Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-29

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Parties from above viii confer an especial favor
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possession.
THE CONSTITUTION AGAIN DisRE-
GARDRD.
We publish this evening the long-e1pected
proclamation Of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, who styles
himself " President Of the United States Of Amer
lea. and Commander in-Chief of the army and
thvrvUf,- drUls-1ug nas " on the hrst Gay
Of January, in the year Of our Lord enc thou
sand eight hundred and si1ty-three, all persons
held as slaves within any State, or any designa-
ted part of a State, the people whereof shsAthen
be in rebellion against the United States, shall
be theneeforward and forever free, and that He
viii, 81 on the first day of January aforesaid by
proclamation, designate the States and parts OF
States. if any, which the people thereof respect
lively shall then be in rebellion against The Uni
ted States"
This is the feature Of the proclaim, stripped
of its verbisge. 1t is the essential Of the threat
announced and ss to the execution of the pen
atty, so far as the "Commsnder-in-Chief Of the
army snd navy " aforesaid is concerned he
reserves to himself the power Of determining the
rule. Constitutions, laws, The courts, are sbro-
gated. The rule by which he viii decrease CT
extend bis edict, is enc Of his own creation
The fset that any State, OF the people thereof
shall on that day be in good faith represented In
the Congress of the United States by members
chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority Of
the qualified voters Of such State shall have
participated, shall, in the absence Of strong
countervsiing testimony, be deemed conclusive
evidence that such State and the people thereof
have not been in rebellion against the United
States"
Of course The radicals of the North entertain the
ides that the line Of policy LINCOLN has adopted,
will at once psralyze the COnfedsrates and ter
minato the war speedily, with the eonsumma-
ton of their long cherished hope, the abolition
of American slavery. Passing over the easily
Questioned wisdom and Praeticability Of
changing, by 8 single and sudden act, the en-
tire social status and individual necessities Of
four millions Of ignorant and very helpless
creatures, we can assure these abolition robbers
that the only effect of the attempt to enforce the
scheme viii be 20 increase the enmity OF sl To
slave States, and act as a comPuision in all the
border States, Kentucky. Tennesses and Mis-
sour especially, to fight tooth and nail against
the emancipation army /: cannot bring any
material accession of strength TO them, or work
any @ofsctusI mischief or paralysis to US, except
in localities which may be temporarily occupied
by our fees; and even there 1t can be 40 worse
than we have already experienced. They have
harmed Us all they possibly could, already.
Wherever they have gore all the slaves who
would leave thsi- masters have been protected
in doing so. Their idea Of aid to be derived
proceeds upon an assumption, Of the correctness
Ct which there IS no evidence, and which, on
the contrary, the whole history Of the war has
contTadlcted For this proclamation, issued
with such incendisTy intentions, to do either the
good or harm expected from il, the slaves mus.
be in a chronic stste Of readiness to rise upon
their masters, OF at least to strike work in a
5y. They must hate those with whom they
we always been associated and love the
Granger. and there is 10 evidence that they do
either. Under no circumstances, then, can it
be operative generally, except whore the Federal
arms may penetrate, and they thus be enabled
10 force their dogma upon the negro.
Il is not necessary to repeat what every one
knows. that this sct is unconstitutional Neither
can it be jus fed by military law. And in ad-
didon to being sn infringement Of the rights OF
the Ssstes-a Capitalization Of all power in the
hands Of the general government-itis contrary
TO the rules of civilized war in this, that it is
plainly a proposition to incits domestic iDsurrec-
ton for the massacre Of millions Of people, the
greater portion Of when are non-eombatsnts.
In 1872, the British Admiral COCHRAN issued a
proclamation on the Potomac relative to the
slave population, and the act was disavowed by
bis own government. The American govern
aent demonstrated, and with effect. In his cor
~Spondence JOHN QUISCY ADAMS, referring 70
AdmiraTs action, said: 1T is not coniOTma-
|. Ne to the established usages Of war among civ
iized nations Again: The principle IS that
the emancipation Of enemy Z slaves is not among
the acts Of legitimate war" And again: The
right Of putting to death al prisoners il cold
blood, and without special cause, might as well
be pretended to be q lev Of wa, OF the right to
use poisoned weapons, or to a~ssassins.e." And
another historical fact recurs-NAPOLEoN re-
fused TO arm the Russian serfs against their
masters, though they were Of the same race and
color, even when they came in thousands to offer
their services. It has remained FOR the suthori-
ties Of our once bossted Republic to be the frsti
in the history Of the civilized nations Of the
world, to endeavor to incite a servile i~nsurTee-
lion, and the fact viii 60 down in toe records
Of the present struggle, as additional evidenc'
Of cur correctness in endeayoring to escape froH
the tyranny the dominant party Of the Norti
would impose.
While the effect viii be to unite the people o
the South. as one man, to the bitter end in th'
contest. and viii not work to cur disadyantsg
ereent so far as we ourselves allow our eBenis
70 penetrate our country, and thus give them al
onnortunity to force our slaves from their com
Portable homes, it viii not be uuPrOductive c
1mp0I ant teeuha a. u0 NS-'E W y
course, received bat few expressions OF oplnlol
from that section since the publication OF th
edict. It was unexpected, and has taken tn
Northern press by surprise. Bat we have see
enough TO lead US to believe that the Democrat.
viii. rally against its principles. They will,
/, true, be overpowered, but a divided peOpl
viii be the consequence, with a minority e
.
large as to leave the majority in the North on,
rsct;on of the whole Of the old Union. /
effect in the army has also yet to be tested. II
thousands Of officers and men who have ccI
st.ptly protested that they were fighting for Il
restoration Of The Union, and not the abohti'
in bova . word 10 say and uule.