North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-01-14
The Abolition Procla M alton.

tim of Abolition delusion, now temporarily
holding in his hands the destinies of great
people, has finally walked deliberately to
the edge of mighty precipice and jumped
off. He probably saw no other way togo,
and over he has bounded. No language can
do proper and exact justice to, and pr"bably
no Imagination is capable of conceivins, in
all its length and breadth, the enormity of
this gigantic crime. Its moral, social and
economical aspects we do not purpose 10
touch in this article, but shall point on: very
briefly few of its more glaring Inconsistent
cies as legal, constitutional and common
sense measure. FlIst, Mr.. Line lin declares
that " by virtue of the power vested in him
as Commander-inC Chit, he does this act
Where is this power vested in him Why
did he not refer to the clause of The Constitu-
tion containing III Simply because he could
not. 1t is simply bod, unblu>hing, base
assumption. Then he says the act is fit
and necessary war measure for the suppress
ion Of the rebellion," yet ii is notorious that
"su) presses the rebellion" Does he sup
pose that the people are such fools as not to
know the difference between causes and eff
feclS ? The freeing the negroes will he tbe
effect of his suppIessing the rcbeIlron," not
the cause Of it. He proposes TO "suppress
the rebellion" as he calls it, by overthrow
ing the Constitution, by denying the States
the right to do with their negro Population
as to them seems best for the interests nf
their cItiztns. He thus makes war on the
Constitution he has sworn to support, and
tramplcs II under his feet. "I De- ORDER AND
DECLARE" says this bold usurper. Who
placed you in the chair of Washington to
." order and declare" anything? You were
put there 10 carry out the laws, sustain the
Constitution and obey the people. Instead
Of thai, you Set yourself ab,.ve all laws, all
Constitutions, and despse the people who
placed you where you are.
" The Executive of the United States we
have heard of, but the Executive Gorer1l.
mem of the United States Is an ent RELY new
wrinkle. There is a Congress to pass laws,
an Executive To execute them, ard a JudIci
airy 10 expnund thea. These taken together
Constitute "the Government of the United
States," under the Constitution but an Elk
ecutive Government God help us. where
are we2 In Austria, in Russia, IN MAJ les g.
Does Mr. Lincoln pass laws, expound them
and then execute them Ave, yes, too tru.
ly he does. He is absorbing all functions
The Judiciary he OveIthrew long since, and
the Congress only exists as a Debating Soci-
ETY. To register his edicts, "r the edlcts Of tie
Abolition cabal who surround him. The
military and naval authorities !" Here i
another innovation with a vengeance. Who
supposed That the army and navy had any
authority 2 Tney have power to enforce
to acI, but The authority" was supposed {,
be IN Congre>S--ihe people, whose agents
they are, nothing more. And thus we m'ght
60 on enumerating the absurdi'ies, folhes. &c
Of this wre' ched comp 'und Of delusinn, trash
and insanity. But We fnIbear. II is enough
to stale that Mr. Lincoln generously frees all
| the negroes not within the lines of his army
and holds all as they are, who are within
| his lines ! In other words, he tries to dc
what he can't do, aud leaves undGnc what
there is, at least, a chance Of his doing =
And this is exactly the policy he has pursued
ever since he was elected President. But
what shall we think of the consistency ut
the AbolItionists in another sense2 They
profess and declare that " freedom" is .
| great boon both TO the negro and the white
man, and yet they have granted this grea
" blessing" TO the disloyal States" and de-
MED it to the " loyal ores p What doe.
this mean2 If negro freedom be such
great blessing" why should they confer il
on their enemies. and deny it to their friends
But why waste time on this suprenely silly
and intensely wicked abominariop It'll
simply 'or, weak, peurile man trying t.
fight the Almighty. 1t is no wonder h,
makes such bolch Of It,