, 1862-08-08

We're the dispatches Of to day to contain
q proclamation from the President Of the
United States, that by virtue Of his author
ity as commander of the Federal armies,
and from military necessity forced upon
the government by this unho1y rebellion,
lie thus declared that now, lenceforth and
forever, there shall be 10 Slavery in the
whole length and breadth Of these States,
that By this act, Liberty and Emancipation
was decreed to every bondman, aud that
every loyal arm was summoned to the aid
of the Union against its enemies-Were all
4lis to be the burden of this mornings
news, given under the hand Of Abraham
Lincoln, VIC might mark this day with
white stone in our national annals. A new
enthusiasm would run through the land
from Milne to Minnesota, into all our homes
where our people are nery1ug themselves
fur the burdens and sacrifices Of this war;
1nto all our camps where our soldiers are
battling for the Union; to the remote out
posts; and sweeping round our coast where
GUT tars maintain watch and ward on the
blockade; unto foreign lands wherever
loyal American! heart yearns to hear and
know OF his county's veal everywhere,
wherever loyalty, and devotion to the Union
is the all absorbing sentiment, this proc1a-
mat'on would extend, carrying With it the
assurance that at last the Government had
"put the loot down frm," and with de-
termination to crush its enemies.
Such q proclamation would be received
nowhere with alarm but By. the e5 5emies
of the counuy-everywbere with vel
come, as the bold decisive order in the
hour Of peril cores to assure watching
and waiting beart> that the commander is
at bis post The wy has been prepared
for it by the events that have originated
with slavery itself. The great oppression
has invited i 3 oan doom, and barred its
own neck tothe e1.e.,ioner. 1twoula be
received without alarm or prot ST save BY
few tinio souls, for whom. Heaven fo1biG
this noble Union should be wrecked
An order to destroy q block Of Lake
street stores, to level them with the dust
with the loss Of hundreds Of thousands o
dollars, would sound harsh and barbarou
at any olher time than when an affrightet
city was watching raging conf1agrado,
and saw no other way to check its pr1
eress. The end would justify the mesnf
The solemn perils Of the tour would en-
noble the order and be who uttered it.
time Of peace to have invaded the const
tutioDal rights Of slavery by Presidents
proclamation would have caused prote:
and opposition throughout the land Tt
South have torn away the barriers Of tt
Constitution, and the hideous institution
men whipping and child selling is ia
sharp aud open death grapple with Libe
II. Should there be question whic
should fall?
But would the proclamation be Of avail
How could it reach those for whom it VI
intended Would it not be received vii
derisive laughter" by rebel leaders, as ".
that other proclamation months, ago? N
q thousand times, no. The great prise
house of oppression has hefwe been shake
by apprehension of just such fate.
is written III i,s archives that its doom is
fall as by stroke. Old John Brown Tor
ehaoo~ed it., and with his seventeen me
sent trembling throughout the whole Sout
as If he were the blind Samson bowl
himself in his strength at the supportn
pillars Of their 1e1npie. Twice in this r.
the structure hhs been sorely shaken 81
great ere.ices opened in its walls. VIII
Fremont, and after him Hunter recoeniz
the force Of the principle Of EmancipAh
in this wal, loyal men were saddened
HitneBs the haste with which tn,
breaches we're repaired by the Preaiden,
manoate, for all feel that the Bssde
the negro drivers must ceme down bef
the war is successfully ended. Bus -th
Instances were Of effect ,suft1Gient to sh
how complete would be the ruin oftne
p1csaora when orice the"President OF,
United States shall raise bis hand. {
strike the secured, thu de
blow its crimes hsye dteeayed. -: >:
And this, Fiin ee1ne;; !: % hyen those. j
say We afe poi ready TOR It yst. t. do not
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