The national Republican., 1862-11-08
The EEr;CIErCH ufr .cu- ..l.GUL
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Nothing has been more pertiracor5lv saio
OF the Presidents proclamation Of p. q
than that i! is q mere paper affair, 4 DICE ans
nothing else, and must oe entirev barren {!
any practical use in subluing The ,>belhou,
because it cannot become effective at al. until
the rebels are first conquered. 1t il hardly
conceivable that this ID the real point Of lhr
opposition 10 the proclamation, since those
who believed it 10 be harmless OF any prac,i
cal consequen ces, would not be likely 10 mani
fest SO much heat and anger as as has btrr
displayed against the policy of the President.
1t Is, OF course, true that the proclamation
will beco ne more and more operative as new
portions OF the rebel region are subjected IL
the national control, but il is far from mon.
erative even now. Important positions in
nearly all the rebel States are held by our mil.
ltary forces and some Of them close upon, II
not actually in, the regions most densey pop.
ulated By the slaves 10 whom the proclaula.
uon address, itself Our army holds the coast
OF North Carolina, Port Royal Pensacola
Galveston, and New Orleans, the last citv BE-.
Ing surrounded by plantations. Ithods, .lso
the greater part Of Middle Tennessee and the
whole of Western Tennessee, and with the aid
OF gunooats, the entire Mississippi river fron,
OF Arkansas. With our forces al SO many
points on the rebel coast, aud with our lines SO
extended into the heart of rebeldonl, it cennot
oe said that proclamation Offering liberty 10
all slaves escaping 10 us, eau be imperative.
II cannot be 81, unless the slaves have 10 dis.
position to withdraw from their present coLdi.
tion, and fthat be assumed to be the case, The
proclamation will never become effective, even
If We fully subdue every square mile Of the
South.
Al! the information we have, however, I!
uniform, that tie slaves in The vicinity Of our
military positions, already uudesteud the terms
OF the proclamation, aud are either making
their way into our lines, oy are ONLY prevtrt.
cd from doing so by being carried Of BY then
mastera into places Of safety.
Thus, the correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Gazstts, writing Oh the 1st Of November from
BoIiVar' Tennessee, after describing the IN.
uense Union fortifcations erected there, e. Is.
a7r.y' 'hrlsh upon hose earn works
Sas teFt"rm"d By the cOntrahar fs wLp I,vr.
cA'' lh'' cur nnes The emancipation trrC
!amHhon IS latt b~L' n NJ known am.rg .
negrucs and he sitveuprer= frd ~ rrr ,lr1
cu'v IN satrirg 'helrEIa mat . proyr,', r 81,
pr0prlrt- ,llru."
A c1rre-Dondent OF the y. Y Herati, vrir.
Ing from MDmpais, OcroSer 81, save:
Il 'hn Y MY o Hern.ad ,nr peo. a ar-
n"Vng a. k'n'ha inrrr'.r. 'ss.g rtaI- 20
gr"'1 ~ IN vrb.e property la..,d 'rryrr,.
now ! d, tie s~t'ieu y iCy Of tue r,h.I- o..
c"mn", nj O"nera {! ,E'O,B -n 80 &. ,a 49,.
teriurn
Asa damage to the rebels, this mplIsior
upon item to Iemove their slaves ip,o r, move
p'scfe, ,s temporarily almost as bad as l,srpy
Their slaves altogether. tn ir labor ceases to
oeprohtabe, and they ore kept in place u
safety, necessarily at considerable ezprL,n,
and only with tue hope Of being made uselu
hereafter
Politicians at the Moth may nmuge them
eslvss by saying that the proclamation I, In.
operative The Ttbels don't say %. aud they
don't think go, they know very well that even
now the proclamation 10 bard blow to them,
and that it will be ruinous aud fatal blow #
the Union army is able to penetrate more deep.
ly Into their dominiona. For I'll army OF in.
vasion, protecting their right to hold slave,
they would care but little. But an army Of ia.
vasion, Offering liberty to all who desire r. 81
OF all things what the South has reason 10 fear
and does feur.