Washington telegraph., 1864-12-07
10 THE CITIZENS AND ARMY OF ER-
KANSAS.

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TIME Maior General Commanding. dcgms Il
4 his duty. in Wow Of the present state Of
pRhiir affairs to address you IN a spirit of frlla-
ship and fTankneSS. in order that such ininrm1-
ton mav NV afforded fDr your consideration aHd
guidanre o. the public interests may permit
and in tue hope that lie may al least establish
such relations Of confidence betwce yourselves
and the officer who j. entrusted with your mil
itary Interests in this District, "a will best sl-
cura ths triHmph ot that Gauss whose success
il your unparalleled prosperity. whose loss j.
your irrefreT=Dls AMI hopeless ruin. For
though battles and even territory may be lost,
so long as confidence exists between the Pco-
pie and the Army. We shall reInafn nnconauercd,
uncongnerahle and defiant Therefore I'D tLr
emharrassmants oi great struggle iikr this
thr necessity Of friendly compromise iFutnal
foTbiarancc and mutual COED I'll cannot ~ too
strongly enj0ined both upon the Army and l'ro-
pie - tar from being aniagOusiic. their in
! teTests Ar Identical Al it never could have
hlon said before XII arv nation TFffs fE 7ra fant-
ELg II cam b- saii nUw most trIthinllT Oi the
Southern CDntrirraly. L-tg siiffir therefore
Ike brothers oi ono family, hsYing each other,
and triumph Ike brvtisrs, rejoieing with each
other
Abraham Lincoln III rI-atgd President III thr
I- Nv which rr.it iHtallillY secures our inis-
penlcncc. The author arh alvO-ut- III snian-
cipatiOu Las brun sustained iy the republican
party OF the North. The issues before you are
plain. Already arO your slaves erzarripated.
You hold ihem nos hy iorcr of arms alone, and
when you cease io resist, they become your
equals, If not yOHr masters III lhe doninsni
party Of the north sincerely desired it, they
could not avoid taking your lands and al the
rest Of the property that il LETT you. for the
North cannot pay its waT-debt but hy the sale
M tha whole M the property Uf thc South. Lin
coin through policy may now adopt n part Of
the Chicago democratic platform anu offer you
terms that might shake the allegiance Of syTse
t. the Southern ConledeTacy Dc not b.
deceived by them. II made, they will prove
delusive and their object will only be I'd un.0
ths people ol tAe North against yon- Hi order
tllaf he may tle more speedily accomplish your
RUN. He can snly afford such protection as
"cKta-es give to lambs Tor il is absurd tosip-
pose thatthe northern people will sacrifice their
own property t0 pay thr northern war debt
when they shall have yours Nh a. tUr that pnr-
pose ana it ali the property W tAe South Narc
SOD tomorrow 1t would not pay this debi-
Submission Therefore, even If such q thoz Ii
be- entertained under the tempting offers Of your
opprcssoT, cannot secure exemption from the
general ruin 1T ~ a financial necessity Oh tile
part XIII the North.
Tie property which i left you can, therefore,
b. secured only by the most determined r.
to resist 70 eternity, il would be better than
houscless- homeless and helpless. fo become
the slaves XII TIL hur-h, the degraded servants
W your own slaves. III you yield M promises,
70 force. Or through suffering, yoHr fife will be
more deplorable thau any which Lss ever be-
fallen q nation. fOu will SCI your wives and
children turned out Of house and 0me en-
ployrd III in-nial oiiees. working foT their IL
bread undrT tLe harsh alld cEuol treatment 0f
brutal taskmastcr5, white and black You will
see them victims 10 the horrible " "miEesgeHa-
tios," openly aivo -ated by the Republican
journals VI the North, and you will b. helpless
10 avert tile disgrace This pieturris net over
drawn, yrF tHru aruin IL Will disgust to appeal.
to your nAnlHess- your iOrI.tunr your A ro-
ism. 10 saws yourselves from 80 ho-Tihia doom
Unity Of purpose aua action, ruuirchiur ei-
durance and determined resistance in every
form until our Independence shall have b=en
achieved are lha only certain liaAlls Di avert
ilE these dangers.
III waT like this where tie military lud IL
VII interests % the country are - thoIyughiS :
blended. the Aaior General Commanding and
all officers ana soldiers should i-4l a. de.p an
interest iR th+ Etl.-beHE Of tie communities
peT. All t is iR tAlt spirit thaa tAg Eaio--tI-.-
! era. Commanding lays before you bis views 81
the obligations AMI duties which arr ucw ia.-
posed upon Us. In order that BE- llav De- Bat
ler uuders God. thu different Interests 0f the
District aru plAr K under file 4yi.1~iu. n -alz /.