Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-11-14
Sl,bO A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
lure him, in the language of Othello

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30 deeds to make heaven weep, all earth amuzed
For nothing canst thou to dnmnation add
Greater than that"
Where is Mr.. Lincoln's constitutional
authority to issue proclamation? ask
the advocates Of dishonorabe peace
Where, | ask, in answer, is the consttu
tional authority for this shareholders
war upon the country The Consttu
tion did not and could not provide fol
every possible condition in the future Of
the Republic. 1t did not anticipate that
the thing it gave protection to would
make war upon the life of its protector
In framing written code for government,
much must necessarily be left to rational
implication, and much more to an absorb.
ing subsequent necessity if it arises. 1t
sometimes happens, that to cxtngush
confagration you must fight fire with fire.
the ordinary agencies are sufficient for
the emergency, and to save the building
or the town from being smouldcring
ruin, you must do something else than
put on water The owner of the orchard
first tried moral suason on the thief who
laughed Will he stole from the richly
laden boughs? next. tufts Of soft green
were aimed at and hit, but did not hurt
the poacher, who continued to steal
Finding expostulation and gentle meas
ures alike unayailing to protect his prop.
erty. the farmer tried the virtue Of hard
blows. and very soon the ensconced robber
was glad to disgorge his plumber and cry
Don't, don't, LII come down."
The President has been as wise as the
men who devised the new way to put out
the fire, and as good-natured as the far
mer, In his speech at Philadeldhia, on
his way to Washington, he said that in
his view of the then aspect Of affairs,
"therc need be no bloodshed or war
There is no necessity for it. | an not
in favor of such course-and, | may
say in advance, that there will be no blood
shed, unless it be forced ubon the Govern
ment." In his Inaugural Address, he
declares:
The protection which, consist entity
with the Constitution and the laws, can
he given, will be checrtully given to all
the States, when lawfully demanded, for
whatever cause-as cheerfulIy to one
section as another. | hold that in con-
temptation of universal law, and Of the
Constitution, the union of these States Is
perpetual. | shall take care that the
laws OF the Union be faithfully executed
in all the States in doing this, there
need be no bloodshcd or violence; and
there shut be none, unless IL be t0rced
oa tAe n1ti9nH authority. You (the
Southl can h We no conflict, without be-
ing yourself the aggrcssors.'
THIS ,cgs lis moral waS1on. 1t failed
Of its appropriate effect. Congress pas
sed the C5nti>catiou Act and the bill a.
polishing slavery in the District of Co.
lumbia, and, by the Presidents approval
these measures became laws. These Uere
his tufts IF grass, bnt they were despiscd
by the pIunlcring vagabonds, who kept
on stealing and cheating Next came
the emancipation proclamation. THIS IS
his co1p de-main, and unless the rebels
arc in within the definition of those whom
the gods destroy, before the first of Jan
uary they will be singing out right lusti-
ly, Don't throw that stone, Uncle Abe
we will yield to you: we prefer to live un-
der the old Constitution, even with the
prospect of its being amended, than b.
exposed to the war-power Of great peo-
pie, exercised in defence of their unity.
nationality, and laws"
| want no better evidence Of the value
of the emancipation proclamation than Is
furnished by the unmstakcable panic
that seized all rebellion when it was
known it was issued. The Congress ofthe
so-called Confederate States" proposed
as a retaliatory measure the inliscrimin-
ate murder of all our soldiers who by the
chances of the field. should thereafter fall
into the rebel hands War was to be
mean ruthless and barbaric homicide
The black flag was to be raised, and "na
quarter" to be the rallying cry of their
armies. One of the border States men
about whom the submissionists exhibit SO
much concern. the late Hon. 7. A. Il
J -NGlSOH, III an dhNiICss hoiiilHdIly w wv
peopl. of East Tennessee, but really to
the doughfaces of these ATTITUDES, cries ou,
against 'the atrccity of Mr.. Lincoln's
proclamation" and Ibis many violation,
of the Constitution, and this crowning ACT
of usurpation May we not hope" ex.
claims this Southern "PumbIcchooc'l,
"that spirit of resistance will be arou.a
in that section (thc north) which com5ia
ed roih the Efforts Of the South, oiH harl
Mr.. Lincoln from poieer ~ May YOU
No, sir such hope will not be realizel
it is Of the kind that makes the heart
sick.
The language of this letter is fail
sample of how the proclamation affects
the traitors, and that may safely be as.
sumed discreet and wise for U, which EN-
harnesses and cndangers our enemy. De
pend upon it, the emancipation arrou
has pierced the heart Of treason.
the rebel States have now their future
in their own keeping. If the effect o
the proclamation will be as they claim
to lncite servile insurrection, they have
it in their own hands to prevent the hor
rible catastrophe. More than three months
have to elapse from the date of its issue
to the time of its going into effect. They
are not takeu unawares by the govern
ment The same proclamation which an
nounccs its intentions in respect of Tho
slaves of rebels, declares that the war i