Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-12-21
iFor no Empre1
Laucoins Message aad PrscTa-
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A. MN Ehlioh y J nave CAREFULLY read thl
Message and ProclAmAlion, and being mai
lof some Importance (in my own estimation.
4 will give my views on these eStraordiuarJ
State papers,--and as old Abe is an old broth
or chip OF mine, aud
Whereas, He clothed railmaulinR, anJ
consequently wood ehoppiug, With respecta
bility, by making said vocation his hobby, "a
ride into the chair Of Washington aud hi,
oompeers and
Wheeas, ] also would prefer twenty .6vt
thousand dollars u year to my present yoca
ton, and
Whereas, | also possess a considerable
amount Of coneoit, of my own individual
greatness, and
Whereas am also looking mp to the time
when my reputation US rail splitter aud
0ood chopper will carry me 70 the Prcslden-
tial chair, and
WAcrcds, | fear old Abe nay bring that
position in bad ropuIe before lget in his pres
ent berth
Now, therefore, /, Professor Dow, pro.
claim mud make known, that most emphati-
cally protest against, aud object to certain
portions of said extraordinary State papers,
| (iust ISSUED by my friend old Abe as deroga-
tory to our craft, nnd MS having u tendency to
bring our noble calling into diHepute, there
fore DO ordain that tho said rail splitter,
Abraham Lincoln, President Of the dis. Uni.
ted States, revise, modify or change, so much
OF said extraordinary State papers as conflicts
with common sense, aud gopd moralA copy
of which is horcwlth transmitted
! "For those, aud other ronsons il is thought
bost that tho support OF these persons (ii6er.
dfed siapcS shall bo included in tho oath, -
| president l.incolu's Message, fifth column,
third clause in the EMriHE) In this portion
of his message, he intmstos that the freed
slaves who are too lnsy to work, must be- sup.
ported by their former owners in lieu OF
amnesty and pardon, hc having virtually
proclaimed away the property in said slaves,
and now asks tho owners to support said no
groes
For in tho oath OF his proclamation he asks
the former owners of said emancipated slaves
to swear, among other things, that they will
also "abide by and, faithfully support all prso.
lamations OF tho President, made during the
existing rebellion Now, suppose the rebel.
lion should last two years longer, (Which it
may, and the President should see ht to issue
n proclamation, (alter the oath was taken by
ten thousand former slave owners, in good
faith, to tbs effect that they must feed and
clothe said hundred thousand free Americans
of African descent How then must they
do it or potiure ttemselvos Or again by
the oath, all procamations, present aud future,
during the rebellion, (having references TO
slaves,( must be supportel |, Now, the goner.
al tendency of war being devastating, in dis.
trlcts where large armies are subsisted for
years, the real estates are mada worthless ;
| the omauoipatad slaves become inert aud shin.
less their former owners penniless; want and
starvation will finally ensue; and then the oath
having been taken, a proclamation issues, to
support the emanoipatcd slaues But those
lwho took TIM oath have no means lelt for their
Support aud can no longer control their labor,
nnd consequently must violate their oaths,
from force Of circumstances entirely beyond
their control This IS unfair, uuohartahle, un
holy, unohristan, aud unbeoomiug a Rail
Splitter No honest man can take such an
cath, and houest motives cannot suggest such
an oath Now, therefore, moreover, never
htless, aud Notwithstanding, unless said
Abraham Lincoln Rail Splitter President OF
! the United states ana eN otliclo Commander
ir-Chiof of tho American army, do, within
twenty days next succeeding the datO hereof,
lrescnd, modify, revise or change said extra.
ordinary State papers, so that honest men may
return 10 their former allegiance without risk
of pcriuriug themselves his name will be
sricken FROM the list OF honorary membership
Of our noble fraternity, and he be forever eI'
communicated from all Fellowship with all hon
est Rail Splitters and Wood Choppers, as un!
worthy of tho title OF our honorable calling
Given under my hand aud Great Seal Of
our noble fraternity this Seventeenth day ol
December, Eighteen Hundred and Sixty
three PROF DOW,
Chief Clerk and Wood Chopper Extraordinary
Of Wayne Township
Z. S.--The effect of the Message IL veri
striking on our local markets Gold is had
and non est heather is tough rags are steak
and increasing; smoke has an upward tended
cE snow recedng; mud Grmi greenbaeka
and deoliang war stocks Hat exempts in le-
mand; cripples iuGrm and plenty Wide Awses
advancing on Canada; political honesty ln.
mat windbags initiating. lhlk
... stand FtFmi 1851
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