New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-27
ENFORCE THE Laws

The World, which seems to fancy 1t has q
mission" to carp az whatever is proposed or
sustained by THE TRIBUNE, deserts that the
Emancipation provisions OF the Coniiscation
Act do not take effect TIL sixty days Sfter its
passage, 1t says:
"Th- proclamation already Issued and which required
by the no, Important carlton Of r net TO give eject va.
ehefa hole" and d~csi ion 90 else "H' ini Ided oy
CougeD, and AIDE by the PfrsIent. T. good faith OF
III. prsp.rly 81 tn. . ln.. Of IL. nsb. no:
fost'd. even BY psT'scuce In cb-lon m the .rpaiion
OF 10. f y Sah day III, fsf.ey css ,h i hat proe
lauston 81 universal enancp s.uod would be- la
the ocsnAiion already made 10 proclaim the slaves #
AL H.oe re. before toe cut Of the .riy days ~oad b,
ga. within which they may hnd fes' pann'nro.'
This comes of talking Of Gu net without
having examined it. The Conhscation Act
was composed of two distinct bills-oue sub
jectiug persistent Rebel. 10 confiscatIon Of
their property; the other providing for the
Emancipation Of the Slaves Of Rebels q, IL
measure OF National defense. Sec g. which
prcscribss that persons who shall hereafter
commit treason shall forfeit their property
and that sixty days after public warning aud
proclamation" ,Lall be- accorded them for re-
pentance, saws nothing specifically of slaves
But see. . (Which was consolidated fran the
Emancipation act) says nothing Whatever OF
sixty days or of any preliminary notice being
requisite 10 dycst Rebels OF their clam to
hold men in bondage. Hero it is esrjoiim:
sSc o. Ind Jyyh,r esacf Tna, NJ slave. o. person.
WHO shan h-r-aicf BE- sa-'d 100 fsb-.. a-ln Ito doS
e. u-r % the United S.ae.. who shall az ~aJ give
al comfort lee'o racpus if'a. suci poe ~ sndAsng
rcis' "i.hn ihr lines or tue hfm, ana Fr' ici
sgr persona deserted b. them aad r'm, der tie
cluo o ne 1osrtnmen Of TIE un. states ard a. saves
r 4ch Ioron' ioui - t''s "hh ~ pa'r occupied ~
.bcl forces. ted sterTaFd occufra by tie o II IT,
nee q" th-ir serviiudr rnd not again hold slaves
This section is independents AMI perfect. Every
slave OF Rebel who then was or has since
come within our lines, or whom our lines have
been extended to include since tie moment
that this act was sigicd was aud is legally
Tree. IL needs no Proclamation to gige validity
to this provisions; We want one TO give II prac-
teal effect. We ak il in order that Pro-
Slavery Generals may no iouger deiy or eyade
the requirements OF this provision Of law as
they have hitherto done, saying we have 40
Wedge OF the existence OF any such law;
wc have seen nothing Of 1t III the Articles OF
War or in our General Orders. We shall obey
such law till We are legally required tn do
So Thus all il now chaos in the Armies Of
the United States on this subject, and the poor
slaves escaping from Rebel Masters to find
liberty in serving the Union cause aro some
times shot or stabbed by Union soldiers for so
doing, as we have seen was the case in New.
Orleans three weeks after the act wss
signed. The returning to Rebel masters Of
thirteen hundred slaves who had been impress.
ed by our commanders to work on the Mis-.
sissippl cutoff at Vicksburg, also took place
after the passage Of this law, and in defiance
OF its plain requirements. This should not,
must not continue. We stand up for 1.-THE
Union, the Constitution and the Enforcement
Of the Lams."