Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-10-01
The Presidents Proclamation.

On the first page we publish the Eman-
cipation Proclamation of President Lin
coin, which declares that all slaves in any
State or part thereof, which shall remain
in open rebellion against the General
Government ON the first day OF january
1868, shall BE- thereafter and forever free.
We look upon this radical ;md uncon-
stitutional act Of the Chief Magistrate. as
Il fragrant outrage upon the loyal people of
the North who have freely lent their blood
and their treasure to rindicatc and sustain
the authority of that sacred instrument,
Abraham Lincoln has 50 grossly and
wamtonly set ut defiance. This dcSpotic
usurpation, by Mr.. Lincoln, of powers not
vested in the President, cannot fail to
awaken feelings of alarm within the breast
| of every true lover OF his country and 10
| cast Il shade of sorrow and disconsolation
over the hearts of them who stood by the
! President and without skcpticiSm believed
| that he would remain true 10 his oit-rrpca-
ted professions of fealty To the Cunstitu-
ton 1t is not two years vet since Abra-
| ham Lincoln stood ON the great balcony
Of cur national Capitol, in the presence of
| thousands of his fellow countrvmcn. and
beneath the broad canopy of high heaven,
swore by Almighty Gop TO support and
defend the Constitution. the ONLY guaran-
tee of liberties: but instead of havin" any
real regard for his sacred oath of office.
or caring amy thing about the great chart
| of American liberty, he has proved himself
a weak vaccil!atinI old mountcbank to the
doctrines enunciatcd in his Inaugural Adj
dress, by yielding to the wicked and fa-
natical councils of Lovcjoy, Stevens. Viii
mot, Sumner, Wade, Wilson and other
bad men who have openly and avowcdly
arrlyed themselves against the Govern
mcnt- Thus. alas, the President of the
United States, has consented to become
the tool and plant automaton of wicked
AMI designing knavcs-to splash AMI bat
ter away IN the bottomlcss gulf of Abuli-
ton tanat;ciSm- The people may now
virtually understand that hereafter Prcsi-
dent Lincoln intends TO rely only OH Abo-
it'on council and support AMI that his
professions and pledges of fc;,Ity 10 the
Constitution were hyPocritical in the cx-
treme-calculatcd only To conceal the real
purpose of his Administration We quote
from the New York World the following:
''President Lincoln has swung loos
from the constitutional moorings of his
inaugural address and his messages at the
opening of the two successive sessions of
: Congress under his administration. He
Is fully adritt on the current of rldi cal f:l-
natIcism- We regret for his sake. we Ia
mcnt Tor the sake OF the country. that he
: has been cocrced by the insanity of the
f radicals, by the denrmciaticn of their
presses, by the threats of their Governors
and Senators that he should resign. inio :,
proclamation which ON its face violates the
D Constitution, is contrary 10 the general
current of civilization in the conduct OF
e war as 1t has run since the crlls;idcs. is in
opposition TO the solemn declarations made
by our government that this was not to be
4 war OF subIugation, and in manifest OBJ
I struction OF the reunion OF those States
: tor which the nation has fought. and is
= ready to lavish its blood and treasure.
7 I'VE demand TO be informed whence
the President derives his power 10 issue
any such proclamation as he has now pub.
lished? Not from the Constitution surely
for it is in plain violation of some of if.
leading provisions Not from the laws Of
war, for the laws of war tolerate no such
proceeding. Not even from the so called
; confiScatiOn act, which the President was
at one time on the point of vetoino, for
the proclamation does not conform 10 its
r provisions. This proclamation is made
in pursuance of that higher law-tbat i
TO say, that open defiance of law-which
has distinguished the tribe of pestiIept
: abolition agitators from the beginning.
Their moral notions are so sublimated and
transcendental that they do not recognize
the obligation of compact, or the binding
force of on oath, or the authority of a con
stitutional lawfully enacted.
"They acknowledge no law but their
own unregulated impulses. Sectional hate
party spirit, political passions infiamed to
diabolical fury-these are the .shicher
law" of these wretched zealots. in com
parison with which the sacred obligations