Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-12-15
The Presldent,s Message

The Presidents Message.
TIE third annual message of President
Lincoln is given in to-day's paper. It is
a document that has been auxiousIy I,aked
for, and which, ere this time, dcubrIass.
has been read by most of the citEeus of
the country.
We must say that we are not dsappoin.
ted in the least at the position assumed bv
the message. The course of the President
for the past eighteen months, hesbeen of
such character as to leave little enund of
hope that the message would be different
from what it is. 1t is such document as
mighthuve been expected from tie chief
of the jacobins. And intelligent peorle
have only to peruse it to perceive ID stud.
led object.
Taken together, it is the weakest docu.
ment that ever eliminated from at Executive
Of this nation While it fsilsto embrace
the statesmanlike views Of bs earlier
Presidents it contains proposhons not
only st variance with the constitution bu,
absolutely II .cious and calcuhtt5 70 sink
the nation more deeply in the WITHHOLD of
Ge4trnctiun. Instead Of adhering to the
broad princirles &c the onnstitutiln' and
recommending such action by Congress as
would rescue the cation iron it's imminent
peril, it locks only to the elevation Of the
African and the destruction Of State
sovereignty as the grand objects to be &C.
cOmplished.
The President declares his intention to
adhere to the emancipation proclamation,
and his negro-soldier project, though the
nation fall thereby. He says the negroes
freed by his ukase must be guaranteed
their rights, at whatever cost of blood and
treasure. And be tacitly intimstes that
the recent successes of our arms, are soma
of its salutary results-in other words, that
. General Grant would never have defeated
the rebel armies Of the West and opened
the Mississippi, had it not been for the
aid of the emancipation ukase.
Relative to the efficiency Of negro soldiers,
the President is elated at the success of
his policy. He says that fifty thousand Of
them are already in the field, armed and
equipped as the law directs, and that he is
not certain but they are more patriotic
and brave than the white men who have
imperiled their lives for their county,
Negro soldiers are bis apparent pride, and
their gIorifcation the main purpose of his
mission. He appears to look forward to
the day when our armies shall be compos-
ed of the representatives ofthe sable race,
and prejudices against color shall be ex>
tinct-when his American citizens of AC
ricaR descent" shall enjoy all the rights of
the most favored Of the white race.
And to cap the climax, the President,
appends to his message Q proclamation as
Extraordinary as it is absurd and outra.
geous in its positions. To weak minded
people this proclamation may be source
OF comfort, but to men Of sense, its hum
bugery is too apparent to mislead for a
moment The test oath embraced 10 the
body Of the proclamation, is an insult to
the intelligence of the most stupid of the
Southern people. The persons taking ii
are not only required to support ali the
laws adopted by the jaoObin Congress, but
must give their adherence to oil the proc>
lamaticns Of the President, including his
emancipation ukase. This is perm itting
the insurgents to return co their allegiance
with all their rights unimpared, with a
perfect vengeance.
The truth is, there is no hope for the
country so long as Abraham Lincoln and
the radical men who surround him have
control of public affairs. They are aware
that their only hope for the future rests
with the negro; and they will not desert
him though the last white man and the
last dollar be sacrificed on the African ale
| tar.
The message, instead Of aiding to relieve
us from the appalling embarrassments that
environ our country. will swe the current
that is sweeping our nation into the vortex
! of destruction.