, 1865-06-15
GEORGE S5NDERS' PR0CLA-
NATION.
UoW The Rebels can Control the
Future Of our Country.
Instructions In Regard to - TIA.
Ling the OaIh,''

Aoz1RkA1.. Cenada, Lu1e l, 1865.
Rtasop begins to dawn upon the Northern
mind-the days are frightening. Practical,
vigorous 6tatesmanship on your part now
will loosen the iron grip of the federal ruler,
Many Of you have, without rausing to exam
Inc the facts. very naturally allowed tie ~
iant's Interpretation Of General Lees surren-
der to have too depressing an effect.
The "peace" In the Grant and Lee cores
Io1dense d!d not mean the degrading OF sol
octer was impressed upon G.n. Lee by
preceding authoritative declarations, and by
the antcccdents Of Gen: Grant. who Nas put
forward ty his friends for tha Chicago nomi-
nation last August as 1edersoniAn State
They declared that his b2ttle-cry had alw4Ys
been, and would continue to be, 1.-THE Con
stituiicn as 1t is, and the Union as it was.'
When General Grant, as commaode..ln-
chief Of the Federal armies, wrote to Gen.
eIal Lee, commander-in-chief Of the ColfGd-
crate armies, that the best mode Of securing
peace was to surrender in the way indicated
BY hin, the question at issue was not what
WRs to become Of the army, but the fate Of
The country in the largest sense. *'Peace''
thus spoken bv Gen. Grant had the high .Et
possible Significance, and the correspondence
shows that General Lee surrendered npon
given. If Gen Grant did not mean peace With
the fullest protection that the constitution
could give land Gen. Lee, represau ting Tia cit-
izen armies Of the South could not have under
stood anything else), all his words were false
md cruelty decepttTe; and he will violate
81 ereIy principle q chiEal1y, honor and justice
ure In conflict with the Constitution, as he
il known 10 interpret 1t. But With panic
faith IN the ty.ant President would noF m
bluEhingay separate the word from the ante
cedent and well known opinions Of the Gene
.n-Chief who uttered 1t, and give it color
As u spoken by Generals Ha1leck. Hunter. or
TO cay that General Lee would have surren-
dcred to either Of these Generals without en-.
plicit understanding and assurance.
Gen. Shcrman's truce imposed ext.n con-
sutuiiona1 conditions upon the South, when
far better terms had already been Obtained
BY Gen. Lee The constitution and Tic
In on. without other conditions" tbs su5-
sequent surrender Of Gems. Johnston and
hl!by Smith, On Gems Grant and Lees plat-
1orm-" the Constitution as It is and tie
ln1on as 1t Fae," with the acquIescence Of
the people of the south-extends and re-es-
tae:ishes t. s, the protecting power Of the Con
stltusion to them, n equal degree with the
people Of the North. There can then no
ltngrr be pretexts for acts within tbs South
ern States not warranted within the North
etn statcs. Now that you are returned to
the Cnion, no ore tas right to say that ron
will not maintain that careful md e11ight-
ened adherence to the Constitution aud avs
for which you were distinguished beto.e the
war. '@e
TIC immediate object Of ths Federa, u.urn-
eTs IL to possets themselves OF the S tate poY.
e,nnents Of the S1uth. To this end Ihey
bare invented q tes: oath. embracing this
Constitution, with series Of Elayisl., uncou-
stitnti.nal conditions, artsully prepared with
the ohjert Of exciting your disgust at The re-
lection OF The whole. Protest at au times
against the imposition but, If forced upon
yuu. saye your franchIsc, {ths lne-blood Of
the SOUTH, and swallow the oath, though
ne eonspt1atoss shonld offer It in the bowl
and parcel Of the oath, is sntldotc 70 the
'adlcst political potion, however intensi.
fed by their legal DOCTORS and Is your moral
and legal defense against any Claims On your
conscience sought to be imposed By these
Lay Aaytiln In lawgi.ers; To support aud de-
stand 1t, Fill necessarily inralidate apd
render null and void the abnormal portions
or this hybrid oath. The various Black Re-
publican Presidential proclamat Ions are all IN
violation Of the Constitution, and not binding
IN morals Of law; and trnst that whila
yonr honor By vigorous and scl.
emn protest, Jour practical good sense will
to diaranchise you. During the struggle,
tslien there was an allegiance due to the then
existing Southern ConfedeIacy, these extra
oaths answered purpose to
Ehc machfnntors, by preventing Contcderates
Hithln Federal lines from exercising the tran
Inecogntze tic Constitution Of the United
States ns Of old. 1t Is not only, "a it always
*as, most audauclous sacrilege to attempt
70 maEe any Pres!dent's proclamation supcr-
n5oE IT out Is rurpo6ctc5s, except for consoI-
'oa1ion r. and deapotim. /
ne Noltht1n conservatives cannot stand |
q u mosloniess and SIC established, upon pre-
dent announced in President Johnson's ..lis-
abufy" proclamation what rnsrantsa |
would they have that this uuscrun5inns isve
r1ler when hard pressed 70. money to Keen
np hle nfge army, and to create a coTup.
to eona ne 'SE n s Ta spRreR
bis republican limit Of twenty tboasani |
dollars !1 Alivcalth beyond being held az.
loyal. BE has assumed the right 10 do the
one, and, Il unchecked, he viii do the other
NECESSITY" presses.
=: Ion hare the power to direct the future.
Possessing majo1ity ct every poll south Of
Macon and Dkon's line, allow no one to
be returned to any Office who will submit to
assumption OF superior rights on the part Of
Inc North, and who will not faithfully sup
'ort the platform, "the Constitution, with
such amendment only us will give create.
protection to minnrities and geographical
:ections." The South capnot wait f5r ua-
Ional Organization. The elections are or
leied md are uron you. enabling you to take
possession Of your Slate governments ut
'nce, Then, eau upon the me- Of the North
7ho acknowledge your equality in the Union.
10 meet yon in convention In New Fork city,
9c1oEc the Northern fall elections. and there
q organize with yon great national party
sueh 1 as will d. ter the pronlgate President and
ais y provost spics from laying their brutal
= la9e upon unctf+pding men, women and
Soaofen. four exlled fellow-citiEen,
GEO. N. SANDERS.
tB 4 night train has 1,een mt IN 1,etw.en