The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-11-19
SOUTHERN APPEAL FOR
PEACE.
stirring ssnGl Powerful Address ny
the Honorable r.. w. Can't, Oh
Arkansas, hate General ia sfae
Rebel Service. IL t..a.. .-..

rive have received from the publisher oft he
National Democrat, at Little Rock, Arkansas
a COPY of an address ISSUED to the people OF
that state Gin particular and to the Southern
people in generaD by the Hon. r. W. Can't,
until recently General in the rebel army
The views he puts forth being those OF an IN
telligent southerner, and one whose influence
contributed no little to precipltate his state
into the bloody maelstrom of the rebeillon'
will almost startle the northern reader with
the greatness of the change that has come
over the spirit of a secession dream.
FszI0ac CjtjzenS: Since the third day OF
June | have been prisoner in the federal
lines
Having but recently been through the en-
tire south, having studied its resources, anu
wept over its ruin and having become fully
ACQUAINTED with its, condition, and the char
acter of its rulers [ have chosen after long
hesitation, to remain here and address you, In
preference to being sent home and exchanged.
[ am now out of the service, anG can there
fore speak with unreserved freedom
My course in this struggle is known to the
country. In the army and III prison, with a
fire in front and in rear, have been with
you and of you as long as hope renamed
And to-day, know no devotion so strong as
that bear to my southern home, and to the
masses of our people, whose terrible sutterlngs
bind me closer to them now than ever.
shall give you my views and counsel for
what they are worth, frankly and fully III
this address, and care not for the consequence
to myself 1t is the path of duty, and shall
follow it fearlessly. "."
TThe writer proceeds to review the military
operations begun and carried forward by Mr.
Jefferson Davis, and devotes to that lndlvld-
uaI a criticism whose severity is only equal
led by its justice. The willing, but despica-
BILE tools of his Richmond majesty, Messrs
Hindman, Holmes, r. W. Johnson, and some
Others who exercised military sway over Ar
kansas are also shown up in their deformity.
We copy only the following paragraph show
ing the kind of tyrant the little Hindman
proved himself to be.
STORY OF THE TEXAS YOUTHS.
The story of tile two young Texas soldiers
| have often heard and never heard it con-
tradicted. They were twin brothers-young
handsome and sprightly. Having just en-
tered the service, aud from state noted for
its peculiar ideas Of personal freedom, they
supposed that a few days absence from camp
without leave, would subject them to nothing
more than slight camp punishment. And
having relatives few miles in the country
whom they had not seen for years, they con-
Guided to visit them. Poor fellows Hind
man was fresh from Bragg! They were hunt
ed down, summarily tried, convicted and the
sentence approved in one day! The young
men in person urged their youth and inexpe-
rience as an excuse, and begged him to let
them live, assuring him they would show
him, if spared, what soldiers they could make
Their gray haired sire bearing about his per-
son the marks Of wounds received at the Ala
mo, and upon the battle-fields Of Mexico, with
breaking heart, bowed before him. and crav-
ed pardon for his thoughtless and innocent
bows And women, struck with their youth
and innocence, with tears and entreaties i'm
plored mercy for the unfortunate youths =
But in vain The tyrant was memorable =
The noble boys fell, after tender and touch
ing farewell, victims to the ambition Of one
who was misled by the cruelty OF Bragg, and
who, in adopting the latter's style Of disci-
pline. took UP the club of Hercules, and So
not being able to WELD it. degenerated into
mere murderer.
After reviewing the situation, the writer
proceeds as follows
WHAT SHALL WE DO!