Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-09-26

Courier W.. Emancipation.
As the Presidents proclamation came fash
ing over the wires, every loyal heart Except
the Muscatine Courier's) beat with rapture,
and every eye beamed with joy. The loyal
masses felt that the time had fully come, when
the great rebel army should return to its
more peaceful avocations, or starve into sub
mission. Three mil ions of enslaved blacks,
were the sustaining, life-giving power Of the
rebellion. They till the fields and by their
toll give armed traitors their bread They
cultivate the cotton, and clothe their other
wise naked masters as they confront the ma
tional armies in battle. Remove the produ-
cling class from the rebellious States, and
those in arms must Of necessity return to their
cotton and grain fields and become their own
producers. The rebellion without slave labor
could not have sustained itself year. But
Emancipation, as o military necessity-tO
shorten the terrible struggle for national ex-
istence-to save the lives of thousands Of
brave men, who must otherwise perish-to
preserve to the sons of toll their hard earn
ed treasure-is to come, and that shortly. 1t
is . blow to weaken and punish treason, and
cripple the rebellion, and as such will be ar-
proved by every loyal citizen. OF course it
meets with no appreciation from treason and
its sympathizers. The Courier is alarmed
it sees in the proclamation the precursor of
anarchy and ruin. His mind is evidently
confused, as at one bold dash of his pen, he
cslls up the spirit Of defunct Democracy,
and conjures it to stand upon the constitution
and with another dash, to continue to
stand upon the Crittenden resolutions" The
Courier has evidently run mad and forgotten
the history IF those resolutions, and how
they have been scorned and spit upon by the
South. He thinks the proclamation will
increase his (rebeD ardor and nerve his
arm" Fears that it will produce "awar of
determination, and then look out for foreign
nations. And hypocritically asks the ques-
ton, "Was ii not intended to e d tho war By
the acknowledgement Of Southern Contsd-
eracy'" Oh, no, Mr.. Courier, for the simple
reason, that your style of Democracy is not
in power No doubt you desire so grand a
consummation. But the party in power, to-
gether with the loyal Democrats Of the coun-
try, have determined to fight to the very
death.
The Courier quotes extensively (this being
its great ,torte) from resolutions, speeches and
inaugurals, and makes the President out a
very dishonest man. He forgets that circum-
stances change, and that men change with
them. A great many Conservative Democrats
of a year ago would have refused to support
the emancipation policy who now believe it
the shortest way to suppress the rebellion,
Of the proclamation, the Courier (friend of
the PresidenD says: 1T will complete and
perfect the unity of the Cotton States, create
additional divisions, dissensions and crimina-
tons among the people Of the Border States,
divide the public sentiment of the North, in
fuse new life and energy into the ranks of the
Democratic party, (pro-slavery secession wing
and satisfy every conservative man every
where that from this time on the war will be
conducted for the purpose of freeing the ne
gro"
The Courier won't help do any of the
things, of course, as we shall show in conclu-
sion. 1t is too loyal and patriotic for that
In short, it is not pleased with the President
way of doing things, and hence finds fault.
TO all true patriots we submit the language
of the Cou'ir in a very recent number:
"Ought not the President to be sus aimed
in the position he has taken upon the two
| most important measures that ever did or ever
can come before the American people?"
A reputation by the people of the Presi-
dents policy upon these two questions tcould
weaken his hands, and strengthen that of the
enemys The President must be sustained
and good men will stand by him. At the
polls all the people can have an opportunity
of assuring the President that they are with
or against him. Let the people, then, who
desire to aid the President in his honest
efforts to suppress the rebellion, be sure that
they put the ballots where the President can
receive the benefit of them. Ifyou a,e sun
cere in your e0o,ts to sustain the President
SUPPORT NO NAN FOR OFFICE who denounces
the policy of the Administration in regard to
emancipation and eonfscation.
Verdict-The Courier ought not to vote for
its editor. So say we ALL