Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-12-10

fHfNlN" 'N.n IIf.UHf
thofoh h,rtln ouoneh Tbsf sr.ep,
anro Of iho plan noe tiU nye uaauteo,e
.of ihcit scyohlly adopting omsrrit,tiop
.al no very distant day." ltvould NOT ro.
qutc llo acceptance of oll the slave sia,o.
Seven Of them, Mr Lincoln says. will do ,
and this "a'sunnco.' says ho. "pguR emit
J he syugif yow anil sur Mo- Union Jarqv."
/ his is startling conclu.iou. Mr.. Lin.
coin says slavery is ths cause of the reuoIl. d.
ion, and the cause must al bee removed
before the effect can cease and yet he
says II ms plan were adopted no'c-though
eight slave States might reject it the
struggle would be ended, and the Union
saved forever But in addition, as we have
already shown, the States adopting the
! plan that Is, aulhorising compensation
for slaves voluntarily emNncip,cd-would
be under no binding obligations to avail
themselves OF its bounty they do not
thereby agree to emanclpate their slaves
at all ; they only agree thai those who do,
shall be compensated at the rate agreed
upon. Now this is the feature Of the mes.
sage that has awakened Spprehensions in
our mind as TO the sincerity OF Mr.. Lin
coin. Wo aPprehend that lis real pur,
pose is TO induce the border slave Stat 8
to adopt emancipation, Hn pointing to
Il. Al. IL 81 l,I
anCe "slide :"
But how much emancipation is it going
0ipNton act Of Congress, and the proc!ama-
tion undsr it, has already freed all the
slaves CT the mon in rebellion in any and
all the States so the slaves OF the rebels
are free already. Then on the lot Of JAMS
uary next Mr. Lincoln says lie will forever
free all the slaves held within the States
in rebellion al that time. That will be
the second freedom for the slaves Of rebe |
masters, and the first for the slaves ofloyal
citizens within the rebel States. Then
comes Ar. Lincoln's compensated emaN~
cipation," by which all slaves in the Uni
ted States are TO be emancipated some
time within the next thirty seven years,
at the option of the States holding them.
being the second emancipation for the
slaves Of loyal citizens. and the Mrd eman-
cpsiion for the slaves OF the rebels.
Here ia the emancipation muddle-
truthful and mp!ete-except Mr.. Lin,
coin has often assured us, as has the press
ent Congress solemnly declared, that the
war was not to change the Institutions Of
any Of the States, but only to restore the
Union; aud also, that e: the last session
he urged Congress, with almost indecent
energy, 10 appropriate m.n"y to purchase
and colon ae slaves, and lie now a3ke that
the Constitution may be so amended as TO
give Congress the right to do these IN ngs
So far rs the States in rebellion arc con-
csrned, one OF these schemes i. just "a eh
fectuni as the other, or Is all lof them and
IN all they amount TO u ml-erably enpty
delusiom. How csn the people have con-
fdcncG in an Administration thai thus tri-
L. .ooulL,,o.s Eoo,v
..Lo.I h.,,.l.,ows, ,ba,Hr I;,c,,,,. forth.
coming proclamation freeing the slaves in
u,n S,a,a. il ,.hoI,io, i. do,ti.ed TO be
n,,no e :, ,.o ~ Ia IayaIIed ot TN.
,ohol or,r And ovorv one can ais, see
uo ii. NON, ,loo will ho if po,sihle. still
moro fso,le and fr,ila
rho s,0,o. IN rob.Ilion cav thov rovoItod
hocousc tbov ware no, rcrmi,,ol pcac,gul.
~ 70 o,iov thnir domestic Institutions
,Lot ,hcy LoIisved tbe North intended TO
erc,o,ch y, their Iiyhts and r,roc them
into q secondary position in the Union
tbsa thew could NOT romnin in the Union
s,, thew co,,,L,-and ON This issue n horri>
h,o v.r has rsoc1 for nearly two wears
and NOW Mr. Lincoln savs to them if they