, 1862-11-03
HOW TO SUPPORT THE FH0CLA.
NATION

now TO SCPP0RT THE PH0CLAs
NATION.
The Proclamation Of the President
cmancipatipg the slaves Of the rebels, on
first day Of January, as military measure,
is the ptint Of attack for the Tory presses
and orators hut and all the howlings Of
rage, pa1evolence ard treason to which the
lust and necessary action Of the President
has given vent, there is not one Of the
reasonable writer's or spousers who has
dared to attempt to prove that the Procla-
nation is unconstitutional when Judged BY
the fundamental law Of the land, or that i.
is Ill advised as purely military measure.
Insane defamation aud wholesale denun- |
citation are the weapons with which
it las been assaited. But whether the |
reason Of the assaults is found more in love !
Of slavery than in hatred cf freedom, the |
rantcrs have failed TO tell US. That the |
moving cause il orc or the other of these |
things, there can be no DOUBT
We warn our friends everywhere not to
apologize for nor to deprecate the Pfesi-
dents act. He has, we think, after more
delay than the case demanded, met the
emergency by master strt'ke Of policy,
which is in s1ict accordance with the
highest dictates Of humanity and jus ice;
and lie is not to be sustained By excuses
and apologies We must boldly justify
and a11cnly- defend the policy that be has
chalkcd out but in doing so it is not ne
ccssa1y nor is it jus. to make the probable
god 1hat will accrue to the emancipatcl
slave, the groun1 upon Which We stand.
The humanitarian view Of the matter may
engage the attention o1 The country in
1iu4cs If peace; but Tow VIC are at war,
ard the cljcct is, and must continue to be,
to hurt the rebels and inssmuch as the
freeing Of 1lcir slaves With the consequent
arrangement Of the industry by which
Southern armics arc kept in the firll, Is
the heaviest blow that can be dealt upon
the traitors cause, the dealing Of tina;
blow must be justified ty that etfect-5y
It's Influence upon the happiness the free
dom and :he prosperity Of the white
men Of the North, all Of which are inscp
cause. We 1tcd not 50 beyond thasi if ri
do, VIC bring the prtjudiccs Of caste ant
races into full play, and by weakening tn
eGrrts Il the North, impair the good tha
the proclamation promises. Meanwhile
we quarrel will no one about his dealre t
serve the colored race. Tho door to e1or
In that direction was never wider opcl
than it is to-day; and certainly the fcl'
whitll lies beyond never needed more Ia
.,orer5 than it does now. But charity be
gins at home. Our own household dc
1nands ou1 care; and until the rebellion
put down, and until those who wantonl.
Apd wickedly excitellt are punished, TIL
white, ,uot the cnlcred race on this con'inen,
is that u hicl1 demands our solcituae an
invites our exerlions.
#, then, we can convince the country
what is undeniab}y true, that the desire
I,ut down 1hcrebtls and to secure, for viii
men, the republican institutions which o
fathers fourdej, were the inpelling N
tiycs Of Abraham Lincoln in putting
handto that great paper, VIC shall have
difficulty iu bringing all reasonable and ,
loyal men 10 Ills support. But the comp
cate Of the greet issue by Introducing {
element rs disturbing as the slave view
from a humanitarian standpoint, and ,
see 10 end to the controversy which t
mcn Of the opposition, who are atflict
with negro mania, may keep up. The {
yantagcs which have been thus far gain
hy that disloyal Democracy in the rec'
elections, are due to the persistence Y
which they have falsely maintained 4
this contest has degencrated into an 4
1ilion war" And the only hope Of our
ronc1ts here is in their loud clanor pit
ed to that same keynote. It is tine t
they we're disarmed. The defense Of
Proclamation should be placed on its t
and logical ground. This question
Union rczsus Disunion should be held
IS above and superior to the collat'
questions which are grouped around
Men have in this country so long draw:
line of separation between politics
morality, between craftsmanship and
ligiop, that those who arc anxious to
good must accept public sentiment as t
frd it, and tc CONTEXT to limit their 1T
sometimes to far less than the I
ization Of their complete idea Let
such know that the business in hand is
preservation Of the American Union;
var Tor that purpose Is necessity;
that the emancipation II rebel slayc!
only an Incident not the cause, nor
to be the CHEF end Of that war. We
content to lock upoa emancipation
greater in importance, bu. Of the $
quality as an hundred other Of the Fl
dents acts. 1t is q war, not an abolit
measure. It proceeds from tn oyerpo'
ing military reccssity, not from the
mands Of generous philanthropy. As s
we demand for 1.-THE support Of every
man in the land.
WE VOTE FOR f1aEI TO DO I.
A great many Of Mr. Shernnn@s fri
are contenoing that Lie shouli so to
press, because he built the Sherman II
Nc do not see the connection betgee
oct and f},e nr,nnset3 reward thereof