Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-05-09
SURRENDER Of NEW ORLEANS.
TEE CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE MAYOR.

SURRENDER Of NEW ORLEANS.
TIE CORRESPONDENCE WITH TIE MAYOR.
wAsnrsoroY, Thursday, May /, 1862 .
The following correspondence taken from
the Richmond Enquirer of Yesterday, which
city It reached by telegraph, was to-day re.
ccivcd at the War Department The cores.
pondence is between the Mayer of New Or.
leans and Flag Officer Farragut!
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OFF NEW ORLEANS,
April 26, 1852.
70 his Exceency The Mayor Of the City o! New Orleans
Sir: --upon my arrival before your rity, I
had the honor to send to your Honor Capt.
Bailey, U. 5. N, second in command Of the
expedition. to demand of you the surrender
Q! New Orleans to me, as the representative
ct the Government OF the United States
Capt. Bailey reported the result Of an inter-
view with yourself and the military authori-
ties. 1t must occur to your Honor that it is
not within the province Of naval officer to
assume the duties of a military commandment
/ came here to reduce New Orleans to obedi-
ence to the laws OF, and to vindicate the Of.
Tended majesty of the Government Of the
United States. The rights Of persons and
property shall he secured.
therefore demand Of you, a. its represen.
tative, the unqualified surrender of the city.
and that the emblem Of the sovereignty of
the United States be hoisted over the City
Hall, Mint, and Custom House by meridian
this day, and all the flags and other emblcms
OF sovereignty other than this of the United
States be removed from the public buildings
ny that hour. particularly request that you
Shall exercise your authority to que!l disturb
ance. restore order, and call upon all the good
people OF New Orleans to return at once to
their vacations, and particularly demand
that no person shall be molested in person,
property, or sentiments of loyalty to their
Government.
l shall speedily and severely punish any
person or persons who shall commit such out
RACES as were witnessed yesterday by armed
men firing upon helpless women and child
rem for giving expression to their pleasure at
ssitnessing the sold .Fag."
Ia'u, very respectfully.
Flag Oflcer Western Gulf Squadron.
TIE REPLY.
MAroa's OrScE, CRY OF NSw On,rASs,
Crr HALL, April rs. 1862.
Flag ocsr D. g. Farragu. L. s. Flag. ship Hartford
Sir: In pursuance Of resolution which
we thought proper to take out of regard for
the lives of the women and children who still
crowd the metropolis, Gen. Lowell has evacu-
ated it with his troops, and restored back to
me the administration Of its government and
the custody Of its power.
have in council with the City Fathers con
sidered the demand you made of me ycster-
day-of an unconditional surrender of the
city, coupled with requisilion to hoist the
flag of the United States on the public edi-
fees, and haul down the flag that still floats
upon the breeze from the dome of this hall.
1t becomes my duty to transmit to you an
answer which is the universal sentiment O:
my constituents, no less than the promptrgs
Of my own heart, dictates to me on this sad
solemn occasion. The city is without the
means Of defense, and is utterly destitute of
the force and material that might enable it to
resist an empowering armament displayed
in sight of it.
am no military man, and possess no nrl-
thority beyond that of executing the munich.
pal laws Of the city of New ORLEANS. 1t would
be presumptuous in me to attempt to lead an
army to the field, if had one at command
and | know still less how to surrender an un-
defended place, held, as this is, at the mercy
of your gunners and your mortars. TO sur
render such place were an idle and unmean-
ing ceremony.
The city is yours by the power of brutal
force, not by my choice or the consent Of its
inhabitants 1t is for you to determine what
will be the fate that awaits here. AS to hoist
ing any flag not of our own adoption and al
legiance, let me say to you that the man lives
not in our midst whose hand and heart would
not be paralyzed at the mere thought Of such
an act. Nor could find in my entire con-
stituency so desperate and wretched a rene
gade as would dare to profane with his hand
the sacred emblem of our aspirations.
Sir, you have manifested sentiments which
would become one engaged in a better cause
than that to which you have devoted your
sword. I doubt not that they spring from a
noble though deludcd nature, and | know
how to appreciate the emotion which inspired
them. You have gallant people to admin
istrate during your occupancy Of this city
people sensitive to all that can in the least
affect their dignity and sclfrcspect. Pray,
sir, do not fail to regard their suSceptbilities |
The obligations which shall assume in their
name shall be rcligiously complied WITH
You may trust their honor, though you
might not count on their submission to I'M |,
merited wrong.
In conclusion, beg you to understand
that the people Of New Orleans, while unable
to resist your force, do not allow themselves
to be insulted by the interference Of such as
have rendered themselves odious and con.
temptible by their dastardly desertion of our
cause in the mighty struggle in which We
arc engaged, or such as might remind them
too forcibly that they are conquered and you
are the conquerors. Peace and order may
be preserved without resort to measures
which could not at this moment prevent
Your occupying the city does not transfer
allegiance from the Government Of their
choice TO one which they have deliberately
repudiated, and that they yield the obedience
which the conqueror is entitled to cxtort
from the conquered
Respectfully, JOHN r. MONROE, MAYOR. |