Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-29
EMANCHPATEON Pro
CLAmATEON.
opinion. or the .1'or'her,. Press

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opinion upon the proclamation Of Lincoln The
republican journals are ~jubilant, the conserva-
tive press generally commend it, while q few
of the Democratic papers condemn it. In Gin
cinnati the Enquirer is alone in its opposition
in Chicago the Times; in st. Louis the RePnb-
Iican is dumb. In New York the World alone,
SO far as we are advised, makes any objection.
The New York Tribune simply reeapitulstes
in double loaded the main features Of the pro
| clamation, and adds:
Such in brief are the provisions Of The procla-
nation. It is the beginning Of the end OF the
rebellion-the beginning Of the new life CT the
nation. God bless Abraham Lincoln.
The New York Herald says it is one Of the
most important documents since the adoption OF
the Federal Constitution, and odds:
The gravity Of this proclamation will strike
every one. Il has been forced upon the nstion
by tie abolitionists Of the North and the scces-
sionists of the South. Il insugurates an over
whelming revolution in tho system of labor in a
most important agricultural section Of the coun-
try, which will, it the rebels persist in their
course, suddenly emGncipate three or four NIL
lions Of human beings, and throw them, IN tue
fitness Of their helplessHess aud ignorance,
upon their WI resources and the wisdOm-ot the
white race, to properly regulate and care tJr
them in their new condition OF lie. But tne
importance If this great social revolution VIII
not be confined to the section where the black
race now forms the chief laboring element. Il
will have its influence on the labor OF the North
and West. 1t will to a certain extent bring the
black labor of the South in competition with
white labor on the extensive grain farms OF the
West, unless the existing stringent laws OF
some of the Western States combining the negro
TO his present geographical position, are adopted
in al the other free States.
The Herald then undertakes to explain the
proclamation. 1t says:
However, it gives the South an opportunity to
escape the fate so closely and emphatically
marked out by Mr.. Lincoln. 1t should be her
golden opportunity It must be manifest to
them that the rebellion cannot succeed. The
reception of the rebel army by the people OF
Maryland, after sill the promises and prepare
tions leading to the invasion of that StaTe, must
have its peculiar and impressive significance
with them, at this time, with victory in our
hands, ana enormous and extensive preparations
for crushing out all opposition. that the Presi-
dent issues this important manifesto to give the
people of the South this last chance. 1t IS now
the question with them, whether or not they are
prepared, for the sake Of a few miserable leaders
of this wicked rebellion, TO submit to this over
whelming revolution in their social system.
There is the document there is the time fixed
for the return of the rebellious States 10 the al
legiance of the Federal government. No event
in the history of the world suTpssses the one
now presented by the President, and which is to
be decided in but little mere than ninety days.
The New York Times says:
The wisdom Of the step taken is Unquestion-
ably a necessity indisputsble. 1t has been de-
claTod time and again by President Lincoln that
as soon as this step should become a necessity
he would adopt it. It's adoption now is not a
confession that the military means Of suppress
ing the great rebellion have proved a failure,
but simply that there is a point at which any
other legitimate appliances that can be caliedin,
shall also be svailed Of Slavery IS an element
of strength to the rebels ii lai. untouched. 1t
will sssuredly prove an element Of weakness, it
may be of total destruction, to them aud their
cause when we make such use Of it and its vic
tins as lies 10 our power. From nov till the lst
of January next, when this proclamation will
take effect, IS 3 littie over three months, ana
what may happen between now and then in
the progress OF the war, IS hard TO say. We
earnestly hope, however, that by that time the
rebellion viii be put down by the military hand,
aud that the terrible element of q slave insuT-
rection may not be invoked. Il by that day the
rebel army be overtbrown, and their capital
captured, and if slaveh0lding rebels still prove
malignant, irrepressible, and is in the Southwest
disorgsnizsrs and maraudsrs, then let that which
Vice-Presidsnt Stephens called th8 corner stone
Of the Southern COBt5derGcy, be kuocked nom
under it, and see whether tbs whole fabric Of the
rebellion will not necessarily tumble to the
ground.
The New York World says the President is a
very Blondin in the art of political balancing
and that while be restores Mcclellan to the com
mand Of the army, {" he throws HE sop to the
radical Cerebus in the shape Of a new Procla-
nation" The World concludes thus:
"This new proclamation really amounts to
little. The President proclaims in substance
that on the Ist of January he will issue still
another proclamation, putting in tJrce the main
provisions of the couf5catioA act. Il is unbe-
coming the dignity Of a great government to
make menaces as to what it will hereafter do in
the territory of which a powerful armed foe dis
putes jurisdiction.
al, on the 1st Of next January, the war is
substantially ended, there would De some reason
In giving the insurgents their election between
submission and civil penalties but they laugh
such offers to scorn so long as they car confront
us with great armies.
That part of the proclamation which relates
TO slaves coming within our lines is particularly
weak. The law is the same as it was several
months ago. If the proclamation on this point
is necessary, why was it SO long delayed Its
issue at this late day looks like concession to the
radical clamor."
The following are the structures Of the Chica-
go Tinles, which has been for some time prais-
ing Lincoln FIR supposed conservatism;
The President has at last weakly yielded to
tee pressure upon hin about which be has so
bitterly complained, and issued his prOclama'
ton OF negro emancipation
It is not ye. a month since he announced his
purpose to "save the Union in tho shortest way
under the Constitution He now announces
his purpose TO save it by overriding the Consti-
y tuition.
For he has no constitutional power to issue
this proclamation of emancipation-nOne what
ever. The Constitution foIbids it by its spirit
from beginning to end. And the President has
no authority not derived from the Constitution
-none whatever. He is himself the ~cTestare OF
the Constitution.
Nobody need argue with us thar, he has the
power under the military Law Military law
t does not destroy the fundamental civil law. ln
war. as in peace, the Constitution is 1.-THE su-
, prAme law of the land"
The government, then, By the act Of the Pres
} ident, is in rebellion, and the war is reduced to
/ a contest for subjugstion. 1t has assumed the
] character that abolitionism has designed from
the outset it should assume. When the wal
5 shall be finished, whether the South shall be
: suSiugsted or not, the character Of the govern
: ment will have to bs determined, if indeed the
E military power shall not have already deter
t mined it.
The President has himself furnished some o.
0 the most unsnswerable arguments against the
exuediency of such g proclamation, and thi:
even SO late as at the interview the other day
: with the committee Of religious fanatics from
? this city. He has all the while maintained tina
until the rebel armies should be dispersed, sucl
a proclamation would be bratum tatmeH-haTm
t less thunder. If he was right in this, whe
8 other ground can the present proclamation b.
g made to stand upon except that it IS an act o
D prospective vengeance.
q We trust it will serve to shorten the war. ]
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