New-York daily tribune., 1862-11-13
EuANCEPATION A. a WAR MEAS
URE.

The President has decided net TO repeat the
error Of the year now closing in the prosecu-
ton Of the struggle against the Shareholders
Rebellion through the campaign now opening.
There is TO be TO more forcing Of loyal per-
tons back into Slavery TO notorious, malignant
traitors. Any Union officer who runs counter
10 law and the express requirement Of the
Presidents Proclamation on this head will for
felt his commission. No more will Union Gen
erals commence campaigns by threatening with
military execution any slaves who shall rise
against their Rebel masters. No more will
traitors hunt their human chnttels IN aud drag
them forth from Union camps. So much is
already md peremptoriy forbidden. After the
Let of January ensuing the National policy
takes on more positive, affirmative shape. and
al slaves residing or being within States per-
.istng in rebellion will be invited to quit serv.
ing traitors who claim 10 be their owners,
come within the Union lines, and be evermore
FREE.
That this policy should annoy sud offend
traitors, was 70 be expected. In fac. that is
the beauty Of 1t. II II did M offend them, it
woud nj please The loyal millions. That the
Rebel Congress should talk Of raising the black
hae, killing every Union solo. captured While
fighting beside negroes, &C., &C.. was 20 have
been expected. That the Rebel wrath should
begin aud end in talk was also TO be expected.
II is easy for nOl-conbatant, to talk Of fight
lng under the black flag; bit soldiers under
stand that one black fag inplios two, aud that
ga army to which no quarter is to be given
vii neither AK nor grant any. Tho party
that aggrayates the horrors OF war Is rarely
The gamer thereby.
We nsk candid men TO judge he Emancipa-
tion policy by t' realized and inevitable fruits.
and first, The Rebels recognize II 10 I'M
mcnsely increasing tho difficulties OF their posi-
t,on. IA their armies retreat in Virginia
they lorce tie slayoa to procede or accompany
them, knowiug by experience that nearly or
quito every ooo Of them Will fly To the uuion
DOG at the first opportunity. Even now, IN
spite Of the utmost vigilance aud encrgy on the
part Of The Rebel scout. and pickots, negroes
are constantly flt-ring through tie Rebel lines
and bringing valuable information 10 our Gea.
erals Only convince them by experience that
they are not TO be abused BY our soidiers but
protected and their freedom maintained, aud
ten viii come where ono does now.
Thee fugitiyes nre Of great value TO US. and
may be made Of still greater. They scout,
and team. aud cook, and chop aud dig.
Many Of them would gladly fght also; but,
while denied this, they do whatever they may.
They are by far the cheapest teamsters, cooks.
&c, that the Government can hire; end every
one of them employed sehda one more nushet
back into the ranks. The Government has
had few hundreds OF sick, disabled, aud in.
fantile contrabands TO provide for; but, count.
ug the cost of this, it has obtained more work
TOR less money from Blacks thau from Whites.
And, as our armies advance. we may soon
have twenty helping US where wo have hith.
erto had one.
We have once already oyerrun Western aud
Middle Tennessee, Northern Arkansas, with a
considerable strip along the North end of Ala
bama aud Mississippi. We are firmly estab-
isbed in the heart of Louisiana, along nearly
the whole course of tho lower Mississippi, on
the south coast OF North and South Carolina,
aud are beginning TO plant our Gig along the
cohst of Texas. Had our commanders for the
paE. yesT wslccmod and kindly treated all Ca.i-