New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-05-29

issuc that Proclamation of Freedom to the slaves
WHO were in every sense the enrmy's snews OF
war Some OF them were found fighting ia the,'
rapks mulliudes in erecting aud defrDniaK thei'
forfcaIOps, the greater mass III the helde al nome
enabling their couseiptIoD TO drsg every se'e
bodied white man into the fields Of battle agalps,,
| the Government, who when there are Literally leu
end paid ty the products Of that slave labor 70
cure and extend which was the pronouneed o'''''
| Of the war. ,.,
Tits proclamation OF the Pres. lent wns
| advance, hscau e, however necessary, - a..
| solrlV from hiurrif az brinR aloDo ih'es.ou y
CunrttuiOn with the direction OF tnc ui'''a. 800.
| of the nation and because ia deching 90 '"o n.y.
siry Of s application IL the way ",ou , 'ue ~ 80,
| before bin sremei TO demanf, nc P'noou '"e -,
ment in "A POSITION fran Th'eH l'o'e W.. ~" - aa
Iba nrocIams,ou 10 the slaves 70 weaken toe enemy
,Ia nation irevocahly 10 make good the
| ii Id Lr Tho ,i,0st ,Ihibi!tors Of rs Podr. IL
NO, only creates an obligation TO The bondsmen wno%
ec,,on i /. meant to CONTROL but IL MS an impned
,lJe Of honor 10 the tore gu powers whose conduct
;, :. 4. .i,ued 20 uhnenee. That measure which as
ICommsnder.in. Chief to President rightiuy adopt
sd under the Constitution and 10 accordance with
Natiopal law to obtain the cooperation OF the whole
race of peorls and which involves DO h life and
freedom IN it's results when proclaimed, was beyond
revocation by either the civil OF military authority
OF the mutton. Tue people once slaves IN the Rebel
St-tes can never again he recoguz rs such by The
United States. No Judicial decision, no legislative
action, State or national can 30 admitted 10 re en-
slave u ople who associated with our owl oes-
TIMES IN this war OF deen o tOsavethe Government,
aud whose manumis, ion deemed essential to the
restoration aud preservation OF tue Union and 10 s
permanent peace.
The fret movement in this grand system OF enamel
ration has been already made, under the orders oil
the President IL 10 seen III the segregation oil the
blacks from their mssers, aud msstiug them at Nd
vaHtaee0us positions the Atlsnic and Gulf coass,
aud the chores of the Missisnpp. they are drawn
from the interior. Here they are ~ be brought
within works which they Will be taught 10 constigc
and defend, and have the contiguous lsnd assigned
e. them during the continuance OF the war TO con
tribute 20 their suseDance. Under proper 0ifcrine,
they viii here learn much TO fl them for sel- gov
eminent as au independent peop'e, associated with
kindred race that now invites them TO conRehisl
climate and soil rich IN all the productions beo'
suited 10 repay in commerce The nations oil more ad-
vsnced civilization for the protection and assistance
they may have given them III thor new homes, with
the Governments into which they are sdnit'ed.
Meantime, during the war, he fortified places
these freed men may hold on the Mississippi. sea
coasts and elew ere under the control aid with the
support OF portions OF our armies, VIII render ihe
river and coast commerce tree 10 and exclude 1t
from the enemy. When the war ends, large numbers
# the boudsmsn, which 1t will have liberated Msy
stll be retained, temporarily and aill be empoyed
under wages IN executing the lana Tor national d.
| ense proposed by the Military Committee Of the
last House Of Representatives. IN The conversion OF
the intrs-canal navigation along the Gnlf and At
lsptic coass now 10 a Considerable extent completed
for small boats, into shp canal from New Ofean,
TO New.York. a1d III eblsrging the Canal no1 unit
ing the lakes and the Mssis ipp II the Erie canal
shall also DO enlarged the whole region OF the Mis-
s,sippi and the Atlantic will be insulated aud be
! inynlnerabIe. The kindred measure, the Pacific
Railroad designed to esrry the military power OF the
Rspubc 10 tie de'ense II our Pacific potsesoOs, II
ever invaded, will be the work Of Europesn emf
grants of our own blood, hired by tbs rich domain
| Il pepetra,es and which the nation presents ~ an
inheritance 10 those who shall be engaged In ia con-
sIructIon. go
| But the mission Of tie Afie-American race will
not be concluded IL the region which has been lite
house OF bondage Its de.ii1ed glory, "a redeemed
free and civilized race, Il 10 TO consummaed IN The
! American tropicr. They viii there iniuso vigor,
unity and enterprise with aspirations ~ emulate the
progressive genius Of tho country OF their birth.
They will break the letters OF Cuba, and make II
excel tie tabled Hetperdes under CisAtlaniic mia
euees and he favor OF European Nations interested
in the commerce Of the Indies Of the Nes far richer
tian those OF the Onrut. Aided with the car ital
ana intelligence of the great commercial power,,
ihsy will make the waters q the Pacific and Atlantic
flow through Central America, and they will BRING
ther oppreffeG brethren from tbs Saasras OF Affica
70 y Csnsau an tic New World.
feel that have given very imperfect ouiilne
OF the scheme OF Secession, Of tie manner IN whie
your Chief Magistrate has met tho oNigenoy, aud
low be proposes TO make the sylls which have be-
fallen Us The Of blessings 10 our posIeniy
snd 10 mankind.
1t is naimssible snd unnecessary here 10 DO more
than glance nj Tins great them Acute obtervers and
sCiDe even who have tsill ~ dealing with detail
have found much 10 coruilsi Of in The President'
. administration. Unquesti0nably many errors hav'
been committed. Errors not only noticeable 20 mi
: croscopic VISION, but to enlarged minds. Bat re
: gsrded ~ whole think he may safely ask tn
9 verdict OF lie co'emyoraIies aud Of Posteiity upo
a nis patriotism aud colnI rebousiye vision.