The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-10-13

interests OF freedom afo 0outeo oy divine 9uArAn
taton Of any merely moral man and It ID becauso
We believe the President ths United States to bs
fully aware Of this momsetous truth that We mnst
have proceeded, liks IL predecessor. moi from any
inward motion Of his o4M Snfnd. but from an ex-
ternal preasure, the immsate source Of which can
scarcely be considered . ln1essr Of speculation.
OF nine millions Of rsv0sted Americans fpr the
purpose Of proving TO t1e conservatives OF the
North that the Ssuth will 14ar Of no compromise,
snd to the radicals Of tess 4 they insist
fall 10 work themxelTsa sword In hand. Perhaps
hs may have thought II worth while to startle the
land from Maine to Ginnessle with one loud alarum
Secretary at War stantoa tlss there are limits even
to the credulity and patienes of loyal American cit
isens that there sre bouns which cannot be safely
transgresssd even By the asdacious aspirations Of
the politician who could III himself upon the favor
Of kr Buchanan into the confidence Of NJ Buchan.
ans successor.
twill be we'll for Nj. stAnton to consider the
lesson learned, without JIndnly stimulating the
teacher to euforce It, Tia Interval between the
present day and that Of tho Impending State cleo
tion canno. be more unprodtably spent by that Of
iciAl than in attempting to execute the proclamA
ton Of September u In tha sessse put upon 1t by
his war associates Of the extreme radca! party II
s claimed by OF these persons and by presses
in their Interest that every act of the Federal dev
l. q e a.
any act Of tho Federal tQSszAEuant may therefore
be properly yiewed andxrsa % e-idanse o, 'ds
loyalty" to bs punished and Suppressed. We de
sire TO issue distinctly joined upon his claim
In the name. not exactly Of twenty hypothetical
millions, but CT thousands aud hundreds of thous
Rnds Of loyal Americans ready with their treasure
and their life to uphold the national honor and to
protect the national rights declars that it is the
solemn duty Of every intelligent American cti,
zen to sit In Judgment upon the conduct Of this
Government which exists for his advantage and
service, III tho prosecution Of this war which is
wagng for his interests and his rights The pre-.
tence that enstD,ents are to he discouraged, and
that the national front against the rebels il to be
weakened by the freest discussion on the platform
and at the polls OF the and policy CT the Adj
ministratop, is as shallow az il il imper;iasnt
American citizens enlist in this war, we beg Mr..
Stanton to understand, not because they know
care anything about hin, the casua, Secretary of
elective President, but because they love their
country and are determined TO aid in rescuing II
from great and terrible peri! in the only way iu
which 1t eau be rescued-by the intelligent, inde-
pendent devotion Of its sons The American pso-
pie acknowledge TO divine Inspiration In their
rulers. Were Mr. Stanton h'msel. 10 morrow dis
missed to ihe repose OF private life, presume he
| would not oe likely to abstain from all comment
upon the course of the Government which had de-
prived itself Of his services.
il the Goyernment wishes TO see bow enlistments
cSn really be discouraged and the national front
really weak ened in tins ~sr. it has only to silence
criticism by force aud TO attempt to impose upon
frs people, in the form of executive edicts great
measures Of war and State which i.s putty requires
1t to submit to popular discussion and to the final
decision Of the popHlat voice.
Here, for inst .ance is proclamation of the Pres.
ident, which if it have any effect AT all, j, stined
TO revoutonizs the social order Of thirteen States
Of the Union, and to Impress upon the history OF
the continent the most nonentoas impulses it has
| ever received. Will any man dare to say that a
decree tor the abolition Of slavery aud the liberia
ton OF four millions OF slaves, Is simple war
measure 10 be accepted as caln.y and with as
| fna yaa y,lQr
General TO particular commando The p-etension il
monsirous Who shall fathom al. the pos be conse-
| quelces of such war Eaessure" this II may
bring the war TO an immediate, glorious and happy
termination or It may proiorg the war for years
! aid plunge haf toe continent tato anarchy 1t may
liberste the slaves and reform the social consii
ton Of the South. 1t nay on the other hand, rvet
| the CiPirs q hundred fold more firmly upon the
| bondsmer and forti.y lie Institutions which Ga
! grade the Easscs Of the race which holds him In
| bondage. All ,hese alternatives possible, We
| have asr. Lilcoins own words for il th a. hs re
CARDS hem al possible, and that bis proclamation
il substantially the statement of dilemma, not the
| elceidstion- of difficulty. Are We to take Mr.
Stauton's or Ar Chase's opinion upon these grave
matters IinG1. Il either Of these gentlemen Ia
re regarded as the deacstory of the sill OF God in
| relation 10 .he American sisyel Again, Mr. Lin
| coin resolves such notion into thin air by assur
lug that il h.s own experience. he hss found the
Z, viii of God ss zersseasYr bTssFgS ia-yerg - be
very different thing frotftae VIII of God as rep
| resented by two baakers
! We say, then, tha. the question offered TO the
! North by Mr. Linclon-s second proclamation is in
initely more vital and important than the question
offered by his first proclamation Of September. Il
involves, indeed all that is Of real interest and per
Eaanent portance ia th issues raised by the first.
II freely discuss and de eide for ourselves
the end at which shall aim i'll the prosecution of
| the existing war what real voice have we in the
| matter ct all OF wha. consequence, says very
high authority, ID j! TO q man nat he should gain
the whole world ii IN gaining IL be loses his own
!
us TO iberate four millions OF our fellow creatures
from bondage ii, as a condition precedent 10 that
liberation ne ale to bind ourselves hand and foot
to sacrifice our Own liberty OF judgment and acton
| upon the tremendous questions which the accom-
| piishment OF this vast scheme must necessarily
| raise
| We warn Hr Stanton. and all others in arthori-
ty, that the American people OF the free and loyal
| States are not to be thus dragooned out OF their
birth right in order TO secure the position and the
| prospects Of nny man Or any set OF nen. When
they distinctly understand whist they are driven 10
| decide a. the bailot.5ox IN the immediate future
they will take the mater up withoI. fear favor.
Without fear favor they will decide it, and woe
be to those who, in the exercise of little brief
thOrity, conferred by The psopie for the peoples
good, shall attempt % interfere with tae freess and
fullest 1ischarge Of this first duty and right OF the
! American citizen
| THE PosITIoS OF THE ARMIES IN kENTUCKY.
The New York Times, in article on the posi-
| ton of the srrnies in kentucky ;hinks Nashville
| ID perfectly safe. l! says:
We have the evidence of Braggs own move
ments that he has not up to this time contemplated
| Retreat from Kentucky by way CT the Nashville
road He has diverGsd too far east 20 have any
saoi purpose. aud continues his course in that d
rection. He was at Danviile. the geographical cen
tre Of the State, making political speeches to the
! people, al latest dates His army il following, and
will not stand, apprshend even to decide on lia
na, course OF the Campaign. 'iil all the iorces are
| msased near Daaviile.
| There was besides Al obvious military necessity
| for Bragg 70 make just such a movement to the
east, and not toward the south. At Lexington
Frankfort, Paris, Mount Sterling, and all through
! Northern Kentucky, toward Covngton and Mays
vile, the Confederates have their troops stationed
! These are Humphrey Narshalls, Kirby Smith =,
| and John II. horgaas men, ranging toward 23 00G
in number. These meu I1us; bs Withdrawn before
| Braggs army breaks fcon. TO move upon Nashville
! or any other Southern p0ipt; otherwise Buell. nv
moving east, would ent them Of. leaving then nort,
Of the Kentucky river, aad their capture would bc
inevitable. Bragg is moving east to save this por.
tion Of the Confederate army that il north of the
| kentucky, by giving them time to join him ut Dan
vile. They seem to be marching sou ID from Frank
for. sud Lexington now for that purpose.
Bragg will maas his forces probably near Dan
vile and then determine his policy. Ii the
| President proclamation shall work much mischief
| in the State, <and we sorry TO say that there
are unmstakable indie cations that it is doing SONS
har,p Bragg will probably risk battle and try TO
possess the State. Ii he ia not encouraged sufii.
cienty from this source, he can leave the State by
| two roads-one leading to Cumberland Gap, the
! other leading nearly south from DanviIe. crossing
the Cumberland river Albany, and striking di.
! rectiy south toward Mekinnville, Tenn. Il was
/ by this route that Kirby Smith lately entered Ken
tucky-by the route tina. Zollicofasr's troops fed
| away after the battle Of Mill Spring. Buell. will
! hardiv then leave without n fight. and II thew