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

speak 70 you tonight, that the public
mind may still continue to speak to him
and arrest him in his frantic purpose be-
fore it's too late.
With this proclamation before the
country as the eliminating glory Of radi-
calism. il itself and the proclamation that
it promises, It is unnecessary to consider
the occasional developments that have
from line to time marked the progress
of the administration away FROM The policy
ayowsa NJ the beginning Of the war to
that which now stands revealed to this
people and to the world.
What is the scope and meaning Of this
Executive decree
II is made up of two parts, connect
ed, but independent, each complete in
itself, conveying complete, separate,
and distinct ideas, hooking to separate
and distinct results, and disclosing sepa-
rate aud distinct purposes.
The first pat gives freedom to the
slaves, held as such, within those States
the President shall designate on the first
of January next.
If The proclamation is of constitutional
or legal authority, this portion of it ought
certainly to be sufficient to satisfy the
philanthropy of the most jealous aboli-
ZIONIST, Il applies alike to all the slaves
within the mathematical States, whether
held by loyal or disloyal citizens, and in
Discriminatory emancipates by geographic
cal divisions marked out on the map by
the hand Of the Executive. If it is in
tended to punish the master by taking
his property, this takes his property, and
therefore iuaicts the penalty if it is in
tended to weaken the enemy by freeing
his slaves, this frees his slaves, and there
fore diminishes bis power For the pur-
pose Of emancipation, and for the pur-
pose Of Furnishing the master or weaken
ing the enemy by destroying bis proper
ty, this first part Of the proclamation is
then amply sufficient. for it IS a sweep
ing edict of emancipation, destroys pro-
perty in the slave by granting him free
dom. He is no longer property, he is
free. The first part Of this Executive
decree, therefore, accomplishes enamel
patton and exhausts that idea.
read from the decree:
- And the Executive geuernmept Of the
United States, including The military aud na-
val authority thereof will recognize and main
tain The freedom Of such persons, and do no
act or acts to suppress such person, or any OF
them, in any efforts they may make for their
actual freedom"
The first part Of the decree having, as
! have shown, emancipatod the negroes,
this secoad part proposes to make an ALI
ance with them, on the part OF the gov
ernmont Of the United States, o1ensire
and deteasfre, against their masters. =
The Executive governmental the United
States having declared them free and en-
titled to their freedom, pledges itself to
do no act TO suppress I" any efforts they
may make for their actual freedom" No
matter what these efforts may be, or when
made, nor under what circumstances, TO
attempt to suppress them is to be guilty
Of disloyalty to the government
The Army of the West is advancing
southwark, through the States Of Mssis-
sippi and Alabama, whose slave popula-
ton outnumbers the whites and if, with
10 hearing of that army, the wild yell Of
savage butchery breaks on the stiffness
Of the night, and morning reveals the
still continuing scene Of the merciless
aud indiscriminate slaughter Of women
and children. those soldiers, enlisted to
fight for the Union and the constitution,
and bearing alUft the hitherto unsulied
banner Of the Republic, are to crush ont
their feelings Of manhood, honor. and
humanity, and permit this hellish satur-
MALTA to proceed, because it is -he ne
groes' e6ort for actual freedom,
When General Mcclellan lapplause
entered Western Virginia, at the begin
ming Of his brilliant military career, he
said to that people:
Notwithstanding all that has been said BY
the traitors to induce you 10 believe that our
advent among you will be signalized by III
reference With your slaves undcrstand one
thing clearly: Not only will we abstain from
all such Interference, but we will, on the con-
sfery, with on iron hand, crush any attempt
atinsurreetiop on their part"
IApplause.
He now expiates in bis disgrace the
crime Of his devotion to the constitution,
and to truth. honor, aud patriotism
But the second part Of this Executive
decree goes even yet further in specify
ing tho terms aud details Of the 4" Holy
Alliance It pledges "the Executive
government Of the United States, incIud-
ing the military and naval authority
thereof to recognize and maintain the
freedom Of the negroes it emapcipates.
Any effort for octuol freedom, made
by the slaves after their rightto tie free
dom given by the proclamation has oc-
Cured, is only maintaining hat freedom
and the right to it, and to maintain that
freedom is tue pledge the Executive bas
given by the terms Of the alliance. The
United States government is therefore
10 The obligation Of cooperating
with the emancipated slaves 10 any effort
they may make to realize by actual free
dom the icgoI freedom conferred by lie
and tho Executive has as
sumed TO commit the arniy and navy 10
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