Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-03

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The Newburyport Herald. Republican news
paper. believing that the Constitution confers on
the General Government no power to alter she
domestic relations of the States and holding that
an effort on the part of civilized Government to
engendrr servile instruction is contrary to the
usages Of warfare as recognized By Christian
tons. in series of ably written editorials. COM
pletey reiutes The subteriuges which the radicals
use ~ reasons why Mr.. LINCOLN should ignore
the Law of the lard and cut loose from the moor
ings of the Construction The following is No.
OF the series, and, as il comes from man who
voted tor the present vacllating and weak
minded President. we conceive il to be meet that
our political opponents should know what con
servaiive Republican thinks of the emancipation
proclamation:
Our third objection TO proclamation Of eman
cipation j. that IL would be contrary the usageS
OF civilized warfare. IL is plainly proposition
to incte domestic Instruction for the of
millions oil people. portion of them supposed to
be loyal. and one halt of them deienceess women
and children. We do notquote here the censures
heaped upon the Europeans Who in former days.
moved the Indians TO atrocous deeds; but let u
turn to other cases. Said John Quincy Adams
in his correspondence relating to British Admiral
Cochrane's proclamation referring to slaves in the
of 1912: 1T is not coniormable To the e.
tabshed usages OF war among civilized nations:
again: The principle is that the emancipation of
enemy's slaves is not among the acts OF legit-
mate war; once more: 1.-The right OF putting 10
death all prisoners in cold bloou. and without
special cause. might as well be pretended TO be
las of war, or the right to use poisoned weapons.
or TO assasSnate."
John Quincy Adams was right. Napoleon
refused to arm the Russian ser.s against their
listers, though they were Of the same race and
color, even when they came in thOusai ds Offering
their services. Resoluiionists have resoried TO
sreh warfare but it would not be tolerated by the
civilized nations OF this age
Blu. suppose such proclamation would &C
complish even 80 much; by what authority can il
be donef We are contending for the Constitu-
ton il j.. aud under the Constitution. II not,
We must be IN violation OF 10. and without sane
ton Of law. in which case JEFF Dsvis's Govern
ment Is just a. legitimate ours, and the rebel
St,te. are the Uuited States as much as the
Northern States.
In sabduing rebellion-of which this is the
most Infamous the world ever saw-we can goas
far rs the Constitution allows, aud there We must
stop. We know il is becoming common in this
day for persons To say, I'VE will exercise certain
powers. Constitution no Constitution, - but that
that L. the doctrine OF reyOlutonists-of the
Robespierres aud Murats who in ninety days OF
ADMINISTRATION would plunge this people into all
the horrors OF the French revolution. when no
mans life would be safe and all property would
be worthless.
Mr. Lincoln is not Of this class he and his
Cabinet and the Congress derive their powers
FROM the Constitution. and TO that they must adj
here or ruin comes to all. Bv that instrument
Abraham Lincoln is President NJ Washington;
beyond aud without il he Is simply a. Lincoln, of
Illinois. aud has no more rights or powers than
has Sam Jones of Seabrook Ii that C0nstitu-
ton gives him the power To emancipaie slaves
within the States. and against the will vt the
loyal people theieof-tor the loyal people are the
State-then he can do il: II not. then the States
the people have retained that right 10 them
selves, and he has no more bower to deal with
the matter than We have with the specie in the
vaults of the New York banks. Before he pro
ceeds--unless he can see his authority, which We
fail to--let him ask the States. or it the crisis i
so great n not 10 admit of delay, let him at least
DO - much as did Louis Napoleon, when he
would pruiong his term of office. appeal To the
people Let him hear what the border States
will say-what the great Northwest will SAY
what every State west OF the Hudson river will
say; ave. and what New England even will say.
But We have the right IN the war power. they
tell Us. War powerl War power. What is thatl
Will somebody please define III Does anybody
pretend TO say that because the nation may be
engaged in war therefore the President is endow.
Ell with absolute authority that he may say the
public good and the national welfare den'aud this
or that. and 20 and DO IL, of his own will, Why.
the Autocrat OF Russia has no more power. aud
Nero in his blOodiest DAYS never dared exercise
90 mach Why. what does this pow er-thls war
power-enable the Government To doG-to take
your property and mine. when We are loyal citl
zensr Ii not. then il not take the property
OF any Southern man who may be loyal citizen.
Will IL justify the instigaton of the servants
about your house or mine To burn the house over
our heads and cur infant children and defenSeess
women in themi Then il will not admit ct such
crimes in Virginia and Tennessee. How strange
that people should ever he 20 carried away as 10
believe that we have endowed any one any
number OF men, when may be untrmei and
peaceful. wishing we'll 10 our county. 10 seze
our property, OF papers. or persons. and 70 send
u TO the dungeon or the block, without any pro
cess OF Law. This Is what i claimed by the al
vOcates Of emancipation under the war power.
but this Is sheer nonsense: and il is nothing but
the madness o.: the hour that bege,s or tolerates
such an idea We suppose that this war power
would have existed Just the same If Mr.. Breck-
ihrldge had been elected. does under Mr..
Lincoln.
Let u see. Suppose John Breckenridge had
become President in lc6l. aud ia the excited
state OF feeling in Massachusetts there had been
riots aad resistance OF Law. We will suppose
that public meetings were he'd. and the Consti
tuition burned. aud the Union denounced. and the
President threatened: and IN the midst OF the ex
element fugitive seized IN the city OF Bos
ton, the court house put IN chains. The people
Came rushing IA with from LYNN anu Wor
cest-r. And blood ~as >hed. Nr. Breckenridge
hrst sends troops 70 Boston; Wendell Phillips
and Garrison are sent TO Fort Warren: the Libe-
rotor suppressed and other pspe-s OF anti slavery
sentiments refused the rights Of the mail IL
goes on actually To civil var. and the State OF
Massachusetts, - put under martial law. IL i
declared and believed that THIS trouble comes
from the Abolition sentiment Of the North. and
il - necessary 10 the peace OF the country that
such sentiments should De crushed out-"ihe sb-
clifton Of power''-''the Puritan oiigsrrhy must
be extermnated Suppose that Mr. Breckenridge
came forward with a protl ,mAtion Affirming that
the Government could not exist bali slave and
hair Tree, tbs, uniformity Of sentiment and con