, 1862-09-24
EFFECT OF EMANCIPATION,

4uc NNt&tHH H1Htk&uYGHCeF Auu t0c OI}l1QT- |
field (11ass.) Republican, object to the opin-
ions touching the potency Of prcslden-
tial proclamation Of emancipation, which
We lave so frequently expressed The Re-
publican, in answer to an article in which
VIC cndcayorcd to provethat such q procla-
nation would make the slaves, throughout
a1l the South, the active allies, instead Of as
now the unwilling enemies, Of the Union
forces, says that We vastly over1atc the effect
Of such Illumination, that the slaves in
the interior would never hear Of it, or
hearing of it would fail, by fear or some
other equally good cause, to take advan-
tagc Of its Oilers These assertions, quite |
as dogmatic as any with which We are
charged, it endcayors to prove by the fuc.
ther assertion that the slaves, unmovedo y ,,w
by the noise and clangur Of the reb llion
which have penetrated evtry bog .dmnn,s
hut in the south, would be equ.t.1ly s.olid
under s,ny proHer Of freedom, NO matter
1,ox autl,osi;::::::s made.
We respectfully protest that this i nar
. TOW, false and illogical view Of the case,
and that thrse who advocate it either do
not possess, do not give importance enough
TO, or do not fairly state the facts. "Thc
black men have not risen; they seem to
be yet the stupid and unresisting bulwarks
behind which the rebellion is sheltered"
d, We grant that this is SO, with exceptions
too important and numerous to be over
looked. But, when We ask, has the aid or
cooperation Of the colorcd race been
asked? Nay, since what time have not the
individuals Of that race been told, North
and South, that this is a white mans war,
and that they must not Interfere? From
what general haye they had ASSURANCES
that their coming to our camps would insure
them the protection aud sustcnance that
they ask? Where, until now, is the line
from the pen Of the President giving them
q shadow Of q guaranty that, in return
for abandonment Of the rebel cause, the
freedom which is their perpetual wish
would be defended by the whole power oi
the Republic? Let us go further back and
ask how long it is since the returning ol
slaves into rebel hands has ccascd? Has
it ceased yeti Why then should they have
risenf We're they invited to it By McDow,
ellis course in Virgins, by McClcllan's
Shcrman's, Pope's or Buffers rroclama.
tiors2 In the face Of the Presidents mod
lication Of Frenonts offer in Missouri
and of Hunters policy in South Caroliua
what had the slave to hope for as his re
ward for the exercise ofthc desperate cour
age necessary for him to break away from
rebel restraint and join Ills fortunes II
ours? Let the Intelkgenccr and Icpu1lica,
answer, aud then, Tit can, reproach th'
bucks with their inaction and indiffcr
ctce, until they eau learn that the slave
have neglected or declined Invitation to b.
free, or TINT they have refused when urget
to fight, let us hear no more.
Fortunately, 10 the matter in dispute
we arc not without testimony that cauno
be gaipsaid- Gen. Butler, in New Orleans
VIC have reason to know. is Of the opinion
that were he permitted, with or without .
proclamation Of freedom, to enlist all th,
able-bodicd male slaves that would CON,
to his camp on his individual promise 0
protection, he could not only take ava,
from the whites in Louisiana the means b,
which they carry on the war, but that viii
10000 Northern men and $4,000 slaves, Il
could break the back Of the rebellion /
all the cotton States in a siael
campaign. We are not wrong when v
say that his experience in New Orleans
experience commenced with no fayora5 u
estimate Of the capacity Of the colorc
rncc for either freedom OF Tar-ha{
taught him that the slaves are BY no mean
inattentiye or unintcres,ed observe,
Of the events Of the great stru:
gle, and that they wait only II,
favorable moment to become the chi,
actors therein He knows that, being fu
nished by his government with arms an
rations fir tt:ir use, he could, BY sing
.-g},t.- -nc1et' word Of encouragement, brir
eyr1v '1as man in the State within b
lines: ann he believes, too, that once thcr
every one of them would Willingly die
soldiers death atl,cr than rc.tsssje .tssse9sss ss :;
bondage that he cs. 'aped- g :a safasis Il
not 1eas explicit, He has rspt, - esso: J:
'cla1ed that if supported q. a''ne' -
lowed to use The slave pon,, atom G; -
efs,ern coast as the exigcnc, ::
military situation might dcmo,, :. /
could sweep. every rebel on that ~ >
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