The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-12-09
The Manchester Journal
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North ftl. ilst Il vie would have per-
msatni peace We must cease 10 have
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B. e. peace 10 lbs nation, uaiil that
qarstioa Il, 10 some way Disposed Of
faa1y, aud SO ihat Use status Of
slaves shall be exchanged for that Of
ircemca. Hos ibis Is q be brossht
about, Is Tie question.
The President holds emancipation
Ia some form a necessary TO end tic
rebellion he proposes three amend
menls to llle Constitution.
Let, Toeompcnsaie owners Of slaves
"a any State that shall abolish slavery
prior 70 he year 1900
81, Al slaves which have been lib
Grated BY lie war, shall remain free,
loyal owners being rcmuneratcd for
the same. And
Sd, That power lie given to Com
gress to appropriate money TO colonize
The blacks, with their consent, outside
Of the United States.
These, all win see, are important
and difficult points TO handle, Tie
President urges them earnestly upon
the attention Of Congress, and natters
himself IL the loyal States should show
a disposition to adopt these measures,
the South would be induced to lay
down their arms.
These points viii doubtless receive
The early and earnest attention Of Con-
gress. But we cannot at present fore
see what il TO be the result.
It is the general opinion that the
/ South will never return TO the Union
under their present leaders. Those
who have raised up this rebellion we
think intend to stand or fall with il.
Were these men out of the way, there
would Le more hope. Il is said, in
deed, BY some, that the people gcner-
ally are becoming sick and tired Of
the war, and would gladly return to
the Union. il is said that a rebel o.
licer on picket duty, proposed to our
picket across the Rappahannock, that
we should give up Greeley, and they
would give up Davis, hang them both,
and thus end the war. This is given
as one Of the signs of growing dissat-
isfaction with the war among The reb-
els. There is also some talk about a
proposed armisiice for thirty days.
But we have no faith in any of these
reports as indicating any radical
change in the disposition and feelings
Of the South,
II belongs 10 us now to look out for
our own present safety and future
welfare. We Should not now ask the
South what We may, or may not do.
We are to consiler first, what the 10y
al sialc. require for their peace. union
aud prosperity. If the South can find
their interests coincide with the meas
urcs this rebellion has made necessary
nj the North, ard in the border States,
she may fall in with them If she will.
But we hold il TO be our first and
. primary duty 10 attend TO ourselves.
Like mariners in storm, we must
first secure our own ship, and then
we may see what can be done for 9TH
ers. We bold, therefore, whatever
this rebellion imposes on the loyal
States as necessary for their preserya-
tion and prosperity, even if ii be the
destruction Of slavery and prostraiion
Of every power or interest Of rebel
dom, that should be done. II is need
less TO talk about the rights OF rebels,
who have cast of, rejected, spit upon,
and trodden the instrument that gave
them their rights, in the dust. Once
they had rights in common with all
loyal men. Now they have the rights
Of traitors, rebels, enemies, armed and
sworn TO destroy the Union. Let
them be treated, then, as enemies.
Let them lie subdued as enemies. Lei
them he punished as enemies. Not
a members Of foreign State, but
traitors against their own. They are