The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-12-19
WHOLE No. 316.

AID for along time it had been hoped that
the abeiHsR could be suppressed without
! psprtiBg 70 it as q military necessity, for it
/ might come and that if it should, the cri-
isis of sthescpntest would then be presented.
tItrcame, and as indicated, il was followed
. By dark and doubtful days. Eleven months
shsEiPg passed, We are permitted to
take another review. The rebel borders are
pressed further back. and by the complete
! opening, Of the Mississippi river, the coun-
! try domipated over by the rebellion is d.
bVided mtg distant parts and practical COM
mEnicEiiop, between them, and Tennessee
aud Arkansas have been SO substantially
! cleared OF The insurgents control and in
I hpeqee, tie citizens of each, owners of
slayes aud advocates of slavery at the be-
I giqninglofz tbe rebellion, now declare open
I ~ for emancipation in their respective States.
, In those States not included in the emanci-
patton proclamation, Maryland and Missouri,
lpelther-q which, years ago, would tolerate
any req tTaipt upon the extension of slavery
into IL territories, only dispute now as to
the best mode Of removing it from within
heir own limits. OF those who were slaves
At the beginning Of the rebellion fully one
hundred. tn usRnd are now in the United
States military service, about one half Of
which number actually bear arms in the
ranks; Llus giving the double advantage of
taking. so much labor from the insurgents
cause and supplying the places which 9TH
eTRi5e- must be filed with so many white
meQ. So far as tested, It is difficult 10 saw
DIZZY are not as good soldiers as any.
No, serYile instruction or tendency 10
w. I,r
uges OF emancipation and arming the blacks.
These measures have been much discussed
IL foreign, conventions, and contemporary
with such discus sions the tone of the public
sentiment tEere Is much improved, where
.the same measures have been fully discuss
ed supported, criticised and denounced. The
auntaF 'elecGons ale highly encouraging to
those whose special duty it is to bear the
country through this great trial. Thus we
haFs the reckoning.
The crisis which threatened to divide the
friends ofthe Union is past. Locking now
Ito the present and future and with refer
euce taa resumption Of the National author
ity within the States wherein that authority
has, been suspended, have thought it right
.toaissue a proclamation, a copy of which is
hePeWithUan On examination Of
the proclamaticn it viii appear as is beiev-
ed, amply justified by The Constitution.
True, tie form Of an oath is given, but no
man Is" cterccd to take it. A man is only
promised pardon in case he voluntarily
tGkgs1 be cath. The Constitution authori-
yes the Executive to grant it on terms as fully
established by Judicial and other authority.
L is also Profered that if any of the States
named Get up Government it shall be in
the mode prescTibed-such Governments
shall balrecoguizad and guaranteed by the
United SL4tes-aud that, under it, the State
sball1Qp subscribing to the Constitutional
conditions, be protected against invasion
and domestic violence.
The constitutional obligation Of the Unit
ed States 10 guarantee to every State in the
Union a republican form of government,
and e protect the State in the case as stated,
is explicit and full But why tender the
benefits Of this provision only to State
.Goys9Dmeut set up in this particular way?
phisr section Of the Constitution contem-
plates a case wherein the element within a
State favorable to a republican government
IN the Union, may be too feeble for an OPP
pcsjte and hostile element external to and
even @ithin the State. Such are precisely
the causes with which We are now dealing
An attempt to guarantee and protect re-
yised state Of government, constructed in
Whole or in prepoHderating part from the
very clement against whose hostlities and
violence 1t is to be protected, is simply alb
sUFd. There must be test by which to
separate opposing elements so as to build
only from The ground, and that test is a
sufficient and liberal one, which accepts as
sound whoeveT will make a sworn recanta-
tion Of. his former unsoundness. But if it
be proper to require a test Of admission to
the political body, an oath of allegiance to
the Constitution of the United States, and
TO the Union under it, why not also to the
laws and proclamation in regard to slavery.
These laws and proclamations were enacted
and ppt, forth for the purpose of aiding in
The supbfesson of the rebel ion. To give
them IRE fullest effect there had to be a
pled9e Rof heir maintenance. In my iudg-
merit fEey have aided, and viii further aid
the causa for which they were enlisted. To
give up this principle, would be not only to
lever of power, but it would
also be a cruel and astounding breach of
faith. [ may add, at this point, that while
[ remain in my present position shall not
ATTEMPT 10 retraet or modify the Emancipa-
ton Proclamation, nor shall I return to
slavery any person who Is made tree by the
terms Of The Proclamation, or by airy act of
Congress. For these and other reasons, it
is thought best that the support of these
persons shall be included in the oath, and it
is believed the Executive may lawfully claim
IL in regard for pardon and restoration of
projected rights which be has clear con-
stitutional power TO withhold altogether, or
grant upon TIE terms which he shall deem