Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-07-04
EMANCIPATION.

article entire and recommend its careful
perusal:
EMANCIPATION AS War MEASURE.
DO our readers ever look around
them to see who are the special friends
and advocates Of emancipation "as
war measure" Abraham Lincoln has
the reputation of being sound anti
slavery man, and Mr. Sumner endorses
him in this respect, but be does not 60
for emancipation ''as q war measure
Salmon p. Chase is certainly NO TREND
OF slavery, but he does not go for eman-
cipstion "as war mearure." William
Ii. Seward is probably more thoroughly
hated by the friends of slavery than any
other man in America, but he is no
friend of emancipation cas- a war meas
upc" These are representative men
all of them have been the opponents OF
slavery and the slave power throughout
their whole lives,-and all OF them
would be glad to see emancipation effect
ed-but neither they nor their friends
are ready to adopt it Gas war meas
ure." On the other hand, it We look at
the old fashioned sbolitonists and their
sympathizers, who have always held the
Union at a low price, who care more
for emancipation "as war measure"
After advocating the abolition of slav-
erv az a humane measure for long Sc
ries OF years, abusing the constitution
and openly or coveItiy advocating the
dissolution Of the Union, they are now
exceedingly loyal, and labor'ng for the
adoption of emancipation "as war
measure" The fact that they care more
for the abolition of slavery than any
other question connected With the war Is
so evlcent, that we do not hesitate to
charge it upon them. If the war should
cease, leaving slavery as it is, yet bring
ing Us peace and genuine Uulon, they
would feel that absolutely nothing had
been gained. Are such men counsel
lors who are to be trusted?
But about emancipation cas- war
measure" There has been more non
sense uttered by it's advocates than has
appeared on any other subject s.nce the
war was raised. 1t has been assumed,
from the first, that slavery was really the
''enemy's magazine" and that we should
not be able to conquer until 1t should be
ii cd into and blown up. We suppose
Gov. Andrew thinks SO. MIR. Sumner
thinks so. MIR. Phillips, and all Of MIR.
Phillips sympath'ze's think SO. The
Tribune and Euening Rostth'nk so. All
the old abolitionlsts think so, and they
and all who think with them have as
sumed that the emancipation policy
would be a terrible arm with which 10
| fight the rebellion, and that the moment
slavery is killed the rebellion is killed.
they have treated the question as any
thing but an open one,-as question
OH which there could be but one opinion
among men who really hate slavery and
wish tor its destruction.
Yet the fact is evident that there is
more than one opinion upon this sub.
jcct among anti slavery men. The i'm
practicables declare that all that binders
the adoption Of their policy is blind
reverence for constitution condemned
10y the slave power itself, or the slavery
Of the government to border State, con.
ditional Unionists, or to actual pro.
slavery sympathies, or reverence for
slavery. There is reverence for the
'conslitution, we grant, but we seriously
doubt, aud we know that others do, the
efficiency of emancipation Gas war
measure" We question it. Wha,
could t do? There is talk of putting
guns into the hands of the negroes, but
any body who knows these negroes
knows that there is not one in fifty OF
Thorn who would be worth, as fight
ing man. the salt junk he would eat. 1t
has been the habit tor Us to say :ha, the
slaves had placed the South under 'nds
TO keep the pcace-that as soon as they
should 60 to war ger orally, the slaves
would rise, &c. Have they risen
They have never bad SO good chance
before. Whole sections OF the country
have not only been cleared of all efiec.
tive white mcn, but OF ali effective fire
arm. There are vast regions of south.
cyn country in which the slaves might
have risen and annihiated the white in
halltants, bit they have not done il, and
have not had tie pluck to do it. 1t is
said tina. they arc friends to our armies.
but some commanders have found them
so unreliable that they have shut them
on, OF ou' lines entirely. We certainly
viii 60 as far as any one to make tie
| negroes useful to our armies, when the
thing is practicable, but ;hc field OF
their usefulness seems thus far to be very
limited.
II We 90 back a little in the history
Of the war, We shall find that at the
South it gained all its strength in the
general belief in the la!shood that it was
the airn Of the government was to
abolish slavery. 1t is declared on good
authority-the authority of one who
has lived in the South during the rebel
lion until very recentIy-lhat the orders
OF Hunter and Phelps and Fremont
were industriousy circulated by the en-
tire southern press, as the best possible
means of thoroughly uniting the south.
err people. Hunter declares emanci-
patton, and while the leaders laughed at
the useless manifesto, they used it as the
best possible instrument for uniting the
southern people, and carefully suppress
ed the Presidents counteImand of the
order, as something that would do then.
great damage. No man who knows
human nature and is candid with him.
self can fail to see that governmental