Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-09-29
FIom the wsllsburg Herald.

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rebellion will moi be far distant.
FIom the wellsburg Herald
The Proclamation.
The Presidents proclamation declaring
the slaves of NIL parties in rebellion after
the lst of January, 1868 free. aud enjoin.
ing upon all officers and soldiers. acting
under authority of the Uutted States gov
ernment, to give all necessary assistance
in their power to render Il effective, is the
great event of Oftheweek. AS has been well
remarked, there is hardly.a sincerely layat
UUion man in the nation with the CAPACITY
to reason from the plAinest data, hnt has
long ago felt that this thing must come z
aud notwiIhstandin the howl that the
timtd, the halting aOd'the traitorOus will
assuredly raise, the great mass of the loyal
people will receive IL, If not with gladness
al least with feelings of relief. II will be
recognized as q foregOne necessity, from
{ which II desired there was no escape
When the first gun was cred at Sumter,
we all Remember the fearful sinking of
heart at the prospsc of bluody war; and
we all as vividly recollect the rebound into
enthusiasm and hope when the govern
ment, until then haliing aud undecided,
| took the first decisive step to aveuge the
insult and maintain it's dignity. All over,
the North thepatriotic tremor seemed 10
FASH; l0is.- am'H5fr sif1
We all etlt then as IL something was
| about 10 be done, and the magnetism of
tacttvity electrified every heart. Some;
thing ike this will be the effect after the
first ebulition is over and the nation feels
itself relieved from the incubus of fndecis..
ton-of want of policy-uPOn the great
question that all felt iu their hearts WAS at
the bottom Of all our troables, emascuIA.
ting all QUE policy ard chilling the life of
heToism With the consciousness that we
were acting towards toward ourselves.
Men in command will now feel easier and
breathe fteer, in the knowledge that they
are no longer hampered with what they
knew and felt was weak defereHee to
those whom nothing but regard for self
interest kept from being open enemies, aud
the rank Rndpfile will strike the harder
blows, when they comprehend, as they
nnst from this time forth, that they are
lighting for government that has the
nerve to protect itself Giving freedom 10
their slaves is a bold step, but it is step
in the right direction and will speedily
bring the war to an issue. What that issue
will be, we have never allowed ourselves
10 doubt. It will shake the nation to its
centre. but the nation will settle back upon
its base, irnler, more enduring than ever.
That base is liberty and equality under tie
law, so fur as good or,ler will allow. f
The proclamation gives the rebeIlious
States ninety days in which to consider
whether they will throw down their arms
and save slavery or whetherthey will per-
si-t and risk it. mill they accept the
terms2 Not one OF them. God has har.
denel their hearts, and Pharaoh might as
we'll have attempted to check his hosts,
when theft wave Of the Red Sea dashed
upon his doomed ranks, as Jeff Davis en-.
deayor to stop the means appointed for the
destruction of slavery. IL is doomed -
This is no new ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Far seeing
men among the secessi0nisIs themselves
| saw the end and proclaimed it before the
iirstblow was struck, but seenIiugIyirs
resistable power appeared to be behind
them pushing them on to destruction.
/ From the beginning they have been
twarued. They cannot plead that the gov.
ernment has taken this step unawates; ON
the coutrarys SO frequent and so marked
haYe bsenithe warnings of tue President,
that to longer delay or do otherwise than
he has done. would 'stuI,ify him in the eyes
OF the nation aud,Ihs world. His making
this proclamation, or not making Il, para.
IdOEtcallas it may seem, wouldnOt probably
have affected the ftie of siaveryy for if the
United States Government had not declar-
ed them free, and thsiwAr continuing, be.
fore long the rebels would have done ii
themselves. So tar as that is concerned. it
is only a race for the credit before tue world
Of first giving freedom to the slaves. 1t
would not be at all surprising, If before
Liucoln's proclamation gets circulation ia
the South, Davis foreslAlls it win one OF
his own, with the addition of putting arms
in the hands OF the freedmen. The expert. /.
mpnt would be dangerous one, but u des.
pera'e enemy is not apt TO stop for Danger
Iodeed, Hppreheu-ions OF something of
this ktud seem TO have 6eea acTinR upon
sIhemind of the President Inducing him tw
act thus promptly III senJi6g his emuneipA.
IiOn message with tue Federal columns
thai will ina shuru time be pushing on All
sidea the discounted rebels aonLhWard.
As the fast pressing legiOns of Nc .lellau
tread close upon their heels, parties will
not be wanting 20 spread the tihings among
the saves, and It will be wonderful indeed
IL all The cunning OF Davis can avert the
conseqnences.
But it is as viewed in reference TO for
eign effect that the proOlamaIiod has most
present signiHeances 1t will do more 10
create 2 good feeling among forsigqeFs
toward the northern people than probably
any measure that could be taken, aud il Is
tpussible that for this purpose Il was par
lAicularly intended at the present time.--.
Without foreign D-iaLerVentioniA-sO sOmeehApe
the Southern Esbel llioa the 6htdte
OF things collapse, aud whatever readers
such Intervention: improbable Is 50 far a
wise act 6fstrategy.
Frait being 96 flehIlfaI This ie6 Son as to
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