East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-02-24
NUMBER 80.

To call his attention In the mildest pos.
/ sible terms to the utter want of author
iiy he has to issue any such proclsIna.
ton M the oDc IN which ] REFER ii he
intends il To- have any legal effect. He
might call him by sny of those mid
names which Bacon applied to james
the Frst he night cal him Honest
Abe the epiihrt l,y which he appears
To he generally known. ney.r learned
whether hs acquired that nafneain tho
prsciIce of his profession. Perhaps
soihc of yon can tell how thai was. lt
IL u curious fact thtt, in the city of New
York, in the city of Boston, in the city
of Philadelphia. ia Baltimore. IN. New
ORLEANS. IN Cincipnaii. in ~. l.onir, in
Chicago fact IN all the great cities
of the United STATES, as far ar my .xnc.
Iience ext-n.is. there never waS lawyer
that a"qnire'i the nnnIe of" honest be-
fnr., which proves either the superior
integrity the President uf the Unitel
States, or the great want of it on the
part uf tho other lawyers of Spring.
fell. .f-si
Now. this FRO lamation. Therefore. 10
my judgment does no;hing except what
any ,iencral coinman ling tho army
might do. That is To ssy. as our armies
advance slaves are Act free. There -
ma escape from that conrlusi2n. Slavery
exists Ia some extent by superior force,
ani when our armies advance against
shareholders in rebellion. unless they
choose Ia take the oath aud keen their
slaves IN hopdagc. they follow the for
tunes of all the rest of their property,
and are destroyed or act forever free.
The President of the United States has
beccn trying to- say that ia his procla
nation hc would do no harm bni if no
has meant to annnunce that the slaves
uf the States in rchcll,on. not subject to
the authority of tho unite,l States, arc
now free, then, ~ | have heretofore, bad
occasion To FAY, d" object to that IN
unconstitutional, and object To il as
false. They arr just as much slaves q.
ever they were in law. But il is not
Unconstitutional IN : ar, nor an uDuspal
mil AIRY cxpdicnt, 10 lie. Lying isa
Recognized military mode of prosecuting
ho-tlitle-. Now, what is the remedy
tT dll ltllr - INtduTC bltt H"NV
been disastrous? cannot speak to tho
President, be,ausr have called to sec
him aud h- was 3" not at home, aud the
Tra6ans has already announced twoor
three tiuIcs that he never reals my
-prcchrr = therefore, have no mode 10
IL speak To him. Ii would he wise in
him, in my humble Judgment, 10 baok
square ont of his pro amaton. And
IT h. don't choose To do that il IS en-
Ilrcly clear that hc has shown disposi.
tion t. pcrvrrt the whole object of' tho
war, and ,o declare IN I il i prosecuted
TOR abuillion and not for the restoration
nf the Union. Now, [ am not one Of
hose who appreheid any great resnit
from any declaration of tho President.
lie cannot change the law or the con.
stitntlon he cannot alter the con,iition
vi any save III tho country. differ
from those who arprrhend "a negro in.
surrcciion from any proclamation that
ho may issue. There is nothing ~ the
history of the past three months To show
any disturbance or excitement OH the
part of the negroes South any moro
than there Was before
In my judgment his proclamation fell
equally .ira,i upon the blacks aud ufon
the ahitcs ! do not think he il ablo
To- excite u ne gro in-urrection. and if no
Mere, | have the faith to bcli.ve that
every soklier from the non slsvehol,ltng
states, who has one articl. of t,ielity
to the constitution Of the ntcd States
in that case would help to put down
the negro lnsnrreciipn. In war
against women nad children We sIte
with the women and children. Nav
more, it it could he plainly seen that
the purpose of the presl.leat was to ex.
cite nrgrn insurrectIon, and that pur.
pose was likely to he accomplished,
every h-mocrniic soldier auG oili er ia
the army would lay DOWN his arms aud
then We wonll have an interesting car.
| wouI like To sce N war between tho
s6o iAionlsls of the North anil The womsn
anI chil ircn OF the South. | would
trn-t the woinen in sdch fight, ii they
could get a; the aholitrnl-is. AS fr
getting Grcclcv and Sumner To go thcre,
II ~ cut of the question, but | wonId
agree e. bc one to assist tiIcm in coin.
ing here. such Tracks as sumner would
make upthc Pennsylvanis avenue would
be interesting 1" sec, with one brave
Southern woman after HIM 81 p"
Now think Congress ought To mako
u declaration as To tho objeot of this
war. ! bcii.ye il is a waste at time 10
bother the Prc-iint But ! should bc
In Ia vor oi tongr''ss rcpcaling the r.s.
olution that they passed. lat year almost
unaurn"nsly IA To- tho ie1it'mnte otyedt
at this War that IL ~ prosecuted not
to overturn thc Institutions of any part
of tho country, but to rcstors thu right.
tul authority of the gs'ver,n'vnt over
every pai / of our territory, and .irelining
u va,c one .lolIar il there is any dcpar-
iure from the original obj.,ct ot the war.
Now, gentlemen. there arc 'osc or two
things tho President ni -,l,t ,io, il ho felt
inclined, snd il is eatirsIy for him to do
terminc. To unite the North, no must
entirely ab"lish hts party organization.
| read every day IN the puhllcsn. pa
pers that u IA necessary tho .NOrth