New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-21


not merely to the bardships, perils and suffer
ipps of war, but to the supcradded horrors OF
cold blooded Murder. Any casual surprise or
ambusb any disabling wound which stretches
one of them on the ground in the path oil an
advancing Rebel force, subjects him to the pen
otv of felon's death. Let us present more
conspcuousy the passage in Mr.. Jef. DAWES
Message of the 10th inst. wherein that penalty
is threatened:
The public iournrls Of the North have been reeesed.
containing Proclamation dated on thg ny 90! It, t In
he ofaers aud deol al slaves within ten oil the Hts
ths Coniederaoy to be ee except such a. arc ouna
cu district pied la part by the aaed iofSe' Of
t cnemy We msy well leave it to the !nstincts VI thA
common kuaaity which beneicent Creator has iop1n,ea
In H., iess Of our fellow Of ell countries to pass Jas
ct on by which several million. 81 HniAn De
ings inferior r,ooPeseeal ava eoneneS :, t
,gs time they encouraged to general assasnaon OF
their masters BY the iusdi'u' 10 aosa
f IN Violence unless in recessay sedtien.a OW orh de-
atin of hoe t,ho have attempted The mot e1s'a6e nea'
I'VE rid in ' his'orye gHby mn tc1p,d y pro
as regards the action this Government such crn mas a'
may attempt it's execution coure nysei TO niornitg you
that shall-uness in your wisdom you deem ether
cousc more ekpedisIderer me serGi STATE dHhoris
ali .oned officers Of me Uhited Siee' MAJ may hare
IN the Proclamation hat they my be dt cih IN Tdaace
nth me lace Of those States prer,das for ne pnHsh7eH
cHgIqrd ~ cltiHg ttffHe
ed soldiers shs continue 70 treat unwilling instruments
IN the commission Of these crimes and hall direct thr dis
charge aud return TO their homes on the proper ana usual
parole"
In point of fact, great majority of the
" enlisted soldiers" heartily approve and indorse
the Presidents Proclamation Of FreedOm-a
far larger proportion Of them than of their Off
GERS. But neither class is in the least degree
responsible for that most righteous and saluta-
ry act of the President, as Davis we'll knows.
And neither will ask any mercy at his hands.
jeff. proposes to murder all Union officers
because his detestatisn" OF the Proclamation
of Freedom is tempered by profound con-
tempt" But for this, he would probably have
ordered our soldiers as well as our officers to
be roasted aliye--that being the discipline often
accorded to meters Of slave Instructions.
President Lincoln prOclaims the freedom Of
the slaves of Rebels. JEFF. declares that this
dooms " several millions Of peaceful aud
oontented aborers" to determination By
whom Where How ne, certainly, shall
not so treat them; and if they are indeed
peaceful and cOntented," why should JEFF.
And if no seryilc usurrection is melted by our
ofieerf, Dor even attempted, what are they to
be murdered for Suppose an attempt to con-
Wet them under the laws OF these states
providing for the punishment Of criminals, "
what evidence Of criminal attempt or act on
their part is to justify jury in dndlng YER
diet Of Guilty
But all this ia idle. There will be no indct-
ment, no proof no trial. If executed at ALL
our officers will be simply butchered; as those
negroes were who were found by Bragg 8
Rebel cavalry with our trains in the rear Of
Rosecrans g army. President Lincoln, in pro-
claiming the freedom of the slaves, counseled
them-we think quits superiuously--to 4" ab.
stain from Violence unless in necessary self.
defense BY this, JEFF. declares that those
slaves are A" encouraged O. to general assasina.
ton of their masters. Suppose our Pres
ident had advised them no, 10 " abstain from
violence what then
Ten days more will set the substance Of tbs
bdcOus Message flying on the wings of light
ming over tho continent of Europe. Reuter-
Liverpool agents will Of course disguise its bru-
ta fcrOcity 10 the extent Of their power.
| The Times, Morning HeraId, Saturday Rer,er,
and other debauchcl if not directly subsidized
organs Of the Slave Power, will exhaust their
art in efforts TO whiten its blackues., or at
least confuse the general perception Of it,
atrocity. But, when all has been said AID
done by way Of darkeDing counsel, the Message
itself will begin to circulate, and The impartial
majority will note its manifest I-temper with
mankind 10 general--its wholesale impeachment
of the irmess aud justice of the Great Power,
its admissions Of universal priyation and sui.
ieri0g because Of the blockade, which is yet
stignatzed as no blockade at oil, and Europe
bued for not deGng and destroying
tits peeyish complaints OF everything
and everybody but the Rebes-and IS i'm.
pudent claims that they are constantly yicto-
r!Ous, in defiance OF the fact that their actunl
boundaries are constantly contracting. and their
armies, which were on the point Of taking
Louisville, win one Of their sort OF tfiumphs
ia Kentucky only TO retreat at iulI speed TO
Tennessee and win another glorious vic.
tor! there, only to seek shelter from oJr
pursuit on the confines OF Alabama. At tbis
rate, Bragg will soon be smashing the Union
forces in the heart Of Georgia or the neigAbof-
hood of Mobile. But when all this shall haze
passed, the menace OF JEFF. to butcher
in cold blood tho officers Of our armies viii
arrest attention, and statesmen aud soldiers
will learn with equal amazement and horror
that this wholesale murder is TO be perpeirated