The national Republican., 1862-08-11

ual emancipation at all an unlikely mcve
then the sympathy Of public opinion through
out Europe will be With the Soulh, and will
sustain any action In her favor.
Think. too, In such an event, how false our
position how low We shall have fallen IN the
eyes Of the world how unenviable the place
We shall occupy In history through all time
II Ia idle & ,sconade to say that, thus situated.
we can defy Europe Let the South, BY con
ceeding emancipation, secure the sympathy.
and the permanent services Of her four millions
Of laborers, without action Of ours; then throw
Into the scale against us the thirty millions ct
England, the forty millions Of France who
shall tay how many tens Of millions besides'
and what chance for success, or for reputation
shall we have, struggling for nothing nobler
than self existence, In equivocal attitude before
the wsrld, matched against opponents who
shall have forestalled us and sssnmed the ini
tiatlve Of progress
While the contest assumes no higher charac.
ter than that Of portion of great nation de.
torcibly casting of its authority, what more
sympathy can we expect from Europe than we
ourselves gave to Spain when she lost Mexico.
or TO Mexico when Texas struck 'or indepen.
dence? Until the issue Is changed, 90 that The
great question Of human liberty becomes In
volved In II, we must expect from European
powers at the best only Indifference coupled,
probably, with the feeling that as Mexico sue
ceeded against Spain and Texas against Mexico,
20 will Southern Coniederacy finally maintain
Itself against ua
That declaration Of emancipation was not
Issued Q year ago, do not regret. Great
changes must mature In public opinion before
they can be safely carried out. Extreme meas
ufss, TO be justi6ed and to be effectual, must
often be preceded by long tried conclliation
Yet in national emergencies II may be as dan
gerous to disappoint as to anticipate public
opinion. And confess my fears for the result
H decisive measures are longer delayed.
Stand where We are we cannot; and to 30 On
We ought nsver to have proposed emancipation
With compensation to loyal slave.owners, nor
declared to the disloysl, as by law we have.
that their slaves shall be liberated without
compensation, II we did not intend to follow
out the policy we commenced. We have In
cured the odium; let rs reap the benefit.
Nor do l perceive how We can free the
slaves Of rebels, yet reasonably expect to retain
slavery In the border States, even 10 case they
pe,ist In refusing the offer Of the President
Having intervened 80 far, extirpation ofslavery,
the only effectual policy, becomes the safest
also.
All men In the North will not acquiescs.
Neither did all scquiesce when the war was
| commenced; yet who that Is loyal opposes II
now? And what would have been the result
had We waited, ere We commenced the war, for
unsnimity3
Some will fall Of. So be It There is small
loss In that And there 10 some gain. Better
an open enemy than worthless friend. II Is
time that men were taking sides. As things
now stand see no use In conciliatlng the halt
loyal. He who Is not for us Is against us.
I think the people are ready. believe that
the loyal citizens Of the North, with such small
proportion Of exceptions as In radical national
changes must be disregarded, are to-day pre-
pared for emancipation. They have paid for II
In treasure, 10 blood; not by their option
They feel that the sacrifices they have made,
and have still 10 make, are too vast to have
pledge Of perpetual eafety and peace.
Rejecting men feel, too, that such pledge
is Q national, not merely Northern, necessity.
The South, exhausted and suffering, needs II 10
the full az much awe. She will soon perceive.
II she does not already, that two parts OF one
nation, or even two coterminous nations,
can never again exist in amity on this
continent, one slave and the other FREQ. She
cannot but see that fugitive.slave.lsw din.
oulties II no others existed, would suffice to
prevent this.
Il 10 not the question whether paper deca-
ration, easily issued, will or will not be fol-
lowed by Q thousand practical difficulties. The
uprooting Of an ancient and gigantic abuse
'HS M2s shHSa oI who ne rs S"sd
ureiy foresee y how esch of these win be uItI.
mately be solved. The true question Ia, whether
greater difficulties, even insuperable ones. do
net peset any other policy. Pressed home A,
We are, to avoid obstacles is impossible. We
can but select the least formidable. The lives
evils. "s "''"e'"
When dangers surround us, we must walk
measure. BY faith. Let US do what we can,
ana leave to God the issue. We may best trust
70 Him when we enter His path Of progress,
de aids those who walk In ID.
ieel assured that dnal success awaits us in
pursuing such path. And ] see no other
road out of the darkness.
ROBERT DALR OwEy
NEW York, July 2S, 1862. '