Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-12-12
FROM ARKANSAS.
Hon. E. w. Gantt's Address TO
the People of The State.
he CoMEs OUT FOR THE UNION.


He CONES OUT FOR THE UNION.
The Memphis Argus has been furnish
ed with an Address recently = iblished IN
Little Rock by Hon. Edward w. CAN'T,
prominent politician of Arkansas. and
addressed to the people of the State
we have not space for the document en-
tire, but give below coPious extracts,
which viii be found Interesting:
Introduction.
He prefaces as follows:
FELLOW CITIZENS: Since the third
dav Of June have been a prisoner in
the Federal lines. Having but recently
hcon'through The entire South, having
studied its resources aud wept over Its
ruin: and having become fully acqualn-
tel with its condition, and the character
of its rulers, [ have chosen. after long
/ hesitation, To remain here AMI address
YOU. in preference to being sent home
and exchanged. am now out OF the
service. and therefore speak with unre-
served Freedom. Ny course in this
struggle is known to ;hs country. In
the amy and in prison, with fire in
front and in rear have been with you
and of YOU MS long rs hope remained
! An! to-day know M devotion so strong
"a that | bear to my Souihnrn hons,
anI &, thv masses of our people, whose
terrible sufIcriugs bind me closer to them
now than ever. | shall give you my
views and counsel for what they are
worth, frankly anil fully in this address,
and care rot for the consequences to my
self. Ii i. The path Of duty, and | shall
follow it fearlcssIy. shall speak to you
as an Arkansian. Shall, therefore, con-
fino myself more particularly TO what
has occurred ia our midst since the COM
mencemeut of the hostiI;ies, and may
thus give prominence 20 events and
persons that they woull not otherwise
desire. As fear no one, | shall spare
no one.
HIS ADVICE TO THE PEOPLE.
The first portion CT his al lress aIIules
to ;hc troubles with Holmes, Hindman,
etc, their prosecutions Of the people, all
of which is treated at length. After
leaving this he continues, in answer to
the question: "What shall We Do:r
This question naturally comes up after
all that has preceded. If Mr.. Davis,
when he held the lives of millions in his
hands, so bluu,lered as to lose his oppor-
tuniiv, what can we hope from him, now
that scene of..biackness, of anguish and
deso!ation rcignS, where wealth, happi-
ness and pleanty smiled. If he mould
not protect Arkansas when lie c. Wd, but,
instead gave il over to plumber and op-
preston 10y his pets, what have we to
hope, now that he trembcs in Richmond
for his own safety, and wakes up at last
TO the terrible reality Of his own weak
ness, folly aud indiscrcticn? If we were
moi protected when we could have been,
and if we cannot now be protected, what
NUT we do? Some say continue tue
struggle. Let the last man die, etc.
| think differently. We ought to end
the struggle and submit. Bat you say it
is Illuminating. No more tEan to surren-
der when whipped. We have done that
often. Always when we could do no
better. | have tried the experiment
twice and found il by no means foolish,
Submission is but to surrender. We
are fairly beaten in the whole result, and
/ should surrender the point.
Ii we don't get the hnppines we en-
| loved in the old Government, we can get
no more misery than we have felt under
jeff Davis! Bu@ hook fnr peace there.
We had Il many years. Even while we
are arravei against it, find that hostile
forces in orr midst give more protection
to citizens than they had when Holmes
and IIindman were there. 1t is true,
the Johnsons tell vou that Gen. Steele
has imprisoned AMI oppressed people
mere Not a word of truth in it. And
they know it is all false. In few
months, when no more Confederate mon
cy Gnu lie invested, an1 nothing more
male out of til" people, thcy viii sneak
/ back aud claim its projection.
But we are whipped, fairly beaten. Our
armies are beaten and ruin approaches
Us. VIII continuing the struggle help
us! Every battle We might gain ought
10 wiring tears from the hearts of South
ern mon! We are Just that much weak
er-that much nearer our final RUM
Anguish and sorrow and deso!ation meet
US wherever We turn. The longer tie
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,
net TO foot up the figures. They scarce
/ ly feel the war Mt home. Their cities are
more populous and thrifty to day than
ever. For every man that dies or gets
killed in battle, two emigrate to the coun-
try. Their villages and towns, their
fields and country flourish MS freshly rs
ever. Thew could sink their armies TO
day, and raise new Ieries 10 crush US and
not feel it.
THE NEGRO QUESTION.
From the portion of his address dc
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