Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-11-27
Heom tho Daily Herald of Nov. 20.
The Confectionery Alarmed by the Eman-
cipation Proclamation.

dlrecll! opposite reasons
In one breath it is denounced as harmless
Assiem tulmea; it is likened 10 the "Pope's
bull against the comet, and in various ways
d made the subject of rdcale as being child
nh in its inception and destined TO be impo-
,sat to encompass and effectuate its declared
.vlvot ...a.... a
In the next breath il is denounced as bru-
sl, bloody and fendish measure Of war, the
eject Of which, unless withdrawn, will he to
wrap Southern homes in incendiary flames,
and TO drench the soil of all rebeldom in the
Mod of innocent women and children, remorse-
lessly butchered by an insurrectonary mob Of
slaves, cropping in mad fury and blind igno
rance for Their promised enfranchisement.
That tho proclamation is not regarded in the
Kingdom of JEFF Davis as "mere edict against
he comet,n is evident enough, if the Washing
ton CORE .pondent of the New York World is
70 be believed. Under the date of Nov. q 4,
the correspondent of the World says:
"a report is current here, aud very gener-
Ally believed, thu { Gen. Lee, of the rebel army,
has recently addressed formal communication
y Gen. Haleck touching the proposed issue of
IN emancipation proclamation on the first OF
January next 1t is stated that Gen. Lees
bitter is exceedingly elaborate, and discusses
he question from every point oil view. The
, points it is said to contain are as follows:
First, the understandable nature Of the pro-
slamation, so far as the recognized measures of
nihtary warfare are concerned. The fact Is
NO nted out that in no work on military law is
he instigaton of a seryile war recommended,
ndorsed, or even mentioned that, as Gen.
Halleck himself never thought of it in discuss
ING the various means that might be used by
helgerent enemies, the threat CT servile war
aud insurection is clearly not proper militia
nv procedure; that being OUTSIDE of military
law, the southern people are justified IN regard
ing it as coming under the brutal ard savage
sxpeiients Of a barbarous people, and resent
ing it as su h that the enemy that Will ,.i..e it
does an act as unjustifabe as the poisoning Of
wells or of food, the naming and numbering of
prisoners, and the outraging Of women. On
this ground il is demanded that the proclama-
hon be withdrawn.
Second, it is further urged by Gen. Lee that
m the case the proclamation is not withdrawn
Me confederate military authorities, sorely
against their will, but strong in tho justice Of
their position, will be compelled to retaliate in
the sternest manner upon all the Union prls
sners that fall into their hands. 1t is not spe,
sihed what punishment will be inflicted, but i,
- IA, nd hat ,,srh ba IN
SGgation of the federal troops any women Of
children are murdered by infatuated negroes
IN equal number of Union troops will bt
promptly put to death. On this matter ,ht
confederate government wishes the federal gov.
ernmentto understand that it is very much II
earnest, and will do even more than it threat
ems"
So, then, Gen. Lee, whose blood-stainet
government hangs Innocent men, and whips
MAINS, and imprsons innocent women for tn
crime of loyalty to the best government o.
earth, jast as Capt Kid would have hung
sailor For refusing 10 turn pirate, points GU
chat ain no work no military law is the insti
xation of servile war recommended, indorset
or even mentioned; )" that the threat Of ser
vile war and instruction is clearly not prop
e. military procedure" and we are told tina
che Southern people will regard the procama
Ion as an expedlent of "brutal and savage
people, and retaliation the most dire is threat
ened in the ndlscrmnate butchery of Unio
prisoners, unless the proclamation is with
drawn.
Now, as to the assertion, that the proclaim
alton is unauthorized by military law, we opin
That great many things are lawful to be don
by beligerent which may not be specifcall,
Instance, Brunette practced an artifoe not la,
down by military writers, when he carried Of
Sacripante's horse from between his legs at tn
seigc of.Albraca. Indeed, we are told 10y hi
yersacious historian that Don Quixote Liberated
one Gines de Passamonte, and other gale,
slaves in the Sierra Movena, as an act of war
but IT IS not our purpose TO quote this author
ity as conclusive against the proposition o
Gen. lee.
There happens, however, to be an authority
upon this question of servile insurrection, wor
thy Of the attention of Gen. Lee, and all thu
rest of the leaders Of the saveholding kingdom
We do not know as it would be recognized IN
the Southern Confederacy as "mlitary au-
shortly" indeed we fear that very little re-
gard is paid to it there, as an authority" Of
any kind. Bat it is nevertheless an authority
entitled, not only to the respect but the rever-
ence of JEFF Davis and all his minions.
The "precedent" laid down in the "au-
thority" to which we allude arose in the well
known case of Moses and servile race Of
bondmen on the one side, and Pharaoh and
the Egyptians on the other. Moses led off in
q" servile act of instruction by falling upon