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ADDRESS 
 
 TO THE CITIZEATg OF mw ORLEANS. 
 
 Executive Office, Shrcvcport, La., ) 
 January oO, 1864. j" 
 
 To the Citizens of New Orleans— I greet you a.s the Governor of 
 ]iOuisiana. Your trials and your troubles arc well koowa, aud your 
 |iatriotic conduct fully appreciated by the Executive of your State. Do 
 not be despondent ! Do not despair ; but rather let the fires of patriotisul 
 barn brightly at every fire-side; for in a few short mouths you shall be 
 free. You have been despoiled and robbed, and basely insulted. Every 
 indignity that a brutal, unprincipled and a vindictive foe could invent, 
 lias been heaped upon you. Bear your persecutions, as did your fathers 
 before you, and nerve your hearts for the coming hour. Our people are 
 ilocking to the army in every direction, and when the spring campaio-n 
 opens, half a million of gallant Confederate soldiers will strike for 
 Liberty and Independence. Citizens of Xcw Orleans! Bo true to 
 yourselves, and your State will bo true to you. Spurn all propositions 
 for compromises of any kind. Spit upon the insulting pmposal for a 
 bastard State Government. Keep your own councils. Do your dutv, 
 a!id bide your time. You shall be free ! The hated tyrants who lord it 
 over you now — who daily insult you without remorse, and rob you without 
 shame — these accursed villians, this crew of thieves and murderers will 
 yet receive their reward. 
 
 Ladies of New Orleans, God Almighty bless you, and sustain you in 
 all your trials ! May Heaven guard you and protect you ! <• Whea 
 spring time comes," gentle ladies, you will see the '< Grey Coats " again, 
 and then you shall welcome back to Xcw Orleans the sons aud daughters 
 of Louisiana. You are the treasures of the castk Oh ! be not weary 
 in well doing. Cheer up the desponding. Be kind to our prisoners who 
 are languishing iu the wretched cells of the enemy. You will receive 
 the undying gratitudo of your country, and in Ileavim above, you will be 
 crowned among the Angels of the Living God. 
 
 HENRY W. ALLEN, 
 
 Go vernor of the Sta te of ^o u isia » a . 
 
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