The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-11-20

' satisfactory evidence Of loyalty in thes.
: States The people who do not hold tha
0 the leading rebels were in the right, mus
$ bold them guilty OF bringing upon them
: their manifold miseries, and of course the '
would be most earnest for vengeance upon
them But this natural course Of the reyi
val OF genuine loyalty would b.is,s nearly
, all the difficulties that have been anticipated
IN the restoration of the institutions of peace
5 No person who does not desire to perpst
, uate rebellion aud anarchy, will say tha, the
, power OF the General Government should
. be withdrawn from the so called seeded
, State, until these proofs of loyalty are de-
, veloped. They cannot be expected in any
State while the people are under fear that
the rebel armies may return. During this
interval the General Government mus, pro-
vide needful rules and regulations for pro-
tectng the inhabitants in their rights. In
some cases this has been done BY appoint
ing Military Governor. This may be prop
er in the districts which are still debatabls
ground, or still the isli of the operations
of great armies but the spirit of our G oy-
ernment allows military authority only SO
far as required by tho necessities of war !:
and when the rebel armies are DESTROYED,
SO that the SO called seeded States which
We have occupied shall be safe from inva.
sion, authority created by Congress for the
Government of these States during the in.
terval between the crushing, OF the rebel
armies and the full restoration of loyalty.
would be more in accordance with our Con-
stitution.
But the inquiry is being generally agts-
ted, what shall be done with the Presidents
proclamation of emancipation in case the
people of any State to which it extends shall
desire to return 10 their allegiance. Will
he insist that the emancipation shall be car
ried out before the former relations shall be
restored ? The Democratic allies of the
Secessoniss generally put the question in
tIeacherous shape. They inquire whether
State which desires TO return to the Union
shall be refused because it has not abolished
Slavery And upon this they draw their
mcnt Is prosecuting the war not to restore
the Union, but TO abolish Slavery.
The States, not having been out of the
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between the Government and individual reb
els. Not one of them, SO far as we have
beard, who desired to return to his ale
glance, has been refused. On the contrary,
the Government has permitted many VIII
were taken in armed rebellion. to take the
oath of allegiance and return to their homes.
The Government knows nothing but per-
sons in rebellion and it can extend its Glenn
ency or its severity only to persons. There
is no such thing in our Constitution as al.
legiance of Staes, aud the Government can
neither receive nor refuse any such alle-
glance.
There is nothing 10 prevent the immedi-
ate submission of every rebel. except his
own criminality. and the just penalties to
which be is liable for his crime. So far
these have hardly been enforced but does
any honest man pretend that these penalties
should be abolished Acts of clemsncy aud
of amnesty are common in cases of con-
quered rebellions; but acts Of repeating all
legal penalties are unheard of. The power
to punish must stand but submission is
expected to bring degree of remission.
There are laws c5n6.cating the property
Of the enemy, including their slave proper
ty. The object of these was to pat down
the rebellion, subject the property of rebels
to the expenses of the war, and by just pen.
alties to make such an example that rebell-
ion would not be likely to raise its head
again in this Government. The administra.
ton Of these laws is subject to this end, and
we may naturally suppose that it will be
modified BY any clemency that will serve
this purpose. No morally healthy political
organization or person pretends that just
laws confscating property. should exempt
property in slaves. And in war there is an
urgent reason for making this species oi
property the first subject Of confscation
! The leading rebels have forfeited their
slaves and other property, To this extent
the laws OF Congress. The war at once re.
duces all persons to two classes, loyal and
rebel. Our armies could recognize no other
distinction, even if there had been no confis
cation act or emancipation edict. The black.
; who have escaped from the enemy to US il
the war, and have been received by US, ano
/ have aided US, would not have been giver
i up to the subdued rebels, even if there haf
/ been no confscation act, or emancipation
, edict nor would the resembling of ,h.
emancipation proclamation. if that wer,
: possible, affect the status Of these. The,
!. are entitled to our protection By the laws 0
: war, and we could not withdraw it from then
b without dishonor in the eyes of all man
i kind.
f So "a, than ss the slayes of armed reb