East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-06-30


last House Of Representatives in Con
gress. .F '."
-. WASHINGTON d. G. May Is.
GENTLEMEN: ! | have Just received
your letter of the 9TH inst. inviting me
in behalf of the Washington Union
Club of Memphis, to join in public
celebration of the anniversary of the
surrender of that city to the federal
arms. You also speak kindly of my
past efforts to induce the people of
West Tennessee to consent cheerfully
to tho "restoration of tho national au.
thority throughout the South
If l believed that by meeting you on
the occasion referred | could be of ser
vice TO o single honest Iaw.abidng cit
zen, or truly repcntant rebel, or that |
could contribute, to the least extent,
in ending tho war and restoring the
blessings Of peace under tho consti.
tuition, l would certainly attend. But
l have no such faith in myself, and
therefore / shall not go. 5a.IqLaIl
In your letter you express the opin-
ion that by direct personal appeal !
might "encov0ge the loyal or reclaim
the disloyal" confess my astonish
mcnt at such a statement; ! can attrib.
ute this opinion of yours TO nothing but
a failure on your part 10 comprehend
the mastery policy of our great and
good President and the wise statesmen
who aid him ip shaping and directing
the civil policy of the .governmentE-
When you have fully studied and under
stood the grand purpose of our most
God fearing and law abiding President;
when you arc moro familiar with thc
profound military strategy which, as q
Commander in Chief of the Army and
Navy of the United states" he IS now
displaying; and when you further re.
momber tho astonishing success we
have had in recaiming our "misguided
countrymen, and in conquerng our
"wayward sisters" I shall be amazed if
you continue to believe it necessary to
"encourage tho loyal or reclaim the
disloyar' Hhy encourage tie loyal? Is
il possible they need encouragement in
M emphis, where, for nearly a year, you
have been inside the federal lines ?
where every night tattoo is substituted
for al ush ! my baby, don't you cry" F"
and at rcrciNc Hail Columbia" arouscs
the people to consciousness of the
great security which is afforded to the
p, operty of the loyal peopicln Memphis
and "all the country round that (poiiti-
caO Jordan" How can you or l len.
couragc the byalswhcntour h,atchless
President, tho late Congress, bis sage
'counselors and bis peerless military
subordnates, have already done and
promised all that wisdom can suggest,
which our sqcrod Constitution author
izcs, and which the Christian religion
tolerates and approycs,?v There re.
mains nothing for us to do unless it is
to obey our incompatible President in
all his wise measures 10 conquer a glo.
rious peace. True, we 'havo among us
croakers md Corperheads-sllly, brain.
less men-who are SO unwise and un-
patriotic as to question the wisdom of
our indefatigable President. If you
have any such in Memphis, you should
at once denounce them as in symathy
with the rebels; you should send them
to their friends "down South" or to
the Dry Tortugas, which is understood
by many to be place where everybody
is tortured with thirst for rifle whis.
key, and not drop can be obtained.-
No good Union man will comblain of
the conduct of the wise men who direct
our public affairs. They should be
taught to remember that Scandaluni
magnGtum was formerly high crime
it is a most heinous offense now-and
nothing saves such copper eolored
wretchcs but the Christian charity of
our most pious- President. -0
Atyour proposed meetingyou should
so arrange matters as to, secure list
of all who fail to attend or omit to ren.
der Q suitable apology, and you should
adopt resolutions of the most "loyap'
kind. Allow me to suggest that the
committee on resolutions be, selected
from contractors and Office holders. i
particularly suggest one Cooper, who