Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-10-07
[Adverri".u.,
To the People Of Louisiana.

Secretary Of state. ana having no
opportunity of visiting the different
parts OF the State before the election.
| adopt the medium of the press to
say a word as to my oi'icaI status.
past and present,
/ have no conc.ainents, and de-
spis- the man who has. especially in
reference to matter. Of great public
moment.
Born, reared, and educated in the
South, ! have ever been devoted ia
what | conceived is best interest. /
was an original sec-ssionist. and ad
hered with untlinching determination
to the cause, 80 long rs r.-i.ta ce
could be of any avail. l even EN-
| treated Gen. Smith aud other leading
/ officers on this side of the MISSISSIPPI
ri, to continu. resi- stance a. long as
even the n-ucleus OF an army could
b. kept together. There We're many
contingencies that might hav" s'aycd
the currcn, SO strongly setting in
against us.
This plain statement Is due TO
candor bu, my friends throughout
the State will have vivid r-coIl"c-
ton Of my position during the war,
as l was prominently connected with
the press during the whole period
My object was I" preserve that Pecu-
liar form of civilization growing out
of the institution of negro slavery,
believing tina, this form OF labor was
best for the negro a. we'll a, tor III.
white man, and was, "ithal, a great
conS-rva'or o: r"rublicanism, and an
essential element Of progress. En-
t,rtaining these views, and believing
that tn" institution would perish if
confined within Our present limits, ]
readily Joined with others in the
effort to establish scparat. govern.
mrut. which would BE- s-cur" from
the attacks of fanatics, and which
would ultimately ,mhrac" within lis
boundary the llrg". portion Of tropi.
cal America.
Th. above nrr the views of the
NOR. cnl. .h,rn,d ot those WHO aided
8 in the establishment Of srpara'"
government with negro slavery ar the
basis of lis labor.
Bur il must nn' b" supposed that
no trouble. wrT. anticipated, even
utter the scheme had fully succeeded.
On the contrary. difficulties growing
out OF tariffs and houudarir, were
anticipated, aud it was further known
that ~" great Angl"-SaS"n republics
ADJOINING rach "''i"r on ms 'o''
n"nt would n"ccssi'htc 'hr naIht"-
nance OF much more expensive" h'''-
! taTv '-'ah''Hh'""n'S 'h'i are 'i"e'f'
"a! ~ present
an" AGAIN 'h''s '"'''''" mp !"
| the not very remote 'h'''r"' ~" sN""-
o" "f '"Tt,''' DANGER GROWING ""'
: OF 'hr '"r'" increase OF me oiack
= p"pu'"'i"" oh"'f our former system
., 1a'''' ~ ,'s7 IMAM century III"
: blacks would nav" ''ip'i"H NJ iea>'
P. ten "F twenty f''d. ana would have
r become Worthless iron" ''iS very 'A-
: cess "' numbers, l" avert ms ''',
r fibi'' 'hhS'r Tree ana unrestricted
. "'i''hS'"h ""9 reg "'''"' >,
). b"' 'hr 'v"''' "'S'' OK AZ H!"'H'
: 'hhi|'''''''''"' ana '''F'" '''''"'','' ~
. hh'H'',@' mao "' "'' ''''',''' "n' 10
. s,n render. oar i''r".'"r FORM "' CIV
. '.'|Ah"" pt!i-"'" win 'H' nc
ton 81 '"' system "' moor ana INA,
;. ''' "h'e" nave - '""S s""ES''"
/ II" !""S'F FORMS "h 'e'uc'
i "' ,''' h'S' '''''' ''' ''''''' ''"'S'
:, n"' . ni"'!'s'-- S',lS'''' 'i''"' '',
;, devoted l hi"''>'. "a' Tor WI >. i
>, s'"Gs'r"' an" - preserve "n'c" |
b. was "'''i"- I" SH''N,' "a" '"''"'
hH7 ceased !" "A'S'' ana h'''rI "G"In
. WI! 'o'm '''i"s 'Sn", III III" pom
tics OF thus country hrn' az :, man
u OF hoh"F anu pF!hc'p."' sN'""" 'F
VISION and acting Tor IA" S"oN OF
my country and my KIND nav" II"
|. aiigrnai''. but 70 ADOPT The 'A1H'!'' :
;, ORDER OF things, "uG OF joining hear =