Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1862-11-07

instructive modern index of the
passing opinions OF the times.
$50, have YOU not recently seen
there signs that startled you-ad-
vice, aud cIously given IN Ger
tain quarters, that il is time the
army should take the power into
its own hands and demand the
dismissal from your Cabinet OF
the best men In 1t? Have you
I no facts in your own experience
going TO prove that such audacitl
has not shown lis head without
power and numbers that rendeI
it formidable?-I DO not fear it
not now, lit is strangled at lis
birth. But he Temps Proyi
dence who suffers that spirit oi
anarchy to grow and gathe,
strength before striking blow
for It's destruction.
You can not be ignorant OF the
design OF these men. He that
runs may read. They see that
We are drifting towards L anc;-
patton. They see that the de-
mand from the masses OF our peo-
pie for this great measure is be-
coming, Gay by day, more i'm
Fortunate. They know that "a
majority of your Cabinet iayos
They feel assured, asto vour>clt,
that II the option remain with
You, il is but question of time
and Of iOrm when and how a
proclamation OF emancipatlonwill
be issued. They perceive but one
power that has any chance sue
cessfully to arrest this stream and
coerce your action. Openly they
appeal to you. Openly they de
clare that Cabinet Ministers must
be imposed upon you by military
dictation. no other course is
left them to effect their great OBJ
Jet, namely, to perpetuate among
Us that Slavery which the nation
with a determination which IN
creaSeS frOr day TO day Is rpSol
we'd to uproot
One blow may be dealt by yoa
against these men that Will
crush, forever, their treasonabIe
clbals. 1t is the same that lays
the foundtion Of pefce, and as
sureS, beyoud peradventGrc, the
downfall Of tie rebellion. They
know their danger They read
Emancipation in all the sigas o.,
the times. 1t is 10 ihem the hand
writing on tn wall. lore>hadow-
ing their political fate. What
wonder thar they resort to de>pe-
rate means to resist its advent?
Shall they be allowed tine, by
insdious argument, to eutice the
npwary INTO the ranks OF sedi-
ton? BY prompt action alone
can YOU prevent it. 1t is idle to
await unanimity. Men aroui-
esce IN a thousand things, once
righteously and boldly done, to
which, il proposed to them IL
advance, they might find endless
objections.
Do YOU hesitate? Willvou de
lay the blow? See to it, that
when, at last, Your resolution Is
taken, the power nay aot already
have passed from your hands!
The 22d Of September ap-
proaches--the date when the 60
day notice you have giyca to tie
rebels viii expire--eXpire with.
out other reply to your warning
than the invasion Of Maryland
and a menace II Penn sYivaaia.
Is It to rest there? Patiently we
have waited be time. Is nothing
to follow Are our enemies 10
boast that we speat brave words
and there an end Oft?
What a day. T. voa bat will il.
may the 23d Of September be
come. The very turning point in
the nations fate. \ day to the
rebels OF despair. t. every loyal
heart of exu!tant rejoicing! \
day on which The anni.prsary
Will be celebrated with jubilee
while the American Union en-
dures. \ day % le remembered
not IN our laad alone. Lut whef-
ever llunan.t. mourns over 1he
wrongs Of tie slave. or rejoices
in has Liberation.
! Oh are the hrsf President ID
whom the oaportua.ty wa, ever
offered coasutatiou9Hy tola2aSu
rate such a d}, T. You fail rs
now, YOU may be tie last Lit,
then, the weight fronthc he1ft oi
this people. Iet them tTcaihe
free once more. E<tirpa;e ihe
blighin. curse, aid a .Nlns
threa; throu.aou,lou Fcars pest,
thai has sui,ien at last with dcs-
olation a landto wh b God hai
granted every hing iht wisdom
and Justice G.ve back 70 the "a
ton its Hope ald Faitn 10 a Fu-
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