The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-07
1.,-.I Or Another Breed.

pie, says the Louisville journal. nave Oee"
accustomed to represent the Presidents
negro emancipation proclamation as pa
pal bull; bot, on examining the document
a little more closely, we find reaso" TO oe'
lieye that the bull is not altogether OF the
papal breed. We will very frankly state
the reason for our belief
The President says in his proclamation
that he proclaims freedom Of the slaves
by virtue of his power "as Commander
in. Chief of the Army and Navy OF the
United States, in time Of actual armed
rebellion against the authority and gov
ernmept of the United States, and as
6t and necessary war measure for sup
pressing said rebellion" Now there are
but two ways conceivable in which the
proclamation could possibly operate as as
war measure. /. By causing the slaves
to rise against the master 2. BY caus'
ING the slaves to abandon their masters.
If the proclamation does neither Of these
things, it cannot operate as var t-;;eas'
ure: and nobody has ever pretended that
it could. If the proclamation is to oper-
ate as a war measure at all, it must
prompt the slaves either to attack their
masters or to run away from them.
This is admitted on all sides.
But the President actually winds up
his proclamation by particularly charg-
ing the slaves to do neither of these
things. "And ! hereby enjoin upon
these people. so declared to be Free" he
saws, "to abstain from all violence, un-
less in necessary self.defence; and rec
ommend to them that in all cases, when
allowed, they labor faithfully for reason
able wages" So, that, if the proclama'
ton should 60 into full and actual effect
according to the strict terms of the edict,
the rebellion, on the abolition theory Of
the relative value Of free and slave labor,
would be thereby strengthened by the
increase of labor, instead of being weak
cned by the total destruction Of labor.
That is to say, the President gravely pro-
poses, as q fit and necessary war measure
for suppreSsing the rebellion, to endOw
the rebels with a new labor system
which he believes will turn out more Ia.
Dor than the old one, thus Of course ena
abling them to prosecute the war on their
part with corresponding increase of eu-
ergy. In other words, the President,
sincerely desiring to weaken the rebellion
by abstracting thcrefrom the labor which
suStains it, and conscientiously y believing
that freemen labor for wages more eff
ciently than slaves labor, does, therefore,
as fit and necessary war measure for
suppressing the rebellion, solemnly pro-
claim that the slaves are freemen, and
recommend them to labor faithfully for
reasonable wages!
We think we have said enough to show
that the belief we mentioned at the out.
set is well grounded. The proclamation
is evidently not purely papal bull. We
will not presume, with our imperfect
knowledge of the taurine species, to say
confidently what sort Of bull the proc
lamation is; but it manifrstly has very
strong admixture Of the Irish stock.
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WHAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR NOW p
Greeley said, some months ago, to encour-
age Mr.. Lincoln and strengthen his back
bone, that, if the President would issue
an emancipation proclamation, nine hun.
dred thousand radicals would at once join
the army; Gov. Andrew, Of Massachu-
sctts, said 1.-The roads would swarm with
multitudcs" Fastening to the battle field &;
and Gov. Yates, of Illinois, said thous-
ands Of Illinois volunteers would be i'm
mediately forthcoming" We'll, the proc.
lamation has been issued, and yet neither
Greeley's nine hundred thousand, nor
Andrews swarlns, nor Yates thousands
have yet been seen on their way to the
seat of war; Where are they, and what
are they waiting for? Are they kept
back to vote in favor of diSunion and trea-
son instead of going to fight the rebels =?
Are they waiting for the draft ? Are
they unwilling to fight for what they have
preached and prayed for ?-unwilling to
redeem their pledge! Or are they kept
back by their leaders until the President
can be induced or forced to make the in
competent Fremont Commander,n n chief
of the army? Whatever the reason, the
failure to respond to the Presidents de-
mand for troops is disgraceful to the Abo-
lition leaders who prevailed upon him to
issue the atrocious proclamation, and it
thoroughly exposes the hollowness Of their
professions. 1t has been issued over two
months, and instead of the "roads swarm.
ing with multitudes" Fastening to the ar.
my, they are swarming with deserters
from it, if the reports of officers and cor
respondents of the army may be relied
upon.
WHAT TIE ABoLITIoNIsTs ARE GOING TO
DO NExr.-Having, by "great pres,
sure" extorted from the President an
emancipation proclamation, the abolition
lists are demanding that the "govern-
ment take care of them," feed and clothe
them at the public expense, and that We
receive them into social equality. Chez