Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1862-10-07
Lfacoln,s Fiendish Proclamation.

Liacoln,s Fiendish Proclamation.
Since the time our first parents were
expelled from Paradise, and
ssThey hand in hand, with wandering steps and
slow,
Through Eden took their solitary way"
there has not been as much Joy in Pan
demonium as at this time. The Arch
Fiend in the regions of woe, "grins hor
ribly CHASTITY smile," for he and his
emissaries upon earth-the extreme alb
olitionists-have succeeded in prevail
ing upon s.Old Abe" to issue procla
nation of emancipation which will send
a thrill of horror through all civilized
nations. He invites the servile popula-
ton of the South to enact the bloody
scene of st. Domingo throughout the
limits of the Southern Confederacy.-
Before he committed this act of atrocity,
in reply to the Committee sent by a
meeting of the "Christians @ of all de-
nominations" of Chicago, who were, at
the instigation of Satan, urging upon
him to perpetrate it, he said that, che
had been considering it night and day
for some time-that he raised no obiec-
ton to it OH legal or constitutional
grounds, for as COMMANDMENTS Chief of
the army and navy, in time of war, he
supposed he had a right to adopt oqay
measure which might best subdue the
enemy, and that he urged no objections
OF moral nature in view of possible
consequences of masaurectiion and mas
s0cre at the South, but viewed the mat
ter as practical war measure to be de-
cided upon according to the advantages
or disadvantages it may offer to the sup
preston of the rebellion"
Having no legal, constitutional, nor
moral objections, he had but little diff
Guilty in coming to the conclusion that
it would be 'sgood practical war meas
ure." In word, the devil triumphed.
and Lincoln issued his proclamation.
which has s'crowned the pyramid of his
infamies with an atrocity abhorred Of
men, and at which even demons might
shudder."
After the Committee of abolitionists
from Chicago had retired, and when he
was in some perplexitv as to the course
ne should adopt, Satan, his potential al
ly, squat like a toad at his ear" ad-
dressed him, as Milton represents Death
as addressing Sin within the gates o.
Hell, as follows:
Go whittier Fate and inclination strong
Leads thee; l shall not lag behind nor err
The sway, thou leading; such scent draw
or carnage, prey innumerable, and taste
The SAVIOR of death from all things there thai
live:
Nor shall to the work thou enterprisest
BE wanting, but afford thee equal add
ssFdciJas descensus Ayerqal." There
Is now no obstruction in the downward
road he is travelling, for from the posi-
ton he now occupies there is
"A passage broad,
Smooth. easy, inofensive, down to He'll -
His astute ally knew when to approach
him. He seized that time when he was
writhing under the modification of a
succession of defeats, and when he was
blinded by an intensified onvenoned an
lmosity. The fendish criminality of his
act is only equaled by its folly and fer
tility, for it will have no practical effect.
as it will not emancipate a slave who
would not have been freed without it.
His proclamation, practically, is merely
sssound and fury, signifying nothing,o
for Notwithstanding it, he must rely
solely npon the strength and bravery of
his armies. Wherever he has had the
power to do SO, he has emancipated the
slaves heretofore, and he cannot eman-
cipate beyond the limits of his military
lines. Not as many will be emancipa-
ted IN future as heretofore, because the
owners will now remove them before
the enemy can getpossession. He aims
deadly blow, but, like the blinded
moccasln in August, he strikes his en-
venomed fangs into himself instead of
his intended victim. This proclamation
which exposes the criminal anamaals of
its author, will strengthen the South and
weaken the North, and bring down ND
on the Lincoln Administration the con
demnation of the whole civilized world.
Fearing to trust even the people of the
North, he at the same time, issued an
other proclamation, suspending The
writ OF hGbeos corpus, and applying the
rlgor OF martial law to all persons who
may utter word of complaint against
the issue of his fendish proclamation.
They will be thrown into prison without
any means of redress. The Lincoln
Government is now the most tyranical
military despotism which has ever ex-
listed upon the EARTH As compared with |
the "blackness Of darkness" of Lincoln's
character, those of all criminals who
have "existed in the tide of Time" as
sumed radiance of virtue. In compa-
ring him with Butler, the tyrant of New
Orleans, the Richmond ENQUIRER saws.
sButler has been called infamous---bv
common consent he is known as III !
Beast. But Butler is saint
to his master. In OF = .ne
Butler auth- compared
o,-- ..udltion to all that
..orlzed, Lincoln adds butch
..y-even the butcllery of babes Ian
guage is too poor to furnish a name
suitable for such character. Nay, the
whole catalogue of dishonoring epithets
is not sufficient to do justice to it. "Mur-
derer" is term of honor compared to
Lincoln's crime "Child and woman
murderer" tells but part of the story
To this is added the cowardice of en-
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