Shreveport daily news., 1861-07-16


Why? Why this deliberatelr,s sing
out Of view the ri ghts Of men and III, 8.
authority of the people!
This is essentially peoples con
test. On the side OF the tl.,on !; j. Nj
struggle for maintaining in the world
that form and substance of govern
,nent, whose leading object T. to rle-
vate the condition of men, to If, alti Z
, fetal weights from all shoulders, t,e
clear the paths Of l&udabl- r,,ys sui' n
for all:to afford all an unttt,c,.u star,
and fair chance III t!r race II III, b
Yielding to partial and temporary de-
partures, Necessity, tkiS is The l.;,,im Ia
object of the Government for who's 8
existence We contend. | am most
happy to believe that the plain peopi, +
appreciate this.
1t j. worthy OF note that, while ily
this, the Government hour of trial I.
large numbers Of those i'll TIE ailn,- ant.1
navy, who have been favored with the !
otticies, have resigned and proved
false to the hand which had lainper-f
ed them, not one common soldier or.
common sailor have deserted his flag :
Great honor is due 10 those officers
who remained true despite the exams
pie of their traitorous associates, But :
the greatest honor and the most I'M
portan. fact of ali is the unaninou.
lir1nness Of the common soldiers alt.
sailors. To the last man, so far a..
jISnown they have successfully resistet.
the traitorous efforts of Whose con-,
mands but an hour before they obcyeti,
as; absolute law. This is the patriotic
instinct of the plain people. Ihvy
understand, without an argument, that
destroying that Government which
was made by Washington means l.,a
good to them.
Our popular Government has of:en
been called an experiment. Two
: points in it our people scttled-;hr
Successful establishing and the sl,-
c.ssful administering OF it. One s.i.'
relnains: its successful ,nHiutenNnca
against formidable internal attrulp'
, to overthrow it. 1t is now for tL,r.,
D to demonstrate to the world that Los,
| who can fairly carry al election c;,I.
also suppress q rebellion. The bal
lots are the righ,tuI and peaceful ~uc-
: cessors to bullets, and tina. wii,l b..'-
!, lots are fairly and coustilu,irnally )
Il decided: there can be No succe:--t,l
u app,al back to bullets. That :hc:'
q can be no successful appeal, c1ceit
= to ballot themselves at succeeding
y I.lections. Such will be great L.
/ son of peace, teaching men that wln
o they cannot take by an election ne5
ther can they take it by N&r: t""c.
II ING all the folly OF being the begt:.
" ners Of Il war.
= Lest there be some U.ieasin,-s Or:
y .he minds Of candid as 10 wh", i {,
: be the course Of the government Il"
y ward the southern States after t!'
rebellion shall have been suppressed
= the Executive deems it proper 10 sa,
10 1t rW be his purpose te@, us ettr, I
be auided by the Con$tit~t'o~ ard t."
z, kx1rs and that he probably will hav
Il no different understanding Of the pow
N err and duties Of the Federal govelu
- ment relatively to the rights Of th
States and the people undo ne Con
y st;tution, than that expressed in til
Id inaugural address. He desires t
TO preserve the government, that It ma.
he administered for all, is 1t was ad
ey minjstered for all, as it was admin:
of tered by the men who made it.
lst I.oval citizeus everywhere haN
We the right to claim this OF their goN
on ernment. and the government has L
,te RIGHT to withhold or neglect it. 1t
rs, not perceived that III giving 1t the
lai is any coercion, any conquest or an
subjugatiQn, in amy just sense or the;
IN terms.
,d- The Constitution provides, and (
it the States have accepted the prov
he sion. that the United States sha
i - :. - urnr,. sSt.at. IN dis [ LIZ