New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-05-31
pOsITIyELY sHO(KlNG.

tn. Herald is of course shocked at the sweep
ing character of the Emancipation bill which
the House 10 to act upon afresh on "Wednesday
next. IL thinks that "eyen o Congress OF
barbarians would enact something more in ac-
cordance with common sense, to say nothing OF
humanity" Let us listen to the more precise
Indictment Says The Herald:
The G,,t section provides that whoever shall wuly
rasc IN armed rebellion against tho Government Of the United
or shall wifuy aid sbe such rebellion, or sdbere
10 those engaged In such rebellion giving them aid or coui
fort every such person shall thereby forfeit all claim to th.
..rvic. labor Of any persons commonly known slaves.
Ia of the Southern State, this section would include
Of every hundred OF the owners Of slaves for
tho troops in the field aided by nearly The whole Of the
naming population"
-Is Mt that horrible The Whites-let US say
Of South CaroliDa-aro all bitter Rebels; the
shareholders conspcuously 80. The Blacks nre
their saves--al iustiuctivey, intensely Union.
We have never heard Of an instance III which
n negro has done any thing in aid Of the rebel
lion except under constrant or terror.
Wherever our armies have penetrated, they
have found the negroes, whether slave or free,
eager TO warn. to guide, aud to aid them,
though they have generally had small reason
for gratitude or for loyalty. Witness the
shameful. murderous riot in Norfolk, where,
because one negro-wc know not under what
proyocation-shot one of our soldiers, whole
regiment ran through the streets shooting
every negro they could find. with perfect
know ledge that their victims were utterly IN
noc.nt OF all Ofense. Gen. Hallccks order
that no negro shall DO permitted to come from
the enemy's lines into 0urs continues IN force
throughout his department, and was PROBABLY
one main cause OF the DISASTROUS surprise OF
Gen. Grants army, as well as the success OF
so many raids by Morgan aud other bandits III
Tennessee. Nowhere Hrc the slaves invited 10
bring us intelligence Of the enemys move
mcu,s aud ambuscades; yet many do 1t, be-
cause they know that the Rebels are fighting
for Slavery, and very natural instinct tells
them that we ought to be fighting for Liber'
ty, and will probably have to be sooner or
later, 40 matter how reluctantly.
Tho bill before Congress simply provides
that that portion Of the Southern People who,
10 the full extent of their opportunities, are
aiding the Union cause, shall no longer be re-
garded and treated by the Union as chatfes
and serf. Of traitors fighting 20 destroy the
Union That is the essence OF tho proposed
enactment which no rcyolts The Herald. All
the Whites go it says arc aiding tho Re-
belion; if you refuse longer to regard
Unionists as slaves Of these traitors, you pro-
claim General Emancipation. Very good: Let
those whom this prospect uppalls vote No next
"Wednesday. We trust there are enough Re
publicans to carry the reconsideration and car
nv the bill. If notifications are needed to
command u majority, they must be made for
that reason. W. can imagine no other. The
plaster seems to M just big M the wound
not bit larger ii it is to be cut down, il
mus. be in Difference TO the squeamlsliness oi
the surgeons, not to tho requirements OF the
case. But let III have it just as large as the
doctors can stand There need be no doubt as
10 the patient.