The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-07-20
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I When jeff. Thompson's men had been as
Isembled at Jacksonport, Ark, tc be paroled
a few weeks since, the redoubtable hero Of
the white plume mounted a barrel and spoke
I to them after this wise. q o. n92t-oo gnl3-
Gentlemen, j have come here to have a
little family talk with you, as this will be
the last time may ever meet you together
[ have come here to tell yeu the news
Many Of you don't know yet that Vicks-
burgh has fallen, and many of you don {
know that Lee or Johnston have surrendered,
bat tell you it is all true. Many Of the
5000 men | now see around me, very many
of you, have been skulking for the last three
years in the swamps, within few miles of
your own homes, skulking duty, and udur-
| ing that time have not seen your own chill
Edren. see many faces about me, that
have not been seen by mortal man for the
last three years, and what have you zen
doing all that time? dWhy,lyou have been
| lying in the hswamps until the moss has
grown six inches long upon your backs,
and such men call themselves 'chivaIrons
soldiers" A few weeks ago General Rey
holds sent flag of truce to my headquar-
tiers and sent out to gather, up a respecta-
BILE force to meet those officers, and not one
Of you responded;a few days later when Col
onel Davis and Captain Bennettof General
| DJdge's staff bore dispatches to me from
from that General, again attempted to
call around me enough of you to make a
respectable show, and how many Of these
brave 8, 900 men reported at the call? One
sore eyed man sOjth green goggles. But you
rally like brave and gallant men around
Uncles Sans Commissary stores and | now
come to surrender you and hope you viii
make better citizens than you have soldiers.
l(Voice from the crowd ''Geueral talk to us
like gentlemen. y Now you just dry up till
| | get through and then you can; get up on
this barrel and talk. / know there are some
gentlemen here, and know there are more
I'D sneaking, cowardly dogs who
''have never done nothing on nary SIDE"
and am going to talk to you all.
In the first place, want to say this TO
you: The Federal officers who have come
here to parole aud feed you, have aetedas
gentlemen; in good faith. They have not
gone around peeping under your coats to see
if you had pistols; they have not spied
about your camps to see if you were secret
ing his arms, but they have treated you as
gentlemen, but tell you that goa have not
acted in good faith. Those of you that had
arms, with a very few exceptions, have left
them at home, and those who had govern
rent horses have failed to report them here.
Now let me say to you, one and all, those
of you who have retained your arms, as
soon as you get home, take them to the
1 nearest military post and deliver them up,
or burn them, or get rid of them in some
manner, for as, sure as there is God in
heaven if they are found in your houses,
| Just SO sure will your houses be burned to
the ground, and hope to God every one
of you WHO keep good arms or property OF
any kind in your houses will be hanged.
and you will too
Now want.you to go home and work
hard and take care of your families, work
early and late and get up at night and see
if your crops are growing. Above all things
avoid political discussions If any man
says niger to you, swear that you never
knew or saw one in your life. We have
talked about the niggers for forty years and
have been out.talked, we have fought four
years for the niggers and have been ID
badly whipped, and now it is not ''your putt
the Yankees have won the niger, and will
do what they please with him and you have
no say in the matter, if they want him they
will take him, and if they say that you
must keep him. you must do it and no mis-
take. I tell you that you have no say in
the matter, and you oughtnt to have any.
Go home and stay there; don't go anywhere
but to mill, don't go to church for the
ministers will put knots and mischief in
your heads and get you into trouble. Be
good citizens, and them those OF you who
have been good, honest and brave soldiers
haze nothing to fear, but | warn those Of
va no haveabeen nothing but sneaking,
cowardIy jay hawkers, cut-throats and
thieves, that just retribution awaits you,
and hope to God that the Federal author
tiles will hang you whenever and wher-
ever they find you, and they will do it sure.
Now want to talk to you Missourians.
You are talking about going to your old
! home to live cain. What did every one
of you sayslo vi, when you went into
Missouri ana ;pected to remain there?--
Why, that yo, would make every Union
man "climb q tree. and many threats Of
similar character. Now do you think
THAT those Union men whom you threatened
= with the batter afew days ago, if you got
the power, are now going to permit you to
come and live among them, and have all
the rights and privileges they enjoy? MOI
Imuch Now the tables afe:turned; if you
go back there, they may make you CLINT
trees; and ] hope they will for many of you
/ richly deserve It." About this juncture q
/ loud murRiuring was audible iii the crowd
and bystander suggested to the Genera
that they might mob him. mob hi!
A don't care worth a d-n!" replied the Gen
eral.
Il | want you all to 60 home and be peace
4 able citizens, and if nIarauders and outlaws
come among us, do not take . the law il
your own hands, but if you can do it, arres
them and deliver them over with such evi
dences as you can obtain, to the command
ant of the nearest military post; by this
IEneans you will place the responsibility up
on others, and avoid neighborhood quar-
rels and strife.
4 Do not complain if you are not permitted
to have voioeJcin elections and civil af
fairs You have forfeited all such rights
and it now becomes you to submit to sucf
\ laws and regulations as the Federal author
7 tiles may deem proper to enact. believe
and know they will do the best they car
4 for you. especially if you show hencefortl
that you desire to merit their confidence bJ
a strict obedience to the laws where YOU
may reside.
Il I'VE are conquered, subjugated; we have
no rights but must accept such privilege
and fiavors as the Government may SCI
f proper to bestow upon US. q, !
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: curiaus deyelopeme3ts have lust, bee
made in reference to the orginaz alton of the reb
& Ell confedeIacy. The provisional government
e with jeff. Davis at its head. was IN full opera
e ton in less than five weeks from the assemblin
of the convention. There was a great deal {
|. n .nhat sh Id he the of N