Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-11-05
The Thunderer on the ProcIa-
IA nation.


the LIST Of January next 10 come every State
that is in rehellon shall be, ID the eve of Mr.
Lineoln,i algee State. After that date Me-.
Lihcoln proposes to enaet that every slave ia
a Rebel State shall be forever after free aad
he promises that neither he, nor his army, nor
his navy, will do anything to repress any
Efforts which the negroes IN such Rebel States
may make for the recovery Of their freedom
This means Of course, that Mr. lincoln wall
on the 4 sl OF next Jannary, do his beat 10 ex.
cite seryle war in the States which he can
mol occupy with his arms. He will run 40
the rivers IN his gunboats he will seek out
the places which are left but slightly guarded,
and where the women and children have been
ltrasted TO the fidelity OF colored domestics -
lie will appeal to the black blood Of the Afri.
can he will whisper of the pleasure of spoil
and Of the qualification Of yet fereerinstincis,
and when blood begins 10 flow, aud shreks
come piercing through the darkness, Mr.
bineol.. will wait Till the rising flames tell that
all is consummated, and he will rub his hands
aud think that revenge Is sweet Thus is what
\ Mr. Lincoln ayows before the world that he is
about TO do.
Now, we are in Europe thoroughly convinc-
ed that the death Of slavery must follow as
necessarily upon the success Of the Confeder-
ates in this war as the dispersion of darkness
occurs upon the rising of lhesun; but sudden
ani iorcible emancipation, resulting from
the efforts the negroes may make for their
actual freedom, can only be effected by mas
sacre and utter destruction Mr. Lincoln
avows, therefore, that he proposes to excite
the negroes Of the Southern plantations to
murder the families Of their masters while
these are engaged in the war. The coucep.
/ ton OF such crime ishorrbe. The employ
ment OF Indians sinks TO a level with civilized
warfare in comparison with the most de-
teslahle doctrines Of Mazzini are almost less
atrocious; even Mr.. Lincoln's own recent
achievements of burning by gnnboats the de-
ienceless villages on the Mississippi, are
dwarted by this gigantic wickedness The
single thing to be said lorit is, that il is a
wickedness that holds its head high and scorns
! hypocrisy II does not pretend TO attack
slavery as slavery. 1t launches this threat of
a servile rebellion as means OF war against
teerlnin States, and accompanies il with n de-
claration OF general protection to an other
slavery. lH-
What will the South think of this The
South will answer with a hiss Of scorn. But
what will the North think of it2 What will
Pennsylvania, which is already unquiet under
the loss OF her best customers, and not easy un-
der the absolute despotism Of the present Gov |
NAH'uNhe Az w W uht nOSLOn may |
say or think is not, perhaps, Of muchfconse. |
quence. But what will New York say. 1t |
would not answer the purpose of any of these |
cities to have the South made howling viii. |
dsrness They want the handing of the mil |
lions which are produced by the labor of the |
black man Pennsylvania desires to sell her
manufactures in the South; New York wishes
to be again broker, banker, and merchant TO |
the South. This is what the Union means To
these cities. They would rather have live
independent state to deal with than a dead
dependency where nothing could be earnt-L
TO these practical persons President Lincoln
would be, after his black revolution had sue
ceeded, like a dogstealer who should present
the anxious owner with the head of his favor.
ite pointer They want the useful creature
alive. The South without its cotton, and its
sugar and, its tobacco, would be of small use
TO New York, or even to Phladephia and
the South without the produce Of its rice and
cotton, and its sugar and tobacco, would be
but sorry gain, even if il could be obtained.
~ President Lincoln wants such Il conquest as
this, the North is, perhaps yet strong enough
to conquer HayG. A few fanatics, OF course,
will shout, but we cannot think that, excepti in
utter desperation and vindetiveness any real
party in the North will applaud this nefarious
resolution 10 light up servie war in the dis
tant homesteads of the South.
As proof OF what the leaders Of the
North, in their passion and their despair,
would do il they could, this is a very sad
document AS aproof Of the hopelessness
and reeklessness which prompt their actions.
10 is very instructive document But il is
not a formidable document. We gather from
it that Mr.. Lincoln has lost all hope of nre-
serving the Union, and is now willing TO let
any quack try his nostrum. As an act of
policy il is, il possible, more contemplate
than II is wicked 1t may possibly produce
some partial risings, for let any armed power
publish an eahortatou to the laboring class Of
any community to nlunder and murder, aud
there wall be some response, 1t might hap
pen N London, OF Paris, or New York. That
Mr. Linooln's emancipation DEGREES VIII have
any general effect bearing upon the issue OF
the war we do not however believe The
negroes have already abundantly discovered
that the tender mercies of the Norib 4,
erners are crueltes The freedom which ia
associated with labor in the trenches military
discipline, and frank ayowals of personal l.
abhorrenee, momentarily repeated, does notd
commend itself 40 the negro nature General
bntler could, II he pleased, tell strange stor.es
Of the III success Of his tamperiuqs with tbe
negroes about New Orleans ilis ia
Wedo not think that even nov, when Mr.
Lincoln plays his last card, it will prove to ba
a trump Powerful mahgnity is a dreadful
reality, but impotent malignity is apt to be a
very con emptible spectacle Here Is would.
be conqueror and a would he eNtirpator who
Is not quite safe IN his seat OF Government
who is reduced TO ancll sttairs that he accents
q defeat as glorious escape, a. eapitulation
ot hIVte meH Asian.s uahn poBtsn sntseyent. a
drawn battle as n glorious victory, and the re.
treat of an invading army which rat;ros IL