Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-26
THE RICHMOND WHIG
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GgEAr BRITAIN AND TIE FREMONT Ps0oLa
NATION,

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America President Lincoln hss requested e q H,s.
mont TO med " the proclamation By which he clare
that The slaves CT iDsu!geut prorrle,or soud bes
aed The PROCLAMATION, il IS said scends The pow
es given bin by Congress, and therefore nns. no, be
scie1 upon. Ths resolution OF the President
have been fully expected by tbe Washington peicAn,,
shonsh one o. two members Of the Csbiost we're ia IA
VOC o proceeding 10 extrent;ts A2ai1st the Con'ee
rttes The President, hong elected b the Rspat cse-
sud Aboltonisis, has been sebeiel by re&ponsiolts
and now has The credit Of beirg CT ths
ssrvsiiyc Ia his party. Arare that 10 eGansi.
pate the slaves even Of rebels 10 bring rev eli
fearful cause Of anmosity into the contest he bss al
min, efed something ike IGbuke 20 his active ard
z'slous subordinate, aud for ,ms be North will re.
iair from using 'g'inst It's antagonist the no.t ,erbe
weapon 10 its armor'.
Bpt there ere wanting slgGs that the great aues.
ton ol emareipien may future time be brought
ioo the field. By some pErscbs thai question has
tlOrgdt 10 lie G The b1tom OF the strie from the very
5grics othes have held that the Norh should at lea
have openly proclaimed Il ss the obiec. OF tie
iOoD as hoses broke ou.; while third party appss
10 consider that the adoption OF the emancipation doc
niue by the FEDERAL Government will ct any rate,
5uce - the spcedV termination OF the stiusg,. Ho
thk il highly p'o)sble that It the ccntiiu=s. ce
smiusiion ab Jisl slavery will vowed hy the re
pic OF the North They could hardly bs expected TO
sis. any longer tue consistent advocates Of Ills prize
PIE 10 for g. to employ Ct Ell Give engine
against the OF their sdyersaTies but do
tat tbls momantous step hksy 10 be ken pressn
ADD, gEes; you'll be the intrinsic tolbs whether
would really contribute Enier eIis'ag cIcunstances 10
he conciUs0n OF the pending qlsrrcL
After discussing The vsroui shades Of opinion at
the North, the Times continues
Ii is impossible. however TO bin the fact tha. tSe
adoption Of this doctrine would mike aty pscife ssrse
with the South utterly impractcabo would divide
he great body Of un!o1sls au0ng themselves, snJ
might del orsby sggtayate, Ia i reliability, the hor
rots OF tots ut tortuaite war.
Even u We should iasums--Shlch Eoad not be cor
tec;i5at the whole Of the Republican party desired
he abolition VI rlsyery that party wculd represeLI
one-haf Ut the Am:rcin pe0ple-pe,haps not :GGcf
lhan one bali Of the people Of the North. 1hr
Democratic party, which, If il bad been everywhere
united could have carried Il last Presidential eec
cn against NJ IneoO, Is Wiling snd anxious to
cede ~ the slave States, alt the guarantees they 10
mani for the security Of their Institutions Oh condio1
only OF their returning 10 the body OF the Un0n Any
sep therefore, which would tInguish his chance OF
reconciliation would De viewed by this Numerous and
nhlenSl party ~h Qu tt ID hostility aud Pre- sideni
Lincoln oIld nd himself coDfrcHtej Ia his prosecute
II the by strong s:itutious opposition, hs!
us snsuies would t- iiasperstsd and hs own support
rs EesEsLed at one al the sane moment Toe Sou.b
dtst The Proclamation VI abolition would sght With tie
ecegess Of pair and IL Il oit prob isle that
vile INSURE iou might be add 10 tue caamitss Of The
var. Who Indeed, could expect that the liberation oi
bIee mliious VI saEss-d pIot's "a on WHICH al bdi
Aratics have ever looked With something Ike beWi.
lem,1t--eolli be solved Without terrible sOuyC.
ions iu the heat Of iutsrreciae s0LSie.' Tue
,doptiva OF 20 extreme resolution would indeed
S'v" 'he Moth ~atc1~Ord universally lntrEigible.
AAi il gould induce rety nAay 10 bid hem
dap cd enterprise on whish they were bound
Perbspl indeed Il would have the usual effect VI all
borough going resoltions 10 inyigorsing the policy OF
DE government; but 1t would s:ny split the NortL
Isslf into ,aWps il would inspire the South with
!out!sd animosy sud il would expose the slave popu
l,ton 10 qust which nobod, ioretel Not
,iihsiandpg these obvious sdersoas, We Are t,'
ron thinking that the utBsts adoption of the tb,Iinr
impossible 1t WILL doubtless he urged strongly, and
UehsIs successfully, the goseernmeut II tie strife
GOES Or but, Gltheuga ready With uuconpro
nsibg spprobat0n Of the p,igcifle itself hardly
persuade onrsSses that is sudden enforcement n III,
ajsi of way would be likely to produce any such tsi
unston Of the Struggle As the friends Of humanity sot
progress universally desire.
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