, 1862-12-31
The Threatened illumination


Il the President shall issue the threatened eman-
cipation proclamation on the 1st Of Janaary, he
will thereby radically dt-ide the North as to the
pac for, Il he Goes not know now. he will know
within week after tue fatal Illumination. that tbs
Democratic party viii not support the war waged
for the purpose OF that missive.
Brit he ioes not know this now. He not only
knows that the Democratic party VIII rot support
Each 8 war. but that the people Of the border
Sta.eP with almost entire uDaniInity, VIII stand
aioof from it.
In iesning the proclamation he will. therefore,
proceed deliberately and mslciously to divide the
North. He viii haTe forfeited all his pledges made
st the beginning Of the he will have conyert-
Cd the grand contest for the salvation OF the Tpion
into HI Unconstitutional crusade for the abolition
Of slavery emploFing therein the weapon of servie
5neurrection: he will have frosted with contempt
ard derision the great Northern conservative pub
lie sentiment; he will have given himself up to
the embrace Of Garrison and Phillips and Greeley
and ali the yilest disanion;sts Of the lsnd and he
will. If thefroclamAt:ou ehAu be persisted n have
msde restoration Of the Union impossible.
The proclamation mast not be persisted in. The
President r7Hrt BE- compelled 10 Withdraw it. And
when he thas1 be compelled 70 Withdraw il, he
nlust he compelled to pu: tf.e conduct Of the war
d successful iReue.
The Democratic party have the power-the legal,
constitutions. pcwtr-to compel him to withdraw
it, aud :.a. power must be exer:ised.-Ch Chicago
Tine. Dec 50
The above article we reprint from the
srecia1 organ Of JEFF. Daris in this city,
the seees1 Times. We give it a place in our
columns much OF the principle that the far
mer nails deaG hawk to his baru-doors.
MANY Of our readers do not see the Times,
and few Of them would believe all that we
might ssy tr1thfully Of its rraitorous ten
dencies, without calling its own columns
to testify against it, The above is speci-
men brick Of the whole structure. The ar.
ticle Is entirely of the desd-hawk order. Be
fore it can reach Washington it will NEE
The Presidents proclamation. So It could
not have been written to influence th'
President to stay lis hand The article i
curious, if we compare it with the Garlic
positions taken IN the same columns, con
cerning This very measure OF the Pres
dent. Very merry were these knaves onct
or affected to be 60, oTer the ''Pope's bu]
against the comet" The joke was dehc
GUS. The idea that it would reach th
slaves and interfere in the relations Of San
bo and his master, ridiculous. They ran
every possible tacetious change on the sui
iect, and purely out Of tenderness for hil
would inp1ore Mr. Lincoln not to do thi
and be laughed at,
Well few weeks have rolled round an
the threatened day has come. Tomorrow
the President, By virtue Of his War Powe
viii Proclaim Liberty throughout tie reb
States, The traitors in Richmond and
Chicag krow that the blow will fall, an
they are aware that every black in Il
South awaits it. Witness the recent
changed tone. No levity now, no qui
and witticisu1s, but only such imprec
tons and curses as might come up from
pirate deck. swinging Just before t
threatened broadside that will inevitah
sink the shattered hull. Bitterness b
succeeded Hghtness that was unreal, q
threats the place Of pleasantries that WE
feicned. But how about these threat
The power to compel the President
withdraw the Proclamation is good,
would be if not too serious fo1 pleasant
We ask the secesh Times who will bell I
cats" Who does it represent when it II
torous1y bellows in phrases like the abo5
The Proclamation will destroy slav'
and iacite nsurrection. will itF Oh
these fellows derided such = possibili
It will destroy an institution which Il
have ever claimed too secur
founded on the affection Of the blacks
be disturbed. And rather than that slav
perisl, the Union must fail- This is
Language now boldly put forth. The Il
may IS well know that wherever treaso]
successful it will not be II Chicago,
in the Northwest 1t may be safe to ar
thus in Richmond, but let these fothi
Of disloyalty take shape Of acts, and
Government has power to 20 harm hi
traitors, that it will need only few N
oTable examples to send the rest Of the
min in haste to thxar holes.