The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-11-01

Who arc not wholly pleased with the new
programme. This Is only an incident in the
contest in which the loyal heart OF the Amer
lean people i wholly engaged.
Against the effects of the proclamation, or
rather Of the WARRIOR proclamation or no
proclamation, the continuance of the war
doomed the institution Of slavery in disl0yal
sections-the rebel has but one remedy, un-
conditional submission and return TO bis
former allegiance. The proclamation fixes
on the opening of the new year as the limit
Of the days Of grace. When, by the force OF
that mandate, his slaves are Fl eed, they are
forever lost 70 him. he has no redress. As
a rebel he can make no appeal to the courts
in the hope Of establishing. before the proper
tribunal. what he may wish TO prove the un-
constitutonaIity Of that paper. Rebels can
not claim the protection Of the fundamental
law they have insulted. whose obligations
they have disrcgarded. and whose authority
they have defed. The courts are closed 20
them. A loyal citizen, 50 losing his slaves,
could bring the issue before the courts IN due
time; but meanwhile the negroes would have
been their own custodians. or have been
placed beyond the reach OF the claimant by
The direct interpoSition OF the United States
Government. and decision ia his favor,
g were that TO be the result OF judicial dehb-
Grafton, could only give him compensation
from tho National Treasury, which Is now
held out to him by the President. Surely the
proclamation can hardly be called an inopc-
Il rativc document, when rebels cannot appeal
le from the dictum, and loyal citizens can have
Of no motive 30 to DO.
Of We are not fanatically disposed on the sub
N iect Of negro emancipation. We sincerely
.. regret the ruin spreading over the once
y opulent districts of the South. But we can
" not. like one Of our contemporaries, think the
ie standing crops of this region OF more impor-
oil lance than the restoration Of the Union; OF
l. like another. sigh for peace at the expense Of
at half an empire. The world has seen terri
he bic blow dealt against the institution oi
nc Slavery in the progress OF this civil VAT
An overruling Providence seems to have
na dccrecd to il even greater ruin. We acce n
10 the facts Of our acting history and endeayol
al to point out its lessons for the benefit o
'ss those TO whom our words may go, in no TN
I'D kindly spirit. but with the warmest wishes
n for the speedy return of our country to he
'ls former course of solid prosperity and unrival
I'D ed national greatness. We feel deeply ioI
&c, evey man who has been deluded into al
en- houcst support of the cause Of Jeif. Dayi
ed and his contrcres. We have no patience 70
'n' the hypocritical. quasi supporters of tn
'er Union among rs, who seem yet to anticipat
m, a return of the power of rebellion here, an
u who endcavor to wear toward traitors an
oil treason.
- Zone auspicous, and one dropping eve"
Toward all tho adherents. open aud dis
we guiscd. of the hercsy OF Secession. We hav
US one plain duty: to warn them OF the raj
lso which will vet oyerturn moro than the on
&C institution of Slavery. Il their past course
Ihe persisted in. The war will be prosecute
IL until every inch of territory where the Con
OF stitution OF the United States has been 81
'"- supreme law. shall have been restored
W the control of that authority. though militaI
Z" necessity may have swept sway all instit
pa ..o.s. ~.s ~A-~i-.- i---issiy. amy VA
'su been one result OF the prolonged contest
ana The soil of the United States must be rid
- the pollution of treason, whatever Il cos
a. traitors The fag OF the United States mn
IN wave everywhere triumphant. though
son waves ove~ a waste Time will restore q
on things: laborers to our fields, wealth to o.
nee storehouses, life 70 onr commerce. the il
ime .,;,,,,;o,. 81 l.a,,.;ay and rel;gion-a No
+" world may appear superior 10 the eld-b
IN first. there must be restored the Nation
NC" Honor