The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-02-08
Farragut at New Orleans.
,,.T,kes Possession of the City and Hosts
tbe stars and Stripes on the Custom
House and Mint.
Ey CAPT. JOHN O. JOHNSON.

-. Kautz. U S. N, April 26, 1862:
N4YoRALTY OF NEW ORLEANS,
City Hall, April 26, 1862.
b. -,rsuance of the resolution which
u night proper to take, out of regard
'... ives of the women and children
A. iii crowd this great metropolis.
-=-s, Lowell has evacuated it with his
-.. and restored back to me the adj
...- ton of its government and the
g.. If its honor. l have, in concert
ne city fathers, considered the de-
r8a made ,Of me on yesterday of
D.. riltional surrender of the city,
with requisition to hoist up the
lie United States on the public
TO haul down that which still
n the breeze from the dome of
and il becomes my duty to
"a you the answer which the
ointment of my constituency,
.an the promptings of my own
c14te to me on this sad and SOL
son. The city is without means
- and utterly destitute of the
-t-L ttlldt tiIdt CIGDlC IL
TIE overpowering armament dis
sight of it.
~ military man and possess no
beyond that of executing the
laws of the city of New Or
Ii would be presumptuous in
tempt to lead an army to the
lad one at my command, and l
) sid less how to surrender an unde-
LACE, held as it is at the mercy
n yunners and mouths of your
lars. To surrender such a place
ar die and unmeaning ceremony.
civ IS yours by the power Of brutal
nj not by the choice or consent of
9itants. 1t is for you to deter
what shall be the fate that awaits
the hosting Of any flag other
me flag of our own adoption and
.c-, let me say to you, sir, that
ra7 lives not in our midst whose
and heart would not be palsied at
mere thought of such an act, nor
! ind in my entire constituency
hed and desperate a renegade
.... 1are to profane with his hand
-sered emblem of our aspirations.
.lI have manifested sentiments
Would become one engaged in
er ceuse than that to which you have
.-a- your sword. l doubt not but
icy spring from noble though
@ nature, and l know how to ap-
.-st-. the emotions which inspired
You will have gallant people to
ter during your occupation of
f.: a people sensitive of all that
the least affect its dignity and
spect. Pray, sir, do not allow
u be insulted by the interference
s.1 as have rendered themselves
Us and contemplate by their das-
r esertion of the mighty struggle
-h We are engaged, nor Of such as
remind them too painfully that
ar- the conquered and you the con-
..a and order may be preserved
. Al resort to measures which could
to wound their susceptibillties
up their passions. The obliga-
III l 81 all dSSulIle III llttl1
religiously complied with. You
..st their honor, though you might
.g.t on their submission to unmerit-
In conclusion | beg you to
md that the people of New Or
hlle unable at this moment to
You from occupying this city, do
fer their allegiance from the
aent Of their choice to one which
ave deliberately repudiated and
y yield simply that obedience
re congueror is enabled to extort
conquered. Respectfully,
JOHN I. MONROE, Mayor.
Heer D. G. FARRAGUT, U. S.
nip Hartford.
The fact that the bearer of this
TER, Lieut.. Kautz, and party,
the order of the mayor himself, to
-sg-lad from the rear of the city
closed carriage and taken
cross streets to avoid being
. by this high-toned and chival-
b., and from the fact that, from
IN Of his own secretary, he had at
y moment lost control of the
was compelled to call upon a
men that owed allegiance to a
power to restore order out of
would seem that this bombas-
Ter of the mayors was fittingly
.s.-l by Flag Officer Farragut.
rner,)
U. S. Flag Ship Hartford,
A anchor off New Orleans,
April %, 1862.
y our communication of the 18th
lbs been received.
py regret to see, both by it's con-
= --I continued display of the flag of
upon the courthouse, a deter
-G on the part of the city authori-
ao 10 haul it down.
Jog 1yer, when my officers and men
" mt on shore to communicate with
al'horities, and to hoist the United
las ag on the customhouse, with the
c'est orders not to use their arms I'M
sailed, they were insulted in the
ssesJ manner, and the flag which had
VI listed by my order on the mint
i-led down and dragged through
f'raetsa all of which goes to show that
ifa Of this feet may be drawn upon
Guy a any moment, and in such an
m. the levee would in all PROBABILITY
eNt by the shells and an amount of
.iess ensue to the innocent population
'gd | nave heretofore endeavored to
IT, u that | desired by all means to
3D. The election is therefore with
4 o4t it becomes my duty to notify
4 'emove tn women and children
- ''a city within forty eight hours, if
a. rghtly understood your determi-
Very respectfully
D. G. FARRAGUT.
4 tf'cer Western Gulf Blockading
0ql8dron.
'onor Mayor of the city of New
yrieans.