The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-09
Sen. McClellan's order Relative to the
Emancipation Proclamation.

Below we print an importan order of Gen.
fAeClellau relative to the Presidents proclama-
j.. T5an.
AazADQvARrERs ARMY OF THE PoroxAc,
Camp near Sharpsburgh, Nd, Oct. :.
tleneret Order, No. 1863.
Ehe attention Ut the officers and soldiers of the
Potomac Is called to General Order No. 1879,
VA Department., Sept. "A, 1862, publishing to
" .tr2 army the Presidents proca nation Of Sept.
~
4, proclaim alton Of such grave moment to the
sSGa.sn, officially communicated to the army,
aso-ds to the General commanding an oppor-
Unity of defining specifically to the officers
%'-2aa soldiers under has command, the relation
tgnfsc bp all persons in the military service of
She l nlLed States towards the civil authorities
al tue Government
Ehe Consultation confdes to the civil author
'st.es, Legislative, Judicial aud Executive, the
tFc lwar and duty Of making, expanding and ex-
, ecoting the ordered la"s. Armed forces are
/ @siss& and supported simply to sustain che
eipll eathorities, and are TO be held In strict
4s10ordinalion thereto in all respects.
This fundamental rule of our political system
80 essential to the security of our republican in
sGtutions and should be thoroughly under
ec0Gl by every soldier. The principles upon
%hich, and the objects Tor which, armies shall
ae employed in SURPRISING rebellion, must be-
determined aud declared by the civil authorities,
.sAac the Chief Executive, who is charged with
eae administration of the National affairs, Is the
sprener and only source through which the views
ls,p4 orders of the Government can be made
rsuown to the armies OF the Union.
Discussion by officers aad soldiers concerning
l.,fa and dooln rad
t,y the Government, when carried ut all beyond
Gne ordinary temperate and respectful expression
al opinion, tend greatly to impair and destroy
she discipline and efficiency OF troops by sus.
tanning the spirit of political faction Tor that firm
steady and earnest support of the authority of
&ne government, which IS the hig hes, duty OF the
american soldier. The remedy Tor political
errors, if any be committed, is to be found only
"a the action of the people at the polls.
In thus calling the attention of this army to
tie true re,aton between the soldiers and the
government. the General commanding merely
a.D~eUts to All evil against which 1t has been
, thought Advisable daring our whole history 10
stsard the armies of the Republic. lie will not
~ considered by any right minded person as
12stns any reflection upon that loyalty and
@-8ot conduct which has been 30 fully lllustra-
ted Gpon SO many battle-ields.
In carrying out all measures of public policy,
has army Will, OF course, be guided by the
same rules Of mercy and Christianity that have
a,Ter controlled it's conduct towards the defense.
!ess.
By Command Of Major General MCCLELLAN.
JAMES Ii. HARDEE,
Iieas Col. Aide-de Camp, Acting Ass. Adj Gen
The above order is direct, explicit and entirely
satisfactory in its doctrine that " the princ
giles upon which. and the object for which ar
41iee shall be employed in suppressing rebellion
MsasS be determined and declared by the civi
authorities - This doctrine is, to be sure, not
,oev one, but ithas been hitherto pretty muct
,ost sight of by the noisy persons who have de
s1oanced Congress and the Government for med
alag with the conduct or objects of the war
ana there seems to be peculiar fitness In thei
,9s:ng rebuked by the General, whose popularit.
..oev have endeavored to use against any civil
;zseictence with the management OF the war.
we should have better liked this order, if i
saE not only taught this lesson of the subordi
m4t1L OF the military to the civil power, blu
RID at the same time given some evidence tina
tao author thought the policy wise one. A
sycrd Of approval from Gen. Mcclellan now o.
tas policy of Emancipation, would be OF infinite
va4&e ia silencing much of the political opposi
: III TO the administration. 1t is not too mucl