M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-12-17

1854, Will be shown IN detail by the
report Of the Secretary of the Treas.
~, to which ] invite your attention. I"
: Even warmer than bis eommeuda.
tiOh Of the Treasury Department 10
the praise OF the President upon Mr.
Welles. the SecretAry Oflhs navy
lie declares that his duties have been
discharged with fidelity and eminent
success. Shades Of the Sumter, AL.
ALBANIA and Georgia, what do you
think Of this amazing declaration
What do the merchants think, whose
ships by the hundred have been cap.
tured ny Confederate priyateefs, that
have roaned ibe ocean without mo.
lesta .ioIh Lincolnis better satisfied
with old NJ. Wel!ss than he Ia with
Chase, to judge by the putting be be.
slows upon him. ~ ..E-. .
l.sThe measures of the last Congress,
for the removal Of the Indian tribes,
have been carried into effect. He
suggests rhe propreity of q charge in
our. Indian system.
He seems to favora canal being
built around the Falls ofthe Niagara,
on the American eide. --
The President next alludes 10 the
state Of feeling at home and abroad
q year ago and now, and findS, in
his Judgment, a great Improvement,
asswell as In the military status. :
He attributes this change to the
Emancipation Proclamation and
the Employment Of negro troops.
Let us look at that a moment. The
Proclamation was, in fact, issued on
the 22d OF September, 1862 In o.
tober ami November following, the
Democrats carried all. the election,
being greatly aided in so doing by
Ithe uDpopularity of said Porclama
ton. The party ofthe President lias
carriedt the elections in 1853; but the
Proclamation, 50 lar from helping tC
that end, was a drawback upon IT,
Before the Proclamation was ISSUED
Mcclellan was within sight Of Rich
.lnond, and we had fought a sever,
battle 10 the center Of Mississippi -
J Have we advanced further iu elthe
direction since the Proclamation wa
| issued 7 ,s
The President ciaiins that OF thos,
who were slaves at the beginning o
the rebellion, fully one hundred thou
sand are now in the United States
military service. about one half o
whom are in the ranks. SO far al
tested, the President think the ne
groos make as good soldiers as thu
whites ! The President then enter,
into a defense of the Negro Procla
nation. he declares that he will
not retract or modify the proclama
ton while he remains in his preSen
position, Hear him.
"When Congress assembled a yea
ago the war had already lasted nearly
twenty months, and there had beer
many conflicts on both lard and sea
with aiying results. The rebellion
had been pressed back into reduced
limits ; yet the tone Of public feeling
aud opinion at home and abroad wa'
not satisfactory. With other signs
the popular elections then just pas
indicated uneasiness among ourselv
es, while amid much that was colt
and menacing, the kind words coming
from England we're uttered in acceat
Of pity that we were too blind to sur
render Our commerce was snffer
ing greatly BY few armed vessol
built upon and furnished from foreigl
shores, and we were Threatened will
such additions frem the same quartz
as would sweep our trade from tbI
sea and raise our blockade. We haC
| failed to elicit from European Gov
ernments any thing hopeful upor
this subject.
The Emancipation Proclamation
which was issued in September, was
rnnning its assigned period to the be
ginning Of the new year. q month
later, ihe final proclamation came, in
Guiding the announcement that eolur
I'd men Of suitable condition would
be received into the war service. The
policy ot' emancipation and of the
employment Of black soldiers gave tu
the future u new aspect, about which
hopes, fears, and doabts contended in
uncertain conflict, according to our
political sysiem, as matter of civil
administration. Tine General Gov.
ernment had no lawfnl p p'wer to ii.
fct emancipation in any State, and
for a hing time it had been hoped
that the rebellion could DO suppress.
ed without resorting 10 It az a mill
'ary measure. II was all The while
deemed possible that necessity for il
Knight come, and that ii sh5nld, the
crisis oil the contest wonld then be
prsssntsd.: II came, as expected, &
was followed by dUk and doubtfu
days. Eleven Inoatbs having beer
passad. wa ara ,,aruljtysd 10 take an