Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-01-16
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Archbishop Hughes's Organ on the
Emancipation Proclamation.


The Metropolitan RecO; d, organ Of Archbishop
HUeHEs, has o long article on the "New Wa
Poliey--Proclamasi of President LINCOLN,
In which 1t says:
The policy of the Administration should have
been OF concilatoTy character toward thu
people of the South, whatever might be his &C
tlon toward their leaders. II should have beeG
its aim TO detach the people from their tedders by
avoiding that policy which has been forced upon
it by fanatlcal party, and which has received
a practical Endorsement In the last proclamation
of President Lincoln.
Itis indeed sad commentary dh the conduct
of this war that at the end of twenty months
We are unable, withsm the assistance Of The ne
9Toes, to suppress this rebellion. Bat the die ia
now cast; and whether Willingly or unwillingly
the great conservative masses of the North
have been dragged into an Abolition crusade
Our soldiers henceforth are to fight, not for
the Constitution and the Union, but for the &C.
eomplishment Of Abolition designs. IL 10 no
longer TO be Uar bett0een Uhite men; II is Ms
| st. DOMINGO masouorss iHuuguTdted on our soil,
under The sanction, approval and encouragement
Of the GoueTnmsnt Of the United States. Il is by
such instrum entalities that the Union is to be
saved-a union to be conquered with the con-
querer. II is through such an ordeal of carnage
and fendish outrage that the integrity Of the Ts.
public is to be restored. We "make a desert
and call 1t pesce;" We break up the whole so
oial system of the South, and having brought
desClation into every household, we oopgrAtu.
late ourselves on the restoration Of the Union
| This Ia the work which the Presidents procla-
nation is intended TO accomplish; this 10 the
spirit which 1t breathes forth through ta thinly
disguised phrases.
The Chief Magistrate OF the country will
find, when it is too late, that this 10 the
error of his ill;judged policy, that instead Of
intimidating the South, it will intensity the
feeling of hatred which now prevails In that
section OF the country toward the North. |,
will, we fear, be followed BY still greater dislE.
terra than have yet befallen our arms. lf the
military and naval authorities are ITO recog.
nize and maintain the freedom" Of the emanoI.
pated negroes, their time will be extensively
occupied, and they may be expected TO do o
pretty lively business in this line. They will
have quite number of helpless children az
we'll as old men and women on their hands, and
tho determination which will take place betS cen
the newly emanclpRtod and our eoldiers, will
be of the most interesting character. EqualIfs
bstueen the blacks and i5hites 30 far as the army
and navy are regarded, has been officially es.
tablished by this new order, admitting them in
to both branches Of the service. They are
says the President, TO be "received into tht
armed service of the United States" although
no himself told the colored deputstion who
waited on him some months ago, that theil
race could not remain In thia country without
injury to its white iuhsbltsnts.
We had hopea that the President would
never venture on Ruoh terrible experiment
that unWise and iiljudged as some Of his acts
have been, he would refuse to listen 70 thi
last and most heudish advice Of the fanatics
and extremists, who have brought the country
to its present disastrous condition,
IL required only this measure to render lht
work OF restoring the tInion something very
like an imposslbility,
This language of Archbishop HUoHEs is ia
striking harmony with the views sepeatedly
expressed in these columns Oh Administration
policy, and 1t is particularly significant as com
ing from one who Ia recognized az the warn
ana intimate personal friend of Secretary SE"
ARD, and whose vast influence both al hcm'
and abroad has been exerted with force snS
untiring industry In tho cause Of tbs UnioT
since the rebellion broke out.