The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-09
Letter from Gen. Sherman.

On the third day of March last. the
Legislature Of Louisiana adopted reso-
lutions thanking Gen. Sherman and his
army for their distinguished services in
behalf of their country. Gov. Hahn
transmitted resolutions to him with
an appropriate letter. He replied as
follows:
HEADo's MILITARY DIV. OF M1ss1ssrpp,
In the Field, Goldsbore, N. G.
April 5, 1855.
10 Has Ercelleney, Michael Hahn, Govsrn.
Oref Louisiana, Nss0 Orlenas:
DEAR STA: had the honor to receive
your letter of March Sd, inclosing the
engrossed copy of the Resolutions Of
the Legislature of Louisiana, approved
March 80, 1865. l Will publish them
IN General Ogders to the army and
think that II will be source of nTide
for the officers and men to see the deem
interest that is felt in them bv The
constituted authorities of your favored
State ''O' "
thank you kindly for recalling N me
the events that attended me at Alex
snorls' at the outset Of this war No
man not actually present at the South
can comprehend the tolls and snares
LAID oy DID, Willy and mischievous trait.
or5 to ensnare the young and credu
louS Truth was perverted. preiudioes
klndied into wild passion, and a false
pIloe Degotten, calculated to mislead
Tue youth and even old men into q be
hei that the whole fabric of our Gov
eminent was weak and totteriBs and
was about to fall with a crash that
would ruin all who chung to its for
tunes / cannot pretend TO superior
wisdom, but in the retirement of the
pine woods OF Rapides parish, my day
dreams sun rested on the high seas. in
CaLIornia, on the broad plains of Kan
sas' the majestic Valley of the Missis-
slPpi' and the Atlantic slopes, with
ther busy, industrious people, where /
mao roVed IN former days everywhere
realizing the fact that our General Gov.
eminent was kind and paternal. and
mat It's trOits, if any, arose from an ex.
Cess OF leniency and forbearanee and
could not be made to believe tbst II
should yield the destiny of our future
to tue guidance of the few discontept-
ed demagogues of the South, or its con.
ceited cotton planters and negro own
ers. ="
1 am willing to say, however, that
regarded the Constitution as a bargain.
that We Of the North should respect
slave property without going into its
abstract merits or defects: and had the
Southern people abided by the common
laws and tribunals, would have fought
20 maintain such property; but the
moment they ignored the contract and
appealed TO war, we were no longer
bound in law or honor to respect that
obnoxious species of property. As soon
as war is over, believe that GOOD men
can re-adjust the affairs of the country.
sothat slaves will never again be bought
or sold, and yet the labor of all be di-
rected again to the development of the
vast agricultural wealth that lies in the
fertile fields of. the South. Accept my
hearty banks for considering me still
a citizen Of Louisiana, and beg you to
foster and encourage all its native pop
ulation to adapt their thoughts and
feelings to the new order of things,
which will soon effsce the dread raYa.
ges of war, and make Louisiana once
more the safe guardian of the outlet of
the mightiest river on earth. With
great respect,
Your friend and servant,
W. T. SIBERIAN, Maj. Gen.