The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1861-09-23

N",~<s- I4atttles - tktltt ltrAhAt<1 "a
between I'll President and Gen. fsaxoNr. IN
consequence Of heir ii agreement on the
subject of the slave Of disloyal master-.--
THIS ls lnisrsppts IN every POINT OF ''eW'
for. At this time. the Government reeds tho
combined epe~gies OF al H. loyal supporters
~ crust the most oSioas rebellion ihe world
has ever seen. Controversy between the
Execusiss AMI the military autherit'ez cIs
only sepI "a xcaken and cripple IL power
Therefore. il seems clear 10 ~ that slight
d,ssgresmeuts may be patiently borne ~ith
f,r A time. withou, any sacrifice OF princsple,
a.s lar better course than % seize upon them
Al, n,ischievous excitement. The PASSIONS
wh.c.. such excitement easenders cannot fail
q render Il more difficult for the Govern
suent % carry On effective war;
The views heretofore expressed by us IN
reference % the PROCLAMATION Of Gen lEk-
soSr show that. in our opinion. there need
Re no sntagonism between him anu the Pres
i3>nt. His declaration OF martial lsr n
Missouri. was rendered absolutely necessary
EF the -ta<t Ol tutk-> s>f>ti8- taftts -ttssf a.
a saceesful means Of teaching the rebels OF
hat State. tha, thev we're bidding defiance
% Government that had power 10 retaliate
severely upon them. he accompanied il with n
declaration tha, all the slaves of rebel mas
t-rs should 10 free. lie did not undertake 10
psoclzim any doctrine for the Government.
90 % commit the Administration TO his policy
being Without power 10 DO either His OBJ
iect wa. evidently. 10 reach anu punish those
in Missouri who were actually in arms. and
those Who. while not in arms themselves.
we're giving them every assistance in their
power. lie designed To operate. for the time
being. upon an enemy who was, BY all the
means is could employ. endeavorins to drive
his army oss of the State. Aud be, doubt
les, considered the means he did adop, the
moss effective Tor THAT end-and. confined TO
Nssssuui alone. we are not sure bn; that they
might have bee2pe
The President. however. Was compelled.
from his position. 10 look At the question a
having broader and more extended sppli-
cation, and he readily saw that if he gave MS
consent to il in Kentucky. Maryland and
Delaware, t would not only be employed 10
weaken the Union sentiment there, but
might, eventually, force those States out of
the Union. He saw TOO, doubtless. that
il tse slaves Of rebel masters were set Tree
in Missouri merely because the masters were
disloval in sentiment, il would be difficult. IL
not impossible to persuade the people in
the loyal slave States during the present
exitement. that the ultimate tendency
Of the war would not be the univer-
sal abolition Of slavery. The question. in
an of iu aspects. Is q difficult one. but,
while ws hare no fault 70 find with Gen.
FarxoSr. the course Of the President appears
70 us to be both wise and proper. He wzs
not acting for a single State. or single di
vision Of the army-but Cor the whole coun-
try--and. thsrefore. wss required, ncccssa
rily. to take broader view than Gen. Fac
MONT. In deciding, he had the late act OF
Congress AZ his guide--an act passed after
full and mature confederation By this act
oaly such slaves as are engaged in the ser
vice IF the rebellion are declared free
ard il iaust bc taken a the sense OF the coun
try on hat question 30 long - IL remains on
the st~'ute 0ool. At all events. il binas tie
Ire den. ari rrescsibcs his duty. He can
nos 60 beyond IL, since Congress did mol
deem il proper or expcdieLt to authorize hin
90 H. 30 Whatever he might DO under tho
rar power. it was. at least, prudent 10 keel
within the provisions OF the Law. lie has. IN
doing 81. exhibited a most coumendable re
rpect foe tn legislative will. and disiclina
Lon % exsF-ise doubtful powers-especiall,
whsn. b, 80 dong. lie might still fnr,he
coi1plicatc the public difficulties
We are not prepared % concedc that th'
military authority over slaves i - EXTENSIVE
q. 10 bring them within the rule Of Gen Far
uovr. nor arc Ne exactly willing 10 deny il
bec3usa it lsaqucstion which requires more
consideration than we h,se vet been able L
give To H. IL our military commanders isav,
The right 81 declare the slaves at al airlas a
masters free AZ once-msy u not be carrie
- iaras 10 set free al the slaves in the reb
q. States Practically. AL the citizeus O
tho States. EXCEPT portions OF Western Viz
.inia. Eastern Tennessee. AMI a fe~ in Mort
Carolina, are ia rebellion. They eithe
openly resist the authority Of the Govern
sent. OF asauic-cs IN resistance 70 IL, an
thereby. contribute TOW ar,ls the maintaiuanc
of the rebel government. Hence. Il !. eas
~ see. that a. the army marches into the
States. the power exercised by Gen. FSr
soxr nav he easily employed 70 abolish ia
very in all o; them Now. although thi
might he a proper and inst paai&krsesf for IN
rebellion. vet there J. clearly 20 CsRsffa
fsaal power so IL. Nor can we. At present
see where the military power u. 1.-THE rcbe
states we're a foretga nation. aud not unite
tou. BY Constitution. then the war powe
might 90 30 far But ,hey are not and
have. for tlaissery reason. refused to rcco.nix
them - helligerent> IA TIC sense oil the Ia,
Of nations The Consultation therefore al
existing over them a. veil veil a. us. "a.
nov appears 10 =. a prc,ection - al the
ssxh,s Of property. excep, only a. the, ar
forfeited hs var. II the slave. are emfio,
ell against the Gorcfnnent thea the punish
laeut OF the master. a. properly hxe.l by ia~