The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-09-12

can be said. if so much. is that slaves are
property. Il there-has there ever been
any question that by the law of war, prop.
erty, both of enemies and friends, may be
taken when needed and is it not needed
whenever taking it helps US or hurts the
enemy? Armies, the world over, destroy
the enemy's property when they cannot use
it, aud even DESTROY their own to keep il
from the enemy. Civilized belligerents 90
all in their power to help themselves or
hurt the enemy, except a few things regard
ed as harbarou-; and among the exceptions
Is the massacre of vanquished foes aud
non combatants. male and female. But the
proclamation as law, either is valid or Is not
valid. II II is not valid it needs no retrac-
lion; If 1t is valid it cannot be Ietracted any
more than the dead can be brought TO life.
Some of you prefer TO think its retraction
would operate favorably for the Union. Why
better after the retracIion than before the
Issue There was more than year and a
half of trial To suppress the rebellion before
the proclamation was issued, the last one
hundred days Of which passed under an ex-
pllcit notice that it was coming unless
averted by those in revolt returning to al
legiance. The war has certainly progressed
"a f.vorably for Us since the issue of the
proclamation a before. | know as fully a.
any one can know the opinion of others,
that soma vi the commanders of our armies
who are in the fell, who have given Us our
most important sue .esses, believe the eman-
cipation policy and the use of the colored
troops constitutes the heaviest blow vet deal,
TO the rebe lion, and that at least one Of
these important succes SEES could not have
koo - 81, -, "a
aid of the coloreh soldiers. Among iii 4.
commanders. holding these views. are 70 ne
who have never h I'd any affinity with whaI
Is called aboliioni~m, or with Republican
parry policies tut whD held them firmly ,
military op;ninns. / submit. the opinions
as b-irg -Ltit ed TO some wight a5AInsl the
OH .rtic's often u z u that emancip- ii n and
arming the black, are unwi,e a. military
measures, aud We're not adopts as su h il
900 faith. You say you wifi not fight to
tree negroes. Some OF them seem wiling 10
Fl ,ht for YOU; but no mater.
Fight you then tx us v~ly to save the
Union? | Issued the proci4malinn on pIr
pose TO al YOU IL saving the Union. When
ever, you shall have conquered all resi- lance
to the Union. if shall urge you 20 coatinu-
fighting. ii will be an apt time en- o; you
to declare you will not fight 10 free negroes
thought that in your struggle for the I'm
ion, 10 whatever extent the lie ,roes should
cease helping the enemy, TO that extent 81
weakens the enemy in his resistance to you.
Do you think differently? thought that
whatever negroes can b. got TO do "a sol
diers, leaves just 50 much less for the white
soldiers to do IN saving the Union. Does i,
appear otherwise to you? But neg 5
like other people, act upon motives; why
,hould they do anything for Us il we will
d. nothing for them ? Il they stake their
lives for Us. they must b. prompted by the
strongest motive: even the promise OF free
dom. and the promise must b. kept
The signs look better. The Father OF
Waters again goes unyexed to the sea
Thanks to the Northeast for that. Nor yet
wholly to them. Three hundred miles ny
they met New En- gland, Empire, Keystone
and Jersey. hew;ng their way right and left.
The sunny South, 100. in more c,lors than
one, lent hand on the spot. Their part
OF the history was jltted down in back and
white. The j b was great national one,
and let none be tainted who bore an honor
able part in it, And while those who have
cleared the river may we'll bs proud,
hat is not all. 1t is hard to say that any
thing has been more ably or bravely done
than at Antietam. Murfrees boro. Gettys.
burg aud on many fields OF lesser note.
Nor must Uncle Suns web feet bs forgot
ten. Your guns have not only been present
on the deep sea, the broad bay and the rapid
river. but also up the narrow. mully bayou.
and wherever the ground was a litIls damp
they have been aud made their tracks,
Thanks 10 all tor the great repablic. for The
principle il lives by and keeps alive; for
man. vast future, thanks 10 all.
Peace does not appear so distant a 1t did.
/ hope ii will come soon and come to stay,
and 50 come as to be worth the keeping in
all future time. II will then have been
proved that -mong free men there can be
no successful appeal from lhe ballot 10 tire
5uliei. and that they who take euch appeals
are sure To lose their case and pay the cost;
and there will be some black men who can
rememember that with silent tongue and
cleuchel teeth and steady eye aud well
poised b4yonets. they have helped mankind
IN TO this great contamination. While l
fear there will be some white ones unable To
forget that with malignant hearts aud de-
ceilful speech. they have striven TO hinder
il. Still let US not be over-saDguine of E
speedy. final triumph. Let Us be quite
sober; Jet US diligently apply the means.
never doubling that just GJd in his own
good lime will give Us the rightful result.
YouIs very truly, A. LIScoLS.
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The Certain Fate Of slavery.
In "a speech against secession in the
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