Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-10-17
DailD Enquirer.
ra1pAT MORNING, OCTOBER II, 1862.
L1EcoLN AND HIS PR0CLAMATloa.

FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER II, 1862.
L1sCoLN AND HIS PR0CLAMATlos.
The emancipation proclamation Of Lincoln
was issued So soon after he had refused to do
so, and assigned good reasons rs to the IDLY CT
such y course, TIA. his motive and eXptcta-
,ions are matters Of speculation and conjcc-
turc. We are IF opiniun that his man ldea
was to carry the elections which are about to
take place in the Northern States.
This a;ch sgitstors ~ho had given birth
aud strength t. the Republican party, had
bccom, much dissatisfied because Lincoln did
not driv: rs they directed, and did not at
temp. thu Impossible thing Of conducting a
%fanatical and half-crazy faction. With Gree
ley and Sumner and Chandler, and the rest
Of their school dissatisfied and sourpd, the
Democrats might carry the elections. To pro-
vide against this, and to ire the zeal Of the
abo!it;oaists and bring them to the polls.
Lincoln put foith his proclamation.
1t seems to be producing its intended effect.
G%rts;sy, in e speech, declared that he had
not me, three men together since the eman-
cipation proclamation who were not happy"
What decisions he and these who follow
hin. indulge, aad with what sound of empty
words they are made happy will well appear
from Linculn's colloquy with the Chicago
Committee.
The AbclitioniSts, from the beginning Of
their deStable agitation, have been pursuing
r phantasm. From the beginning they have
fed upon tarcies. And when, against reason
and expostulation and warning, they had for
ever and forever destroyed the late Union,
under the guidance Of the same insane folly
they set about the work Of adding uncom-
mon venom to the war, and ambittered m
everlasting hate TO the separation. Adopt
Ing tho words Of ar English parodist, with
but a small alteration, We may we'll say:
"Oh The fool th.t IS truly 50 liz ver.ivrscts
Bat still fools on to the close.
Like Greeley, who appears IN tho storm when il sails,
AS stupid rs he was when 1t rnas."
We suhjoin a review Of Liacoln'S course,
including his own opinion Of the "p-oclsm1
tion'' with which he is uow tickling the A 10.
~t;on,s;s. We quote from the Memphis "Rul-
ietip," a disloyal and seui-abolition sheet:
riFrom the Memphis Bulletin, September 30.1
We should De glad to hear Mr.. Lincoln give
a satisfactory answer to his W objection To
his OWL reclamation, as stated Il few days
ego 70 the Chinago clergymen. His oi.iec-
tons were thus stated:
What GOOD" asked he, "would q prccla-
nation of emancipation from me do, especial.
Is as We are now situated? I do not want t.
issue q document that the whole void will
SIC must necessarily be imperative. like the
pope's bull against the comet. Would nv
word FREQ the slaves when l cannot even on
force the Constitution in the rebel States? Is
there y single court or magistrate, or lr,iivid-
ual, that would be influenced by it there?
And what reason is there to think that it
wonid have any greater effect upon the slaves
than the late law Of Congress, which | Rp-
proved, and which offers protection and free
dom to the slaves Of Rebel masters who come
within eur lines. Yet I cannot learn that
that law has caused q single slave to come
over to US. And suppose they could De in
uuCSuS y! Il ~ OClAL1allOu OF HGeUUM- HOW HE,
to throw themselves upon us, what should tps
do riM them? How can we feed and care for
such Q multitude? Gen. Butler wrote me, q
few days since, that he was issuing more
ratipns to the slaves who have rushed to him
than all the white troops under his comnSnd.
They eat, and that is all.
After the President " these office
tons, we would like to have his explanation
OF the following resolution, passed unani-
m,is!y By Congress the llth day Of Fcbr,i-
"ty, iSGl:
!;rs'lyei, That neither Congress, uor TIE
yer!,jr. nor the Governments of The nom
-l.rh"'dirg States, have the right to l~egislatc
I I'D or interfere with slavery in auy OF the
s.,Nci'rldlrg States of the Union.
Finally, we would respectfully call his attetl-
Gen t. his iuaugu,a NJ, delivered before the peo-
pl-s Representatives at Washington ca tho
..;h q: Marsh, 1861:
y h:v: no purpose, directly or indirectly,
70 :nterler: with the institution Of slavery in
The S!a'es where it exists. ! believe I have
ut lawful right TO do 50, and / have no incli-
Ha'ion 10 dc 3d."
And then lie goes on tc say:
"lh Sc VINO nominated and elected me did
so with he fall knowledge that I had made |
this and many similar declarations, and have
meier rpcan:ai them. And more than this.
i!r5 placed; i. the platform for my acceptance,
sid a. II law to themselves and to me, the |
Gear AMI eu.phatic resolution which | now
raai:
"Resnlv.d, That the maintenance i~nviolate
oi a.. rights Of the States, and especially the
p. al .Ach State TO order and control it's !
" dosnrotic institutions according to its
owa judgement exclusively, is essential to the
i'siance Of power on which the perfection and
endurance Of our political fabric depends"
We regard the proclamation as %unconsiitu-
t'cnai aud exceedingly ill-tilned. 1t is calcu-
lated to do, We fear, immense mischief in Ken
lucky, Missouri and Maryland, where ilnpcl-
tant military events arc on the taps.
But our most serious objection to it is, TINT
it destroys all we have ever said il defense Of
Mr.. Lincoln's conservatism, and confirms the
argument OF that class of men South who have
seceded from the Union on the ground that
Mr.. Lincoln was an abolitionist and would
administer the government with a view to
the overthrow Of slavery. There is to-day |
one universal shout in Dixie over the procla-
In't'on. Il told you sc" Il told you So"
runs through the lines, and tho Union men
In the t!ave States hang their heads in sor-
row.
EAUeUIER.
On a shur: visit to Fauauier, from which