The Van Buren press., 1868-08-28
ClAyton's Black Guards.

~ 10 NmIthtif ItpVittu, SAY wv 's'',"
Rock Gazette, that the organization OF the
negro militia is going on nightly In this
city, and Il Is believed that General Clay
tons visit TO Jefferson and the negro
counties on the river where he now is,
has for its object the forwarding Of that
scheme, No mind can conceive, and no
tongue foretcll the horrors which may
grow ont Of the raising Of this black
force, with which the white arch usurper
and his CO hends hope 10 strengthen their
seats upon the throne and the footstools
about it. We give them assurance now,
that there is no disposition on the part Of
the decent white people Of Arkansas, its
rightful citizens, to interfere with his
schemes of profit or aggrandizemcnt in
any way, further than they have the war
rant of what is called law" They have
no quarrel with tho nogroos hut they will
fr the responsibility for whatever shall
occur upon the white hellions with carpet
bags, who are instigating the negroes 70
their ruin -'
Things have come to such pass that
it behooves the white people of the coun-
try to consider resolutely how the danger
which threatens them is to be met, rnd it
is not out of place to recommend to the
negroes the consideration Of their peril
Gus situation, if they continue to act upon
the counsels OF their wicked advisers In
this connection we cannot say anything
more to the point than to adopt and re-
publish the following extract from an ar
ticle in the Richmond Enquirer: giat I'D
" Are we then indeed to have war of
races Then let as prepare for III We
sound the note of warning to the people
and bid them be on the alert. Prepare
tion may be prsrention,, but if in spite of
preparation the conflict be precipitated
upon u.s., it can have but one conclusion
The negro element ia the south is like, a
gangrene upon the body polite, and the
first drop of blood shed in q seryile war
will be the signal for the extermination
of the whole race, The white men of the
southern States, will not always permit
their land to be the scene of the success
i've depradations Of yankee .bummers, car
pet baggers and truculent negroes, and
they must some day be relieved Of the
horrible i'll" which for years they have
patiently borne. ,.,I...l''
mo one can contemplate such calam-
ity as is now threatened us without hor-
ror, and the civilized world will brand its
authors with eternal infamy. But the
sympathies Of the world may not save
the victims at whose breasts this diabol-
ical scheme is directed. Their own stout
hearts must do it. If such a war must
come, let it come quickly. The south
rants peace, and if it is now to be requir-
cd to wade through a sea Of blood to
reach it, the sooner commenced the sooner
ended. 's Our white allies IN Maryland
and Kentucky, not to mention States
further north, may be relied OH for as
sistancc, If we need it, and Helper shopes
for the determination Of the negro race
will be most speedily realized by such ef
forts as the radical madmen are nov
making 10 lrurI a mass Of armed negroe.
upon the white men Of the south. Under
sneh provocation they will demonstrate
their superiority to the negro race in :
manner that will make the naked savagc'
Of Ethciopia, for centuries to come, how
with horror at the name Of southern
white man'siy .~por9g ..rl 40 "- @l