New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-29

load of straw which he pushes before him to
cover his reaI assault Here is the gist of his
Proclamation:
and finally, The African slaves have not only been In
cited in,uecton by license and encouragement ou
number, Of them have actually been urmod for 'erve war
war In Il, nature fr exceeding the horrors and most merci
less arocitie, Of savsges
And whereas. The President Of the United States has by
pubc and official declarations snhed no, only bis approval
Of the effort to excite seve with the Conedeacy ou'
his Intention TO give aid and encouragement thereto II aee
ndependsnt States shall continue refuse submison to
foreign Power after the frat Of January next
Now therefore, Jefferson Davis President Of the Con
dsrae State. OF America aud acting by their authority sp
psang to the Divine Judge In attcaion that their conduct
no, guided b. the passion Of revenge but tbs, they reuc
family yield tbs solemn duty Of redresng by necessary
severity chmss OF which their citizens the victims do '
sue this my proclamation and by virtue Of my auhy as
Commander Chie Of tho armies of the Confederate States
DO order:
Third That al negro slaves captured in arms be a. once
delivered over executive authorities Of the respective
States to which they beon TO be dealt with according to the
laws Of said States
Fourth That the llko orders be executed in all cases with
respect to all commissioned officers Of the United States. when
found serving company with said slaves In instruction
against the auhorte, Of the deren. States Of this Conod
] erscy"
In fewer words-Mr. JEFF. Davis proposes
to Kill all "negro slaves" who shall be cap
tured fighting against the Shareholders Rebel
lion and all White commissioned officers
! when found serving IN company 'odh said
slayes"-no matter whether officers of negro
regiments or of any other.
Such is the way " tho comet takes 9 the
Pope's bull" Don I he seem to think there s
something in it
JEFF. daintily says call negro slaves"-but
who for one moment imagines that any nice
inquiry will be made as to the former status Of
the negro caught in Federal uniform behind
Federal musket There will be no time for
such inqury-no thought but to Kill as speedily
and painfully as possible. Nobody need be told
what the punishment Of " slaves captured IN
arms" and engaged in " servile war is by the
laws of Slave States. Aud our White officers
" found serving in company with them are to
be served the same way.
In other words, the Rebel Coniederacy pro-
poses to meet the policy of Emancipation BY
inaugurating Wholesale murder OF prisoners.
L. it well for insurgents to thus aggrayate
the perls and penalties of insurrectonl
When Kentucky wanted to hang Gen. Buck
ncr-who was a doublc-dyed, forsworn trail
tor according to all laws, human and divine
she was not permitted 10 do so. On the con-
'rary, Kentuckans and Mary landers serving in
the Rebel armies have been paroled and eX-
changed by US the same as other Confederate
prisoners. And yet, there Is no serious pre-.
tense that Kentucky and Maryland have Sc.
ceded from the Unon and if we had chosen
to treat them specially as traitors, there was
ample ground for doing SO.
The hrs, battalion Of Colored Men organized
for THE war wa raised in New. Orleans, to
fight on the side OF the Shareholders Rebellion,
under the authority OF Gov. Moore OF Louisi-
ara. That battalion became the nucleus oi
Gen. Buffers now Gen. Bankss) colored
force, now amounting to a brigade Of three or
four thousand men. Is 1t n law of civilized
warfare that Shareholders and rebels alone may
arm and negroes Let them show their
patent
JET. talks largely Of "the horrors md
"mcrclless atrocities" OF seryile war
but these atrocities are of bis own creation
purely The negrOes-~hether on bis side or
on ours--hayc thus far shown no disposition 10
disregard the most humane rules of civilized
warfare. But he steps "a and, chargn- others
with exciting to "mercess atrocities" pro-
ceeds to Inaugurats them himself Were the
negroes 10 Go their worst. they could not sur
pass the "atrOcItlcs" Which he, from his snug
PRESIDE, orders to be perpetraicd until the
whole land shall. be drunk with blood
lie viii trghten nobody. On the contrary,
the whole civilized world will see in this savage
manifesto q new proof Of the unspeakablc bru-
tally and cruelty nseparable from thc Slave
holding system, aud VIII hail it as s,rik-
w proof Of Rebel desperation. Murder is tie
last resort of even the most hardened and
reckless fon. And, while it is easy 20 inuuch
threat of wholesale execution from the Cabi-
net soldiers in the field, who are 60 be- i,s
Victims and who fully comprehend That
butchery involves retaliation, viii generally do
os they see fit about carrying such sanguinary
threats INTO execution.
ssan-.urs
JEEF DAVIS ON GHN. EsTI,IR