Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-10-29
Maryland and the POpc's Hull
Against the Comet.

The following article. from the Balti-
more Amrircsu,. on the President cI-;il-
ciPa,iun Proclamation. Uught TO command
the sympathy and iudgInent OF every IT
tylngcnt Inau 1t l. reason and common
sense and patriotism replying 10 f:Iuaiiei=ln
and fuiv:
THE PROCLAMATION AGAIN.
We sec in various quarters surprises
cvinccd that the late proclamation bs .he
President does not meet .yith universal
and instant appreciation. but i l. Ino-r
SURPRISING, III Cur oplmloI., that It conn
manGs thai support i; docs. The .tEEU-
u,cnts agai..st iis issue pat bv tie Pref
lant himself arc more effective and uIsaIl-
-ryerab.,-.ts given by Il" Chicago depu-
,utiun-th.,a| those ae advanced III IT,
favor. and therefore II could be nu:ling
else than surprising that 50 soon alter
wards ne should b:, found correcting and
abandouil.- gruund BE- mas held % firmly
SINCE h. advent Ia lhe i'rc-:s.enCr. is
lis dealings with Ihr p:uy.ama.inas Of
Fremont. :,nl Hunter, and Phelps, Ae had
certainly also is,, a., country t. eNnec.
something els, and especially a=. ius' a
present, the american people c;:u Sc TO
necessity for - sudden departure from
what was supposed Il fixed Poi.cy-
There ! aI3y,hcr consideration ,iatayC--
able 20 IL reception Just now. Nlethc-
truly or NOT. II l. regarded - resulting
from the pressure brought 7" bear upon
the Executive hy the persistent pcr~ccu-
tors oi the Greeley AMI Sumner school :
and tIir ;ri'uDnji OF ihs,t miScnievous t.lr-
ZION IN ar. si3apa, ~ in any sense. J. not,
and Will no, uc. considered - good
angn In the advance al tia country To- Z.
condition oi peace. ] here ~ no il."u IA
this country powerful enau-h IN tac public
confidence a. cn'rman l. tu reconcile IN
American ren,'c. thc patriotic ut:s~>s,
who ;;r,. depended anon 10 pat down til:
rebellion. 20 The guidance 0f thc -,ho.iiinr
f;lcfiun. AMI Mr. Lincoln vo1 d to-d1,
have been tcnioid stronger III tie position
llc holds hol IA, rigi,liy adhered 10 th
policy ne ;,yowed in the outset, and kep
,.,.:,g OF the ii;ilr knot ol in.ri--c.~ vl,
are regarded a. hardly a single remove II
the mischief they nave c2nsummate,
rom tl,rir opposition OF the Charleston
school
Again. ihe most determined or in-eni
on, advocate oi the Emancipation procla
nation viii uot undertake t. say thG; 1t /
= Constitutional but. driven 10 yindi
cate IL, begins and ends the contest D
pleading for II - a measure d; '' lnliitaT.
necessity
Now. for one. We deny this. We con
tend that the five millions ct white me
: not in the field in the lov;d States. but {:
r home or their farms and IN their work
| shops and manufactures, lahorin9 TO sup
: piv the Union army, are infinitely Of MOI
e service to the Government than the tou
, millions OF p,~s,. ,roale3, 0Hd cRla''c7. on ii
4 plantltions are TO the Confederate Govern
/ ment And if the government had frol
: the beginning used every resource icr,lere
n II By the loyal men of the country,
. would net nov feel called upon 10 pr
|, forth measure of doubtful eNpe,li, n,v
' cripple, possibly. what il had power
:. DESTROY outright. Moreover abolition h
e already done more mischief 10y lis intrigu
in the army than 1t viii do good, ev'
e when packed in this case by the deere
d OF the Federal Executive: and, its slIccc
- in this instance, ii has done more 10 div@
d and r1nsettIc public sentiInen; ia ihe ln,
,f States than il can ooInpcoSat 20. ~.
- every in,m'e IT of L. PisaiauN % 'ak@ .