The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1863-11-11
The Northern Programme


= for generations, it is Of infinite importance tina
every one should fully comprehend the true ulti
3. mate design Of the controlling party in the Unite
= States with regard to those who have been j,
I" aDy wise, committed to the cause of the South
y ern Confederacy Otherwise itmay happen, as i
~ has already that many trusting to the deFusiyf
promises Of this or that federal general. NAV
adopt course which will forever cut them of
. from all aid and protection from their own aov.
j eminent, ane leave themselves helpless victims
to the cruelty and rapacity of an unreIenting foe
J. The Southern Confederacy is pledged to do its
utmost to protect the property Of her citizens
who remain true to her cause. The United States
- pledged to her own people to confscate the
property ofrebels for the payment of the national
debt. No federal general is authorised to Grant
ab~oution from this penalty Their promises to
this effect will be certainly repudiated, and can
only have the effect of tempting the weak to
course which cuts them off from allegiance to the
south, ssand binds them hopeessly in the power
of the enemy. Buell. or Steele NAV charm ever
50 wisely, but the veil will be raised in time, from
this government whichnow sacriligiously assumes
the honor and glory Of the old national Union
/ for the purpose Of alluring back those who once
| worshipped and revered it. It's hideous asn.ct
Will be displayed when retraction becomes i'm
possible to the deluded victims, and the whitening
taunt will be heard
"There We saints! Behold YOUR light-vour start
re 70ouSd be dupes and Tictims-and We are!"
1ou>who have by vote or deed become part of
The rebellion" as they continue to term it. know
this WELL You have no well grounded hope Of .
property in Union restored. The northern {
people will never allow it. They will be clamor 5
Gus against it. No administration could grant =
You clemency and survive. They do not intend :
it.
we wish no further proof of thisthan the follow a
ing from the Chicago Tribune an administration :
paper. The italics are ours: y
ENFORCE THE CoNFIscATIoN AcT-The en- Il
lorcement OF the confscaton act, in all the dis 81
tlctS SUBJECT 70 our arms and laws isanecessity Of
nat the administration cannot afford to overlook us
We say nothing Of the righteousness Of the sa
0AiON'otN@
y which the rebels are guilty because the neo- til
1le, who do not stop at the slaughter Of rebels m
y wholesale, do not need to be convinced that in
pc taking OF rebel property, even to the utter gl
most cent, is punishment lighter than the tax rex
ng OF fe; and that, if the latter is defensible 90
pa right, the former cannot be wrong Confs tut
anon as the etrenaeSt mercy that ana rebel has DO
he moral right to expect or claim. Tn
VINO shall pay? j. the vital question-we of ur5
pc north, and our children to the tenth genera str
oh-We VINO are conscious Of no disQbedieqge the
lent-we who have made such uneXampied
1criices of money and life during two years OF
ar that the constitution might be preserved the
nd the country made free,-shall we be saddled Ell
-th the great debt thatcongress hasoeen Obliged az
! contract? Or shall the man-sellers and ma ~
gnants who melted the rebellion IN the nope iac
Gain. and from motives Of revenge upon US JUS
ecause we were more free, more prosperous and an.
49,, NAV sbs1l thav he made to bear shi
heir part? Shall those who dance pay the i'd
Ter? This is the question that the people OF the Nm
ouh will begin to discuss; and we tell the ad- SCI
1inistration that the fathers and mothers who sn
ave given their sons, young men VINO nave ! ~
ven their brothers, and Others who have gwen wy
nd lost their friends, will decide that they 'll5
ave done enough, and that the rebels n2ust set acl
tg <xr
eaders and organisers shall ill up she gap! u
This has been gigantic rebellion; the crlml- Cc
alty that conceived it is monstrOus; and IN the re-
conquest We fail to do justice to ourselves and "
hose who come after Us, if we do not exact ia
penalties proportoned to the crime that our III
rmies overcome The objects sought for to kr
Justify the EXTREMIST measures that nave YET ~
,een. devised To punish those who have been nj
q wantonly guilty Of offences against God ana ~ y;
nan and to make of their crimes such an ex- a.
ample that all the future will be warned not 70 ~
become their imtatOrS, are the demands OF 1he d"
occasion and the situation. And beDlnd these "
! another thing not less Imperative ana thaG Is y"
q use the weapons which the government right ol
uy wields, to break the pecun5Gry Strength q "a
hat aeicEed sZage Doger, to the end that 1t stat t
raise il armed hand AGAINST The constitution and tn
The lars no more Rebellion with 1t was as much
, specul.tiou as it was a revenge. 10 have,
hold, whip and work new gangs OF slaves; TO
occupy and curse new and more fertile helds, - -
and make itself the fat and potent arbiter OF the :
worlds peace and the S ring OF the world IS
were the day-dreams OF the y
Toombses. Davises Wises, Slides and their con- Is
who, that they might be powerful ana =
and aristocrats- all thls -
trouble upon US They have failed; and now let =
them pav. We pity the ignorant men whom =
they have seduced from duty by the gllttenng :
prospect Of great rewards, as we pity in private
life she dupes and accomplices Of those who or :
ranisa crime on smaller scale; OUT as Cles
hoped to gain by success, let them suffer oy the :
Our pity does not extend 10 TOT
rivcness and absolution This is a world OF = =
Let them smart! Left as they !
demand to be, in possession Of their slaves their
houses and lands, they cannot, though foiled :
and beaten, but watch and wait for new oppor- :.