Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-16
Us, OHIO, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMl

ment II he had said that all citizens Of the
stotdipg States, who shall swear to support my
election. ehall be p rdoned and shall be pro-
tpcted In forming electoral colleges to vote
% me, by my armies and navy, he wonld have
been more explicit, but hardly more distinct
Ard yet, In THE very message, he says that
the proclo N ,ticn, q an 90. Of civil Government
Is uD oons s,itutioDa; and only jus,fable IS war
measure! He proposes to make IL the corner
stone Of the reconstructed States, and the test
Of allegiance.
[From the New York Nevs.l
A Proclamation, effsrlng the benefits of the
old Union and Constitution to those who would
lay down their arms In given time, and return
to their old allegiance, might haze helped our
arms materially; but this rettOration Of The
Union as ID was, the Admiuisirstion 10 q, much
opposed to as the seoessionsis. II 10 bound not
to have the old Union. Its main object is not
to restore the Union, but 10 abolish slsvery; al
to ttat end 1t imposes upon the Union men Of
the South the 'Emapci patton Proclamation as q
test, which is most abhorrenJ ard disgu, ting 10
their feelings, and ruinous to their interests.
Lvrom the Buffalo oourIer.l
There are those anoug LDcoln's admirers
who profess to admire the msgosnimity of the
amnesty be offered the rebels. Nothing could
be more grimly iropical. The World we'll saJ 6
that as q means of recovering she Soath AID
TeconetructiDg the Uniop, his scheme ls simply
aosurd To divide the Emancipation procla-
nation (the most cd ous and detested In South.
ern eyes Of all Mr.. Lincoln's 3 ac's) into individ-
ual doses, to be administered in tae form of an
oash, is about q, vice rs would be an attempt 10
conciliate a nation Of Jews by swearing them
all to dine on po k. No wonder that, on this
system, Mr. Locoln expects bis new State Gov
ernments will be the work of a chosen few!
From the Rochester Union.l
The Presidents "postscript"o or Proclama attic n
is destined TO fulfill the expectations OF the an-
NOR: It will create sensation. The PresdeI !
assumes the functions Of Supreme Lawgiver tr
D ctator, and proceeds to prescribe the mode BY
Whic1 the Union 10 to be reconstructed. He
Affects ommendable degree Of meekness by
referring TO Congress and the Judiciary as pos-
sessipg come contingent rights to modify OF. re-
wise his programme: but then as q settof to
thia meek concession, he concludes his Procla-
nation with these pregnant words:
"Tbe mode presented is the best the Execu-
tive can suggest. With the present iDpres
sion, no other possible mode would be accept
ed"
Then, whatever Congress or the Judiciary
may see fI to do In the premises, the "imprss-
sion" Of the Executive is to stand as the Su-
preme Law. with the present impression no
other possible mode would be accepted" And
IL must be rene nbered that Mr.. Lincoln Ia
eonst tutonal Commando jer.iu- Chief OF t1e Army
and Navy of the United States. Accordingly
be has means at his disposal quite adequate to
giving effect to hi, "impsessions" as against
the action OF Congress and the udiclsry.
As to the merits of the ''mode" prescribed
by M. Lincoln, tne press might as we'll remain
sileas; since, whether right or wrong, praclic-
able or impracticable, constitutional or uncou-
situtional, sensible or ridiculous, he proclaimt
II as the only mode that will be accepted By
him, while his "present Impressions" remain
unchanged. They stand now as the test snC
standard Of "oyalty." He may alter or amend
tie standard Tomorrow; but his "present i'm.
pressiens" are the Supreme Law Of 10 day
and to them as "loyal subjects" We must CON
form or incur the odium, TO say nothing Of th
penalties attaching to "treason"-Dot Eesso
as defiued by tbe Constitution; but treason a
the meaning OF that term 10 mOdi6ed under tn
pressure OF military necessity" and by thl
"present Impressions" Of the Commender in
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