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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IL, 1868.
BOGUS uNIoNIsm IN LOUISIANA"
Perhaps our readers have seen, In the

H0CrrS rNI0Nlsm IN LOUISIANA.
pcrhans our readers have seen, In the
Coppcrhcad Journals, some accounts OF the
ri11inrncss Of the people Of Louisiana to
rone back into the Union, and some ac-
counts, also, OF the tyranny" and "des-
potism" !" Of the Administration in obstin-
atcly rcfusingto crafty their wishes. The
New York Tribune, in its New Orleans
correspondence of. Oct 30th,- relates
second o.. third attempt Of these patriotic
innocents, which is Of piece With the
Others that hare preceededit; and We con
dense the narrative for the purpose Of
showing What the Unionlsm Of the South
ern Copperheads is, and how blameable
the Government at Washington is to be
considered for not yielding to their FOO
ing: - - -"~~ :
On Wednesday morning, Oct. 28lh, says
the story, there appeared in the morning
papers Of New Orleans, an "Address to
the Citizens Of Louisiana" calling upon
them to meet on Monday, Nov. I'd, to elect
Members Of Congress, State and Parish
officers. This card was signed J. @. 4.
Fellows; Eas Secretary; WV. Pugh, as
President; and Dr.. F. Ames, as Vice Pres
idest-all noto1iously sympathising with
the1ebellion. Itallowed only three working
days between the issuance Of the call and
the time of voting; it carried with it,
however, not only the names Of candidates
to be voted for, but statement ;ot the
qualification Of electors; but no places Of
election were designated. The Secretary,
&C., above named, were selfconsdtuted
commissioners Of elections, to whom re-
turns were to be made, and their certifi-
Gates were, Of course, to be authori itative::
THIS is a: proceeding sufficiently
impudent, all our readers will
Kay, for few private citizens to be engaged
IN but the crowning act Of audacity was
the sending OF the call AMI the acoompa-
nying documents, to the Free State Com
mittee, and asking their cooperation in
this most open and bare-faeed swindle.
Very properly, that Committee, believing
That three days notice Of State election
would hardly suffice to warn the voters in
distant parishes Of what was going on !;
tlat the statement Of the qualifications Of
cctors without reservations against the
openly disloya1, OF those who refused to
take the oath Of allegiance, was insufficient
to protect Union interest; that the self:
appointed commissioners Of elections, all
guaei eecessionists, and all proposing to
exercise m important and delicate trust
without responsibility to any authority
whatever, would not be the safest hands in
which to repose the welfare Of Louisiana
xofar MS it is connected with the Genera
Government; and that the Constitutions
Convention, n call Tor which is out, wouli
; be sufficient to take care Of the State, per
cmptori1y declined to accept the invita-
lion, and plainly told the plotters tha
they were exceeding their authority. An
- here the tale ends, Nothing further ha
been heard.
> But we hazard nothing IN saying th,
:. Tic: election, thus called and thus enginee
- ed, will be held !; that few votes, an
those mainly IN parishes well known #
4 their disloyalty, will be cast; that theE
: Commissioners will grant their certificate
10 certain men who viii claim to be men
,bezs Of Congress; that, when Congrc:
meets, the claimants will be rejected b
!: The House;s- and that the 'copperhea
!. Journals, without care fo1 the truth, Il
patriotism, for common decency even, vi
= make the very heavens ring with denu
:. Eiations OF the Black Republican part
e The Black Republican President, and Il
j. Black Republican majority in Congre.
for their hea1tless pertinacity and obdura,
- in keeping poor, injured Louisiana out
50 the cold. Mark the prediction!