The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-10-10
Lincolns Preclanatisn.

the Louisville Journal, by which it
will be seen that tho wiley Prentice
aims at the reuniting of the Union in
an underhand manner. in this he will
find himself mistaken. let him couch
his language in whatever terms he
may.
We shall not stop to discuss the
character and tendency of this meas
ure. Both are manifest. The one
is as understandable AS the other is
mischievous. The measure is Who'll
| ly pernicious. Though it cannot be
executed in fact, and though its exc
cution probably will never be seri-
ously attempted, its influence will be
decided and purely hurtful. So far
as its own purpose is concerned, it
is a mere b1ufum .1nlmeu, but it will
prove only too eftectual for the pur-
pose OF the enemy. 1t is gigantic
usurpation, .unrelieved by the prom
Use of a solitary advantage however
minute and faint, but on the contrary
aggravated by the menace Of great
and unmiNed evil.
Kentucky cannot and will not &C
quiesce in this measure. Never |!
AS little will she allow it to chill her
devotion to the cause thus cruelty
impcrilled anew. The government
our fathers framed is one thing, and
4 thing above price; Abraham Lin
coin, the temporary occupant OF the
Executive chair. is another thing and
a thing of comparative little worth.
The one is an individual, the sands
of whose official existence are run
ming fast. and who, when his official
existence shall end will be no more
or less than any other individual.
The other is grand political struc-
ture. IN which is contained the treas
ures and the energies Of civilization,
and upon whose lofty and shining
dome, seen from the shores of all
climes, center the hopes Of mankind.
What Abraham Lincoln does or fails
to do as President may exalt or low
er our estimate Of himself but not Of
the great and benefcient government
Of which he is but the temporary
servant. The temple is not the less
sacred and precious because the priest
lays an unlawful sacrifice upon tn.
altar. The loyalty of kentucky is
no, to be shaken by any mad act of
the President, II necessary, she
will reist tho act, and aid in holding
the actor to n just and lawful ac-
countability, but she will never lift
her own hand against the glorious
fabric because he has blindIy or
criminally smitten it. She can not
be so false to herself as this. She
is Incapable Of such guilt and folly
as this.
The President has fixed the first
Of next January for his proclamation
to go into effect, Before this time
the North will be called upon to
elect members of Congress and the
new Congress will assemble. We
kelieve that the proclamation viii
strike the people Of the north with
amazement and adherence. We
know it, We appeal to them to
manifest their righteous detestation
by returning to Congress none but
the avowed and Jealous adversaries
of this measure. Let the revocation
Of the proclamation be made the
overshadowing issue, let the voice of
the people at the polls, followed
by the voice of their representatives
in Congress be heard in such tones
of remonstrance and Of condemnation
that the President. aroused to a sense
of his tremendous error, shall not
hesitate to withdraw the measure
The vital interests of the country
demand that the proclamation shall
be revoked. the sooner and better
| and. until it is revoked. every lova|