Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1862-10-15
THE PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION.
EN-. M.CLELLAN's ENDORSEMENT.
He Issues q General Order.
The Last Argument Of the Breckinr, igers Gone

The Last Argument Of the Breckinri igers Gone |!
When the news of the Presidents Emanci-
patton Proclamation reached this place, the
Breckenridge clique could scarcely contain
itself. The members we're squirming round,
like chickens on a hot griddle. 1t was boldly
predicted on our streets that the army would
revolt! 1t twas said that the people would re-
fuse to sustain it-that Mcclellan would re-
sign-that it was exactly what Davis & Co.
wanted &c. &c. When the news come, how
ever, that Franklin's entire Division received
the Proclamation with three cheers-thst Davis
& Co. received it with bowls and anguish
that the people were resolved TO sustain it
and that the last excuse tor nterv ention on
the part OF foreign powers had been swept "a
way-the Breckenridgers began to simmer
down, and reserved their ridiculous predc-
tions and harmless denunciations to interlard
their speeches with in remote parts OF the
county, where the correct news had not yet
been received.
Now their last hope has hcd-their last
gument has vanished, slike the morn ing cloud
and the early dew Gen. Mcclellan, whom
they, above all others, profess to admire-who
they predicted would resign-has endorsed
the Proclamation !! He has issued a general.
order, defining the duty of the army to be obe-
dience to the Government. He declares the
President to be s.ihe only source through
which the orders of tho Government can be
made known to the armies of the nation %
He declares sssteady and earnest support of
the authority of the Government to be the
highest duty OF the American Soldier''-and
We may very properly add. also, of the Ameri-
can citizen. He declares that the Proc lama
tion shall be carried out--and that iu doing SO
"the army will of course be guided by the
same rules of mercy and Christianity that have
ever controlled its conduct towards the de-
fenceiess." This important Order will be
found in full in another column.
In issuing this Order, Gen. Mcclellan has
done just what was expected of him-hs duty.
Let these Breckenridgers follow his example,
and instead of finding fault with the PresI-
dents Proclamation-instead of misrep re-
senting it in their speeches through the coun-
ty-iet them recognize in it, as does McClel-
Ian and every other lover of his countryside
most severe blow the Rebellion has yet receiv
ed. The howl going up in Richmond, and
throughout the whole bastard Confederacy at
this Proclamation, shows that the very root
OF the rebellion has bee eastruck--and that, too,
with blow that will etfectualy destroy it,
Those in the North who chime in with this reb.
FL howl aud find fault with the Proclamation,
Ire only giving evidence how deep and sin
,ere is their sympathy with these Southern
raitors. They have words with which to
lenounce those who incite the savage Indians
% murder our defenceless women and chill |
iren on the frontier, but are terribly exercis-
I'd lest the negroes assert their freedom and
lurt some of the rebeis We suppose if the
,egroes were to hang JEFF. Davis, h,s Cabinet
Ind Congress, these worthless would immedi- |
ately go into mourning.
Let loyal men not be deceived. If the news |
,oes forth after this election that the Pres
dents Proclamation and Gen. McCIelan's
Order have been endorsed by the Union men |
If the Keystone State-there will not be
egment in the rebel army, but will feel its |
Effects. Such result will strike terror to the |
leart of JEFF. Davis, and his Generals. 1t will |
md all hope OF aid or sympathy in the North. |
L will show that the clique of which Frank |
ghes is at the head-who wants ssto switch |
off the track of the Uuion''-
meets only the scorn and contempt of the 10y
Il masses of our noble old Commonwealth
But on the other hand-if these Secession |
ympathizers should succeed-if CUurtright,
" Nallace, and the other Breckenridge candi-
lates are eIected-the news will be received /
With joy and rejoicing by the whole Southern
They will feel that they have
friends at court They will rejoice in the
of the policy of an energetic
of the war. Let Union men, then,
,e on their guard. Be earnest, vigilant ana
ctive,-and when ths polls shall close on next
Tuesday, the most important, though blood
ess, victory will have been achieved since
he war began-a victory that will do more to
rush out the rebellion than the sacrifice of
countless lives upon the field of carnage.
UNION MEN APPEARING IN GEoRaIA.-A
etter was taken from the person of dead