Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-04-06


tolls and priyaiiOns, dangers and fatigues,
the suffering and starvation, you have en-
dured so manfllly, for four years, to beac-
counted rs nought? Are you prepared to
swear that the comrade, friend, brother
who shielded your breast from the fatal mis-
sile, WAS scoundrel, and unfit to liye?--
that His doom was just and righteous
These are gravequestions that you must an.
sWpr.
%, nv frcuds, my brothers let me ex
hort YOU, to die thousand times---ifi' were
possible as YOU have lived hold, fearless
men, ,--betora this monster, reconstruction,
creepsi to your hearts.
"RscoasrWiioa means, simply subiuga.
ton Poland was subjugated. We have
only to LOOK across the great waters, and
there We see Il fine illustration of ii suhju-
gated people. Long lines OF nuilied figures
pass bef"re us. their chains clank as they
drag wcariy onward, and that, my friends,
would he our fate.
"They would not leave o man in our
couutry who has the courage to oppose them,
the wealth TO excite their cupiditv or the
sense TO become dangerous. They would
hang, imprisOG, shoot, and exile, the last
one Of you Your women have been prom
ised to these same negroes for their mates
| know this to he the case They gloat over
them. now in anticipated luar. have been
amongst them when they we've boastlng OF
their deeds Of violence 10 "whlie Virginia
sho-rcbels ~ and my hand would, uncon-
Giously. close over the hilt Of my knife, G.
ven in their midst. Most OF you know IN g
well enough to know. / never draw fancy
picture to inanme your mindi,
These men slS, are 10 DC your masters;
they are to rule YOU. Your country is TO he
divided between them into smlll cnnton-
ments. aud your premises to be patroled by
those very negroes. 100 Your wife's chamber
10 be catered at any hour in the night.
You viii be forced Ia pull nfi your hat and
how your head to that q idron flag YOU you
have seen, go often, trail in the dust.
"rhcSe are some Of the leSsercvils. Wear
ilv Il the time drag You will not be per-
mitted to henr your own preacher in your
own church, unless he prnys for the govern
ment you hate the people who oppress you.
You will find rival for the hand of the
woman y0H love, in the great, greasy black
sergeant who is commanding the patrol
She will loah him, out he will dispose of
you. lie wonld distr0y You, aud have hera
maiden but in name.
IL feel what am saying. Islitc soswcct
that You can endure all this for the mere
privilege Of breath? That maiden whose
image You have cngraven ON your hart,
holds ont her hands and implores You to
save her from such foe, viii you turn
from her pleading words nnd outsreached
arms? No, see it in your faces, you vii!
still be tree
"Oh, my fellow soldiers grid on your a +
NOR anew, and swear---ave kneel and swear,
10 fight them as long as your hand is able
ta WELD the brand. Band yourselves to-
tcather by secret VOWS. that Won may know
each other, and when he forces YOU back,
leave track of JesolStiou behind . bro al
that even his black soul will be appalled, by
Your Who'll, sale destruction.
''If you cannot live free, you can die Ike
inen, scorning to be slaves Cast of all
fear. as divers do their clothes. You have
not from it, Stand by the good ship that
sill flies that "rcd cross tlag, and she will
bear you safely through.
You will go home, TO find beauty smil-
ing, awaiting 70 welcome the brave. "A
voice: They are all marrying now.) Well,
let them marry. I ere is most msgnif-
icent crop just blooming.
81 was panied to see the good people Of
your own State, when | was there, few
months ago, so much disheariened. Write
home to them, every one OF yon--iell them
10 hold their tongues and make US some
thing 10 eat; 10 care for our loved ones at
home, or we will hurt some good ropes when
we return; and we will, with the help Of
God, fight this good fight through TO the
bright and glorious end"
We received yesterday through the kind
atten tion Of our friend Capt. LaBlache, the
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