Year: 1861

l. and Mir. Joseph Stillwell, the two Union candidates, in their canvass in this county, publicly read the life of Abraham Lincoln and defended him as conservative man, and read the Chicago platform upon which he was elected, section by section, and pronounced it a constitutional document. We must confess we were not prepared for this, even from Union candidate, and we allude to 1t now, not in anger but in sor- TOW. -nionsro. anu. toct.iweii lawyers in this city well known to the State. They are men of influence and what they say will have its weight They profess to be southern men-they claim even to wish the South well-but what harvest they expect from the seed they have sown in the last twenty days we cannot for the life of us understand We hope and trust that it was sown upon barren soil, but their election by such decided vote inclines us to fearful doubts.

 The citizens of intelligence and influence in. this town and county who have aided in the triumph of Messrs. Garland and Still well, avowing such sentiments, have taken upon themselves fearful responsibility. Abolitionism is fanaticism which, wherever 1t once takes root, can never be eradicated. The legitimate fruit of the seed sown by Messrs. Garland and Still well, whether so intended or not, is aboli- tionism, and God grant it may hot take root.

 We wish to appeal to the leaders of the Union movement in this county before it is too late. We ask them to throw aside old party prejudices for one moment, and to look upon what precipice they are now driving us. They all speak of certain con- tingencies when they would desire to see Arkansas sever it's connection with the North; but they are building up sentiment of hostility to African slavery, both by precept and example, which, when those contingencies arise, as arise they certainly will, those leaders will not be able to direct or control. And this sentiment too here in our midst--here around our own firesides We will then have at home what we now have in the Union, and what has broken this once powerful Union into fragments We will have North Arkansas arrayed in bitterness and hostility against South Arkansas-civil strife will be the order of the day-brother will be armed against brother-and servile instruction will increase the -hoyr2rs of our. misfortunes. Inc very thought is enough to madden truly does it come upon us like fire bell in the night, to alarm us for the very sac- redness of our hearhstones.

 We appeal to the thinking men of Pulaski county. This question cannot be triAed with. We cannot tamper with inn punity with such fanatical sentiment. Once excited and it can never be allayed- once planted, and it's growth can never be checked. It will grow until its fell in fluence will extend into every family and around every fire side, and its bitter fruit is discord, dissension, civil war and ruin.

 We warn our people to forget the Union and its glories, and to think of Ar kansas and her happiness. The Union is broken to pieces, it is no more, it is gone forever Let us then forget the dead, and think of the living. We loved the Union while it lasted, but now it is dead Arkan- sas claims our thoughts, Let us be loyal to her, and guard and protect her from the fell spirit of abolitiouism which now threatens her.

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