Des Arc weekly citizen. [volume] (Des Arc, Ark.) 1867-187?, 1868-02-22
esistancc to Congress.

Ak assistance to Congress.
The time has arrived in the history
of this republic when there Is no long
.er safety in silcnce,nor manliness In
omission. The last act of the repub-
fcan majority would destroy the only
NANCE that remains TO us for deliver
snce from absolute despotism.. While
the doors ofthe supreme court are open
10 the appeals Of the oppressed, there
Mill still linger in the hearts of Amer
cans latent feeling of security. But
Nhen these shall be closed, there Is no.
ming left to them but the arbitration
of physical force. What can be pre-
dicted for the future of country thus
voluntarily thrust back into barbarism
by the DEGREES of the law-giyers p
What can, what dare we, hope of the
immediate present offs civilized nation
thus hurting away the restraints and
safeguards of law, and substituting for
them the license and despotism of mill
NV rule. What shall we say of the
mess of such men for the discharge
of the high and sacred trusts reposed
in them? History may, perhaps, do
juetice to their crimes, but nothing can
possibly do justice to their monstrous
presumption. How little have they
learned in the great school of wisdom !:
how little have they profited by the
great Lessons of history When there
is no longer any means left to mon to
avert danger, they turn aud face it with
awful desperation. When there Is no
longer an avenue of retreat open. then
the sword must cleave path for the
imperial army. Men conscious of the
value of peace, and familiar with the
cost OF anarchy, concede little by little
for the sake of peace, as long as there
is virtue in concession; but when the
terrible alternative of despotism or re-
sistance is thurst upon them, woe be to
those that make the issuel 1t is idle
to attempt to mask the fact that all APP
peals to the reason of the majority are
uscless-are grave travesties. They
are deaf to .yeerything but the voices
of their own passions and interests
Rights, liberties, time-honored, institu-
tions-everything that freemen value
and revere--have been ruthlessly sa-
crificed. What is there left to them
but the memories of a glorious past-~
unless. indeed, it is the sacred duty Of
vindicating the liberties which made
the past mcmorablef So long as there
is hope of successfully appealing to
reason and the courtsof law, we coun-
sci peace and forbearance, but when
these fails us we demand our rights
and liberties at all hazardsi The per-
iurcd apostates of constitutional liber-
ty, that sits in our legislative halls,
may learn to their cost that there are
evils more dreaded by free born men
than revolution-among them, despot-
ism. And if the nation believes that
the crisis demands dictator. nothing
Is more certain than that be will be of
its own choosing. In the emergency
that is upon us, it is the solemn duty of
every patriot to stand fast by the ma
tional executive, who has proved him
self to be worthy of public confidence
by his unwaveriRg and nncompremis
ing fidelityto the constitution and the
laws. Now is not the time to discuss
his errors of Judgment. We cannot
doubt the sincerity of his heart, and on
Chat we must be content to rely. We
caution him now to the utmost prompt
ness and the greatest caution. He is
comnander-in-chi OF the army and
navy under the constitution let him
look well to these, and be prepared,
that when the moment comes to strike,
his strikes may be decisive. We are
satisfied that he will do his part of the
work, if the people will do theirs. But
he must have the assurance of the aid
and sympathy of the nation at his back
With these behind him the popular tri-
umph Is assured. TO this end let the
great conservative element ofthe conn
try rally as one man to his support, and
by spontaneous and overwhelming
public demonstration express to him
their approval ofhis course, their conf
dence in his integrity, and their inten-
ton TO stand by him in every necessary
effort to restore the lost liberties OF the
country. In this attitude and in no
other is there hope for national deliv-
erance. Act cautiously. but be at all
times ready to actpromptly. We warn
the tyrant, radicalisin, against any
attempt to incorporate its latest mon
strous conception into the statute books
of this republic, and it behooves it to
heed our warning .-New York Citizen,
Colonel Halpine's ("Miles O'Riley')
paper. January %.