. more than
all, dislike to live under cloud with those
friends who have not yet reached my stand.
point, and, besides, all 1 possess is in tho
Confederate lines. Their leaders will deprive
my family of slaves, home, property-debts
due me--in word, reduce thom from compe-
tence and ease to penury. Aside from what
hsra ;o-;I~ A. ft,.,Faas-ota 1;nas oo,Id
not pay for the paper this address Is
written upon. But it may all go. Did
desire future promotion, and could bring my
conscience to it, would do like the JOhnsons,
safe from bullets and hardships themselves,
they assist in holding you on to this hopeless
N r,,i,. - he and of the
with vo to the last ll1sf and S651dF S5 me stala hha
mine" God deliver me from such traitors
to humanity, and to the interests ofour bleed
ing peoplel To me-. the path Of duty is plain
1t is to lend my feeble aid to stop this useless
effusion of blood And though it beggar my
family and leave mo no ray of hope for the
future, shall follow it.
have witnessed the desolation OF the
Southern States from one end to- the other
This homeless struggle but widens it. Each
day makes new graves, new orphans ana
new mourners. Each hour hlngs into TINS
dreadful whirlpool more Of wrecked hopes
broken fortunes and anguished hearts. rhe
rich have mostly fallen. The poor have
drunk deep of the cup of sorrow while surely
4 and not slowly, the tide Of ruin, in its resist
less suroe. sweens toward the middle classes.
| A few more campaigns ana they Will iorni
part of the general wreck. Each grave and
each tear, each wasted fortune and broken
heart. puts up that much further off from the
object of the struggle, and that much further
off from peace and happiness.
Viewing it thus, the terrible question was
presented to me, as to whether should con-
tinue my lot in an enterprise SO fruitless ana
SO full of woe, and help hold the masses OF
the people on to this terrible despotism Of Da-
Wis, where the only ruin awaits them ; or
whether should be quiet observer OF 1t ALL
or lastly, whether should assist in saving
the remnant of you from the wreck.
have chosen the latter. / shall send
this address to every hill and corner OF State
70 tho citizens and soldier, at home or IN
prison, and shall send with it my prayers to
Almighty God to arrest them in their path
wav of blood and ruin. Why trust DAVIS any
longer? Had he twice our present resources
he would fall. With success he would DC
desnot. But the whole thing is tumbling 70
nieces Soldiers are leaving disgusted and
disheartened, and whole States have gone
hack to their homes in the national galaxy.
MARYLAND and Delaware will never again be
shaken. Kentucky has intrenched herself In
the Union behind wall of bayonets IN tho
hands of her own sturdy sons. Missouri ID
as firmly set in the national galaxy as Massa-
chusetts. Tennessee, tempest-tossed ana
bolt-riven, under the guidance Of her great
p;lot. steers for her old mooring, and will be
safely anchored before the leaves fall; while
the ravs Of light from the old North state
flashing out atfally from her darkness across
! the troubled waves, show that she stirs' Is NOT
: lost, but is struggling to rejoin her sisters
None of these States will ever JOIN tho
South again. Then, with crippled armies
with devastated fields, with desolate cities,
. ,;th disbeartened soldiers, and worse than
. oil with weak and corrupt leaders, what
hone is left to the few remaining States, but
especially to poor, oppressed and dovn-trod-
den Arkansas9 Nonel Better gel our broth
ers home while they are left 10 as. Open
! the way for the return Of husbands, fathers
and sons, and bind up the broken Inks oi
\ the old Union. The people must act to dc
f this. l. tell you now, in grief and pain, that
6 the leaders don't care for your blood. 1ouI
g sufferincs move them not. The tears and
walls Of YOUR anguished and bereayed ones
. fall ON hearts of flint. While they can make
4 dollar or wear an epaulot they yNars content
: Finally, with griefstricken and sorrOwfDl
!, :, heart, implOre mothers, sisters, wives ant
daughters TO assist, by all their arts, in saving
= their loved ones from this terrible scourgc
' ere ruin overtakcs you and them irretrieva
q bly,. While God gives me str rength, dannte'
. by no peril and sweryed by no consideration
! Of self, shall give you my feeble aid.
h To break the force Of these utteraDee hon
IS estiy, patriotically and sorrowfally made tn
ii Johnsons and certain reptiles who craN
ID around Little Rock. under Federal prorss
ne ton, together with all other like men, whc
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