Daily national Republican., 1863-01-03
ADDnpss TO TuH People or NEW.
oRLEANs.

CuftnaQ Qf New Ofienne u may not be inhppropfi-
should Be- Addressed 70 you few words Al parting,
By one whose nalhs l. 70 Be hereafter ndiErolubly
shall speak Il no bifterness, because am not
nsndiPg tSs Army q ne Gulf, found You cap
derlyi relieved from the presence OF an army, but
from Il, you had called upon foreign legion to
punished crime, opened eommerce, brought pro-
visions 70 your starving people, reformed your
S bS dfoS S Ss' yeT
While doing this, my soldiers were subjected to
ohloqnyi reproach, and insult
here declare that Whoever S has quistiy rsmsinsd
about his business, atiordlng neither aid nor com
fort 10 the enemies Of the United States, has
been interfered with BY the soldiers OF the United
| States. "...... ID
The men, who had assumed to govern you and
to defend your city, IN arms, having ned some Of
your women houted at the presence Of those who
came to protect them. BY simple order, mo 2s,l
the % Women Of New Orleans % a. as GEN Esntlsmsgn should
deal with the sex, with such effect that now call
upon the iust-mindsh ladies Of New Orleans to say
lection and calm quiet, for themselves and their
families, as since the advent Of the United states
The enemies Of my country, unrepentant and i'm
plAcAble, have treated with merited severity.
hold that rebellion IL treason, and that treason per
due traitor gives much clear gain to him from
the clemency Of the Government. Upon this thesis
have administered the authority OF the United
States, because Of which am not unconscious Of
complaint, do not feel that l have erred In too
much harshnesl, for that hardness has ever been
exhibited to dislOyal enemies to my country and
not TO loyal friends. To be sure,I might have re-
galed you with the amenities Of Bish
and yet been within the supposed rules Of evili1ed
in caverns, as were the Covenanters Of Scotland
by the command OF q General Of the Royal House
OF Engiand or roasted like the Inhabitants Of Al
giers during the French campaign; your wives and
daughters might have been given over TO the
ravisher were the unfortunate danes Of Spain In
the Peninaular war; oryou might have been scalped
and tomAhawked as our mothers were at Wyoming
by the savage allies Of Great Britain In our own
over Vo % oS IKE 't the TsT palace Of
the emperor Of ChinAi works Of art which adorned
your buildings might have been sent away, like
the paintings of the NaticAn yogr sons might have
been blown from the mouths OF cannon, like the
Sepoys at Delhlj and yet all this would have been
within the ,utS 81 eiV5ea ma nv S"oIe S SS P5s,Ssd
nations OF Europe. For such acts the records of
the dongs Of some Of the Inhabitants Of your city
towards the friends Of the unon before my coming
were a sufficient provocative and justification.
But have not so conducted. On the contrary,
the worst punishment inflicted except for criminal
with labor to 4 barren island, where eacamped
my own soldiers before marching here.
II is true have levied upon the wealthy rebel
and paid out nearly half a million Of dollars to
feed 10000 Of the starving poor Of all nations
sembled here, made SO by this war
IsAw that this rebellion was a of the AFigto-
Gratis against the mlddllng men Of the rich against
the poor a war of the landowner against the la
borer that II was struggle for the retention OF
power In the hands Of the few against the many
and found no conclusion TO II save In the subiu-
CATION Of the few and the disenthrallment Of the
many, therefore felt no hesitation in taking the
substance Of the wealthy, who had caused the war,
to feed the innocent poor who had suffered by the
And :hs nov Leave GS TSh W. ,as PT9Gd
the humble and loyal under the roof OF the cottage
and in the cabin Of the slave, and so am quite con-
tent TO incur the sneers Of the salon or the curses
of the rich.
I found you trembling at the terrors of scrvne
insuFrection. All danger OF this have prevented
Ps REBEL L "''''"s '' ''"'s '"1' 'D cause 10
found the dungeon, the chain, and the lash your
only means ofenfOrcing obedience In your servants
leave them peaceful, iaboriouS controlled by the
laws of kindness and justice.
have demonstrated that the pestilenoe can be
ihave added million Of dollars to your wealth
| in the form oil new land from the batture OF the
have cieansed and improved your streets canals
unoceupied land.
l have given yoa freedom Of elections, greater
| than you have ever enjoyed before.
/ have caused justice to be administered 30 I'M
partially, that your Own advocate. have un9ni-
mOusly compimented the judges OF my appoint.
You have seen, therefore, the benefit Of the laws
and justice Of the Government against which you
why, then, win you nst all return to your
allegiance to that GoYernment-not with lip
| service, but with the hearti
| eonlure you, II you desire ever TO see renewed
prosperity, giving business TO your streets and
sgsip ne mali u Of tRe western World led Sy is
! rivers for more than three thousand miles drain
| ing the commerce Of country greater than the
mind OF man hath ever eoneeiVeG-return to your
! II you desire to leave to your children the In
hertGnSs you seySa o. ySGT IatseTss stable
should, In the future, be portion OF the greatest
! empire the sun ever shone uPon-return 10 your
There Is but one thing that stands In the way.
There II but one thing that, at this hour, stands
between you and the Government, and that is
The institution, cursed Of God, which has taken
its last refuge here In His providence win be root
ed out as the tAres from the wheat, although the
wheat be torn up with II.
Ihave given much thought to this subject.
came among you, BY teachings, by habit oi
mind, by political position, BY social affinity, in
clined TO sustain your domestic laws, II, BY posi-
billty, they might be with safety to the union.
Months OF experience and Of observation have
forced the conviction that the existence OF slavery
ls Incompatible with the safety either Of your.
selves or of the Union. As the system has gradu'
best II it could Be gradually removedj but It ii
better far better, that II should be taken out al
once than that Il should longer vitiate the social
political, and family relations of your country.
am speaking with no philanthropc views as re-
CARDS the slave but simply Of the effect Of slavery
on the master See for yourselves
Look around you and say whether this sadden
ing deadening influence has not all but destroyed
the very framework Of your society.
! am speaking the farewell words OF one who ha'
shown his devotion TO his country, at the peril o.
his life and fortune, who in these words can have
neither hope nor iuterest save the good Of thosi
, whom he addresses; and let me here repeat, with
all the Bolemnity OF an appeal TO Heaven TO beal
me Witness that such are the yiewE forced upon mI
by experience,
Come, then, 10 the unconditional support Of tn,
Government. Take into your own hands your owl
Institutions remodel them according TO the law
OF nations and Of God and thus attAiR that grea
prosperity assured 10 you by geographical posi-
tlOn, only portion OF which was heretofore yours
(signed) Benz. ,. Butler.
Address of Gen. Banks.