The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-06-09


and daring was most conspicuous on
every field from Shiloh to Baton Rouge
where he received, the wound that
Virtually terminated his military career
and was doubtless the proximate cause
|of his death.
bright, brief and glorious" was
|his military career. After he had
somewhat recovered from his severe
wounds received while in command,
and leading the left wing of our army
at Baton Rouge, he was promoted for
/ his conspicuous gailantry upon that
occasion, and sent to his loved Loulsi-
ana, to take command of Louisiana
brigade, which had been captured and
paroled at Vieksburg-but it was too
apparent, that Gen. Allen was unableI
for field service-the people with great
sunanimity, in the midst of that great
revolution, when the bravest and best
feared for themselves and their cause,
elected Gen. Allen Governor of Loui-
ssiana.
We now come to that part of his
history, upon which every true Louisi
anian dwells with the fondest delight.
When the hearts of our people were
1 bowed low, with the apparent hopeless
mess of our cause-when the ravages
of ruthless enemy and the want of
labor had brought great restitution,
almost starvation, upon considerable
Sportion of the State-when a sufficient
amount of cloth could not be procured
to cover our brave soldiers-no not
even the nakedness of our women-for
the want of The implements necessary
Ito the manufacture of eloth-when our
sexchequer was depleted of money and
the currency that was intended to rep
D PRESENT money, was worthlass-when
&there was not school book within our
lines, to be had for love or money
when there was the greatest distrust
z Between the State and Confederate au-
n thorities-when there were none of the
II prime medicines within our borders -
when there was scarcely an agricultu-
D ral implement in the hands of the far
n mer-who was it that fed the hungry
Furnished the implements, to clothe the
b naked? Redeemed the crdit of the
e State Put school books in the hands
of every educable childl Reconciled
jail differences between State and Con-
@federate authorities ? Erected Dis
pensaries and supplied all the prime
medioines 2 Erected manufactures
and placed in the hands of the planter
all the needfu ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS!
Every child in the State would answer
that no man but Gov. Allen could have
done all this. He did all has-yea
he did more. In contemplating the dis
1 penser of all these blessings, whose
heart does not swell with gratitude, tc
#Gev. Henry Watkins Allen? Who's.
I eyes are are not blinded by tears, al
he reads the sad news, that this grea
land good man is dead! That he diet
IAN exile in a foreign land-simpl,
because he would have made his peopl,
free.
The death of those distinguished by thei
Isl station,
II But by their rirtaes more, awakes the mine
To solemn dread, and strikes saddenin,
Not that we grieve for them, but for our
selves,
~ Left to the toll of life"
Z AS there is move on foot TO have
the remains of Gov. Allen brough
II back to Louisiana, and to have suita
bile monument erected, to commemorat,
Athe many and rare virtues of this dis
tinguished Louisianian, we feel it no
only duty, but pleasure, to contrib.
ute our mite, and to ask our citizens t,
+ do the same, for this most laudabit
purpose. In the meantime, may hi
#remains-
@ There softly lie and sweetly Sleep"