Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-12-19

No one can read the Presidents Mes.
sage without feeling that tho war /. about
closed and The Rebellion asou, played on.
The Emancipation Proclamation which
i not to - modified, ended slavery in
rebe''ious States; and slavery being the
object for which The rebslIioa vas inaugu-
rated, tho rebels have no cause to longer
pro'ong the var. In addition to this. the
plan proposed BY the Presiden, 10 his Pro.
c'ama,ion and there explained BY him,
renders = speedy reconssruction Of q loyal
Government certain. No assent of the
men now ia arms is necessary. All tha,
Is required by Abraham is the. . number
Of Abolition adven.urers, equal to ono.
tenth Of the voters in the several States
by him declared to b. in rebellion, take
the Abolition oath prescribed BY him, and
then be will recognise them; not ~ the
Government Of an old State, but ~ the
people Of = new one. /. is true, he recon.
mends that they maintain the names, boun.
dairy, subdivision, the Constitution and
Federal Code Of laws ~ before the rebel.
lion, subject to the new coalition of ,bines
but this is only a recomme adat ton
The only requirement is, that the laws
shall not conflict With the freedom of the
negroes liberated by the Emancipation
Proclamation.
ia addition to this, VIC are cheered BY
the fact SO fully stated BY tho President,
that If the plan proposed BY him does no.
quell the rebellion, it may be quell.d in
some other way. The following extracts
fully show our last position 10 DO we'll
founded
"The objection to premature presen.
tation Of q plan by the National Execu.
tive, consists in the dangers OF ,mmi,aIs
in points which c"uld be more safely left
to the further developments. Care has
been taken to so shape the document as
10 avoid embarrassment from this source
/" saying that on certain terms, certain
classes will be pardoned with their rights
restored, it 10 not said that other clssses
on other terms will never be included In
saying a reconstruction will be accepted
It presented in = specified way, it is not
said It will never be accepted in any other
way"
Again, in the Proclamation his Excel
lency Says
"While the mode presented is the best
the Executive can suggest with his pres.
ent impressions, it mus, not be understood
that another possible mode would no, be
accepted
From these extracts, it will be seen
that the prescn. plan Of the President is
only on trial, as the Generals on the Po
tomac have been and that We should not
dcspond at the failure Of the one now
proposed No doubt the prolific brain Of
our Chief Magistrate will presen, come
other scheme in case the presen. one
should no. succeed.
Thank GSd, that the Uuion Is a, last
certain to be restored, without any act
necessaria!ly being done to those in arms
agans, it. They may all remain rebels
if they please; we can get along without
them. U"der the plan of his His Excel
lency loyal States will be organized, with
only a trifle over nine.,enths Of their DO
p"lation denying the validity Of their Gov.
ernnen'; as he has promised troops to en-.
force the laws passed by the other tenth,
the Rebellion will be put down wi,hou,
d'sp'acing one army contractor, or injur.
ing the prospects Of one ambitious or
aspiring General. In our opinion, the
plan Of the President is the most wise
aud sasacious that could have been de.
vised -rtM has present Impressions
The foregoing is said with our presen,
impressions. We do not IRISH it TO be IN.
derstood that 'cr may not change our riews
herea TER. or that the endorsement of his
scheme precludes our endorsing any other.
T.