Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1863-01-09

VI war SAistSu, dut cllleu lutO actl0utne
military power Of the government to en-
force the faacs and put dozen certain IN
surrectioaary combinations that were OPP
posing armed resistance to their execu-
ton, and usurping the powers and sub
yerting the authority Of certain of the
States. The administration justified its
action upon the principle that soroible REL
sistahce to the lawful authority Of the
United States was Instruction, and might
be constitutionally suppressed by the
military power of the government, and
avowed that the army Of the Union was
called to the field for no other purpose
than to maintain and defend its constitu-
ton and restore the Union, by giving to
the loyal people of the South that pro-
lection against usurping government
which, as citizens Of the United States,
they had the right to demand This was
the policy declared in the proclamation,
reiterated in the Presidents message to
the special session of July, 1861, and
distinctly set forth in the resolutions to
which have referred. It was forcibly
addressed to the people throughout the
country at the time the army was recruit
ed, and, appealing to their Judgment and
their patriotism, it convinced the one and
awakened the other, and they rallied to
the banner of the Republic. Never in
the history Of the world was the purpose
of war SO distinctly and plainly dis
closed; and never was the justice and
patriotism Of the purpose SO eloquently
and ably urged upon an intelligent peo-
pie. Men of Illinois, | appeal to you if
it was not that they might maintain
and defend the constitution and restore
the Union" that you gave your sons,
your brothers, and your friends, as a pa
triotic Offering upon The sacred altar of
your country Was it not, by high and
lofty duty, to accomplish the avowed pur-
poses of the war as best it might be, that
you urged the young to grid on the sword
and 60 forth to the battle? And appeal
too, to you, ladies Of Illinois, who,
though, by the organization Of society,"
You take4no direct pars in guiding the
political affairs of q nation, nor share the
perils and the privations of its tented
fields, yet exercise throughout that entire
society silent, everything and mighty
power, in the tenderness Of Che affections
and the bonds in which by nature you
bind to your sweet influences the hearts
and the minds Of men, was il not that
they might defend and maintain the con
stitution aud restore the Union that you
girded the sword on the loins Of son, hus-
band and lover, and babe them 20 forth
to battle under the respondent ensign of
the Republic? Tremendous and long
continued applause.
How has the administration kept this
plighted faith that rallied the mighty host
Of the people to the unfurled standard Of
the Republic?
Read the proclamation Of September
%, 1862:
. That, on the first day Of January, in the
year Of our Lord one thousand ciqh. hundred
aud sixty-three, all persons held as slaves with
in any State, or designated part Of State,
the people whereof, shall then be in rebellion
against the United States, shall be then,
thenceforward, and forever free and the Ex-
ccutive government OF the United States, in
GLIDING the military and naval authority there
Of will recognize and maintain the freedom Of
such persons, and will do no act or acts to
suppress such persons, or any OF them, u any
efforts they make for their actual freedom
. That the Executive viii, on The first day
Of January aforesaid, BY proclamation, dcsie-
nate the States, and parts Of States, If any, in
Itts4It I'm If
then be In rebellion against the United States
and the fact that any State, or The people
thereof, shall on that day be in good faith re-
presented in the Congress Of The United States,
by members chosen thereto at elections where
in majority Of the qualified voters Of such
State shall have participated, shall, In the alb
sence Of some strong couniervailng testimony
be deemed conclusive evidence that snch State
and the people thereof, are not then in rebel
lion against The United States
This proclamation answers the ques-
tons have asked.
The administration las broken its faith
violated its pledges---rcpndia its as
surances- deceived and betrayed a gal
liant soldiery--and, under the pretenee Of
maintaining the constitution, crushing
the rebellion. and restoring the Union,
it tears that constitution into sbrcds, -
erects more gigantic usurpation than
that which il opposes, RENDERS the re-
storation Of the Union hopeless impos-
sibility land, opposing revolution to re-
bellion, il sanctfes the treason IL assails
by the treason it commits Applause
The time has come when those who
love the liberty Of the Republic, and that
government which has been tranimitiedf
to us BY our fathers, must speak plainly
If they would protect and preserve The
one OF the other. and perform their duty
as American citizens without fear and
with manly hearts
The President seems to disregard the
will Of the people as manifested in the
late elections. and has declared bis unal- /
terablc determination 70 execute the pur-
poses Of this proclamation on tho Isl Of
January next. ] beg bin BY all that is
sacred IN the past, 70 pausn and reflect
cpon :bs futurc he viii make hf that