Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-08-11
Address Of tho Democratic Stnfe
 Central Committee.

RooAs or THE DEM STATE CENT. CoM., l |
 LITTLE RocK, ARK, July 80, 1858 ] To THr PEOPLE or TuE STATE os ARKAssAs:
 The Democratic Central Committee of the state of Arkansas, after conference with those here, and from various DOT tions of the state, for whose opinions they have high respect, have unanimously resolved to recommend to our fellow citi- zens that it is the duty of the Democratic party of the state of Arkansas, to make vigorous campaign in the ensuing presi- dential and congressional election. And protesting against the usurpation and ty- ranny of the existing state government, and believing it in all its parts and bearings to be unconstitutional and void, yet as mat ter of self preservation, and for their own protection, advise all the people of the state who can do so, to register, qualify and vote in the ensuing elections.
 Many of you do not know the men, or even their names, who, by the combined influences of force and fraud, are claim ing to have been elected as your represent atives in the general assembly. A ma jority of that body is assuming the tre- meDdous powers of levying enormous tax es; of organizing negro militia, at the expense of the disfranchised and impov- erished tax payers; of excluding white men from tho jury box; of enacting registra- tion and election laws expensive in their execution, monstrous in their provisions, and craftily designed to perpetuate the power of the handful of bad men and ad- venturers, who came here for plunder. and the spells, of creating a vast number of sinecure offices, with high salaries, and filing them with unworthy and incompe- tent men, not in any sense the choice of the people; of wasting the public money in the treasury by system of reckless eS- penditures never before heard of by our people; of getting up schemes for private speculation, by which public debt is sought to be fastened upon the state and its resouces to the extent of untold mil lions of dollars; of compelling you under heavy pains and penalties to make negroes your equals and associates; of taxing you l for the support of schools from which the instincts of the white race exclude your own children; and in a thousand ways con trying means to yet further oppress, de- grade and impoyerish large majority of the industrious and intelligent people of the state Your rights and liberties de- pend in great measure for the time be- ing, upon efforts to elect conservative men in November, in the various counties or districts, to i'll vacancies occurring in the SO called legislature.
 J We look forward with confidence to the | election of Seymour and Blair, and dem- ocratic house of representatives in con gress, and an authoritative endorsement l by the president and the popular branch of congress, as well as the supreme court, of declaration of the great democratic par ty, that the series of measures known as the reconstruction acts are unconstitu- tional and void But delverance will come 1 to you much sooner and more readily ifyou contribute your own exertionst to its achiev- ment Let every man, then resolve to act and be up and doing The duties of the hour are sacred by ali that men hold dear. The issue is between abject slavery and rights of people to self government Men of all former political opinions are cordially invited to cooperate with the party of the people, by laying aside all past differences, aud everywhere uniting upon the best and most trustworthy men who may be eligible to office.
 ROBERT A HOWARD, Chm'n JoHN NJ. uARRELL, Sec'y.