The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1862-12-18

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Statfs must be stopped, the army in
creg1ed'Crom one million to fifteen hun
drd1 thousand, or the conrederaies must
be ssfcken attheir weakespo and ap
ondfpot 10 tho war. Tho President
ollo@ the latter course. and placed be.
fore hen the alternative OF returning
tothlir allegiance, or universal emanci-
pati1n in all the states md districts
Which refused compliance with Che re-
qui ments o(.thS proclamation. Subso.
queefeyents have shown that as far rs
ths uccess of she Federal army ia con,
cer1sd, il has had q happy effect. Our
arniies in tile Southwest has been sue.
ces nl, equal to our most sanguihe ex.
pee dons; and, considering all the cir.
rul snces, wo have nOlhing to disoour,
age psi for want Of success in the East.
Iis objected to the proclamation that
it ies mere declaration on the part Of
the fesideut that ii could not reach be-
you our lines, and therefore, could have
no feet on the slave. The rebels do
not egard ilin that light, They pro.
hib ad its publication in their papers,
(al hcugh it found its way into several
Of Nem before the prOhibiIion,) fearing
its fleets among the slaves; yet 1t is a
wei ascertained fact that the slaves are
full aware Of its existence, and of the
chaage il proposes in their status.
is also objected that tho proclama-
tioi will produce insurrection, aud the
hel ess will fall victims to slave violence.
T5 is equally fullacy; and the objeC.
iol hould remember that the rebel sol
9se would be better engaged in protect
Ing IS wife and children from servile in
SD gtion at home, than in slaughtorihg
ht; uthren Of the North upon the bat.
tls d.. The only question for the
III Heat to decide was. whether it
vi hasten the close of The rebellion,
a establish the integrity Of the Union
an ave the lives Of the Union soldiers,
BY suing the proclamation or with
hG ng it. 1t was his business 10 look
aft the saving of the lives Of the sol
die who had patrioticaIly gone TO the
ba 3 field to put down the rebellion =
70 Iurn them, speedily. TO their pa
REF i, wives and children.
be slaves are TIE strength Of the re-
bslp If the masier has the right, un.
inf rupiedly, to use his slave for The
oy throw ofthe Government, it cannot
be hownthat he' has not the right to
thaz zSouthern. ports opened
though which he can furnish himself
mofc thoroughly with all the munitions
of war.
1t is further objected, that i! is an alb.
clifton measure, aud infracts the Consli
tuition of the'United States. 81 far from
its being an abolition measura it is the
reverse. IL they return 10 their allegiance
Shareholders will have all the guarantees
that they shall be protected by all the
laws of the land in the possession of the
slaves. The Abolitionisl's idea is to free
Internationally, oil slaves, whether they
belong TO loyal tdiS!oysl masters, Nor
is it an infrsclion of the Constitution of
the United States. The President is
Commander.in Chief Of tho army and
Navy, and it is made his duty "to sup
press rebellion and insurrection." These
rebels have rights under the Constitution
or they have no rights II they have
rights, the Government is already re.
sponsible for every slave that has escaped
from his master; for every horse that has
been taken, for every bushel of groin,
pound ofhay, and rod of loRce, whether
for the use Of the army, or destroyed by
il. According to this proposition, il Gen.
Burnside should bombarl and burn
Frcdericksburg, every rebel property ow
ner in that city would be eeotirled 10 com
ponGatiou. The Emperor Of Russia burnt
the city of Moscow to prevent his enc,
my from using it as a shelter from the
rigor of winter in that inhospitablo eli
mate. Two hundred thousand men have
been slain in battle and by diseases Incl.
dent to camp iife,--thousands Of fathers
and mothers mourn the loss OF sons.-
widows are clothed in weeds of mourning
children are rendered fathcrles and left
penniless; yet no one raises the cry Of
constitutionality al this; but whom the
President secs 6ieSfiy Inc slY4IgI6
OF the rebellion is in their slaves, and is.
sues proclamation to deprive them OF
that source Of power, il is declared TO
be unconstitutional and these objoctors
place the rightOfproperty in slaves above
iaat.ir.eEssy ,atkcZ SPsai0S o.. PtaPeSIyr
and even over the right to life itself
The President was bound, as an hon.
est man, il in his jud d.ment ho could
shear the rebels Of thor strength and
shorten the war, thereby saving the lie
of the Upion TO issue the proclaim ton,
oven If 1t should bring tho rebels TO bog.
gary. II remarkable fact, bat one
well atlested, that those who arc loudest
10 thcr objections to the proclamation,