, 1865-01-29
FROM: LITTLE ROCK.
The Political. Condition Of
Arkansas.

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Arkansas.
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H1bVVR OE TAE bTATE Gov
ENNMENT AND HOW IT
WAS FORMED.
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You doN,,lIrss litnr Of tho FREQ B,aip roy.
crntneut pr Arkunsay. p,rhnns vnn inv.
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,a .Sva ~ 't,se."ses vi li'o Noseshos, anu ledf
| il'0t INC LeklsIAktlfV ID lh session, md haB
chosen United 4thtos Senators, and that prr
| louv tl,ut a,,uust body nj Washington viii
rccsiva AZ arsoss,cv - ..,.s. 'yn .'e ,s.', wv.
.s'.s., A. n" "sJus"1 VI ss""t at''' u'gntty
wheis mo ineMoess fe'n Arkansas enter In
portals.
| Your eymretby for tho }oynt man of thc
Goutb. olI,} il. ,iJon IN N, ,s,.n ~ ~ ~,
crnnsnt ,,,i, ,ss,",,. s.a% NV sa",o Wv WV
s'""s" -" W." rssMPs 'oA" w" 70 hope that
VIC " NrH"hhas nave ovoetomo tho robol ole.
~ Il nnsit,s, Il. oI.sasne Wv "~'s ~ @uf"''ecss
a,,.a! rsI. :" "4S""so y. ~ otaeF leDe1
nnvo,,,,,,,. ss... "'R s'"to
u0's'"''at "sspsas'"K 'ts pseeslngs OF pro
tectlon and justice ID our people. It ID that
our friends In tho North 1nny mt l,e mts,.d
a tho conatt,o,, - 49, a.a, W. w ."e.ea W
o'rS suna.aon W our nsatc. u not to save
our lel!oW cltaxens lFom tho grnsp OF incapa.
4c aua unpslhc'Pled oincc-eeekera, that am
INDUCED to draw your attention to the follow
1 6ne % rcar nco ,o,,its ~. waste n.,-. . ,,
ao ~. ~ a'",t"ES ~ pos's "c'e so-d1spos-
Gu anu ne'a upon tue Wh1ts Hlyer and other
POI tions of the State TINT 1t was not difticult
for Union men 10. meet md hold the electfon
In accordance with ,ho nlsn % ~ra,saa .us s 4ea
thus o6tainet 1or The Cnnst:tnt;on o,,S steto
ofi;ccrs. Yet Cone1ess deemea H. ,aat and 81 nsaIe M
Iect that plan and The actfon hrd Jno,, :. T. T.,
Arkansas. jhr American neonie hnye ~ s,n' ~
1haticaiy endorsed lie ficciiion ~ ran1-ess e.u
Ind since then The events eve % n arbansaa " hss
still arc to sussain State Gorernment @ nefe a"a
Tc.the- ronIitfon ~ af.;r, -, .,s.l
that time rendered n stcta snns ,ian ~
n,oc,irahle If ths.nrocoad;,aa tae tm
were premature, and otherwise repuanant re- s ,ns
these ohstacIce and tn fen,la. n tn ~ 1 nnninpy
a. Il, n,nr,, ahian't;11 uu ~ toe proceedings
81 One ,as vasr ov..orame' s;,,." 1ans ~ ,s to
mir ro+o1 -, +hn+ - a.: -. ~ w Iuousanu
49, oea,t,. 'ne el!on were u cofnpaIa-
.ne ,,nc.'; ssS"l..s u! sAc'r nones, amt pursuing
1ease.na as"satlons: SINCE Then the whohe
~ " .ne asFkansas has been ut the
IlS ps,nS = " ans lspe' leaders AlekaT' Shelby and
1his towr am, ois.s tns r." naaorca acres about
- s'.s "s ~" - ~" SssS" "E.e VI Mnca ouF army
ls ltens eenssamrea. Anu OF those Union men who
svtea s,a anen s;sesea'elghts nave been driven to
Hot e tSp9aa tAtes lor refuge, ano the remain
oet,a I'LL. usnes, IT., nse @1sa!n THESE pickcts,
,oSnteE amtonE ,nose mus lorced to abondon thc
S.ns! SonnN! ne1e 80 many OF tae newly created
fiati ;atian",t nu tt.y oeers 1hat tue Goyernor,
&c. Essuaenant I'M Gosetnor, ana Attorney General
, 1oul tnsnlseises almost alone to sustain the
snemie nma s1th a.Snay o. thsir state G9vcrnment,
a.iu ~ a'.oouEa lneI5 an1nof1ty, aAa sanctions
oie nut .ccoenl1esn twenty rods beyond our
pekete. the3 sti!a persist and insist that they
veIny 20 constitute IN onEts Stale Gortr1
-msn1; Ifne taere was no State Senate over
which the Lieutenant G0vernor ian Office
never before known In Arkansas) coula pre-
SIDE, nor q Legislature to whom the Governor
could address message, but tile difficulty is
obv1ated by pompous mandate from the
Governor ordering elections to be held in
this town 10 I'LL vacancies IN the Legislature
Tor euuntles hundred. miles distant. Tie
anlnhca voters IN these elections, were to be
| eusn leioeces from Gald counties aa might be
| so!ousnihs !s nefe AZ tae Time. Aa you may we'll
| euTt4nSs nnuuul3 perhaps Htkten or