New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-01

adopted or thereafter my voluntarily adept imme dil,e
or gradual abo,hmen OF Slavery within their respective
limits and that the effort TO COLOMBO persons Of African de'
cent " IN their consent upon this continent elsewhere
with the previously obtained consent Of the governments
existing there. will be continued.
Ths en- frs; day Of January in the year Of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred ard srythree all persons held
slaves within any Stale any designated part Of State
the people whereof shall DO in rebellion esans the Unoi
sates shall be then he1oeicTwerl aud free and
e Fxe,,v, Government OF The United States including
the turr and naval authority thereof will recognize and
maintain freedom Of such persons and will do no acl or
repess such OF them IN any euof's
they may make for their seiua. freedom.
That the Executive will On the first day OF January
aforesaid BY procanson dssignste the ss!e. or Parts OF
states. any which the people thereof respectively 'us
be in rebellion aglns. the United Sates and the fact that an
State OF tho thereof shall that day be 10 good lth
IN the Congress OF the United staes by member
chosen thereto elections wherein majority Of the qaahed
voters Of snch States shall have participated shall in the
absence Of strong counerv,ilus testimony, be dsemed
ecucuye evidence thst such State and the people thereof
are not in rebellion against The United States"
We assume that tue President stands IN
good faith by the profers above made by him'
and that he is not disposed to 60 beyond ihom.
And why should not these be sufficient Ii
the Rebel chiefs believed themselves able to
hold out to the end, we know already that
they would never consent to reunion; their
consent 10 negotiate at all on a Union basis
is au admission that Secession is failure II,
then. they wish TO ward oil from their own
heads the perils OF iOrc.ble amanc patton, they
have the means entirely in their own hands and
clearly indicated above by the President; and
if they have any idea OF saddling their deot,
or any part of it, on tue Nation, they Wi. ct
course submit their proposition in the lUrm oil
n compliance with the Presidents psoaer Of
Compensated Emancipation. Ia Other words,
they will say 10 substance, You want 10 I'd
The country of Slavery; we owe Confederate
Debt Of Three or -Four Hundred Millions: II
YOU will assume that debt, liuiiied TO a sPecfr
amount. we will agree 10 make an end OF
Slavery within our respective States, either IN
meiiately os on q scale Of graduation winch
shall complete tho work on or before the
Tin of July, 1o76." We do not know
that they will make any proposition on the
subject: but if they should, It vii doubtless
take some such form as this. To propose to
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