The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-04-04
Majer Jack DoWning-He Issues a Grand
''PEEcE PROCLAMATION his ADTICE TO TEE
RADICALS.
WAsuISGroS, February, 27.

RADICALS.
WASHINGTON, February, 27.
To lltillot Fillmore;
Dear Milot-I suppose you have read our messidae
a yetoin of the freedman7s buro. That great Stalt
paper gone from Us abiiin down the stream Of tmP
We rit it. and sent it out far expression OF our
feefns, and vues on the present circumstances.
As general thing, | and the president can't step
to explain to inqustiye persons what we are doln o
for the country We couldn't spar the time Yet
wish to give you and Jeemes Buecaunon the pints,
occasionally, because know you can appreshate otr
difficulties.
When this freedman's buro lor came to US for oltr
approval the president cotch up the paper and red it
through, from the beginning to the ending without
stoppin and then, without sayn of word, handed it
to me. I red it myself, the president lookn first at
me and then at the fire. tell l got through. When /
finished it, the president said:
"Did YOU ever see the better of that in your born
DAYS? There is more brakin Of the constltushon in
that one or than in all the acks of congress since
was a baby. What shall do with it?'
Ses /, what does the constitushoa say we must dc
! with it?
Veto it" ses the president. ~
Then veto it. ses |; and when veto it less leeve
the matters imbraced in it cleer and distnck for all
futur time. Put it beyond dispute. Did you ever
know Glink Winkfee, ses /, Mr.. president?
"No," sed the president, 81 never had the pleas
ure of his acquaintance What Of him?"
Ses l. Glink Winkfeel was the son of old Boohoo
IL W
Glink was cross ide and sted, and yused to
an old par of black iron specktckles, with rourd
glasses nearly as big saucer. Glink's har was
white all his life and when kHowed him particular,
he was a great hand to play narv1s, and we could
ALWAYS tell when be was gon to take out the middle
man from tor. Gnk would roach up his back and
draw beed on the middle man and turn his head
sorter sideways like dog loolin at a peece of bred
in your hand and then blaze away, and never knew
Glinl to miss the middle man. If he had time to roach
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want you to roach your back when you come to veto
this lor. Take the middle out from tor and set
tie the buro r.s....
Ses the president, "I know all about taking tie
middle man from tor and I'll show the boys how they
pass thar red quilt patch work lors and expect me 80
sine them. Maer, I'll rite the veto, and while am
doin that you must rite out that general procama-
shon we have been torkn about, and when we get
through we will reed over and correct them
Very WE'LL ses |, Mr.. president be piuted in that
veto; eeye vaig genneratees to Mr.. Seward and Bo-
nvpart but mast rite so that every body can I'M
derstand us-lt saves site Of trubble.
ghereupon the president took his slait and pencil
and rit off the first draft of his veto messidge while
rit the general procamashon. When we finished,
the president red FIRST and altered and amended it
to suit int yue8 which is the SANG messdge sent
to the sennt the 18th inst, and which has been
published and needn't send you copy Of it. After
the mcssidge was finished, / red the proclamashon
foers
"In the naim of -- amen. I Andy Johnson,
president of the Unity States to the whole terriGrmy
OF North Amerika-Greetiu
"Know you that since generals Sheridan and XII
patrick Melroy and Butler, Thomas and Hunter, Grant
and Sherman has gone through the rebellion with thar
armies and gethered up all the gold and silver wotches
silver spoons, brest pins finger rings uiyes and forks
silk dresses carPts aid everything else they wanted,
as smiles beongn to the yct0rs and destroyed every
thing they didn't want and laid waiste the eeds burnt
the dwellns fences, barns, stables and mills cat
down the front trees tramped on and proclaimed the
GRAVES Of the honnored ded imprisoned the wimmeD,
old men ard boys; the armies OF the Conederacy, So
called has stacked thar arms given thar payroll taken
my amnesty oath, and gone home to look al the chin
Tvs whar once stood thar houses and gether together
thar families to over the desolashons of thar
country in good yenest determined to live and die in
the Union, and to accept peace on the terms OF my
proclamation, so that now the thunder of cannons
and lorters and muskits and rifles, and pistols has
dide ,4 the trnp Of the horse, the rnpahlin Of
bayods ygins and ambulances, the groans of the
sick aid wounded, the double quickn of army cores
and regimens, is heerd no more.
q Now, then it seems to fttin OCCASION to
issue this my speshal proclamashon to all Amcrika
that peace do rain in Worsow. In the Ianguidge Of
~ Wild wor's dedly blast is blowed out,
And gentle peace retuTnin,
/ With many a sweet baib fatherless,
And many wider mouTnln.'
"Thc old flag valves over every inch of cur terri
tory and we possess all the fotes stocks and navy
wards everywhar and the ole Union is restored. The
lost pleads which had broke loose from thar nattefa
center of grayashOn has back into thar proper
places in our sistem, and is all moyn on harmonious
together everywhar, but iii congress. The time is
come for our armies be mustered out and 60 home
The swode should be beet into the plowsher and the
baggan into the prunn hook see holy rit at this pinto
The cannons, and guns and shootin irons should be
gethered together rest in peace and the casn wa
gins should be put to rolEn saw logs to rebhd the
/ waste places of country
stPeace having returned, thar is no further neces
sity for marshal lor ennywhar in these States and
harfore do call in all provo marshals and command
ants of stricks, and restore to the people the maJs-
! trates of thar own approval. And further, | now
restore the rit of habeas corpus everywhar So that
every man. of every shad OF collier, may have his own
boldly and no boldly shant take it away from him by
marshal lor by other kind Of lor, without his
own consen and without tellin him whariore he takes
it. and gyin him chance to git 1t back aSin without
/ delay.
ITO The armies Of the Unity States, which has
borne the hect and burden Of four years hard fitin
and long marchin / return thanks in the main OF
the restored Union, speshaly to the glorious OIL
GERS and soldiers who advanced our flag without
steeIn nothn they found lyn loose or buried in tue
garden and without insultin unprotected wimmn and
children. Go your homes and all you who has got
um uupaclz your napsax and call around You your
wives and Children and show them your spoons, and
wotches and spcckticklcs and other VARIABLE irons
Hang not your heds if the little should ask you
whot you paid for these things and you have to tel
them YOU stoled all from noncou5atants Remember
the great Dickinson with he'd long az a horses
and as hiddeous as Satan3 and the Rev Dr. Bracken-
ridge, of Kaintucky, think that there is no harm in
steclin from rebels, because rebels have rites in
nothin
'To the people of the north or northwest: The
great mauufacterin stock rasn, wheatgrowin country
do proclaim that peace has arriv. Liv your for
tunes made durn the from govment contracks, tor
l am aeerd t!,at the aberlshon Of slavery will lose
you your best customers for the fuur forever. The
former masters yused feed and elothe the four mall
ions Of dependents made free by the wor and it took
site of shoes and Clothes and hogs, and bred to do
it; but now all been free alike, them that amt
got no shoes aud clothes can go barooted: Sur your
stumps to find other markets, all Of you move to
the forks of the road and set up stores and tagerns
"To the freedmen all through the land in the bIrc
and out of it. proclaim peace and freedom, no" ane
forever Arise and commence the battle OF life OF
your own booE work out your destiny; be saTin anc
honest Law up for the raiuny days. Remember now
old marster amt gune to sell his barker and whect
buy you clothes, and shoes, and blankets and hats
YOU got to buy um yourselves, or go betbout. WheI
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