Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-05-19
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(. Opinions uDon Gen. Hunters Order.
. Il Will be of interest to our readers t,
: know how the recent emancipation order, b.
3 which Gen. Hunter freed one million slaves
is received throughout the country. vi
: therefore extract below from the opinions o
! some of the leading papers throughout tn,
North;
OF the New York papers, the Tribune ed
itOrially says that the order, it understands
is based upon explicit Instructions to Gen
Hunter to countervail any attempt of his
traitor adversaries to use negroes against
him by the most Obvious and efficient msans
The Tribune adds:
"At all events the Order Is a great fact
It indicates Progress. 1t points the way to
unity and victory. Revolutions take no
backward steps till their full circle is accom-
plished."
The Times says:
MGen. Hunter has been for some time re-
leasing those slaves Whs could be proved to
have been employed by their masters in aid
ing the rebellion. This was in conformity
with the law of Congress. But this latest
step of his sets at defiance all law and all
common sense. It seems to be simply an at
tempt to ''cut under" las politicians phrase
it, both Gen. Fremont and Gen. Phelps
Il certainly goes great Wsy beyond either
Of these Generals in its attempt 70 take cap
tive the abolition sentiment of the country.
We do not believe that it will meet with any
better success"
Gen. Hunter would have found It wise to
be as modest and as sensible as Gen. Burn
side. His duties in the Southern Department
are purely military. he has no hing what
ever TO do with administering the civil gov
eminent Of South Carolina Georgia or Flor
ida, or with regulating their domestic insti-
tutions. That matter belongs exclusively to
the Government at Washington. President
Lincoln has already shown his appreciation
O. the al1Oultiel thRt psaFFsaaa she sasI-9t q
Slavery, and his determination to deal with
it with caution, prudence, and due regard
to all the interests involved. The people of
the whole country cordially approve the
spirit in which he treats it, and are quite
willing to permit him to take the lead in in
itiating some method of treating it. We do
not think it wise for Gen. Hsnter to attempt
to take the matter thus summarily out of his
hands.
The World concludes that Secretary Stan.
ton is at the bottom of it all, and hits him
several heavy blows. The Journal of Com.
merce believes that either the order is for
gerry or Hunter insane. The. Sun approves
of the proclamation, and thinks it was order
ed by the President. The Express calls Gen.
Hunter q military dictator" and predicts
that the President will rebuke3him. The !
Evening Post thinks Gen. Hunter has g cnt
the Gordian knot"
The Cincinnati Commercial says:
The Proclamation issued by Gen. Hunter,
In South Carolina, amounts to q decree made
under military Law, that the slaves Of rebels
who have come within our lines, are not to
be rs-enslaved. The blacks who have sought
our protection are to be no longer recognized
IS possible slaves. OF course the Generars
proclamation will have ss little effect outside
Of our pickets, as the famous literary effort
Of Gen. Phelps, promulgated on Ship Island.
The Buffalo Express says:
The order Of General Hunter, published /
this morning, declaring forever free all the
slaves heretofore held in the States Of Geor-
gia, South Carolina and Florida, falls upon
the ear Of the country like 6 thunder crash
not TO alright but awaken, like the signal
gun Of some glorious de 6n. 1t comes un-
expectedly, and yet not unexpectedly; We
were prepared for il, and yet not quite pre-
pared for the grand Rnnunciation Of free
dom. ttH 1-
The Chicsgo Tribune says:
But In South Carolina the whole white
are traitors, who hate the Union
with the heronesa Of tends Gen. sher-
man tried "oompromise, ooneiliatinn, and
concession" but they laughed him 10 scorn.
He never met but ODeh loyal white in the
State during the six months he Wss in the
State, and be was 6 Northern merchant Of
but few years residence. Southern GeOr-
gis Is just as bad, and Florida is no better.
The handful Of Union people have been
baniShed or hung. half the population of his
department are loysl, friendly blacks, claim
ed as slaves BY those ferOOiOus rebel trait
oFs.
The hot and sickly season is close ct
hand, when tue yellow fever is expected to
put stop to military operations in Hunt
er's department. he must do something.
Shall he abandon the country; or shall he
employ the only possible means within his
reach to recover that territory to the Union7
Every rebel sympsthiEer will fume and
scold, and blow Of steam against him. But
what else could he do towards putting
down the Febellioni The traitors have .
treated the warning with oblOquy and coz
tempt, and they viii get no sympathy out
side the small eOtePie Of Would-be rebels
who are still tolerated in the North.
The Times dispatch says;
Hunters proclamation exoites scarcely
lny interest in Washing one sttach-
idg any Importance to it as eaicaoious to pro-
luce the end designed. Martial law is only
enforced BY martial power, and Hunter has
no force ct his command adequate to enfores
his proclamation. His declaring freedom ,
% ali the slaves in thres States, when be 3
has no power to free 9 single one outside Of Y
ais camp, is regarded in Washington as an ?
,ct of qualification highly discreditable to
my one holding the rank of General sup 7
posed to have ordinary intelligence. If the
military power is withdrawn from Hunters
department. before his proclamation Is exc
Iuted throughout those States, Il i8 conceded
hat the civil power will not complete or
ountenancs Whet martial law proclaimed n
mt did not practically execute. b