The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-10-09
From the New York Express.
The Catholic Journals on the Presl-
denis Proclamation.


organs of the three hundred thousand Cath
ol:cs who are said to be dwellers on Manhat-
tan Island, upon so m ON entous a subject as
Negro Emancipation, can not be matter OF
ENTHUSIASTICALLY when it is remem-
bered how many patriots of that faith are
now helping to fight the battles Of the Union;
and hence, the extracts we copy below have
a religious as we'll as political interest, tor
the public at large:
From the Metropolitan Observation-Disclosures
Hughes Organ
THE PRESIDENTS PRocLAMATIoN-AN EMAN
CITATION CRUSADE TO BE INAUaURATED.
In another part of this weeks Record will
be found what We think our readers will re-
gard as a startling and extraordinary pro-
nunciamento from the President ofthe United
States. We say that it is both startling and
extraordinary, and perusal Of the docu-
m ent itself will afford sufficient proof of the
correctness of our opinion in regard to Its
/ character.
This production commences with tho
statement that "the war is to be prosecuted
hereafter, as heretofore. for the OBJECT VI
practically restoring the Constitutional rela-
| lions between the United States and the peo-
! pie thereof in which States that Ielation may
/ be, or is. suspended or disturbed" ms is
I
exception to its enforcement within the
limits of the Constitution. But it should not
be forgotten that the South is not the only
portion of the county by which that Consti-
tuition has been violated and set at denance,
for its most cherished guarantees have oeen
re sarded as so much waste paper in many OF
the LOYAL States, whose fidelity to the Union
could not be called in question Wedo not
care for pursuno this painful feature in our
civil war any further. We only call atten-
ton to it for the simple reason that 1t was
suggested by the opening sentence OF this
rem ark able production of the Presidential
pen.
The second paragraph of the proclama-
ton states that on the first day of January.
IN the year Of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty three, all persons held as
slaves within any State, or any designated
part of State, the people whereof shall
then be in rebellion against the United
States, shall be thenceforward and forever
free" As we publish the document In full.
it is unnecessary to make any furtherq QUOTA
tons therefrom, rticularly as the extract
we have made may be said to contain the
pi,h and substance of the whole affair.
Never, since the nation started into exist
ence, has it been called upon to give its at
tention to matter of such great moment
dent Lincoln's last state paper. 1t is no
wonder, therefore, that its publica' ion shouli
have produced such a profound sensation
all over the country, and that its probable
effects upon the future of the Republic
should be canvassed and discussed with such
intense anxiety. 1t is so strangely at varl-
ance with the conversa.ive views hitherto
expressed blythe Chief Magistrate that it has
, fallen upon the public ear with stunning ef-
feet. While it has delighted the radical por-
ton of the North. it has produced a feeling
of dismay and bewiderment among the
conservative and patriotic masses.
Should the Policy forshadowed in this
document be carried out, at the time speci
fed therein, we may reasonably expect the
enactment of tragedy on American SOIL
compared with which the bloody horrors OF
the St. Domingo massacre were mere chlld's
play. The slave population OF all the South
ern States is, we believe. according to thu
last census about four millions, while of the
States in rebellion the slave population is
about four ffths Of the whole. Now, in the
event alluded to-that is, the continuance
Of the Southern Confederacy IN its present
attitude, and its subjugation by the Union
army-all these will be emancipated. We
will suppose such condition to be realized,
what is to become of the millions thus sud
Are they to be placed in possession Of the
forfeited estates of their former owners, and
if so. how is the process of the division OF
property to be carried out?
Let us again ask, what are we to do with
the millions of whites who either owned or
were dependent upon slave property for the
means of subsistence? These are problems
which think will be found rather diff
cult of solution by our greatest statesme en-
that is, if the race of American statesme n
has not already run out. If pursue this
matter still further, we will find ourselves
involved in greater and more serious con-
siderat;on to which il is entitled by its in
fiuence on the future condition of the Repub-
tic by its terrific importance.
. The proclamation is only to be carried
into effect in the event of the disloyal States
perssting in their present attitude of hostil-
ity toward the Government after the first OF
January next. 1t will hardly he supposed
by any sane mind that belligerent and de-
termined enemy will not be rendered still
more 6ercely in earnest by the Inauguration
of a war policy that threatens the destruc-
ton of every thing that is of value to them
on this earth-for, if carried into successful
operation, such policy can only result in
the disruption of the whole social system of
the South. in voving its inhabitants, both
white and black, both bond and free, in gen +
eral anarchy and ruin. Are we prepared
for such fearful calamity?
Do we understand what a servi1e war
means? Can we picture to ourselves. with.
out shuddering at the dread spectacle. the
scenes of savage riot and debauchery, or
carnage and rapine-scenes of which the
horrors of the battle field can furnish no
adequate conception? The conflict of man
with man is struggle between equals. but
war, in which women and children and
old age become the victims, is savage and
barbarous to the last degree. Surely, the