The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-10-09
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"Occasional,' the well known and in
fuential correspondent Of the Philadei-
phia Press, thus speaks of the residents
Emancipation Proclamation
The Presidents Emancipation Procla-
nation has made a profound impression
upon the public mind. Rarely has any
mere official declaration produced such an
effect 1t conremplates startling change
in that institution which for SD many
years has been the substance and the fort
ress of the pro-slavery leaders and dlctaters
of national politics, and which, for seven
teen months, has been the feeder and the
backbone of the rebellion. To strike
down such a power Is to crush with 1t
those who have subsisted upon 1t: and to
tear away the thews and igaments that
have attached others to their cause.
reform 50 thorough must create some con-
fusion One great object has already
been effected. The people are NOR .torccd.
to Mjnk of starry us an element of the
treason that as intent upon tie sacrtfce Of
tie RcrlJLc They cannot drive the un-
pleasant subject from their hearts 1t is
not the President who has pla2ed 1t there.
The rebels have compelled hin, to regard
it, and the more he contemplates it the
more he realizes that s!aoc,y is the one
great adversary Of tie Anaericon Cnjonj
and as he cannot remove 1t himself, he
asks the people to help him. VIII they
do so ? After some study Of their organs
feel confident that they will finally give
the President their cordial assistance. 1t
is true the signs are not all propitlous Of
such a result The Breckenridge papers
in the free States are almost without ex-
ception against the Proclamation. For
getting their argument in favor of the
execution of the laws, they denounce the
President for simply giving force to law
OF Congress, and rejecting the patriotic
motives that first induced him to delay
this great decree of deliverance, and final
ly ytoannounce it. Heretofore these papers
have been able to lead and delude "a vast
mass of people Immense consequences
are Involved in their failure or success to
maintain this fatal influence On the
other hand, all the loyal papers, without
exception, in the free States, take ground
with the President In using the term
"loyal papers, / do not mean the Repub-
lican Journals only, but every newspaper
that is honestly Tor the Government and
for the war to preserve the Government.
Journals like the West Chester Democrat
and Huntington Globe in Pennsylvania.
In Mary land the Baltimore Ames1con and
Clipper accept it as an alternative forced
upon the Government. So far as | can
ascertain, many of the most distinguished
officers in the Army and Navy are known
either to have endorsed it since its APP
pearance, or to have expected and asked
tor it. OF these, | feel free to name
Generals Hooker, Banks, Wadsworth,
Heintzelman, Sigel, Jno. A Meier
nand, Jno. a Logan, Sickles, Meagher,
and of course, Generals Hunter, Butler,
and Phelps. In the Navy, Admiral Du-
pout is authoritatively quoted among the
earnest advocates Of .lie policy of Euan-
cipation; and so also OF the gallant old
seaman, now in command of the United
States Naval Asylum at Philadelphia,
Commander Joseph Engle. There is a
large class of regular officers in both bran
chcs Of the service WHO are expected TO
oppose The Proclamation, and among these
General Mcclellan is boldly nanied-