The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-06-05

eminent. The reasoning applies 10 the
States as well as the territories, for .he
Constitution Of the United States is equally
paramount in both. Their 6llbuslering
operations having failed in their attempt
10 steal Cuba and Central America, they
! prepared 10 take these countries openly by
the power of the government Such were
the means adopted prior to the war. to
make the Constitution OF the United States
what that Of the Confederacy now is, an .
instrument 10 increase, diTuse and per.
petuaie slavery, and make it a continental
institution. But the oIigarchy saw By the
election Of Lincoln, that the peaceful &c.
ton Of the ballot box would reverse these
wrongs and prevent further aggressions,
either TO extend slavery further South or
10 maintain il in the regions subjected by
the Supreme Court. They were prepared
for this contingency. and flew TO arms to
assert their doctrine that slavery was the
best foundation for government, and have
undertaken, like Mahomet, the propaga-
lion OF their faith and institutions by the
sword.
Hence, L was in vain that Mr.. Critien-
den's appeasing resolutions were passed
in vain that an amendment TO the Con-
sttution declaring Slavery to be irrevoc-
ably established, unless abolished by the
; States within which it existed--no sscri-
; fee, not even that Of the Constitution, to
,, give additional guarantees to Slavery
where il existed, could save the country
from war, for by that means alone, il was
now evident, could slavery be made the
dominant principle in .he New World
, Il is that domination for which they are
contending. Independence is sought only
as The means OF elfectng that object
Once possessed By that means Of the con-
troll Of the Mississippi, they think that the
Northwest would adopt the Confederate
Consultation, and sacrifice the freedom Of
the negroes TO secure the freedom Of the
:, :, Mississippi, and that the Middle States and
= y even New England would not be slow to
u follow suit.
And, when we remember how far on
the mere menace OF disunion The country
= acquiesced in that Dred Scott doctrine
. which alone distinguishes the rebel con.
4 slitution from our own, can we doubt that
: il the rebellion is successful we will yield
!, that point TO restore the Union i? Robert
= Toombs will yet call the roll of his slaves
on Bunker Hill unless we conquer The
. controversy, therefore, is between slavery
aud the Government.
Il TnE PROCLAMATION.
+ The President, 10 whom the defence OF
" the Government and the command Of its
]. aruies DelunSs, nas lauoIeu aSerl the
IS dangers with which we are encompassed
b BY various measures in aid of the armed
d forces he has sent to the field. He would
K save the Union with or without slavery
o would save il in any way, at whatever
e cost. The Union. in peace. under the
g Constitution, was, again and again, his
!, overture. Ii there could be no assurance
: Of this with rebels. bent on subverting the
g republic TO establish an oligarcEy OF slave
G holders, then TO The loyal friends of free
). government in the South, he rendered
n emancipation, with compensation, and a
Il deliSerance by colonization from war OF
!, races, which could only eGd in the exter-
Ir mina,ion Of tie negro rsce, or amalgama.
W lion with it. This failing, after nearly
CT two years Of expostulation and forbear
he ance, to exert TO the utmost The miltSry
le power conferred on him under the Con
1t slilution, the President felt himself con
h strained TO issue that Proclamation o
4, freedom 10 the slaves who were in arl
l. sense the enemy's sinews Of war. Some o
}. them were found fighting in their ranks
n mulitudes in erecting and defending theiI
forti6cations-the greater mass in the
y fields at home, enabling their conscription
!. 10 drag every able bodied white man into
is the fields Of battle against the Cover n
It ment, who, when there, are literally fed
y and paid by The products Of that slave
II labor, to secure and extend which wa;
IS the pronounced object Of the war.
l. This proclamation of the President was
J a reluctant advance, because, however
r necessary, it proceeded solely from him
self, as being alone invested by the Con-
g stitu,on with the direction OF the military
Is power Of the nation. Hnd, because In deci'
7, ding on the necessity OF its application in
l. the way which the exigency seemed tC
e. demand, he placed the Government in {
B. position from which there tcaS no Retreat
lie The proclamation to the slaves weaken
IS the enemy, commits the nation irrevocabl,
d TO make good the pledge by the atmos
u exhibition Of It's posOer. 1t not only ere
T. ates an obligation to the bondsmen who's
S. action it is meant to control, but it is al
r. implied pledge Of honor TO the foreigl
e powers whose conduct it is designed 10 IN
ie fluence. That measure which, as com
IN mander-in- chief, the President righifully
,e adopted under be Constitution, and in &C
u cordance with aafi0nai law, 10 obtain th'
cooperation OF a whole race OF people
ur and which involves both life and freedom
ne in its results, when proclaimed, was be
n. yond revocation by either the civil or mil
ce itary authority of the nation. Tho peoPl
S. once slaves in the rebel states can neye
III again be recognized as such by the Unite
10 States. No judicial decision-no legisla
Is. tive action, Stale or national, can be ad
or mitted 10 re-enslave people who al
r- associated with our own destinies in th
of war Of defense to save the goyernmen
,s- and whose manamission was deemed Ell
70, senlial to the restoration and preservatio