Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-11-14


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ply 70 tho pamphlet q fJudgs cett.A IN w4,eh
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10 ne Edtor efas BoaoA Daly 4dsgnyy;
Thew ere ihrso qpeellqtN eepcr4niAB ths
Presidenta Emancipation PFoclemaiicn: Oua
has he constitutional power % issue u, 70
cival, political ~ fadminislfalitt nsfl ThB sec
ond, was II e3pedionii Ths third, has be eon-
stit1tional power 40 cetnmender-in. .chiet' 70 ia-
sue IL, at this time as q military acti go
"Theso questions are perfectly distiaet. One
Of the most common and most hpitless cluset q
error uron ali subjects is the lningling Of qnes.
tiona which are distinct IN themaflver, bnf 90
near each other that they confuse each other.
sJudge Curtis mingles these questiunas 70 en-
tirely, that no study ~ his pamphlet enables me
which ofthese questions i Is intended 70 bear.
Let us seperate these questions ,.st
Il am sure that the President has no pp@cft 70
emancipate single slave, a. civil political o.
administrative act 81
sWas It expedisnti I leave this question 70
the President For he 10 hpueaf, be 10 capable;
he has considered the question long, carefully
and painfully, and ia all the relations. in which
Il cai, present issslf However wise I msy bn,
or Judge Curtis may be- on this subject the
President must be wiser Or al ralss o. rfopa'
bility fail.
slig1tssi doH5x n IL s0siulsssiiSsa pasr a. ssss-
naander-in- [hisf, 70 isns Ass Froesamof'on - +"
aIfHaneck, when before corintb, might have
sent a force hundred miles TO catch and bring
into his lines hundred negroes With the wsg-
ons, horses and provision they were bFinginEto
Beauregard, the President and commsnder-in-
Chief sitting IN the center, with wider views,
wider necessities, and wider rights 10 meet
those necessities, may, Il he can, prevent the
whole mass Of slaves from laboFing 70 feed the
rebellion. He may, II he can, by the danger Of
insuuection, OF Of starvation, or Of loss Of pro-
perty, disheatter the rebels and drive their ar
mics home.
seTo say otherwise, would be to cay that he
might strike at rebellion but must be careful not
70 strike away its cornerstone.
"Can he do it in factY The question touches
the expediency Of the measure, and this leave
| to him. But Il does not touch his military right
to threaten II, and doit If he can.
aJudge Curtis speaks much and sloquently Of
the Presidents right to infiict penalty snd
punishment, and the rights Of the rebels to the
| protection OF the law. f.lss. r-s-.4.ss4
akebellion has no rights Ifrebellion means
anything, it means the remuneration and des-
truction Of all law. And, therefore, u is &C.
cursed before God and man.
"No rebel has any right regard TO which
should weaken or obstruet any military ineas-
ure needed to subdue the rebellion.
"Judge Curtis argument would give the con-
stitution and the law to the rebels, az their
sword to smite with, and their shield TO save
thems and leave tito us only as fetfer.
"Then he tells us the innocent must suffer
with the guilty. This is true and IL 10 sad
But when the mingled fire and hail Of Gods
vengenee run along the ground, they pursue no
devious path that they may leave the homes Of
the innocent unharmed; for when national sins
bring national calamities, the innocent suffer
with the guilty. This may be one of the mya-
teries Of Providence; il is, at all events fact.
And what has been, will be.
"THEoPHILUS PARSONS"
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