New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-01
THE NEW PAsE OF FREEDOM.

Our Government has hitherto talLed Of
Emancipation hencefortb. ii proposes TO at.
The result viii largely influence. if it does not
absolutely govern, the judgement oi mankind
as to the wisdom Of its course.
One thing, at least, is certain: II cannot be
pausibly pretended that the President has
waited until succes4 was assured by a succession
Of victories, and then sprung his Emancipation
policy upon q surprised, astonshed people. On
the contrary, .he gave full and fair notice,
fully one hundred days ago, that, if the Rebel
Hon should be persisted III on and after this
day he would then take this decided step FOX
its suppression. The Rebels had more than
thrse months grace given them wherein to desst
from their attempt to destroy the Republic.
If evil comes to Them it will be in consc-
quence of their own persistent stubborness in
wrOng-dOing.
The President stood out against Emancipa.
ton, in spite vi the entreaties and arguments
of the great body of his earnest supporters,
until lie became satisfied that The Union must
be sored at the expense Of SldreTy or 1t oonh
no, be sared at all. When he had been con
WINGED by fair experiment that no other course
afforded a lingering hope Of success, he gave
public and formal notice thst he should pro-
claim Emancipation if tho Rebellion were not
given up or put down before this day.
"Then he cares nothing for Slavery, but
only for the Union" NO-thst does not fol
low He cares very much Tor Slavery; but
he has no moral nor legal right to assall II
off ;ially on any other ground than that of It's
proved incompatlbility with the salvation of
the republic. If he were TO decree It's over
throw on the ground Of its essential cruelty
and wichedncs., the decree would be invalid.
He has no nght to crush It on any otLer
ground than that o. its implacable and dan
gcrous hostility to the National life.
II ia SAID that tins act m,tss tie SOpih
against u.s. Is it meant that t stecls and en-.
bl,;crs against the Union cause the Three
and a Half Millions Of Slave. aud Half Million
OF Free lnchs in the Rebel States Here are
Fogr O. the Nine Millions now ruled by jeff. Davis
--Is i, can it be-, pretended that these viii be
sci against us by the Proclamation Of Freedom 2
Surch noC
l;ui the HbifeS Of tae South, it is said, will
hate aud fight III worse than they have done.
How can thew II was not THE policy which
.mpelied 10 the slaughter OF the Massachusetts
Volunteers IN the streets OF Baltimore. 1t was
not this policy which led The Rebel soldery
cncampcd ~ Bull Run last Winter to make
rInes aud other trinhcts of the bones Of our
s.aug Uttered brethren, dug up for thc purpose.
IL was not this winch induced the Rebels in
ATkGlsas 10 shoot our scnlded aud shriching
soldiers M White River. disabled and mortally
hurt oy the explosion of the steainchcst 0t their
vessel b. cannon shot. Nor was IL tis
policy that sent John Bell. Alex. II. Stephens,
TLomas \. Il. Nelson, aud 40 many other
,chemcnt UDonists of two years since, over to
4 the Rebellion aud sllenccd all open repugnance
to Disunion in the revolted States. IL was
while Mcclellan, Patterson, Halleck, Port
Royal Sherman, &C., were issuing their Pro-
Slavery orders and proclamations, aud President
Lincoln was suppressing the counter demon
strations Of Fremont. Hunter, &C., that the
superficial unanimity of Southern Whites IN
favor of the Rebellion was effected.
But it is said that tho Rebellion is invincble
by the policy Of Emancipation. Perbaps-bu'