Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-10-09
Three Phases or the Emancipation


Three Phases or the EnancipatioM
PHASE no. /.
In Mr., Linceln's Inaugural Message
he made use Of the following language,
involving the question Of his power:
Appreh ension seems to exist among |
the people Of the Southern States that
BY an accession Of republican admin
istratiop, their property, and their peace
and personal security are to be endan'
aered. There has never been any rea- |
son able cause for such apprehension
Indeed, tho most ample evidence to the |
contrary has all tho while existed and
been open to their inspection. 1t is
found in nearly all the speeches Of him
who now addresses you. l do but
quote from one of shose speeches when
{ declare taat / have no purpose, direct
" or indirectly, to interfere with the
institution Of slavery in the States where
II exists. believc 1 have no tawfal
right to do so, and have no inclination to
do SO.
PHASE NO. z.
In Mr.. Lincoln's conversation with
the Chicago emancipationists. be gave
his views as follows, respecting not only
his pooer, but the folly of exercising
| 1t ::
What good would a proclamation OF
| emancipation from me do, especially as
we are nov situated! do not want to
issue document that the whele world
would see must necessarily be inopera-
tive. like the Pope's bull against the
comet. WOULD MY WORD FREE
THE SLAVES, WHEN CANNOT
EVEN ENFORCE THE CONSTlTU.
TION IN THE REBEL STATES :
IS THERE A SINGLE COURT, OR
MAGISTRATE, OR INDIVIDUAL,
THAT WOULD BE INFLUENCED
| BY IT THERE And what reason is
, there to think it would have any greater
effect upon the slaves than the late law
of Congress, which approved, and
which offers protection and freedom to
the slaves Of rebel masters who come
within our lines, Yet l cannet learn
that that law has caused single slave
to come over to us. And suppose they
could be induced, by proclamation OF
freedom from me, to throw themselves
mon us. what should we do with them
How can we feed and care for such q
multitude +!
Il PHASE NO. 3.
The proclamation issued one week
I after, embraced the act which Mr.. Lin
B coin admits he had neither the power o
the imprndence to commit. We Civ
e but the essence Of it:
9 /, Abraham Lincoln, President of tb
q United States of America, and Com
mandcr.in. Chief OF the Army and Nav.
!, thereof, do hereby proclaim and declar'
y that on the first day Of January, in IT,
}; wear Of our Lord one thousan eigh
Q hundred and sixty-thrce, all person
+ held as slaves within any State, or any
DESIGNATED mart Of State tho PooPI
whereof shall be in rebellion against tn
United States, shall be thee. thencefor
! ward, and forever free, and the Execu
!, tive Government OF the United States
8 including the military and naval authori
6 ties thereof, will recognize and maintain
the freedom of such persons, and will
= do no act or acts to to rcpress such per
: son, or any of them, in any efforts the,
e may make for their actual freedom.
DISAGREEMENT OF DocroRs.-Dl
Sam. Kirkwood, the Iowa Republican
Abolition division, told the people 0
this city in Metropolitan Hall, on Mon
day night, that the Democracy Of low
are disloyal; his newly appointed wet
!. nnrso, Heath, says that is HIS opinion
also. Ofcourse they know. What tn
one don't know the other can tell him
After having heard the decision 0
these worthless, Just hear what the Al
bany;; Uvening Decentralization Weed
paper-has to say. In its issue of tn
I'd inst, we find the following:
"The loyalty Of the Democratic party
is not to be questioned. 1t was conce
ded that the masses composing tina
!, party are thoroughly devoted to thu
I Union and its cause, and nobody, SO fa
as we have heard. SO much as breathet
a doubt of their attachmedt to the oil
flag"
We do not publish this extract be
y /
cause we feel that the Democratic part,
= of this State, or Of the Union, requir
any vindication at the hands Of any Re
publican or Republican paper. NJ
. honest man will say that he doubts tn
loyalty OF the Democracy none but dis
: honest political tricksters and demo
gogres' make any such assumption
:, They, alone, bear false witness agains
: their ne,ghbor.
Farmers Not Subject to Pediar,s Llcens
! The question has been raised as t
whether farmers who bring their pro
duce into cities to sell, would be re
quired to take out pedler's license
Mr.. Trcadwell, the Assessor for the AL
\ hauy, N. Y, District, wrote to the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue for in
structioLs, aad received the followin.
reply:
TREASURY DEPARrMExr,
OFFICE OF Internal REVENUE,
Washington. Sept. ~.