, 1866-08-24
F1lOsI WASHINGTON.
Letter From Jane G. Sxv1ssllelna.
WAsu1sGToS, August u, 1865.

NAsu1SaIoS+ AUGUST <4s 4-oo
Editors Chicago Tisu"e:
ask yous as ono who pleads for the dying,
to 6 i've mo q little space to talk to your I
readcFs-to aid NE, that far, In trying to
arouse the sleeping millions TO ecnse Of the
Imminent, deadly peril OF thcir liberties.
Last winter was familiar with the plans
OF Inc southern loyahsts, WHO hoped' BY !
conventions ~ "soty sonIanin stMte, l" or
sanl<e ioy"t oo'cs''1en's. nepaolean wv
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words. Oh, such a labyrinth OF |ords
The walls Of Troy were d straight
line compared to their tortuou!
windings; but straieht, us ths
line Of the needle to the pole, through
this maze, runs the course Of hls aetisas, /,
rcsuscitating the slave power and re-arlnins
IL agnlnst the nation's life. He has hccl
fighting the battle for Southern dominic,
inside the Union, as lie wished Davis to do I,
1880. uc l,ns now reached a poIut where b.
recnrds tncrcss !. certain.
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IN Inc =a o. February ne virtually, an
officially. ..procInimcd the majority OF Con
crcss insnrrcctIonIsts. and appealed to til
.,oan,o to ensto,n him In lila sercro1 yctoc
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nc Fcltctnlca u'S p1oe'A11''t'ot, ~, u'H1"s -
ground that Congress was m illegal Assem-
bty. because his eleven States were not rcpss
! ecutcd In IT. Hc designed giving MI illustr.
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w" a.. ~" vs', s,,a, y. sus "orI' w., o na. =,
tfea1'nE m hieeat assembly, IN" eot y
I philade1lhin Convention on the Way,
9 nmusc the people and divert their nttcntlo