The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-10-16
The Chcever and Greeley AbolitiOnists
Repndiated by England.
GREAT BRITAIN AFRAID OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
THE FREMONT PROCLAMATION.
HE FhEMONI ThOObNHAIIO Ns
from the London Times, Sept, so, I


An important piece Of intelligence reaches from Ame
|rca President Lincoln has requested General Fremont
modify the proclamation by which he declared that the
slaves Of nsurgen proprietors should be liberated The
proclamation it is said transcends the powers given him
10y Congress and therefore must not be acted upon This
resolution the President been fully ex
peeted by the Washington politicians although one or
1.-Two members of the Cabinet in favor Of proceeding
Ito extremites against the confcderatcs The presi
dent though elected by the republicans and abolition
&ts has been sobcred by responsibility, and has
the credit Of being of the most conservative
Of his party. Aware that TO emancipete the slaves
even Of rebels to bring and fearful cause Of
luminosity into The contest he has administered something
like rebukc to his active and Jealous subordinate and
Flor time tho North will refrain from using against its
antagonist the most terrible weapon in its armory.
But there not wanting signs that the great ques
tion Of emancipation may at some future time be
brought into the field By persons that question
has been thought TO lie At the bottom of the strife
from the very beginning; others have held that the
North should least have openly proclaimed II the
object of the soon as hosties broke out while
third party appears TO consider that the adoption
Of the emancipation doctrine by the federal govern
mcnt will at any rate, conduce to the speedy termi-
nation of the struggle. We think it highly probable
THAT If the war continues, determination to abolish
slavery will be avowed by the people OF tho North.
They could hardly he expected to resist any longer the
consistent advocates of this principle to forego the
employment of elective engine against the OF
their adversares but we do not that this moment
step is likely TO be taken at present and great
woud be intrinsic merits Of the measr zoe enter
,din serious doubts mheAer Wouh really conrfbte under
kriSing circumstances, 10 the conclusion Of the peiiag
quarrel
n that the INSTITUTION OF slavery IS abomliaDle IN
Ehe Dyes of Engshmen and that the doctrine of
Emancipation, IL always aud sincerely professed by
hc Northern states, would have strongly commend
0,t their cause to the sympahcs Of this country Is
hot for moment TO be doubted But the North
kods merer generally possessed BY any such feeling
trhe republican party did, indeed, oppose the ex-
ension Of slavery into Terrtorie bnt II was only
4, section Of this party which advocated aboliion ami
no democratic party, which ve-y strong, was not
Eiispose4sto Interfere with Shareholders even 10 this
h United extent. Even now, after al Inc provacation
which the slave States have given Il not clear that
,her the govcr4Heni or the people the North are
prepared to attaA t1sr peculiar institutions. Their great
kXjeaxs notlra- - preservation # Inc Unoa and ne
reclamation Of aJoons principles you'd not only d.