New-York tribune., 1868-10-21
THE SITUATION IN ARKANSAS.
WHOLESALE MURDER AND ROBBERY IN ARKAN-
sAs-THE LAWS sCOFRED AND TRAsPLkD
UNDER FoOT-w wORsHIPING GOD ACCORDING
To SEYMOUR AND BLAIR.

WHOLESALE MURDER AND ROBBERY IN ARKAN-
s,s-THE LAWS sCoFPED AND TRAmPLED
UNDER FooT-wORsHIPING GOD ACCORDING
TO SEYMOUR AND BLAIR.
IFRoM A CITIZEN OF ARKASsASl
CAMDEN, Ark, Oct. S.-We are waiting with
baed breath result Of the State elections on next
Tuesday in Pennsylvania ohio and Indiana for we feel
that upon the result in these States the great national
contest pregnant with such mighty interests hinges
The outcropping OF the devlish spirit engendered
throughout the South by the bloody aud revolutionary
doctrines proclaimed in the Democratic platform, is seen
by Won and J, by cold blooded assassination OF
Dr j. Johnson Of Mississippi County, the attempted
Of Senators Wheeler and Barker and the
strocous murder Of thousands OF good men, white sno
black whose only crime a toofeariess devotion 70
the principles OF constitutional liberty The Rebel press
the south echoed by their Eehe allies AZ tne
North deny the fact Of many heish outrages oeng
committed here and charge that u Is mere system vi
Radical lying TO influence your Northern eiecuohs.
THE HALF HAS NOT BEEN TOLD. Hundreds-aDd
i had almost said thousands-of poor, unohending
blacks have been tied to troes whipped uninerci'
fuIlv and murdered. The masses are threatened
with robbery Of tho hardearned fruits OF ther
industry and consequent starvation OF themselves,
their wives and their little they vote the Radical
ticket" AS consequence reign OF terrorism exists
among them portion of the State, which will deter
twothrds from registering and many perhaps large
majority Of those registered, WILL be compelled TO VOTE
they all. with party which they naturally ana
instnetveiy abhor TO propate the good Will OF their
employers These the arguments used with tho blacHs
create healthy public sentiment IN favor OF hessrs
seymour and Blair Isit strange they should be cfec-
tyei muchor tho black loyalste. whose hearts are
steel 70 the OF universal liberty embodyng
equal and exact justice 70 aicnep The white UnionsH
seoned at aud Stunned, snd every mean and low
device - resorted TO- 20 cripple and ruin them III Dos
Bess mechanics they are visited with social ostr
Dr. Wright arespeoIabo citizen Of tbis city. and
At afURA
honorable withdrawal from the Methodist Episcopal
CAorch, OF which church be had long been member
tbe pastor said that there charges against him. he
asked TO then and what Oh TRIBUNE. do yop think
they weref Why. that lao was Radical and had said
that he would not be candidate for the Legislature,
and. afterward ran for and was elected TO- that
sflce hedOcor recently iost his wife, who bad been
member IN good standing Of that church 20 years Be
lad been nearly u months preceding her death
nrmed lnvalid; aud yet because her husband 10 Radi
cal she denied, during the long, weary weeks and
months Of her Illness and IN the hOor Of DEATH
Egos consolation of the Ch1rch winch she had been
reared and 10 wlch she truly an ornament Yet
This publeOrehgous pars0n conld find time TO conduct
tVOweeks prayefeotng, asking Divine Interrogation
IN favor Of the election of Seymour and Bar These are
fass patent 10 here have into these
personal details 0 give your readers q correct under
standing Of the real situation here Even THE Church
city OF refuge for D>nif The only that burn on
the attain Of uapy Of chunches political nres
and church do they burn oroer than iu the Metho
dlst Episcopal Church Beuth, 10 which ecclesiastical
body belongs she bad prsminense Of leadership in this
new crusade against the sublime truths coiained IN
the Declaration of Independence. When the fires
cf rebellion kindled throughout the South,
" was this christlan Church that famed them
Into flames Whose urid glare enyeoped the Continent.
and they afe gathering together the embers ieft from
she gfeat coa6agntOn for the bonfire PROMISED IN
The event of the of ths Democracy ia the mp
pfoarhhg elfelon ~ view 0i tbese facts, feel that
ihr lStres ~ DE aud death trembling n the bIiare.
M hg0ts election ue feel that He LIsi hODe NJ eslub
hng on Ft1n bdsts nHd gGiniai1ilg HepiiDeiH bsil
ts'Hs throughout ne South IL soeDf 0gioJ sJlsfcBcc No
x.lrn man .lG i've here 10 tnat event. aud tho
niOn Of the blaf k wOd De w0rse Infinitely than
would be were tbey IN absolute bondage. deprived of
..i ..ni and political rgDtr, They would at4,Dee becOge
he victims ~ all tho bHrhaTiles that RtDr vengeance,
bate ahd msligDIy could suggrsf ana, as lnec,
souhl felnl~t irfo condition lower Than that 0f tho
ssts oi ib' held But hope for better things Maine
s"o Ytfissns lave sD1ken IA Nv uncertain voice; tncy