Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-10-16

AfN'e g'NfF "a fffeNN as'Ffft ~ AVtH 4NoF@
ION, Of IadidHa, on he Pr,dd'H,s Proeid.
nation.
The President has issued proclamation
recently. do not propose tonight to dis.
cass the details Of that proclamation.
whether il was not put forth Mt the proper
time or what shall be the effect OF il, are
questions on which men may speculate,
but so far as the power OF the President is
concerned, and bis right to issue a procla.
nation declaring freedom to the slaves OF
rebels as war measure, I entertain no
doubt whatever. [Cries OF 'good.' aud
applause. There Is no more Of eonsIi
,utional question or doubt 10 regard to il
than there would be in the army Of Nc
Clellan crossing the Potomac, or in the
seizure Of New Orleans by Gen. Butler
["Thars So" and applause Il is purely
Il military question or means 10 au cod, the
means, in the view of the President by
which the power Of the enemies Of the Pre-
sident may be crippled and destroyed.-
Loud applause. Commander.in.C Chief
OF the armies OF the Republic be Is now
charged with the very responsible duty Of
crushing out the rebellion, and Of compel.
ling the rebels to obedience TO the Consti.
tuition and the laws II is for him in his ca.
paeity as Com rim. Chief, TO End out in what
the power Of the rebels consists, aud when
he has discovered this, to destroy that ele.
ment in whatever way he can. rCries Of
"GOOd," and applause. If be shall dis.
cover that the Institution Of slavery is an
element Of power 10 the rebel cause, that
it feeds their armies, digs their trenches,
supports the families Of their masters while
they are absent engaged in IA effort to
bring about the destruction Of our Govern
menI, It would then be his right and his
duty to pull down that institution, Just as
he would pull down a fortication, aud upon
the same principle, Loud and prolonged
applause. The question is stripped of all
those political and moral aspects by which
the country has been excited ia discussions
for the last twenty-five years. It is no
longer question whether slavery, 10 itself,
is right or wrong. It is 10 longer the uGes.
ton whether it is better for the white man
OF worse for the white man, better Tor the
black maa or worse for the black man
These are the moral and political aspects
Of the question that we have been discus.
sing for quarter Of a century. | have my
opinion upon them, the President has his,
and you have yours. But all these oues.
tons have now TO be laid aside. The
question is not in what does the power Of
the enemy consist, but shall that power be
destroyed, ["That's so,n and applause;
aud, "Take them where they live" The
war is not made alone by gunpowder =
Provisions are as necessary as munitions
OF war, We have right TO withdraw their
resources and cut of their provisions in
any way we can. We have right to do
1t BY blockadiug their ports. We have
right TO do so by Withdrawing from them
II We can, that slave labor which provides
these provisions aud sustans their armies
in the field. Cries Of "good and sp.
plause, understand that the President
has proceeded upon this ground in issuing
his proclamation, aud il seems to me that
so far as the question of poweri is concerned
there eau be no doubt Of his right to take
that course as much as any other. loud
applause, Ills upon the question Of the
expediency Of the means 10 the end-sucb
a question Of expediency as that Of march
across the Potomac river, OF 10 any other
direction. 1t brings US back TO the point
from which we started, not in what does
the power Of the enemy consist, but how
shall that power be destroyed. We in the
loyal States have exhibited great deal Of
tenderness in regard to our dealing with
the Rebels, and, 10 my opinion more
than was either necessary or proper,-l
When We consider the sacrifices which
We are making in blood and ia treas
ure. When we consider what Is A,
stake upon the result Of this contest, and
the example which has been set us BY the
rebels, why should we hesitate in resortipp
to most effective means that might be pla.
eed in our power fer the purpose Of crush.
Ing out this rebelliOn7 No reason. We
have those among US who are opposed to
the eon6scation Of the property OF rebels.
What have the rebels themselves done
upon the subject Of cou6scatiou2 Lei
Us consider for a moment. Before the
Inauguration Of Mr.. Lincoln, they passed
acts cou6seating the debts which were
due from the people OF the South to the
people OF the loyal States. In this vAy
Northern men lost millions Of dollars In
the form Of debts that bad been contracted
iu honorable commercial Transactions, II
is the most uuprineipled form Of coutisca. !
ton, and came at an early period, when
there was tho least possible excuse for IL. /
They next passed acts eOuhscRting proper. I
y which Northern men might chance 70
possess 10 the rebel States, whether It con. |