Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1865-04-27
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Louisiana movement MY promise is
made, as ! have previously stated; bul
as bad promises are better broken than
kept. shall treat this as bad promise.
and break il whenegeTy / shall be- con-
vinced that keeping ii is adverse TO the
public interest but | have noi yet been
50 convinced. IHave been shown letters
on This subject, supposed to be able cnes,
in which the writer expresses a regret
tnat my mind has not seemed TO be def
nuely fixed on the question whether Sc
ceded States, so called, are in the Union
or out cf it.
Il would have added astonlshment to
his regret were he to learn that since /
have found professed Union men endeav.
orlng to.answer that question, l have
pufposely forborue any public expression
upon it. Il appeaas TO me that the ques-
uon has not been, and is not YET, prac-
tically national one, and the discussion
of it, while it remains practically un-
national, could have no effect, other than
the mischieveus one of dividing our
friends.
As yet, whatever may become the
question is bad base of dispute and
good for nothing al all We all agree
Tat the seceeded States so called, are
out of their proper practical relation with
the Union aud that the sole object Of the
Government. civil or IN ihtary, in regard
to those States is to again get them in
10 their proper relation.
Ibelieve that it is not only possible,
but in fact easier to do this without de-
c!aring or even considering whether
these States have ever been out Of Un-
ion, or whether finding themselves safe
ly at home, il would be utterly immaie-
rial whether they had been abroad or
not.
Let's join in doing acts necessary TO
restore the proper practical relation be-
tween these States and the Union to
each other forever; after innoeehdy in
dulging his own opinion whether, in do
ING acts he brought The States from with
out into the Union, or only gave them
proper assistance, they never having
been oul Of it.
The amount of consistency so TO speak
on which the Louisiana government
rests, would be more satisfactory to all,
if il contained $4,000 or $4,000. or even
10000, instead of $4,000. as it does
1t Is also satisfactory to some that the
elective franchise is not given to the col
ored man.
l would myself prefer it were now
conferred on every intelligent and ou
those who serve our cause as soldiers
still the question is not whether the
Louisiana Government as it stands is
quite all that is desirable, the question
Is will it be wise 10 take II as il is, il.
self to improve 1t or Rejecl and disPerse.
Can Louisiana be brought into her
proper practical relation with the Union
by-sustaining or discarding the new Gov.
ernment Some 10000 votes in the
heretofore slave State of Louisiana have
sworn aliegIence TO the Union, assumed
to be the rightful political power Of the
Sta,e, held elections, organized State
Constitution, giving the benefit to the
public schools equally TO the black and
white, and empowering the Legislature
to confer the elective franchise upon the
colored man.
The Legislature has already voted to
ratify the Constitutional amendment re-
Gently passed by Congress. abollshing
slavery throughout the Union, perpetual
ted freedom in The State, committed to
the very things, and nearly all the things
the nation wants, and they ask the ma
TONS recognition and assistance to make
this committal.
We have rejected and spurned them
we do our utmost TO disorganize and dis
perse them we, in fact say to the white
man, You are worthless and worse /;
we will never help you, nor be helped by
you.r To the blacks we say, This
cup af liberty, which these yonr old
masters held 10 your lips, we wiz dash
from you, and leave you to The sAances
of gathering the spilled and sea tered
contents in some vague and indt finite
when, where and how "
If This course of discouraging AZ q par
alyzing both the white and black has anv
tendency to bring Louisiana TO her prop.
er fractional relations with the UniOns
| have so far been unable to perceive>il;
If. on he contrary, we recognize and
sustain the new government of Louisi-
ana, no converse Of all this is made true.
We courage ths hearts and nerve the
arms of $4,000 to adhere 10 their work.
and argue for it, and fight for it, and
feed il and govern IT, and repair it to