The daily Gate City., 1861-11-12

/. Emancipation will blast the expecta
/ tlons OF foreign aid which have thus fa
: buoyed up the hopes Of the rebels and in
cited them TO superhuman exertions.
They have overstrained their resource,
for months, In the presumption tina,
Western Europe would be impelled b,
want Of Cotton and Markets to interpos,
in their behalf before Christmas. Mean.
time, their partlsans in Europe have up.
held their cause on the assumption that
Slavery was not involved in this contest
that lnlonists and Secessionists are
alike Pro-S!avery Let us dispel this illu.
sion by an authentic, unmistakable act
lei u make 1t plain to all Christendom
that they are lighting to extend and Der
petnatc Slavery, we TO clrcumscribe aud
overthrow 1t, and no foreign power will
come to their relief. In the present state
OF European opinion, one might better
espouse the cause of eannibals or pirates
No prospect of commercial advantae g
would tempt any sane ruler Of civilized
people 10 undertake the desperate job
On the other hand, the sympathies Of all
the humane, the liberal, the progressive.
would grayitate resistlessly to the side of
the Union. And in our day Public Opin.
ion is one of the Grea Powers.
, Emancipation merely proclaimed on
our side would greatly impair the eficien-
cy of the slaves as an element of rebel
strength. Now the Four Millions of
Slaves In the country are nearly all hard
ut work 10 sustain the rebellion They
grow the Grain and Meat whereon the
Confederate armies are subsisted the
Cotton wherewith they are clad; dig the
| trenches and build the forts which shelter
those armies; they work constantly with
out wages and are very coarsely fed and
clad. They are told that we will Kill them If
We are ever enabled TO do so-that we
will sell them to Cuba, dc, DC. Our
National attitude, our equivocal speecl.
Our unequiyocal silence alike conntenance
| these fabricatlons. But a National d.
cree of Emancipation would make all
clear. They could, rs a class, be deceived
into fearing and hating us no longer. A
hundred would hereafter seek To reach our
lines or camps where one now does. And
their unmistakabfc anxiety and agitation
would compel the rebels to devote ten. fold
the time and effort they now do to watch
ing and holding them.
3. Every advance of Union force up
on rebel territory, no matter how furtive
or transient. would compel the slayehold-
| ers to flee southwark with their chattels.
or enable those chattels to escape north.
ward to US. Thus rebel region travcrsed
BY our armies. as Missouri now is, would
very soon become practically free. there
fore loyal.
4. Every slave thus coming within our
lines would bring us that local informa-
tion for want of which we have often suf-
icred severely. He would relieve our SOL
diers OF much severe duty in the way Of
lntrenching, fortifying, &C.. he might,
pitch tents. gather fuel, and cook. thus
increasing the practical strength of each
regiment, BY saving its rank and file for
service purely military and be could pi-
lot scouts and pickets where, from ignor-
ance OF the locality, they could not other
wise penetrate without extreme danger
And for all he could do for the Union
cause. he would be amply repaid with
Freedom.
g. We do not contemplate armed in
surrections by slaves; yet the rebels would
apprehend them. We do not propose the
arming of those who come over to us.
though some would--not in idle parade
arm themselves. We propose simply to
proclaim to rebels and slaves alike, tha. il
the former do not desist from their trea
son, the latter shall be free, so far as the
authority and power Of the Union may
extend, TO 90 whittier they like and do as
they see fit after (say) the FIRST of january
neyt. And each proclamation. we be-
lleye shifts the weight of the four mil
lion OF slaves from the scale OF the rebel
lien into that Of the Union. Many would
escape to us these, after furnishing in
formation to our Generals, would be set
at work to tighten the labors and increase
the efficiency Of the Union soldiers. Many
more would be removed far. South to in
sure their safe-keeping; and these would
give us no trouble and produce less than
they consumed for the ensuing year. FL
nally. the rebels, being thus placed on the
defensive, must devote great portion of
their energies to feeding their negroes,
anc would soon find rebellion a losing
business. A few months Of this would
make majority Of them very glad to
save what they should have left by haul
ing down the fiag Of secession and taking
shelter once more beneath tho protecting
folds Of the Stars and Stripes. .---lNew
York Tribune, Nov. |.