La sentinelle de Thibodaux. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1861-1866, 1866-04-14

py, you cant 60 up to the big house wit
your buckit. and jug, and bag to git you
Christmas gift Of -four, and molasses, an
shugger and cofey old marse amt g
nothin to do with you now. They don
took you away from old marse. Then 20
will have to work for your comforts. you
medicines and your collins.
TO the three thousand preachers u
North and the strong-minded wimmin u
thar, / proclaim that peece has come. 7
preachers that forgot God and went t
worshippin the golden caff in the lobby q
Congriss has fell from greise and shaI
meet your reward in this world or in tn
next. Turn from the error of your way
and seek the true God, or like Judas, yo'
will all go to your own places at the oil
scratch. To the strong-minded wimmil
up thar, kantankerus old maids, mad be
cause they amt got lie husbands an
children agitaters, I proclaim ~deliveranc'
and good muse. Samdo bein free now an,
left to select his own companion, every oil
maid can git a niger husband, or as shs
has lost time heretofore, she may take
two or threeK and raise up children by
scores to save Massachusetts from the
shaim and disgrace of not being able to
fill out her next quota should thar be an
other wor, and sendin down South to open
recrootin offices thar.
To the people of the Confederate
States, so-called In view of the success
Of my p%ollisy of reconstruction, I pro-
claim to you peece and pardon. know
you had great cause to become FESTIVE in
the Union. Your rites laid down in the
Constitution, and to preserve which the
Union was formed, was denide yau, but
still you orter hill on und contended for
your rites thar. You done rong I'd try to
git out and quit us. In too hot haste you
tribe to brake the bons of Union. Wor
resulted, and sech a wor as history fails
to give us a parallel of resulted. Your
people everywhar went into it, and your
arms fort with gegantic heroism without
feer and without r%epfoach.
" Your generals and soldiers rendered
the American maine forever gloiious.
Yet you were overpowered, and submit in
good faith to the constituted authorities
of our country. We take you to our
bussom as the he'd of the nashon. and say
from the bottom of our hart we forgive
you. Do you now forgive us and less all
now henceforward live together in peece
and quiet as a great nashon. Thar is nc
further cause for jars. Slavery, which
Lincum sed somehow caused the war,
hayin disappeared. less berry the hatchit.
smoke the pipe of peece, and everybody
everywhar will know that the Unity
States combined can whip all creation and
the balance of the world combined.
"To the Congris of the Unity States
engaged at the present riting in passing of
lors for the classification of the people. /
wish to give a leetle advise. Let the
which our inspired fathers
made and left US. as the palladium of our
alone. Stop your patchin and
lnkerin with that saerid instrument. You
passifde yourself. Remember you
vas elected i'll the storm and whirlwind of
caused by the wor and Lees
Us agin, as representa- the ex-
vues of the -,adicals. but now the
torn is over and you amt qualifide to re-
peaceful communities.
The Constitution is the bond of
between equal States, it has it's
acrid checks and balances. It could not
ave existed without them. Destroy it
OF, brake it not, or the Union will be
roken. Brake the string and the beeds
i'll scatter all over the floor. It required
to make the Constitution,
1t was baptized in blood and teers
ouch it not with unwoshed hands. The
ebellion was intended to brake the Union
y secession, and it failed, though it had
show of rite on its side. Now Won
e trying to brake the Union by DESTROY
the equality of the States. You are
alters at heart. Remember / have I
ken an oath to protect and defend that ;
oustltushon, take care what you are a
'in Of, or before you know it, YOU will
yourself in foote Lafayet. But if
ally you desire to do your countrymen
great service, you will all resine and 90
me- and let other men come to the :
DIX OF restorin public confidence. The I
or having been eended, it is fit and proper
! the buzzards and Yalters feastin o
.rrion to go away and give place to the
we OF peece. Go home Sumner and r
llson and Thad Stevens and Longyear. :
9 let patriots and gentlemen have your
cts, to passify and sooth to rest the sub
lin surges'of the angry tempest SO long ),
our otherwise happy land. &c q y
your holes in the mountains, We BEASTS q
pray and carry along with you Bolts D
q Dickinson and Doctor B~reekenridge. a
d then die and go to the old scratch fo
lere you belong and bedogged to you. P
By THE PRESIDENT.
DOWNING,
Ex-Majer DowningviIle Millisha,
Cabinet.
When | finished reedip the proclama-
N the President jumped up and cracked
heels together, and sed s
'Puttyree good. Majer /; that's the doc
INT tor me lay it away for a few DAYS.
II things go on to suit US it shall come
). am roachin my back like Glink.
lcum yused to tork about putin down
foot, but | shall roach my back, and 81
a appearances in Congris / shall have
? do very often before long"
o. Millot, laid away the proelama-
n for q few days, and in the meantime
lot La send you a copy and ask YOU
get Jeemes B%uccannon and Frank
rec to get together with you and reed
yer. and If vo, <h;nL -