The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-12-30

he SpOkC III lue IuOSJ S6lCIOuo HidA-
ner of Gen. Banks and staff Gen. But
ler's parting address to the troops bears
date of the 18th, and alludes in eloquent
terms to their success in the field and
restoring order and quiet to New Or
leans; to the feeding of starving wives
and children of enemies, stating that
that expedition had cost the Government
less by four-6fths than any other.
Speaking of the word farewell as the
only sorrowful thought he had, and COM
mending them to their commander as
worthy of his love-
On the 10th Gen. Banks issued his Or
der assuming command of the Depart.
ment of the Gulf and State of Texas,
and naming his staff, whose names are
already known at the North.
Another order is for all military and
cival officers in the department to report
to him, and still another suspends all
public sales of property on account of
the United States till further orders
Gen. Butler, accompanied by Colonel
Shaffer, Col Turner, Major Strong, Ma
or Bell, Capt Davis, Capt. Kensel, and
other members Of his staff, was to salon
the 22d for New York. Capt Clark was
to remain on duty at New Orleans.
Gen. Banks was pushing things with
| characteristic energy. Five thousand
troops, who accompa nies him, had landed
at Baton Rogue, and the remainder of
the expedition will be sent forward as
fast as they arrive
The weather at New Orleans was fine
and the health of the troops good.
PROCLAMATION.
HEAD'QRs DEPT OF THE GULF,
New ORLEANS, Dec. 16.
In obedience to orders from the Presi-
/ dent, have assumed command of the
| Department of the Gulf, to which is adj
ded, by his special order, the State of
! Texas. The duty with which | am
charged requires me to assist in the res
toraton of the Government of the United
States. 1t is my desire to secure to the
people of every class, all the privileges of
possession and enjoyment which are con-
sstent with public safety, or which it is
possible for benefcent and just Govern
ment to confer.
In the execution of the high trust
with which am charged, | rely upon the
cooperation and counsel of all loval and
well disposed people, and upon the man.
ifest interest of those dependent upon the
pursuits of peace, as well as upon the
support of naval and land forces. Ny
instructions require me to treat as enc
mics those who are enemies; but l shall
gladly regard as friends, those who are
friends. No restrictions will be placed
| upon the freedom of individuals, which
are not imperatively demanded by the
considerations of public safety; but while
their claims will be duly considered, it is
due also to them to state that all the
rights of the Government will be I'M
finchingly maintained Respectful con-
sideration and prompt reparation will
be accorded to all persons who are
wrongedin body or estate by those under
my command The Government does
not profit by the prolongation Of civil
contest, or the private and public suffer-
ings which attend it. Its fruits are not
equally distributed
In the disloyal States desolation has
empire on the sea and on the land In
the North the war is an abiding sorrow,
but not yet a calamity. Its cities and
towns are increasing in population,
wealth, and power. The refugees from
the South alone compensate, in great
part, for the terrible destinations of bat
tie. The people of this department who
are disposed to stake their fortunes and
their lives upon resistance to the Gov
eminent may wisely reflect upon the i'm
mutabel conditions which surround them.
The Valley of the Mississippi is the
chosen seat Of population, product, and
power on this Continent Iu few years
100000 people unsurpassed in material
resources and capacity for war, will
swarm upon its fertile rivers Those
who assume to set conditions upon their
exodus to the Gulf connt upon power
not given to man. The country washed
by the waters of the Ohio, Missouri, and
the Mississippi can never be permanent
ly severed. If one generation basely
barriers away its rights, immortal honors
will rest upon another that reclaims
them
Let it never be said either that the
East and West may be separated. Thirty
days distance from the markets of Europe
may satisfy the wants of Louisiana and
Arkansas, but it will not suit the de-
mands Of Illinois and Ohio The Valley
of the Mississippi will have its deltas
upon the Atlantic. The physical force of
the West will debouch upon its shores
with power as resistless as the torrents
of its giant rivers. This country cannot
be permanently divided. Ceaseless wars
may drain it's blood and treasure; do
mestic tyrants or foreign foes may grasp
the scepter of its power, but its destiny
will remain unchanged 1t will still be
united God has ordained it. What
avails then the destruction of the best
Government ever devised by man, the
self-adjusting, self-correcting Constitu-
ton of the United States.
People Of the Southwest, why not &C.
cept the conditions imposed, by the i'm
perious necessities of geographical con-
} fgurations and commercial supremacy
and re-establsh your ancient prosperity
| and renown? Why not become the
founders of States, which as the entire
| pots and depots of your own central and
upper valleys, may stand in the aflu-
ence oftheir resources without a superior,
and, in the privileges of the people with
out peer among the nations of the
: earth?
1Signed7 n. P. BANKS,
Major General Commanding.
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