Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1864-11-29
The Teachings of LiMcoln7S
Reelection.

~ plocl;tliiis inc Ic-cletttou oi
Abraham Lincoln. To the South
this selection is significant of the
feelings Of the Northern masses. re-
garding the present fierce interneciEe
strife. They uphold Lincoln's des-
potic usurpation Of power his UNI
warrantahle violation of the prov!-
Sions OF the Constitution of the United
States; his emancipation Proclama-
IL II; his armiuG negroes to fight
,hrir battles his herculean efforts
to Snl.iH:.ate and tx,erninate e free
and gallant people. unitealy striving
to lct nj IA" precious boon Of Con-
Stitujiuual Freedom, rs W. III as their
iiresi,irS AID soil from the pcllutinG
tread OF an implacable and vaudal
toe. 'Tntlc South the history Of this
war i full of encouragement. Now
is not the proper time for rascilla-
ton, dependency. OF dissatisfaction.
The advocates OF NcClellan's recon-
s,ruction policy have received a stern
and cutting rcbuke for their faint
heartcdnesS, from the North itself
We are told in unmistaE able Ian
.uage that reconstruction is no longer
Il detachable proposition. The North
demands ;,n unconditional surrender
on our part of all our rights and
privileges rs a free and Heightened
people. They themselves have put
the seal Oh disunion by the re-cIec-
ton of Lincoln.
Gu. future policy is a plain and
positive one. We must gather
up every resource of men and means
for continuance Of this struggle-
We can obtain peace only 10y con
qucring it. The termination of the
war is an indefinite contingency OF
the hidden future. Yet far pretera-
BILE an interninahle strife than re.
linquishmrnt of one jot or one title OF
those principles for which We have
so long and so successfully battled
and given so abundant of the rich
red blood of our best Southern chiv.
! airy. The battle is not always tc
the strong or the race to the swift
All history teaches us that numbers
powers and resources combined ar,
no guarantees of success against !:
people, struggling for national indie
pendence.
What then is our duty to ourselves
| our bleeding country, our posterlty
still to exhibit an unb-oken front
an unconqucrable, Uncomfortable de
termination, our belief in the justice
as We'll as final success of Onr cause
Let every man who is able to grasl
his rifle go forth, thrice armed il
spirit to conquer or to die. Away
with all vascillation, discord or divi.
sions. Let harmony prevail in the
army and in the field as well as anon .
the people at home. Let the soldier
wants be supplied as speedily rs pos,
sible the poor and suffering at hom,
cared for. Let each and every one
make war the business of life, bend
ing every energy, al! means to it
Jealous prosecution.
! Is there one who can for an instan,
doubt, us to what will be Lincoln
future course Of action Have MOI
the past four years of stern and bit
ter experience taught us the dogged
determination of his despotic will tc
succeed in his gigantic undertaking
or, like second Sampson, pelisl
amid the ruins of the temple, upon
which he leans for support. which
his own herculean efforts has tum.
bled in ruins upon himself vii
| he be less Jealous in coming year,
with this unmistakable sanction by
the Northern people of his past fou,
years policy No reasoning mint
can, for an instant, question his fu
turc course. The whole matter the,
resolves itself into this self-evident
fact, viz E.: the Southerners are to be
freemen orslaves the South a land
of liberty and light, or bondage and
darkness. We have the choice
Freedom, liberty achieved only
through a baptism of blood, after long
years of sutferings, trials and tribu
lations, or bondage and slavery forever