The national Republican., 1862-09-24
THE n. Y. PRESS UPON THE PROC.
LAMATlUR.

The World absolutely howls with rage. l.
says:
This new proclamation really amounts to
tte. Tte President proclaims, in substance
hat on the frat Of \ 1t January he will issut
',ill another proclamation, putting in force
the main provisions Of the con6sca.ion act. l.
5 unbecomng the dignity Of great Govern
nent to make euch nenaces as 10 what 1t will
hereafter do 10 territory of which q powerful
Nmed Toe disUutes tie jurisdiction. II, on the
irst OF next January, the war 10 snbsiar t'all,
.nted, there wouli Le some reason in giving
he insurgf Its their e, ,!ion between subnis.
lion anu civil penslties. But they will laugh
Nch offers to scorn SO long as they can con
front US with great armies. That part Of the
prcclsma.icn which relates to slaves coming
With" our lines Is particularly weak. Tbl
law is tra Sam, that 1t was several III )n.hs ago
II proclamation on this point is Necessary,
Nv was II so long delayed! It's issue at this
a.e day locks like concession to the radical
cltplor."
Tbe New York Hsrqd bears Its misfortune
more coolly, and contents itself with asserting
md insinuaiirg that divers imaginary evils will
result fog1 'ae Presidents action. Tae Rera' d
says:
The gravity of this proclaim alton will strike
every one. /. hLs been forced upon the .at!vn
oy the ebo.i ionists OF the North and the seces
Iouisis Of the South. II inanguratea an over.
Shslming revolution In the system of labor IL
4 vast and important agricultural section OF
the couu,ry, which will, II the rebels persist 10
thrir course, 5uddenly emaucipate th.ee or four
millions Of tl;nan beings, and throw them, n
tho fulness OF their telp!essness AID ignor auce.
upon their own resources and the wisdom. Of
:he white race 10 properly regulate and care
tor them in their new condition Of lie. But
the importance of this great social revolutio On
will not be confued to the section whers tie
black race now forms the chiet laborins ele
mtnt. IL will have an Influence on tho labor
Of the North and West. 1t will, to certain
extent, brig the black labor of tho South iu
competition with the white labor on the exten
siye grain farms Of the West, unless the exist.
States, confning the negro to bis present geo
graphical position, are adopted In all the Other
tree States.'
The Times Gays that the "visdom Of the step
taken is upquestionable, Its necessity indls
putable," but closes as follows:
"From now till the lst of January-the day
when this proclamation will take etfsct-ia
little over three months. What may happen
between now and then, in the progress OF the
war, 1t Is bard to say. We earnestly hope,
however, that by that time, the rebellion will
be put down by the military hand, and tha,
the terrible element of slave insurraction may
not be invoked. If, by that day, the rebel
srmy be overtbrown, and their capital cap
tured; and If the slavebolding rebels still
prove malignant, irrepressible, and, as In the
Southwest, oisorganz RS and marauders, then
lot that which Vice President Stephens called
the corner stone Of the Southern CoDfederacy
be knocked from underit, and see whether the
whole fabric of rebellion will not necessarily
tumble to the ground"
This talk about the "terrible element Of
slave insurrection" is ill.advised, and without
any good foundation. Every slave invited
into our lines, dimin!shss just go much the
probability of slave insurrection," and to free
all the slaves In regular and orderly man.
ner, renders "slave iusurrec'ion" impossible.