New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-10

1
Genesal bedford Forrest
Dear st-I have just read yonr I ratifIcatio,
speech and though an entire stranger to vol
pefso7tag cannot refrain from congfatulafils
Il yen upon the spirit of consultation; harmony ali(
good will that perTades your remarks. An eff
ginal Union man myself an .uncohditfonn
E Union man during the late struggle --nothinG
affords much pleasure as to 4rasrl fFiends
warmly BY the hand and welcome them once more
haek 20 the old homestead-foF seat about the
0ls llE here nothing may mar the pleasure
QE our soelgi reElnio here we can speak Of the
present, speculate on the futfre orfdiscuss the
pastl We wish sit is q radical mistake To sun
pose That honest men may not discuss their mast
differences without bitterness
u, Lst tae past, however, 60 for what 'tis worth j;
az Ikea pau about ns, n SLEEP. on, long years
with all your bitter memories tie sleap
that knows no waking; letnot the trump of radi-
Sssslssa, Ike lhe voice Of an Infatuated mailman,
grouse you from your slunhars. tits onr duty
20 remedy as far as we are able the evils already
eSlstlng-ll0t to create new ones; and he who
would n s giut and feed himself upon the blood
81 an aIileIed eountrY-bear himself into Office
and power by appealing to the passions Of men
- wretch too mean 10 I've TOO base ID die and
utterly hopelessly beyond the pale Of political
ssneh u 70 pc the composition Of the
incoming radical convention Convention in
EAlch we are 70 be 50 faithfully represented (l.
slehss presenting our profanity and BroYDloy
q ll ngpecg9sy oor, ill-fatsd Sinful Brownlow
mans life. 4 d "A ~
fear Browniow 8iIl never live to see his. He
meyer did az hgnest thing in his life, except BY,
nlstake, and then he always made haste to correct
II. He goes about Dot like roaring Hon seeking
whom he may devour, but like d skunk seeking
some animal filthy enough to deVonr bins He fills
the SaTicurs figure of the aepulcher, except that
while he is corruption within, he Is all biackness
without He is emphatcallyi d wolf in dogs
Clothing, But II was not my object in this letter
20 speak OF Brownl0W particularly, but Of the
tenor OF your speech; and permit me, general to
say, IN this connection that the hopes Of the true
Union men Of this country are not centered alone
4 ~ the PRESIDENT; they are anxionsly looking to
see what position will be taken by snch men as
yourself
Whether gour unbolnded Influence with thelate
tC0nfederatss will be used to keep them in state
~ dsoentent and semi hostility to the govern
on whether 1t VIII used to lead them back
70 state Of entire allegiance and perfect friend
ship toward the United States In o ther4 words
whether With us, you were Willing to'ignore the
past and cherish as 9ondly and as fervently as in
the days Of yore the music and the memories OF a
common country. In behalf, then. ogzflia anti
franchise Union men Of Haywood county, allow
me toalnoerely thank you for the sentiments CON
tanned in your address, We are struggling in this
State against Q well organized oligarchy, COM
posed eahifelyof the Gins, present and prospec-
tiYe held and firmly bound together by, public
plumber and private treaehery.
III is against this combination that we invoke,
everywhere, the spirit of kindness, charity aud
coneilation. Relying implicitly upon the unyield-
lng nfnness ct matchless chief, who stands as
brealS.Water'i to protectus from the mad waves
OF senseless fanateism, Trusting to the patriotism
& Of the great masses Of file American people, we
Mlli Plant our feet firmly upon the priepes Of the
Philadelphia platform with instructive and divine
knowledge that we shali succeed. Instructive he
cause our very instinct teaches us that those nriT
cipies are trues divine, because writ teaches
~ that truth il mighty and must prevaii.''
Very respectfully yours ste,
A.. A.. "