Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1861-12-26
LINGO In AND Ira MESSAGE.

It is now manifest that the wa
waged against the Confederate State
by the North, is TO one of subjugatior
and against the very existence o
slavery. This is clearly forcshadowcc
in LincoIn'p annual Message, and il
ssseveral measures init ated in botl
Houses Of the u. 8. Congress. Fol
mosthsit was attempted 10 disguise
its true character; its only object, 4,
i was alleged, was to rein state the
/ Union in Ito pristine integrity Il,
L this way, 1t was hoped the border
.E Slave States would be held TO their
tel fealty; or at least, that there would
ex exist i'll them 30 overwhelming d sen
fAi tinent against secession, that it's
ts friends could have little influences In
~ this, Lincoln showed sagacity for it
so 10 undoubtedly true, that Maryland,
:" kentuckey and Missouri were more
" iaclinded to adhere to the old than TO
t.juin tho new Confederacs. Free
\. iponts proclamation was the first
MI significant indication of the true.
u ultimate design Of the Black Rcpubl.
l.aoan party. THIS proclamation was
al disapproved by President Lincoln,
dsundoubtdely he thought it premature
skand impolitc. lie saw at once. that it
afwould induce every man iu the border
ESTATES, except such as are abolition lets
fiaat heart, to rally under the Confeder
wiate flag. They were not prepared to
ahsce their property in slaves thus
Infthreatencd, and tam ,ered wifi; they
EEm know tull we'll that, such policy once
lhangurated, slavery would soon cease
70 exist. wherever the arms of the
Z. 8, should become triumphant. and |
I'll the horrors ofSs. Domingo be again
witnessed but on a broader field
Fremonts proclamation made thous.
sands of converts in these states e.
the Confederate side, before its par.
sial disaeowa'. lit had this effect in
tho South, it had another in the
n North; there, i became tho war CRY
dol the radical abolitionists, and they
aare rolling tide Of eninion
hnpon the administration which It will
hscarcely be able to resist, even if SO
sdisposed. To emancipatc the slaves
'and even arm them against their
Owners, is the avowed policy Of these
anaties among whom are mapv men
iin power in Washington. Thonghl
Linconin his Message, does not ex. +
plicitly avow thissto be his policy, yet
the inference is just, that he may here
after deem it necessary, as an extreme :
measure, to put down what he calls ,
the Rebellion. That he will be forced /
10 adopt this ex'rcme measure we
can scarcely doubt, for in all civi, wars
the men ofextreme opinions generally !
Iif not always, obtain the sunrema +
control. while men of more moderate G
principles and less audacity, are pros V
cribed, lose all influence and become +
themselves victims by the parties with
which they once cooperated.
The Jacebins, from the Mountain in
1.-The French Convention, triumphed j.
lover the Girondists and all other
parties, and Danton, Marat and Ro :
bespierre organized the reign of terror,
and thus became the masters of the ,
ives of thirty millions of Frenchmcn t
In England, the Independents with 9
Cromwell at their head, outgeneralled {
10Th the Royalists and Republican. J
presbyterians, brought Charles lst /
= the scaffold and overthrow the Mo,'s