Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-10-07

God had not fetealed' 10 him me import.
ance Of such measureT ttnt i could do no
good but .mneh. .haEm .sRehf proclamation
could not be'enforeed dforbe c6dld mol enforce 1
the ConstitutiotlIin the seceded Estates it
wouldO be like the Pope's bull sRsnstg the
Comet would be rdculedbythe whole world ~,
and if 4 Proclamation should free the slaves 'a
what should he do with tbem2 That Gen.
Butler Das non issuing more T0tiohs 10 tie
negroes, toh6 had eseaIed 10 him Than To- all sis
NE phifeu diers IN der Ais conlmaad II
be we're to arm the negroes the guns would
soon be in thehands of the rebels; moreover
he had netarms enoueh for ihe Fbie froopSs 3
and finally We had see e.solunteSrs froH thesSs-
Border Slave States, in the Uni6ff army and
ltbey might become disgusted at such Procla-
nation and 90 over ibthe febelsY Such was
Mr.. Lincolns reasoning on the 18th of Sep
tenber 1S62,4 Did that Constitute him trai- y,
| tor, OF dislbHdndbk, Or hhRorthsa If noty ~
then why should l, who still adhere to these
opinions and reaboningssbe denounced )thets
creature who figures in Fridays Jownal9ba,0..
| Only nine days after the foregoing sound
reasoning was put forth by the Presidentl he sa
totally changed his ground, threw away alilhe 51s
had claimed for himself q serious seonser. "a
vatve man, fursook his late friends and allies d
and, threw himself into the arms of the ultra.
republicans and abolitionists of the North and
East | could not follow him, nor will l. uag
Those who choose may do So but they must
| not become dictatorial or abusive, and Sinify
apd malign every man who profers principles 1sl
to fanaticism, who chooses TO remain with bisE
honest convictions On the 23d of Septem
ber while the people were anxious, but quiet
and trusting, the fAted Proclamation like "A .
| clap OF thunderi in clondless sky, fell upon
the ears Of the people, filling all truly loyal y
hearts with sorrow and anxiety na7ib UNhr7d
1t seemed like the knsll of the UnionA-.the a .
people could scarcely belieye--was that the ~.
honest and conservative President we had
Deen trusting so con6dingly-the heart an. 81
swered no, the telegraph answered hes Now 700
whether Mr.. Lincoln was. sincere on the 18Th I'd .
of September or the 23d is not for me to dc.
eide, nor what revelations he received during
the nine days. II may be some fiery spirtt
| from the dark unknown reminded him Of his
Illlnos speeches--his irrepressiblsi speeches aa
wherein he assumed that, HThis Union,,n
could not permanently endure half slave and \,
half lree"-'but must become all one or ali
The other" Perhaps Mr. Summer knew his .
man, when he wrote to an abolition friend in
June last "Tbat the President was aIlJriebt
and would in the end do all the ultraists de-
sired 4at ui .,.8ss.. s.I..t.a,...,5,l. tI .,f..
! By this proclamation the slaves of all mar
sons, loydt as well as of disloyal' are 10 he
| free. absolutely md forever. on and eofter l4
IJannarv next in all the insnre,eht States In 81.
| violation oil the constitution OF the tunda-
mental principles of the Union. formed bv
Washington and Madison and their GONNA.
triots. and IN violation Of The rulea and'nsages
of civilized warfare Seryile ;nsnrreclIcn
with all its horrors NAV come and bnrn.
houses. Law cities in ashes and murder vo
men and children. and the northern AboIiton
fanatic will "laueb Mt their caIamitiesI and j"
rejoice when their fear cometb IAnv ana ali IL.
efforts the ignorant slaves NAV make fortbeir s5
! actual freedom are not to be renressed bv tba
Executive authority. nor by the MiItaTv or
Naval The heart sickens Mt The tbo6gIt.g
From such horrors mercifnl Heaven save Tsl5
and save our land 701i - l55qSs t1ni aW
In the language of the late learned Jobno5
Quincy Adams "The emgneiDation. of -oa,.
ene,nvs slares as NOT among he actg Of teo;E.
mate acartare" He compared Il 10 the in
fernal "black flag" Now, in yiewo these
i things your humble servant with tbous!
ands of Union Democrats and oonservaliva
Republicans, good and true. most respeetfully
Idecline TO be led into the dark, and daneerous
tabvss of Abolition and Emancinatinn in0Wa34
Fare for the Constitution as Il is and The JTnionr
as it was, and against all SectionaHsm North
and South, and all its schemes; and when tbe
Issue is clearly and bluntly made. as II ~
now between fanaticism and The pood nld
Union of the fathers We, ara for q
the latter. When the issue ia made,
u and broad and as defantly as now between
the snirit of incendiarism and The sn;rit ~ tbn
old Union and old ConstitotionJ we ire against