The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-09-27
THE PRKSlDRNT's PROCLAMAryo,
How IL is received by tho Count,v

THE PRKSlDENT'S PROCLAMATvo,
| How IL r. received by tho Countrv
d BE eded lea 4, ap fs s..s,.. :.
4 prod Jon, Ind Us; bsu& in brisf ~
prS eiol of the ocl1hasip. Iti,s.
t6eginnfng cfthe end ofthe rebellion, the b.a;.
ming of the new life of the nation. God hfs
Abraham Lincoln"
The NY Herald says il is one of the mo,t;,,
portant -doeuments since the adoption Of II.
Federal Constitution, and adds u The sr,si.'
of this proclamation will strike every one !,
has been forced upon the nation BY aboIitioo;,s,,
of the North and secessiOpists of the South !.
inaugurstes an, overwhelming revolution in Il.
system Of labor In 4 vast and important ser;cr,
tural section Of country which WILL IL the reb.1.
persist in their course, suddenly smancin,.
three or four millions Of human beinpa A., /
throw them in the fuliness Of their helpesn.s |
and ignorance, upon their own resources and n.
wisdom of the white race to properly resu],,. I
and care for them in thst new condition Of IN.
But the importance Of this great social revolp.
ton will not be confined to the section vbe,
the black race now forms the chief laborinp d.
nent. 1t will have an influence on labor il in
North and West. It will, to a certain e1,eu,
bring the black labor of the South 10 compel,
ton With white labor on the extensive ou,
farms Of the West, unless the existing strinse,,
laws of come of the Western States, conHnir,
the negro to his present geographical podh0s
are adopted in all other free States" The lie.
aid then explains that this proclamation, ho.. s
ever, gives the South an opportunity to escape
the fate 90 clearly and emphstically marked o.,
by Nj. Lincoln. II should be her golden oppor
turfty. It must be manifest to them that .ts
rebellion cannot succeed The reception Of Ii.
rebel army'b the people of Maryland, after Ill
their promises and preparations leading 70 d.
invasion of that State, must have Its peculir
and impressive significance with them. II,
Herald concluds !: s.It is at this time. With wiz
tory in our hands, and enormous preparatiou
for crushing ont all opposition, that the Pres.
dent issues this important manifesto, and sys
the people of the South this chance, It is 20,
the question with them whether or not they an
prepared for the sake of . few miserable Leaders
of this wicked rebellion to submit to this over,
whelming revolution in their social system
There 10 the document. There ia the time fixed
for the return of the rebelious States to thej,
allegiance to the Federal Government No even,
in the history Of the world surpasses the one
now presented by the President, and which ia to
be decided in q little over ninety days.
The New York Times says:-"The wisdor
of the step taken is unquestionable it's neeess.
ty is indisputable. 1t has been declared tim,
and again by President Lincoln that as soou
as the step became necessity he should adop
it. Its adoption now is not conclusion thr
military means of suppressing the great rebellion
have proved failure, but simply that there IL,
point at which the other legitimate applianos
that can be called in, shall also be avaiied Of
Slavery is an element of strength to the rebek
if left untouched. It will assuredly prove 81
element of weakness, IL may be of total de.
struction to them and their cause when we maxi
such use Of 1t and its victims a. lies in ou
power. From now till the LIST of January, th.
day when this proclamation will take effect, is,
little over three months. Whist may happen bel
tween now and then, in the progress of the vr
lis hard to say. Do We earnestly hope, however;
that by that time the rebellion will be put dow
by the military hand, and that the terrible ele-
ment Of slave in surrection may not be invoked
II by that day the rebel army be overthrow.
and their capital captured, and if the slaveholt
ing rebel, stil prove malignant and irrepressibh
and as in the southwest sdisorgsnizers and ma.
RAIDERS there, let that which Vice Presideu.
Stephens called the corner stone of the South
ern Confederacy, be knocked from under il
and see whether the whole fabric of the re-
bellion will not necessarily tumble to the ground
ST.. Louis, Sept. 23.-The Prssidents Pro-
clamation has been we'll received here Secs
sionists growl, but the Union men are deiightst
Many flags are out, which have not been dr.
played for months The Germans are prepsrur
to frea salute Tomorrow evening. A ratifes
ton meeting to endorse toe proclamation is I'D.
vertised to take place. All the papers spea J
approvingly, the Republican excepted. That ..
per is dumb. - "a ,..irS, no. .r.4
The Cincinnati Commercial, which has been
quite distinguished for conservatism during th
past year, speaks of the proclamation as follows
I'VE have no doubt the Presidents policy, ii
laid down in his proclamation, will be approvei
BY an immense msjority of the. people. of tt.
United States who are loyal to our republica
form of government. They have been Gale.
upon, and are now called upon, to make vss
sacrifices for the general welfare Their bIo0
is being pored out like water, and their tressur
is being lavished by hundreds of millions of dol
lars, to maintain in the field an army greas
than that OF the military empires of Europe
This state of affairs cannot of course contina
indefinitely. If any action can be taken respec-
ting the slaves that will tend to bring the WI
to conclusion that action will be endorsed By ;
the people with an approach to unsnimity Ths
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pre;ident has not shown and is not showing. ~
eminent degree Of moderation. The rebels sn
now only informed that at the end of thra
months, the government viii cease TO recos- !
nize their slaves as property. II cannot be d
legged that this 10 not giving fair warning And
it must be observed that the President ccuple
bis warning to the slave districts in rebellion
With the assurance that loyal men in those Dis
tricts, who lose slave property in consequene
of the action Of the United States ere to
compensated" ah1 a''@aF A 78+
The Chicago Tribune has the following
| President Lincoln has set bic hand and afiIa
the great seal ofthe nation to the grandest proc
lsmation ever issued by man. He has declars
that after the firss day OF January next all d.
slaves in the then rebsllious States shaHM fri
| He has also directed all the officers of the arm
and navy to observe and enforce the emancips
ting sections of the Conhscation Act He h.
further indicated his purpose 70 propose ono
more bis scheme for the adjustment Of SLAYER
in the Border States. 81 ass,
So splendid vision has hardly shone upo
the world since the day Of the Messiah Eros
the date of this proclamation begins tho histor
of the republic A our fathera deaipned IN han