The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-17
The Emancipation Proclamation.
A HOWL FROM RICHM OND.
THREATS OF VENGEANCE

Abraham Lincoln proclamation, ordain-
ing servile insurrection in the Confederate
States, has not been for moment misun-
derstoOd either North or South. After un-
dertaking to destroy four thousand millions
Of our property at dash of the pen, Lin
coin proceeds to say:
And the executive government of the United
States, including the military and naval a,l-
thority thereof, will recognize and maintain the
freedom OF such persons, and will do no act or
acts to repress such persons, or any of them.
IN any efforts they may make for their actual
freedom.
This is as much as to bid the slaves rise
in instruction, with the assurance of the
aid of the whole military and naval power
Of the United States The New York
Times, while applauding the wisdom of
the proclamation, says:
From now till the LIST of January-the day
when this proclamation will take effects little
over three months. What may happen between
now and then, in the progress of the war, it is
by that time the rebellion will be put down by
the military hand, and that the terrible element
OF slave insurrection may not be invoked.
Deliberately and with fell purpose our
enemies have entered upon this step.
Is there any one who has not reflected
upon the nature Of the agency which Lin
coin now invOkes? A servile war is ne
cessarily one of determination, and the pc
culiar character of the negro adds to it's
inevitable horrors. Released from author
ity, he is at once savage: and the very
ignorance which drives him to his own de-
structiOn stimulates him to the darkest ex-
cesses. How was it in Southampton in
1881, when Nat Turner engaged in the
work to which Lincoln now invites? Not
satisfied with numbering the few men who
fell into their power, they massacred even
the babe in the cradle. They in this man.
ner eXterninated the family of Mr.. Travis,
Turner's kind and indulgent master Next
Mrs. Waller and her ten children were
slain and piled in a heap on the floor.
Near by, a school Of little girls was cap
tured, and all massacred except one, who
escaped. The family of Mrs Vaughan
was next destroyed. In this manner, be-
tween Sunday night and Monday noon,
they had murdered fifty five persons,
nearly all of whom were women and chill
dren.
This is the sort of work Lincoln desires
to see. This is the agency which Lincoln
now lnvOkes. 1t is one which the most
callOus highwayman should shudder to en-
ploy. This is now his war cry! 1t is ''as
if the [vilest fiend] that fell had raised the
battle cry of hell!''
Butler has been called infamous by
common consent he is known as the beast.
But Butler is saint compared to his mas
ter. In addition to all that Butler author
lied, Lincoln adds butchery-even the
butchery of babes. Language is too poor
to furnish name suitable for such char
acter. Nay, the whole catalogue of dis
honoring epithets is not sufficient to do
justice to it. Murderer" is a term of
honor compared to Lincoln's crime.
"Child and woman murderer" tells but
part of the story. To. this is added the
cowardice of employing an agent. To this
belongs the additional fact that the agent
when Embossed, is a savage To this is
added the further fact that Lincoln dooms
his agent to destruction. What shall we
call him Toward ? assassin savage the
murderer Of women and babes, and the
false destroyer of his own deluded allies
Shall we consider these as all embodied in
the word " fiend ?" and shall we call him
that? Lincoln, the fiend let history
take hold of him, and let the civilized
world fling its scorpion lash upon him!
We have described Lincoln's intentions
and wishes towards u.s. We have shown
what terrors he would let loose if he could.
He is as bad as though his power cores
ponded with his avowed design. But,
thank Heaven, we are not delivered over
to his will! We are abundantly able to
maintain salutary domestic authority at
the same time that our armies meet Lin
coins in the field. Lincoln would simply
drive our servants to their destruction.
Cheerful and happy now, he plots their
death An instruction is their swift de-
struction. How was it in the long Matched
Southampton case, to which we have al
ready referred? Sunday night the insur-
rectionists began their work. Monday at
noon they were in full flight, and hiding in
the swamps. 1t needs scarcely be asked
how they Jared. They suffered terrible
retribution. They were hunted like wild
beasts, as they were, and were at first
killed wherever found Several of these
murderers of women and children were
taken at the Gross Keys, and their heads
cut off on the spot; afterwards captives
were tried and hung-among them Nat
Turner, the leader. Some innocent ones
are believed to have persisted with the
guilty.
So will it ever be with servile insurrec-
tons if attempted here. They can gain
no foothold with proper vigilance. They
will, at any rate, be as swiftly suppressed
as a common riot, and terrible punishment
will fall on the guilty. But what does the
fiend care for that3 He is the common
enemy of both white and black.
The efforts of the fiend to breed discon-
tent can be readily counteracted and pro-
vided against if we are vigilant, as we
must be. The country courts or military
authorities must establish suitable patrols
for the preservation of the public peace.
The men of neighborhood, even if there
be but few, and if they be infrm, must
keep firearms and form a neighborhood
guard if necessary. A very little organi-
cation and preparation, with vigilance, will
suffice to countervail all the efforts OF the