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! the entire: Quarterly mile* from for Texas! 1 for theirHilercd on road, east out a mile y’a, n little tic night, u ;d III ’.hi*lec-ts every p. ami the I he reputa-she meet* much do!--debiilem. I tnnoh In-in need of c tnado to any of our ik* ij thisiroir.ir »n.lelf under-I their car; annoi piis-iig out the e, ami wc noted I., be trAetor for as work us from Beau-* agitated it in highly :y Council. Is the onlyevcral por-teems that riekbats at r, and tho con fusion, i returning lie pausingnmcdiately srol police-rovecl their t k deadly f tho Al'rt-d the cou-been very e hope the onUhnietit I proceed-manv new i the oily.an d». and We are i u'.l kindsQ’clock, aI eapnol Coatro the private feelings t»f uiy olf. cam and men, nerJisr can my Government bu held responsible for this.Hut, did not the advent of the French and Austrian* give the rebels equally as much moral sup. i purl VI littvc already forwarded enough evidence to j flhow these same nerohanw gave llwui ut much material support, a» the rebel cotton would buy.Tim second niaoiaiijn id au untruth trout ln-jiiv r.lng to end. excr-v.lng so nmrt, mi says that I have given in the name Of 'ey Uovcrament, ve-ieafeil assuraiu’es. that I desired to ob.-ei vi slriot neu-IraiUy, aid lt.nl lt;■ ordered my i omrojiid to d .The third resolution is answered in my reply to the second.The fourth reso ulion is untrue in many respects, i have arrcatcd at. of thosa ihnt we re engaged in the pillage and capture of Bagdad, who Imvc thus far b'ien l.lonisifci. I have a couuniHsiou now in scs9iou to investigate the whole affair, a:i«l ha: to the beat of my knowledge a id ability, hi: d in amnirilaiwe wlili law, taken every step lhat i couid, tlt;' remedy awry evil complained of In lliis resolution, as my official records fd-jw. No one deplores ini* culrigo more thuii i do. Na one condemn* it mure thsu I do. and mv action has hrea accotdi :gly.Hut sLi.in:,! nor an equal amount of blame of this outrage be throw-upon that power n lm h guards so important a pctut as Bagund, with so insigr.il!-caut 11 force 1h.*t a small band of filibuster* can capture and pillage It’ Or do thebe geutlciucu think it my duty to guard their towns and goods'I have disavowed the capture and pillage of Bagdad. It was soi known to me until l .! o’clock on Friday, ttic 6th inst. I know that n:y government will disuvow it. I placed the town in the hands id no one. 1 found it ou Sunday, tho Ttli in*’-., in poHsoseioi of a part of tli® cauio garrison which held it the Sunday previous. They were ull icwlycouvetti-d Llbciais, uudcr well known Liberali commander*.II this garrison had not proved false to ill colon, 1 would have fnuial it In Imperial possession. Am 1 responsible br-nu« this garrison deserted au.l proved lalseT Why, no longer ago than yesterday tho garrison conofeted entirely of nowly converted liberals.Ail themeasureem Uiofifth resolution thut arc by these merchants considered necessary to be taken by us, Imv* been take*.The sixth resolitioii tills tho whole story. Thev admit there that the imperialist* have not given | tliuin fcuDiciou'. protection, yet they I'lanic us for the evils resulting therefrom.Tho seven tli resolution shows that the insertion of this whole do'UUient is to create au erroneous impression abroad.The whole doeoroeiu aeem to me to Ins tuc :aa-rlcation of some blatant -luy-uHioiiH' ex rebel or ' disappointed cot ion speculator. 1 believe tbit many of tho gentlemen who signed It did not ic.id it, .Vs I can scarcely believe that some whoso names ore affixed would nigu such a docnuiutti. As it a ordered t) be so widely dl; ir.huted, i have given every facili y to have this published.I AQti sir, very rasper (fully,Yojr obedient s'rv.ml• i wtlr/.Kb.Major General 0 Hiinundmg.I.- undent gencor ivt rcct expo tkutthe 1 radicals, amending tnion • i ou each Stan friigu.There w House of Sailors’ t this Leg« first year tho close ■ t c pensi crvlixc ll:»-millior.s. and urged brought “ 11-tvlug, pnu-’f- co r pa'HS son: public, lar ho said. ■ domain vv purpiwo, menco at Thcreupui in g Ion Ob greeted tl public aai ferocious the North and a fe barriciw !r The qu occupy a gent pcop posed of h formed in the Tosla ■rig papaithis ditec the North Slates wiltliiaputby and those Si i finance v iiripyi/ianc attain to a I have the North can i;e h
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New Orleans Daily Crescent
New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Sat, Feb 03, 1866
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