, 1880-10-29
HANCOCK AND JEFF DAVIS AT NEW
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! neretI. IL lihS been brought tu lnllld very
wildly by an oil subscriber to tic st.
Paul l'fonccri'rcss who l,,,s discovered n
copy of tint paper printed In 1863 which coa.
tntned the following significant dispatches:
| NEW oMr.EA%s. Marsh s. lSls-S,scial DaIate,
mittrc i, ,urot ~, :. . s.ate eon-
rhat wo nro In fu pym.t',y viii, courro.. In II,
Syp it, rt,at efrn tS s %s and ~ cpS1 c o''ecfs
,,,,,,' wnat s,"sss Mct Tnre gyr Jr payis mud
ti!s ec'panus yesisi.y, wcfo nsuiIlmg IL tba tiax
10 asfits Il 'o 10 '''o a"""' so'ulcF" "f'o fought
In. we s9cam1nn y EnxTnss md ten t;rant
ssxnTsa Sners far hla lor 'avls by to MIMI nut.
Con. iHucock n,'d Intr fmvts wcrc .oo, r., ,ho
sumo % earrauc ta-niRh..
t,eu. stc"tji,,s, 'na ' vion, te. toay.
Ing johnson, nnl tniic,tiil.l f,rcc as tic unly
'neoaA u 'es'e.aieo 70 ct'''Rress.
.s,,,.om,s ''an M"rS, ".Sts.SAr.uS. 'aa. I'm.
IN dispatch. 10 Unn 0r;.,it, asks !" 10 reiisxu.i
t tfc e; ep''n.'i us tho Fifth Military District IN
nd,stratjuu Of MtIajr. o m tns ros,,ra sae, III II US Us
'rcse'ted TO tho President. '''' "
Hascock WANTS TO BACK otrr.
newix Is rcsst [rn t = Ia rMliactGk rrM1 u re-,
the xlo!1nd that his scnsc Of aeif-respcct itnucs
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Tim rn,,.at s.@m ,a', atls' ,'n & srHs IN TUT n:
officer Of proper RINK to s,,cccsi lin. 10 ''
Tho abuve dispatches give Il very fur itlcn
OF the impression, which IInncock's conduct
made at tic tlunn upon the Unio1,-loytur pco-
pic iii that city. Tho Sou.h was then Ii, Lie
tl,rocs Of reconstruction There was II dcs-
pcrate strnggte between tho Congress Oh the
one side, seeking tn defend and protect tia
freedmen al,d tic Union whites. MID tia
Rebel element Of the Souti, backed t,y Ills
tAccitc,cy Andy johnson on tho other side.
seeking to restore tlleantc-belluln supremacy
OF tllo Confederate leaders. Congress Ind
passed series Of laws, nf which
Trnmbnll In those days proudly cIa!nel
To be tho author, That were te.
signed to lnsuro equal rights to nil
men who Ind not forfeited THUR cit,zcn-
ship by trcAson. Tho ux-Cuntcdcratcs re-
sisted thcsu laws, nnti l,ad already Iuuru-
rated tho system of terrorism aul "uigger-
killing which they have since loyeionel tn
sc. pnrfcctlon. 'Actlng-l'rcsitlcnt johnson
opposed Congress mud the execution Of lts
laws by every ncans his position enabled
him to employ. Tic removed Gen, Sheridan
from command ut Now Orleans becnuso
Sheridan instslc.l Upon the enforcement If
tho laws, anti lle appointed IIuncock IN order
to encourage ind ahslst tho naturalization nf
SI.crltlam's work md the nu1titcat,on or i'm
lnws Ut Congress. Before Hancock nro.
cccled to tile Soutl, lle matlo spcccl, IN
Washington, it, wIlicl, l,t committed htmsp)f
10 Joisnson's policy, l1e went to New Orleans
cnniesscalyns .Iollnson's tool, ltow alrcctIv
l,e did llo work tllAt yyus ex,crlet f,,nI him
Is worry we'll told tn tho aboys brief ,lj.-
untcJus. lin nn,}a hjmsn,f en,,s,tm,o,,s H.,
Il8 ASHfni1ttOH wl11 tpth 0{p{ihlA Auf,ft
resisting the INV liz o,]vcr.tsad ,,is ,u,..t,,,,
by ri.11ne I'm l, strcots viii, .fnG I,n,,s H..
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