The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-01-02

BY the oder of compensation. Any Slave
holding States which sh, uld return to such
Uaion might fairly be supposed to return
with the pa, pose of peaceable emancipatsou.
The Presidents Proclamation simply means
this:-Come in and emancipate peacesbly
with compensation stay out. and | eman-
cipate. nor will project you from the con-
sequences.
Tha. continuance in the Union is thus
understood is already made manifest by the
votes Of Missouri and Delaw are in the recent
elections, Both of these S,s'es have given
strong mAiarities for emancipation. Mis-.
souri. long tending toward emancipation.
has already planted herself FIRMLY on tho
bold and eloquent appealto the Free States
of the North for aid in Overcoming the dit
iculties OF her position. Other States will
soon follow; nor is il much to hope that be-
fore q new year has gone far in is course
the sacred fire of freedom will have flashed
along the whole line of the Border States.
responsive to the generous proposition of ths
President and Congress. and that universal
will have become fixed fact
in the American Union.
Will our sisters in England feel no heart.
beat at that event? Is it not one Of the pre-
dicted voices of the latter day, saying uu-
der the whole heavens. at is done: the
kingdoms of this world are become the
Kingdoms OF our Lord and of His Christ"s
And now. Sisters of England in this SOL
emn. expectant hour. let US speak to you Of
one thing which fills our hearts with pain
and solicitude.
l, is an unaccountable facs,and oue which
we entreat you to ponder. that the party
which has brought the cause of Freedom
thus Tar on its way. during the past eventful
year. has found iittle or no support in Eng
land. Ssdder than this. the party which
makes Slavery the chief corner stone Of its
ediice finds in Eng land its strongest defen-
ders.
The voices that have spoken for US who
contend for Liberty have been lev and
God forbid that we should for.
get those few noble voices. so sadly excep.
'ional in the general outcry against us!-
They are. alas. too few TO be easily forgotten.
+ alse statements have bliude the minds Of
your community. and turned the most gene.
rous sentiments of the British heart against
us The North are fighting for supremacy
and the South tor independence. has been
the voice independence! for what ? 10 do
what To prove the doc' rine that all men
are not equal To establish the doctrine
that the white may ~nslave the negro
1t is natural TO sympathiss with penpio-
who are fighting fpr their rights but If
these prov, to be the right OF selling chil.
dren by the pound and trading in husbands
and wives as merchansahls articles. should
not Englishmen thsuk twice before giving
their 81 wfashy A pirate-ship on The hiek
ssas e fighting tor ssdspesdesesf I Let tste
eonsissent.
Il has been said that Ne have bean over.
sensitive and thin skinned. II IL one incon-
venisnt attendant Of love and respect, that
they do induce sensitiveness. A brother or
father turning against one in the hour Of
trouble. a friend sleeping in the Gethsemane
OF our mortal anguish. does not alwaas fiod
us armed with divine patience. We lovet
ENGLAND; we respected, revered her We
were bound to her by ties OF blood and race.
Alas must all these declarations be wxiHsa>
in the past tense
But that We may not be thought to have
over estimated the popular tide against NJ.
we shall express our sense Of il 10 the wosds
Of an English writer, one Of the noble fow
who have spoken the truth on our side
TO England's position on this.
q question, he says:
what is the meaning OF thisf Why
loes the English nation, which hks made
itself memorable. to all ime as the destroyer
IF Gegro slavery. which hss sbrpnk from
no sacrifices to free its own character from
hat odious sain, aud TO close all the coun-
ries of the world against the ,slave-mer-
.han,.- why is il that The nation which i !
It the head of Abolitionism. not only feels
10 sympathy with those who are 6attiae-
lsainss the slassholdfng consppEy. but
c,ually desires its succsssi sWby is the
.eneral voice OF oar press. thsgeneral sem
iment OF our people bitterly HProachful to
he North. while for the s.s<h. the sggres-
ors in the war. ws I've either mid epolo-
,iss or dneS. -. downright encoufxse.
nent.--and this not only from the Tory Z
nd anil Democratic camp. bat from Liber-
Is, or sol disase suchf \
This strange peryersion Of feeling pre-
'als nowher. else. The public Of France,
nd of :he Continent generally. st all events
he Liberal part of it, saw At once or which
ide we're justice and moral principle. aud
rave its syn pathies consistently and steadily
o the North. Why is England IN excep- Z
ion?''
In the beginning Of oar struggle. the I
,oices that reached us across the water
aid. "if we were only sure you were fight
ny for the abolition oil slavery. We should
TOUR cause might no. carry US.
Such. as we heard. were the words of
he honored and religious noblemsn who
Iraushted this very letter which you signed
md sent Us. and 10 which we are DOW re-
lying.
When these words reached us. We said.
We can vail; oHr friends in England will
Don see whittier this conflict is tending"
\ wear and n half have naseed: step after
ts p has been taken for Liberty; chais aitss
hsin has fallen. tilI the march Of Our armies
} choked .nd clogyed BY she gIsd focking
emsncipated slaves; the day Of 6aal
10 set: the Border Sssiss began
, move in voluntary cons-nt; universal
'eedom for sll davns like the ssn in the
istant horizon; and still no voice from
'ngland. No voice? Yes, ve have heard
. the high sess the oics Of vas-stesmer,
ailt for man n-s.eaIing Coniederacy with
;sglish gold in On English dockysrd, going