Year: 1866

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phia and talk about brethren! They
are no brethren of mine. Either their
hearts or mine must change before
can give them the right hand of fellow
ship. Major General Sheridan Is not
even II Republican; he is brave SOL
dier-betore tho war a Democrnt-re-
mains so now for aught / know cer-
tninly ho does not give any outward
manifestation OF change of opinion.
HO makes representation to General
Grant which l will read to you and,
by the by, SEQ that three of the john
son pnpers do not print this telegram,
for no reason that can see except that
It don't agree with tho eighth article i'll
the Philadelphia resolutions.


THE NEW ORLEANS MURDER.


The whole North was aroused by the
Now Orleans massacre, following up as
it did the Memphis riot. President
johnson telegraphs to General Sheri-
dan, putting what lawyers call leading
questions to him TO draw out a favor
able answer. lie dOn'tsend to General
sheridan, saying, "Come, tell us all
about this riot" He writes i'll this
form: See dispatch of Sheridan al


Now, my friends, have read to you,
ms you see, the testimony unwillingly
drawn out in answer, giving gloss
over the tenor of the dispatch. The
Presidents dispatch asked for as kind
ly report as possible of the affair. 1
have read to you the testimony of one
who Is opposed to the Republican
party, but whose loyalty to the country
Is unqueStioned, wherein he tells YOU
that this was n massacre and murder
that tho police shot down men evcn
while prisoners. They are but Thugs
and murdererS, and they are johnson
men In good standing for coming back
tnfn NVInTN NINn \
nsks General Sheridan if the civil power
Is sufficient to take care of these men
he answers: 81 should sny emphatical-
ly they are not" This is after the
President had issued his proclamation
OF the 18th of August, that peace reigned
and civil authority is sufficient for all
citizens. am sorry to see that in tho
face OF the facts that Horton the clergy
man, Dostie the patriot, Hyer and
others, are dead, and wounded men are
coming North, with the testimony of
all these unnvenged, with Northern
people unprotected so that they are
obliged to leave New Orleans, that the
President has issued his proclamation
thnt peace has obtained throughout
all the land and the civil courts are
ample to protect life and liberty. And
i'll face of General Sheridan's emphatic
disavowal of the ability of the civil
authorities to protect the citizens,
tHe EEeSIueuLI on IH6 lStn OF August
turns over every Union man in
the South to the mercy of the
Thugs-assassins and murderers of Lin
coin and DoStie. Are you ready to saw
that these men shall sit in Congress,
make laws for you, have power to say
whether your debts shall be paid or go
unpaid, whether bounties shall be paid
widows, or whether the flag OF the
United States shall be upheld? To
have portion of the country in gov
ernmental relations to the country
where no loyal man can speak, and no
loyal men can assemble? have had
some private documents from another
portion of the UnOin. 1t was because
Texas had concluded to come into the
Union that this proclamation of peace
was issued. A gentleman born in a
town in this COuntry-fOrmerly serving
upon my stnn-wnS sent upon an in
spectiOn tour to Texas, and he made
his report, and was forthwith ordered
home, because he reported what he saw,
and in what condition he saw things.
Among other things, what do you think
he saw in Houston, the capital of Texas?
4 tireman's procession bearing Con-
federate flag reversed and leading
figure OF n Goddess of Liberty PERSON
ated by IL young girl dressed in black
and white, with chains about her wrists
and about her ankles. The Goddess of
Liberty was in chains in Texas
When the procession came to the
house of United States officer
where the flag of the United States
was flying, they saluted him with
grOans and Kisses, and hurled all man
ner of contumely upon him; and that
procession of our reconstructed broth
ers passed on, and for some reason
some blur over that officers eyes-he
allowed his flag to be insulted. All
volunteer officers of the army are dis
charged, but l undertake to say that
there were volunteer officers in the
army that would have put an end to
that procession-Hye moro-never have
allowed IL to start in the first place. He
again reported that in an average of
one fifth of our territory about ten muir
ders n day were committed since the
war, that they had list of about 1900,
and they found skeletons of some of
them hanging upon the trees every
morning. And this had from gem
tlemnn whose character for truth stands
as good us any in this community.
No United States officer can go in that
portion of the country without an eS-
cortland these men are to come back
into our Government! I now declare
my own feeling and belief, that il this
state of feeling continues, it is not peace
but war, and the worst kind of war;
for it is war upon unarmed men, wo-
mon and children; and if no other REM
edy for this state OF things can be
found, ifthis state of things cannot DO
altered, we will march once moro, and
voc to him who opposes.





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