The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-04-04

IL vue of the success of my pollsy OF I5s'nss''1
II proclaim to you peace and pardon lno" you L'1
great cause to become restIve IN lAS Giu"uo io-'
rites laid down in the consttushoh 4"S " 1a1,,"
which the Onion was formed, was dende you pug ss.-
yen orter L on and contended ioE o-- 'lJeS 1IN-'
You done wrong 70 try to git out ana qn- u.s. Il Toe
Bh0t haise YOU tried to brake the bOrs of DmoA ot
t1esulted and such as history i1ls 70 give U7
EparaeI Of Your people eVerywhas "ehs lag' y @n1
Eyour armies fort with gegantlc lie ol7- "-s7o0' '
and without reproach.
Your generals and solgers rendered the AmeFI-
kan nam forever glorious. Yet you were oVetPo"
I cred and submit in good faith to the cohs,Vuteu
tauthGrities of our country. we take you 10 our
fbussom rs The he'd of the nation apd say nom tAo
bottom of our hart we forgive yoRs Do you now 1op
give US and less all henceorw&rd live tosether IN
peace and Quiet as great nashon. Thar IS no further
tcalse for jars Slavery, which LIneum SEQ someho"
oaused the wor, havn disappeared, less perry ing
Bhatchpt Smoke the pipe of peace, and every boduy
nvprvyyh,r viii know that the Unity Stats combined
3can wbiD all creation and the balance of the world
combined. "a
'To the congress of the Unity Stats engaged at
the present rln in passn Of lors tor the passtleaao
Of the people, wish to give leetle ADVISE Leu 'uS
constitslon which our inspired fathers made and let6
U.s. alone Stop your patchn and tnkerln HIth that
sacrid instrument. You amt passiEde yourself lie,
member you was elected in the storm and Wml!wh9
:of passion caused by the wor and Lees Whipph us
aain as representen the extreme vues OF the radicals
represent peaceful communities.
/ oTbe constitushon is the bond of union between
eoual Stait it has its sacrd checks and balances 1t
copId not have existed without them Destroy 1t no
brake it not or the Union will be broken. Brake the
stfng and the beeds will scatter all the foor 1T
REQUIRED eonsesshon make the constushon, and 1t
was baptized in blood and teers touch it not with uh
washed hands The rebellion was intended to brake
the Union by sesesshon, and it failed, though it had
some show Of rite on its side. Now you tyin te
brake the Union by destroyin the equality OF ths
iStaits You are traitors at heart Remember have
taken an oath to protect and defend that constitushon
ake care What you are don of, before you know It,
YOU viii find yourself in forte Lafayet But If really
you desire 10 do your countrymen great service you
Will al resire and go home, and let other men come to
the work of restorin public confidence The wor hay
lin been ended it is fit and proper for the buzzards
and yulters feastin cGrrion to 90 away and give
place to the dove of peace Go home, Sumner and
Wilson, and Thad. Stevens and Longyear, and patrF
cts and genaea have your seets to passy and sooth
to rest the subsdin surges Of the angry tempest SO
long disturbn our otherwise happy land Go to your
lholds in the mountains ye beasts Of pray, and carry
along with you Bolts, and Dickinson and Dr. Brackin
ridge and then die and go to old scratch, where you
belong, and be dogged to you. .ar
H BY THE president,