Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-05-21

IN the DOuLn nc SoANU :,
with compensation and a D
leIiverance by colonization from a war Q
races which could only end in the ex- .
examination of the negro race or amalga- E
ion with it. This failing, after nearly I
wears Of expostulation and forDear- =
ance 10 exert TO the utmost the military !
nower conferred on him under the eonstl-
the President felt himself con- l
to issue that Proclamation OF
freedom 10 the slaves who we're in every !
sense the enemy's sinews Of war. some
of them we're found fghtingin their ranks
-multitudes in erecting and defending
their fortifcations-the greater mass IN
the fields at home, enabling their con
seription 20 drag every able bodied white
man into the field Of battle against the
Government, who, when there, are literal
" fed and paid by the products OF thSt
slave labor, to secure and extend Whlch
was the pronounced object Of the war.
This proclamation Of the President was
a reluctant advance, because, however ne
eessary. it proceeded solely from himself,
AZ being alone invested by the Conshtu-
ton with the direction Of the mi! tary
mower of the nation, and because in decla-
inc on the necessity of its application IN
The wsy which the exigency before MIN
| seemed to demand, he placed the Govern
ment in a position from t0hieh mere WaS ~
ret eat. The proclamation to the slaves 10
weaken the enemy commits the natlon II
| revocably to make good the pledge Dy Inc
| utmost exhibition Of its POpsT. 1t not only
creates an obligation to the bondsmen
whose action it is meant to control, but II
is an implied pledge Of honor to the foreign
nowers whose conduct it is designed to IN
Huenee. That measure which, as Com
Chief, the President rightfully
adonted under the Constitution and In &C
cordance with national law to obtain the
co-operation of q whole race Of people ana
which involves both life and freedom IN
its results. when proclaimed, was beyond
revocation by either the civil or military
oniboritv Of the nation. The people once
slaves in the rebel States can never again
he recognized as such by the United states
mo judicial decision-no legislative &C
lion State OF national, can be admitted &c
re-epslave a people who are associated viii
our own destinies in this war Of defense
tn save the Government and whose manu-
mission WAS deemed essential to the resto'
/, ration and preservation Of thee pnion an'
/ to its permanent peace.
The first movement in this grand sys
t tenn of emancipation has been alreso.
, made under the orders Of the President
II is seen in the s~egregations Of the black
from their masters and massing them q
advantageous positions on the Atlantl
? and Gulf coasts and the shores Of the Mis-
sissipp1 rs they are drawn from the int
. rior. Here they are to be brought Wlthl
works which they will be taught to COZ
struct and defend and have the contlguou
# land assigned to them during the coDtinl
Z ance of the war to contribute to their sul
II ~tepapce. Under proper discipline the
wiU here learn much to fit them for Sc
government as an independent people, a
ssocioted with a kindred race that now II
ir7 vites them to a %congenial climate ana
x soil rich in all the productions best sult
it to repay in commerce the nations OF mo
at advanced civilization, for the protectl'
g. and assistance they may have given the
in their new homes with the government
into which they are admitted.
- Meantime, during the wal the forum
II nIaces these freed men may hold on
= Mississippi sea coasts and elsewhere und
81 their control, and with the support Of pt
III lions of u armies, will render the riV
and coast free to US and e
- elude it from the enemy. When the "
" ends large numbers Ofthe bOndsmen, VIII
IL will have liberated, may still be retain
Lee temporarily, sud may be employed unc
wages in executing the plans for natlol
- defense. proposed by the Military Comm
~ tee of the last House Of Representatives,
" the conversion Of the intra canal nayli
ton along the Gulf and Atlantic coa'
~ now. to a considerable extent, compile
,ad for small boats into q ship canal from n
the canal now uniting the Lakes aid
Mississippi. If the Erie Canal shall q
be enlarged, the whole region Of the N
%sissippi and the Atlantic will be insula
and be in~vulnerable. The kindred me
% ure-the Pacific Railroad-designed
carry the military power Of the Reput
'ad to the defense of our Pacific possession
he ever invaded, will be the work Of Eu
he pean emigrants of our own blood, lured
81 the rich domain it ~penetrates, and VIII
.ba the nation presents as an inheritance
ed those who shall engage in its construct
The COLONIZATION.
7as But the Mission Of the Afric-AmeriC
emit race will not be concluded in the reg
I'D, which has been its house of bondage.
ci- destined glory as a redeemed, a free
it civilized race is to be ~cOnsummated in
urt American tropics. They will there inf
In yigor, unity and enterprise, with aspi
.es, tionsto emulate the progressive geniu!
led the country of their birth. They '
ov- break the letters of Cuba, and make it
the eel the tabled Hesperides under Cis'-
the lantic influences, and the favor Of Eu
al pean nations interested i'll the CONNIE
ers Of the Indias of the West, far richer Il
npt those of the orient. Aided with the cap
icy and intelligence Of the great cOmmerC
by powers, they will make the waters of
ere Pacific and Atlantic flow through Cent
Ike America, and they will bring their
hat pressed brethren from the Sahara Of
ru- RIGA to a Canaan in the New World.
ste feel that I have given a very impsrt
.tu- outline Of the scheme Of secession, Of
l of manner in which your Chief Magistr
the has met the emergency, and how he I
md poses TO make the evils which have
md fallen us the sources Of blessing to
in posterity and to mankind.
me It is inadmissable and unnecessary b
on to do more than glance at these 81
Ieir themes acute observers, and Sc
nd who have skill in dealing with deta
.er- have found much to complain Of in
Of Presidents acknowledgements
ably many errors have been committe
en- errors not only noticeable to mieroscC
sed vision, but to enlarged minds. But,
On garded as q whole, I think he may sal
ask the verdict Of his contemporaries
the of posterity upon his patriotism and &C
'ri- prehensive wisdom.
70 Mr.. Blair was frequently and lou
applauded.
It Hon. John A Bingham was then in
ade duced and received with great applause
Mr.. BINGHAN's REMARKS.
nly Mr.. Bingham said that he spoke
the greatest conflict Of the 18th cent?