New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-01-11

!" | civil law. And then W0at admirable nudge
they make; what efficient sherifs, cOnsta
bles, etc. Colts civil law is almost as goo
as Taney's-perhaps quite as good. Ma
, be it is the same thing. At least we ar
/ sure there is not much difference betwee
r it and Hancock's. Our commanding gen
eral is the greatest professional joker il
the nation. He is ahead of johnson in tn
character OF Moses, and not far behind JET
ferson in that OF Rip Van Wrinkle. "It /
the duty Of the commanders of military dis
triots to punish or cause to be punished al
disturbers Of the peace and criminals" S,
says the act to provide for the more eli
ficient government Of the rebel statesn
is the duty of any rebel who may elect him
self judge at any cross reads tavern or lol
hut in Texas to punish or cause to b,
punished all disturbers of the peace ant
criminals, except himself, So says General
Hancock. "Stand and deliver T" in the
name of Blackstone and Kent according
to Colt and Bowen Civil law prevails
in Texas" Your money or your life,
you damned Abolitionist." " At this time
the country is in a state of profound peace. =
says General Hancock, particularly in
Texas. "Six hundred and seventy-fouy
murders of freedmen and loyal whites 10
! three months constitutes peace in Texas
according to Hancock. Let US all 90 to
Texas, and when we get there send for
Magruder and Forrest, the choice
spirits of the rebellion, who will
see US protected in the enjoyment
Of all our civil rights. Msgruder is a sober
man, and Forrest is humane man; and
both are profoundly learned in the civil
law. What a queer thing civil law is I
General Hancock must certainly have
had a stolen interview with jefferson Davis
ct the st. Charles hotel on New Years day.
Davis never had better notions of the civil
law during all the life of the cenfederacy.
And at the close of that interview how
profoundly grateful Davis must have been
to Hancock for having revived the princi-
Piles that led him into aud sustained him
through the rebellion. We would have
given much to have witnessed the parting
embrace as the one went to his plantation
the other to his headquarters to define the
meaning Of civil law in Texas. L! not I'M
frequently happens that long after the de-
cease of great men the principles that con-
trolled them in life survive and WELD more
power than ever. Jefferson Davis in one
sense is dead; but after that afectionate in
tervieW with General Hancock he must
have exclaimed in the language of Webster,
I" Istill live" g In my spirit conquer what
could not in my body.n From the chief
executive Of the nation soathward to the
Gnlf ! have regained all / lost at
Appomattox Courthouse. NY govern
ors, my judges, and my sherifs are in
power, interpreting and executing my law
from one end of my confederacy TO the
other, and soon Iexpect to hear that / have
reconquered the supreme court of the
United States ITSELF and revived the glori-
Gus civil law that went down with the shot
at Sumter. Aud 10 the army my spirits
is working, and one by one my old com
panions in arms are returning to their first
affection. Meade, Mcdowell, Hancock,
and Candy Who fought me more stub
bornly in the lesh2 Who now more
willing to yield to me in the spiritf How
well my old speeches in the senate look in
the general orders and correspondence
from the headquarters Of the fifth military
district. Hancock has read them well ana
pondered them thoughtfnlly, and talks as
glibly Of my civil Law as the attorney gen.
eral Of my old confederacy. How YER
sasile our military men are becoming.
They are not only good soldiers but pro-
found lawyers and jurists, and anticipate,
i they do not control, decisions Of the SUI
preme court with wonderful force and
sagacisy, Twas educated at West Point,
and have always administered the
civil law Of columbiads and six
shooters. Il is well ia General
HancocA 70 Insist upon It's enforcement by
my friends in Texas. It viii secure safety
70 life and property in that beautiful land
and draw emigration from all parts of the
world within is borders. Where eli are
outlaws six shooters are the best civil Law.
If they are not aimed at yourself. Black
stone in one hand and a revolver in the
other are TIE sureat guarantees Of Life, lib
eriy, and the pursuit Of happiness for any
one but the negro or the Yankee. The
negrol / will have him back on my
plantation yet before I die, and all who
ran away or died daring The war I will re-
eoyer or get paid for General Hancock
scOk them away from me in Virginia, Gen
elal MeDowell viii return them 70 me ia
Alaainippla And thug the president Of
ihs "a md sAs shout % b revived con
sensaaey epillpquized en Bis way home TO
hla PlaQtaiiqn. Tha gisit 81 General Han
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