Smyrna times., 1866-02-14
Let Them Go.

| iHC -uOnl IolncrN Ma. UII Il tcrrlbIY al
flctcd about the order issued by Gen. Shcri.
! dan prohibiting emigration from New Orleans
ITO Mexico or South America 1t thinks the
order may have two interpretations but :, if
It's object Is to prevent our people, who ar,
casting longing eyes toward tho beautiful yal
lels OF Mexico, from lraN ug . land whose lc;, =,
/ tcht by loIcnt factions. ami threatened y II
Il tonllicL {" races, We ha,v uu,l t. >at chat Il
would be an oppression >1ch a. tlc world me-
cr saw before. The writ ol Dr ..tnH ,,,ya,. ..a,
never been exercised by Il civilized nation *
cept III war. ltwas powerful lever for tyran-
ny IN harhar0uS ages. but ha, become obsolete
III the law ct modern nations. Docs the Uni
tco States intend to restore it ,"
After all this. and after showing that the de-
tcated Poles anu Frenchm N and Italians may
seek new homes in for,i@a elimcs, but that the
men who desire TO leave the South are bound
IN Dy wall 0t bayOncts and hy the sea and
the last hope OF erecting the h,1cx and DcHitS
IN foreign land is dispcllcd the HtI uttcrs
the following pathetic appeal
will not President johnson let Us 70. if we
deslC to do so We will borrow no cav, ,.;n,,S
AMI lcwelrv like the children of Israel and will
not even ask for a return of our own We
have labored faithfully for Il Government which
remembers not GeOrge aShington, and have
been taxed sOrely. VIII the President not let
US go?--out of the land of iniauity and the
house OF bondage. Our fields are dcsolatcd
Our cattle and stock are being killed up by
hurran OF nIggcrs and soldiers The Ice havc
covered the land Our first born lies dead in
every house May we not 90 out? We will
leave behind us our icwclry, our maid servant,
ana man servants, our oxen and our asses, and
all that we have, provided that We can L,y,.
the beneht OF that cloud by day and that nill.r
OF hre by night, To separate hope for the IN.
lure from the memories Of the past"
Some OF our readers may think that this !.
sarcastic or lronical writing but We assure
'hem That 1t Is not Its spirit is serious-its
pathOs genuine. 10
We teel perfectly assured that Presidcn.
.ohnson has no desire to dctain in any n,rt ',T
thls country people who entertain such desncr.
ate feelings as are here expressed. let them /
60 lronethelr drsolated fields and from the lice
that cover their land. Let them take thnir
JGG"eiry and their oxen and their asses rt
alleIh l laEc even their maid servants and man
servants, II the latter are willing tn go w,
fancy there are but few people in tho Son,k !
VINO have such desperate feelings hnt oil Ill
Ieel better after they leaye-N J., inns
WANTED, A MISSIONARY n,r,v otv;.
ginla state Senators and Delegates beodad -,
Mr' Baldwin Speaker Of the House M noi:S
gates had formal interview with pre.;Jnnt
1ohhSon on Saturday. In the course of tbe
words ~ u'cu the following
another great result alike accented bv orr
people Is the final overthrow of tho ins,;ty,;o,,
OF slavery This has been comnlotoj h, n,
s9tuiional amendment, the b;njng for.o ' ~
m.i.on Is universally admitted; for atbouoh we
%erc !, . not represented in the Congress by which
lu i was PROPOSED, the failure to be- represented
N G'S 1l our own choice The condition of the
1utlGn ,;T among us, and the policy TO be adop
,1o VIII regard to them, will be recognized by
Is su" u: calling for the exercise of the highest
G OF the statesman and the best feelings
u S she 1hIlStlan phlanthropist.
Nj W.T., baldwin had better continue on further
- 'V.tn - ana come on mission ofenlightenment of
" inc Cobperhead orators and presses of this
cHHton; y Taking their cue from the old times
auA .. OF Their old Southern masters, their great
,.alIe IN trade is admiration of slavery and de-
,u"clatlon ~ and ridicule OF the negro There is
~ ~ considerable party in the North to whom
!! .n': disgusting twaddle can be acceptable, and
y rs OF course, gotten up principally for the
southern market. How must its getters-up
&c, e ~ when regularly authorized mouth piece
u virginia declares in a carefully prepared
speech that slavery has been rightfully abol-
sncdl and that the condition Of the freedman
aus for tho exercise Of . the best feelings of
ne Christian philanthrOpist?" Mr.. Baldwin
mould certainly come North, and preach aboli.
ionism.