Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-01-22
Tho ProcIamntIon,iu K,utueI,y.

fThe following letter has been mis-
placed until now. Hence its apparent
antiquiLy.-EDs. LEADER.
DASv1IIE, KY, December 7, 1852.
In Kentucky, where the Louisville Jour-
nal indicates the type of lOyal Union men,
they are for Union, bat it is for the union
of master and sIaVs first, and the union Of
these States afterwards. There is On en-
bittered feeling ongendered here against
President Lincoln, by the press and the
pulpit, in consequence of his arrests Of
sympsthizingrebels in the free States, and
his prOclamation--that is terrible. They
-aProsant him as a cross between osia
and Judas Iscariot. A few see the evil Of
slavery and the wickedness ofits offspring
rebelliOn-as they never did before. They
viii listen to arguments. Many now ad-
nit that they see that slavery is the cause
of this present rebellion-that to free the
slaves in the revelted States would quickly
break the rebellion. Yet most of these
are afraid thus to commit themselves pub
licly. 4 terrorism TeigHs IN this as in all
slgVs States. The real voice of the people
is not heard on the subject Of slavery.
The fact that President Lincoln stands
by his proclamation makes the rebels
vince, and the Eemi-traitors hiss, because
they know that ithas hit the enemy in the
most vulnerable point.
H. 4bSg tbo ,.oL,Il.a,, - l., IL,
armed and subdued swiftly and eFectually,
and, the lives Of our brave boys saved from
slaughter on the battle field.
This noble policy Of the administration
will not be carried out unless discreet and
efficient antI-Slavery officers, Qnartermas-
ters and Commissaries, who shall have
charge Of the free men, as managers are
sent South, to organize the labor of those
soon to be born into the family of freemen
Then, when our armies shall occupy all
their forts on the Mississippi and sea coast,
a market would soon be opened in every
rebel State for the industry Of our people
TO supply the wants of the army, and also
of o iberate loyal population, in exchange
for the valuable products Of their labor
The rebel estates and the emancipated
slaves can be made to work together har-
noniOus result, uniting economy with jus
tice and philanthropy.
The freedom of the slaves will be a
blessing t. all. The breaking up Of land
monopoies Zone 10 two thousand acres
owned by one man and bsronial distinc-
tions would soon follow. Capital and en-
teFprise would come in a home for all
with profitable employment would soon
call forth industry and thrift. No time or
inclination for insurrection and crime
such as predicted. But to ensure these
grand results, from the Presidents glori-
Gus proclamation, there must be the guild
anee of some better agents than mere
military men, and many Of them misera-
bly, pro-slavery at that. Hundreds of good
men, whose souls are in the work, many
who have come forward and endured pri-
vAtions, toll and suffering, to save the en-
periled republic, are in the field to-day
Such men ought to be engaged in this new
and great work as agents Of the Govern
ment Can't it be done2
When once free labor shall be fairly or
ganized, after the chains are broken by
the operation Of just and legal proola-
nation, all branches of industry, even in
the wake of our army, will at once spring
up into astonishing prosperity, and the
cry will be, "Come down and help us build
up the waste places-the half Of great
empire just baptised in the spirit of lib
erty."