The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-15
Gov. MurnhY,s Proclamation,

We have heretofore published brief
and very unsatisfactory Geographic
synopsis Of the proclamation of Gov
Murphy, Of Arkansas, to the people Of
those counties, which were in posses
,ion of the rebels at the time Of the late
election, but which are now freed from
their control; and we now give the doc
lment in full, az at once one of the
most appropriate and patriotic produc
ions we have seen in long time Il
; as follows:
ia he Peogk o. the Counties Of Arkansas
for 1AicS no elections haze been he'd
"Citizens Of Arkansas I address you be-
'ause you have been 30 fer deprived Of tn
,rtyilege Of aiding in the restoration
.ivil government in the State, by the Occu-
iation Of your section of the State By tn,
ebel army. In January last, a convention
f delegates, elected by portion Of the PEG
lie, met at Little Rock, remOdelled the con
.tituton Of the State, and appointed me fCI
Governor. The new constitution differ
rom the old in this-thGt it abolishes ST.
verv in Arkansas forever. The members
le convention were sober, earnest men, q
yhOTn events had made deep impress'o
hey were tired of war, and the desolati
hat war produces; they remembered the
scurity and happiness that they enjOyet
Theu law and order prevailed, and the hat
Il the free was the only emblem Of tLei.
nationality. They rememb bored, too, swhel
U an evil hour, q combination Of insane pol
ticians, forced their State into rebellion
,gainst their own government. Not one E
l.. L., 4
hem he'd ever been deprived Of 3 righJ.
IN the contrary, they had always been pre-
ected in their special and exclusive RICH
o hold slaves. Yet, in their insane mad.
Iess, they rejected that protection, anC
ought 10 Overturn the government tina
protected them in the possession of theiI
,laves.
1.-THE results of tho rebellion they now
ee-you all see and feel-the slaves free
he masters fagitives or prisoners, or the re-
,ipients Of the pardon Of the Government
against which they rebelled, and tried, il
vain, TO destrOy-all tho families in the land
nourning-property pillaged and destroy
sd-pOver.y aud1 ds5OlGtiOn everywhere
,appinoss changed to misery-ioy, 10 mourn
ng and woe. They saw nO way 10 escapj
be evils under which we were ell suffering
Jut 10 return to the government Of our an.
,estor5, and zen owe the cause Of our troU-
de. The constitution was roferred to the
people on the I4th Of March, and ratified
~ 6 very large vOts; aud is now the su-
oreme law Of the State. State and. county
lGcsrs have been elected. You have been
deprived Of the right By the presence Of re-
bel for ses in your counties.
"Ihe convention provided, By an ordi-
nance, that ia such cases GA election msy
% holden on any other day thereafter tn {
t1e people may agree upon, for county OH
;er5. l therefore recommend to you, that
IS soon Is you cGn hol0 al election with
sfety to yoUrsslves, that you appoint DAY
your respective counties, and that you
,lect represen tative5 to the legislature, and
Ill you0county officers, and take on your
elves all the rights and duties OF freemen.
md give your aid and influence 20 the res
,oration of the State TO her position in tn,
Union, and 70 peace and former security.
We have eli erred-we have all gone astray.
Father forgive Us, as we forgive those that
have sinned against US. Let this spirit pre-
vail, and happiness will soon be oUrs-pesce
and security will soon spread over the land,
and we viii again be hcncred citizens of the
United States Of America.
"This is nobility eEOugh-this is honor
enough--;O be called citizen OF the United
States, whose flag commands the sdmira-
ton and respect Of the world; and whose
government has never failed 70 avengs or
right the wroags done 70 its humblest citi-
zen.
"Spurn, then, the tyranny and oppres-
sion of tho leaders Of this wicked rebellion,
and return to the hone Ct your ancestor.
and your own by inheritance and atone for
the past by securing to your pOsterity free
dom, security and happiness hereafter.
Isaac NURPEY,
Provisional Governor Of Arkansas.
Executive Office, Little Rock, Ark, March
g, 1864"
The Governor is man of action. He
knows the honesty of the masses of the
people, and is aware Of the insidious
means employed 70 betray them and
now that they are rid of their political
leaders, no is prepared to trust them to
choose members of the legislature, to
be sworn into Office under the revised,
and anti-slavery constitution of the
State.
But few short months since, and
Little Rock was in possession of the re
bells; to-day the State Of Arkansas re-
joices in loyal civil government, and
in the Punishment of slavery; yet Ten
nessee, whose capital was occupied two
years and more since, is to-day IN as
bad condition as when Buell. first en-
tered Nashville; il, apparently, as far
from the blessings of civil government
Now why i this? The people join US
in the question; Why Is this7 Wewill
NOT nrnlAnd u nnar-a--tn ella IL