M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-01-22

-,-l - .,-5,. =
oli;ial station 70 say what | have ii
relation T. so much the proaijmR.
tion as looked to an admission or re.
lection ci i; by unt SAtp. Bit Il i
iCmrkv is cqHally involved in the ma
tcriai braach otthe PROCLAMATION when
undertakes, by n Presidential cdict
/ 70 emMcipate, Instantly, allthe s'avcs
( in the rehelous States. These may,
without an exaageation Of tile num.
hers, be set down at for millions. =
Ab3iiac5iug them from he aggregate
iof the slarc population Of the ,Un,ttl
States and there remains d mere
fragment in De!awart; not tloyer one
hundred thousand in MARYLAND about
litty thousand in Missouri, anal by tlic
Inst census two hnndred and twenty
! five thousand in Kentucky. SO that
it is apparent tn Kentucky has the
largest residuary interest, snpnosing
that tho proclamation is enforced in
the S1uthcTu States. That the valne
of this interest must be reduced TO
Inothing hy the successful operation Of
l,he Presidents Wtjmaium, is tUn
manifest for argument. is there any
reason whj Kentucky should be sub
IjeCted to this in iirect but no cs8 fatal
follow I .. .
! Is there any thing in the Constitu-
! ton OF the United States that war.
lrpnred itl Was there any thing in
Congrt ssional legislation that war.
Irantcd III And does any subsequent
Endorsement 10y e partisan Congress
relieve it from its original wsnrpation!
| think that one may search in vain
for any such power gwen t1 the Prcsl-
dent in the Constitution Of the United
States and any exercise ol powers
Inot granted therein is an attempt to
save the Union OW of and not an it.
Ikunrucky and ali loyal States hold il
Ito be fundamental doctrine that the
Union, il saved ut all. must be saved
In conformity to the Constitution, ard
not in violation o. it. The truth IS SO
clear that argument is supcrfuou;.--
No one at all versld in tho spirit oi
lthc letter Of uur institutions can scris
ousy contend for such pOwcrs 10 the
! President undertakes to exercise in
! his proclamation. The assumotion of
them has Alarmed the American mind,
and the contemplation Of the result Of
them has grluved the American heart.
Disguise the purpose as YOu may, il is
in truth IN iuducemcnt to scrvile in.
6urrectlon, by giving it a probability
of sucCc So in forbidding the army to
Interfere. ! will not rause here 10
depict the horrors vi Il servile war
mo ina, nation can conceive Of them
no pen can paint them EYrn the
hsnguInaty Cataline, impressed with
rhe sense OF the horrnrs of a servil.
war, ard scrupuluusly regarding the
dignity Of Roman citizenship, REJECTED
the aid Of slaves, although they fl ,cked
in great numbers 10 his standard. -
And those slaves were men OF .le
same generic root with the Romans.
and many OF them educated in the arts
AMI arms. This historic truth might
bayc been needed with profit by the
President, and the force Of i! IS i'm
metsely increased from the fact that
the "A merican citizens Of African Dc
scent" are the progeny Of a brutal
ancestry, and Of different race fruur
our own.
Bat suppose his plan snccccds so far
as to give irecdom to funr millions Of
slaves, and that it ls effected without
survile iHSurrection, what then is to be
done with them | Are they to be
permitted to choose their own don't
cIllation, and if they arc, may they
moi come into Kentucky in vast mass
eS aud as etfectnsly destroy the insti
tution here rs if our State had not
been excepted out OF the immediate
operation OF the manifesto Z Most
assuredIy such would be the result I,
Ii the migratory wave comes this way
how can it be checked 7 According to !
thU President S view it will be an effort
at ireelom and the army is forbidden
10 interfere. II, Oh the other hard, it ie
the intertion to permit thsm to remain
where they are, aud all the landed
estate is 10 be forfeited, will it not ali
bn given 10 them "a its lawful Inheri.
tors What then is to become Of the
WHITE race Either determination or
removal must follow, or If they remain
they viii be reduced to the most aii CT
instead Of raising the stand |
ard OF the ignorant whites" as some
call them, it will reduce all TO that
level.
Dut the saddest and most deplola
Dle effect of the proclamation will be
to fire the whole South into one burn. !