Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-12-16
The war for AboIiiionism---
Are we 10 have q New form
of Government &

AO w aH bVE AVObtth0 3H8Eusss
Are we 10 have q New form
OF GOvernmentf n.
The Springfield Register trushfully re-
marks that. from the beginuire. the Re-
publicau Administrator and the Republic
can leaders have striven to Disguise the
fact that this war is prosecuted for the
liberation of the slaves. It has been sys-
temstically delayed for the purpose. The
traitors could have been put down within
six months after the commencement Of the
revolt, but for the project Of making tap.
pear to the country and the world, that IL
could not be done except By turning loose
g The time has now arrived when these
Republican leaders openly avow universal
emancipation as their intention. They
know very well that there is no wsrran.
for taxing the people for emsncipatine
slaves, and furtherthe know. and have
always known. that the rebel States win
never ask for it, because they can never
get it. 80
Greeley, who has psofessed to represent
"twenty millions" aysthe thing was only
deception. To quote him;
But 50 long as the great end is kept
steadily in view, We can waive all inciden-
tails. Gradualism. cowpea alton. exporta.
toni these fubs amnse Ue tckaie, let him
hare them ! When it shall have been set
tied that slavery is TO die. il will have
ceased to be power able TO corrupt prisst Ia
and substitute politicians, and all will choose
to be done with it as soon as possible. And
! when we shall have ceased to enslave our
fellow men, We shall all be amazed at the
fhr.fftess folly which gravely proposed the
expectation of laborers by the million from
a country where such rude labo. as tbey
are fitted for is urgently needed. Mean
time, LEI us be patient and work."
Thus Mr.. Greeley. whom Mr.. Lincoln
'eslls his "honest friend" says that this
ithriftless folly" will do to "auuse the
whale"-meaning, Of course, compeusa-
ton sswell as exports ton.
Greeley further adds:
Essentially, the President sees and pro.
claims that slavery has become the irnpls.
cable foe of the American Union, and that
The slave power must die in order that the
Republic may live. And this is 20 obyi.
ously true, that the historian will bays
difboulty in realizing that it was ever
gravely disputed" res. g. svss
So We have il from Mr.. Lincoln 3
friend" that the war is for abolishm ens /.
The New York Times, another "friepd. u
though not by name endorsed by the Pres.
ident. ssys: ia''
What the President hss to say Of pros.
Psctive emaucipatios, and of the colonizs
hon OF the enfranchised slaves, will no,
command universal assent. and We deem
it very doubtful whether Congress will en-.
act the laws necessary to carry his recon-
neDdation into effect But no one can
doubt that the President has made them
| From the most patriotic motives, and with
q sincere desire to contribute all In his
power to the permanent settlement of the
most important question of the age"
Here compensation is condemned as q
thing the people will never sus,aio-s
thing which will never win over the rebels
nor be voted for by the loyal masses of The
North. fs r."
Mr.. Lincoln's message is explicit on the
subject of the object he has in bis future
work. He says:
| "In giving freedom to the slaves we en-.
| sure freedom to the free. Honorable alike
10 what We give and what we preserve. we
shall nobiy save, or meanly lose the las,
best hope of the earth Other means NAV
succeed-this could not fail. The way j.
plain, peaceful, generous and just"
The above quotation follows the state.
msot of the means which cauno, fail,
TUG un ssDs ,s ~asparsare from the AMER.
can policy. q departure from existing law.
organic and legislative. Here is wha,
he says with ssartling boldness:
"Tbe dogmas Of the quiet PAST are in
adequate to the stormy PRESENT. The
occasion Is piled high with difficulty, and
zoe must rase sctth the occasion. As our cass
10 new, so zoe must think and act onep 4: VIC
must DlSENTHALL ourselves, aud then
we shall save our country.
Fellow-citizens: We cannot escape his
tory. we OF this Congress will be remem-
oered In spite of ourselves. No personal
significance or i3sinifcance can spare one
or another OF Us. The fiery trial through
winch we pass will light US down 10 honor
OF olshonor to the last generation. We say
! we are Tor the Union. The world will moi
forget that while say this that we know
now to save. We, even we, hold the power
and bear the responsibility"
Now'it may turn out after all that he
does not "hold the power" to overturn the
constitution and this form of government,
though is is unquestionably true that he
and his will bear the responsibility of the
attempt
Narrowed down to the true point it Is
plain that il necessary for the liberation
OF the slaves this form of government is to
ne overturned We are told that this .cill
accomplish the paramount ead, though it
Is admitted that other modes might do il.
We have here but another proof of the
frightful extremes to which mad sanaticism
Invariably carries those who think they
have the power" to enforce their proposed
dogmas
Our loyal people are welded to that
"old dogma Of the past" the constitution
OF the Usised States, and they will take
the responsibility" of defending it against
every hand that may be raised against il.
The people have ever shown their "power. %
IN this free couotry, and they will assert
II as emphaticaliy as Mr.. Lincoln elaims i.
tor himself. The world knows we do
know how to save" says Mr.. Lincoln, but
whether it will be saved to suit the world
ne significantly refers to. remains to be de.
tsrmined by an enlightened and purely
republican people.
DRATH OF ANOTHER OLD CIrIzzy M,