Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-09-11

"iiN VI N"l''C' out INC PFociainatlOn
as law is valid. If it is not valid it
needs no rctraction If it is valid it can
not be retracted any more than the dead
can be brought to life. Some of you
profess to think that its retraction would
operate favorably for the Union. Why
better after the retraction than before the
issue
There was more than year and half
OF trial to suppress the rebellion before
the proclamation was issued, the last 100
days of which passed under on explicit
notice that it'was coming unless arrested
by those in revolt returning to their al
lcgIanee. The war has certainly progress
ed as tavsabIy for US since the issue of
the PROCLAMATION as before
knoY as fully as one can know the
opinion that some of the commanders of
our armies in the field, who have given
US our most important victories, believe
the emancipation policy and the aid OF
the cooref troops constitute the heaviest
blows yet dealt to the rebellion and that
at least one Of these important successes
could not have been achieved when it was
hut for the aid of the black soldiers.
| Among some of the commanders hold
ing these views, are some who have never
had any affinity with what is called alb
olItienlsts, but who hold that purely as
military opinions. submit their opin-
ions as being entitled to some weight
against the objections often urged that
Emancipation and arming the blacks are
unwise as military measures, and were
not adopted as such IN good faith. You
say you will not fight to free negroes
Some of them seem willing to fght for
you, but no matter. Fight you then cx-
clusively to save the Union? | issued
the Proclamation on purpose to aid you
in saving the Cuion Whenever you
shall have conquered all resistance to the
| Mon, If | shall urge you to continue
Fl citing it will be an apt time then for
you to declare that you will not fight to
free negroes. thought that in your
struggle 10 save the Union, to whatever
extent the negroes should cease helping
the enemy to that extent it weakened the
enemy in his resistance to you. Do you
think difffrcntiy2 thought that what
ever negroes can be got to do as soldiers.
leave ja-t ~ much les for white soldiers
to 10 N saving the Union. Does it APP
pcar otherwise 10 YOU But negroes,
Ike o,hsr people, act upon i motive
Why should thcy ID anything for US il
" " ID nothing for them? II they
stake their lives fer Us, they must be
prompted by the strongest motives, even
the promise Of freedom, and the promise
being mala, must be kept.
fhe SIN, looh better. The father Of
waters again goes uuvcxcd to the sea-
TAaHks to tla great northwest for it;
nor yet wholly To them, 300 miles up
they met our New England Empire, Key
stone aud Jersey hewiug their way r ght
and left The sunny South, too, IL more
eolors than one, also lent i hand on the
spot Th-jr part Of the history was jot
ted down in black and white. The job
was a great national one, and let none be
banned who bore an honorable part in it,
and While those who have cleared the
great river may we'll be proud, even
thou,h that Is all, II Is hard 10 say that
anything has been more bravely and bet
ter done than at Autietam, Mur.rcesboro,
Gettysburg anl on many fields Of less
note. Nor must Uncle Sara's web feet
bt forgotten. AZ all the waters margins
they have been present. not only on the
deep sea, the broad bay and the rapid
river, bat also up the narrow, mlidy ba-
Won, AMI wherever the ground was a little
lamp they have baen aud made their
tracks Thank, to all for the Great Re-
public, Tor the principle iy which it lives
and keeps alive lor mans vast future.