Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-11-11
emancipation In the late elections.
% From the Washington city Chronicle.

Emancipation In the late Elections.
30 Prom the Warrington city Chronicle.
The wisdom and expediency of Presi-
dent LineoIn's proclamation of emancipa-
tion is fully Vindicated by the results of
the late elections. In Delaware and Mis-
souri,, where, rs in every other State,
this measure Of the Administration was
made the issue before the people, tie Id
miniStration has been triUHphaHtly sup
ported The people of these States know
better than any one else what slavery
means and what emancipation will llproba
bly, effect They are competent judges of
the question. They are jury Of experts.
They have lived all their lives in the midst
of slaveay, and know its influence on the
social and moral condition of the people
among whom it exists, and its blighting
effects on individual enterprise and labor.
They have been either actually within or
closely bordering on the theatre of war.
In every aspect in which the question can
be considered, they have the practical
knowledge which enables them to form a
correct opinion Of the propriety Of thepolicy
announced by the President and his Cabi-
net, and they have said without hesitation
equivocation, or Limitation, ave approve
this emancipation policy and desire its
success"
In New York, on the contrary, where a
different verdict has been rendered, the
people know nothing about slavery and
its effect on the white and on the black
man. They know nothing about the
capacity of the negro for labor or his fit
ness for freedom. They know nothing of
the effect Of the war on sllVery or on the
communities where slavery has existed.
They have no practical knowledge of a
single one of the elements necessary to be
lconsidered in passing Judgment on this
question. Yet they assume to condemn
the Administration. The New York
Herald and its illustriOus compeers pre-
tend to hail the election of such men as
Ben and Fernando Wood. by n New York
mob, as an intelligent and decisive criti-
cism on the policy Of emancipation and
hope that the President, warned by this
valuable and timely expression ofpublic
Telling, will TetTdce his steps and rerOke
tte prOclGplqtioRi This is most refreshing
ly cool. tia.s1.a IT -4.4 y
Wouldyou ask an Indian for his opinion
or q sewing g-machine, or q New York
seamstress for her opinion of a Mexican
mustang? President Lincoln has never
asked Ben Wood or any of his friends for
their advice, and we do not believe he
will pay much attention to what they say.
Why should he?i They do not speak er
eatiteird, q EOFd PalmerstOn cares very
little what the Emperor of China may
think of his internal policy. Fhe Ameri-
can public have never been disturbed by
the denunciations of Exter Hall while the
American Constitution protected slavery,
nor by the fulminati0ns of the British
since we have entered upon an anti-slaYe
~ policy. The cases are precisely paFal-
lei The emancipation proclamation has
been received with delight in commune
ties which will be affected by it, and the
mntterings Of those who can never be
affected by its operations will not be bee-
ded.
But there is one mora poinE worthy of
consideration on this subject. The opinion
of those best qualified to Judge, and of ali
who have made the question a study, is
clear and unequiYocal, that the army is
almost universally in favor of any efec-
tive blow at slavery They have seen the
invaluable support it has given the rebel
lion, the .perniOious effect It has had upon
southern society, and the practical over
throw of the system wherever our army
has gone For ever reason of Justice,
] expedieney, and economy, they believe,