, 1863-01-06

which will be sufficient FOR the purpose, h "
ing in view the extraordinary demands con-
tinually TO arise during the pendency Of the
!: NE. DUB COUNTRY: -: =,
:. The recent partial reverse OF our arms at
Fredericksburg, has caused some to look with
precision Of the rebellion, Such should not
be the case. The most successful armies in
tie world have met with reycrscs. The battle
at Fredericksburg seemed to. be almost ne
-cessity.-,,i The: public :: sentiment won!d
no 1vo+n loner BROCK fSa delay 1T The der aemoFal
haustcd patience Of the. country; de-
manded forward movement ut al ,hnzards..
The batfle at Fredericksburg has established
the important fact TINT the Grand Army 'of
tue Potomac Is not wanting in will OF cour-
age, and that upon an equal tield our triumph
would be sure and glorious: It cen certainly
be no cause Of exultation to the enemy TINT
he has maintained his ground when fighting
against direct assault from behind impfegna-
BE Notifications. That a way will be found
to dis1odge him hare no fears. =
My faith In ultimate triumph IS stronger
now than ever, because be1ieTe that the ad-
ministratIon has settled upon the true; the;
only policy under which It is possible. to
achieve Success. Tint policy consists, first,
in more vigorous prosecution Of the war
second, in the Proclamation Of Emancipation.
A sickening despondeney occasloned by pain
full delays has been prcying fearful1y upon the
heart Of the nation. : But true, loyal hearts
beat with quicker pn1sations when the: Ad-
ministration, freeing itself from the'incubus
which seemed to. weigh it: down, resolved
upon the policy henceforwnrdto =" move upon
the enemy works." s-..:.
To the timid, conservative mind the inau-
guratson Of the policy Of Emancipation may
have seemed rash, and the clamors raised
7air oj9o ivy
elections; but this effect was temporary.
Time will abundantly prove that this policy
Was dictated By just and wise statesman
ship, and that 1t will be followed By SUCCESS
ful termination Of our troubles. j, :. -.
There are but few, even among the poljti-
Clans, who openly avow that they are opposed
to Emancipation in the abstract. Tie pre-
tense is, that it is unconstitutional. freely
confess that in peace times there existed no
! power to issue Proclamation &c free the
slaves. In peace, when all the people obey
the Constitution and laws, neither Congress
nor the President could interfere with slavery.
Any attempt to do so would be m unnuthor-
ized and fragrant usurpation Of powers: In
| such case the Jurisdiction Of each State over
! nll its domestic institutions would be ample
and complete. The right Of Intervention was
| never claimed In such 4 case. On the contra
r. It WAS persistent1y denied By tue President
and the party which elevated him to the
| I am for the Constitution Of my country,
and desire to see 1t sustained in its true spirit
| and according to its honest and fair intcrpro-
tation. may not be able to appreciate highly
the wisdom Of the provision for the return Of
. fugitive slave to n bondage from which he Is
escaping, as an independent propositions; yet
because it is in the constitution aud was one
| uf its compromises in consideration Of which
the free States got the Jct1ersonian Ordinance
ct 1887, because it Is in the Constitution, and
because the Constitution was in every other
respect 60 perfect, because it Is the work Of
our fathers, Ind the organic law of the nation,
l have been and still am m'willing to see its
every provision enforced and maintained, in
the protection Of every right claimed by those
who submit to its authority. I have always
stood ready with my vote, my voice, and, il
nccn be, my life, to protect every SECTION in
the enjoyment Of all It's rights. II the 'eeced-
ing States had remained quiet, and not assailed
the government, not trumpled in the dust the
| very Constitution which secured them the ul,-
interrupted enjoyment Of their cherished in
stitution, there would have been not only no
right, but no disposition, to have proclaimed
this Constitution and established for them:
selves new one, therefore they can claim no
rights under the old. After years Of delib'
| crate premeditation, and secret preparation,
they pcrpetratcd the act of secession, they
denied their allegiance to the Constitution,
| SCI up Au luutpcuucAe 6ofEiuMeHt, uEsPoACu
the nation Of Its money, Its arms and N 1ni:
tions Of war, seized upon our forts, insultcd
| our flag, fired upon our soldiers at FoTt
Sumter, plunged our hitherto peaceful
people into sanguinary fratrlcidal war
war, filed every homestead with grict, and
covered the land with two hundred Thousand
frcsll>made graves. From the outset until
t,ur t.17 .7 have been invoking the aid Of for.
cign bayoneta TO butcher our citizens, and tc
carry out their wicked purpose to QyerthroM
the constitutions; they have throughout con.
! Quoted the war upon principles Of barbarity
disgraceful to the b1aekcst annals Of savage
warfare. -.
to the protection Of their slaves, or even t6ei,
people Of the loyal States are released from
amy constitutional obligation to protect then,
! iii any right whatever. A feroclous, and
bloody intcrnccine war, brought on By The
wicked and Internal Vaccinations Of the reb
els themselves, has changed Ill the relations
the constitution to them.
The proprfety Of the proclamation Is still
further yiudicatcd upon the higher ground of
national seif-preservation. Though slavery
wits entirely beyond the reach Of the govern
mcnt in time Of peace, yet the government, II
the exercise of its beliigerent rights, has moi
only the power, but it Is its boundcn duty tc
lprcseryc nnnlutilatcd its territory, and tt
weaken, cripple and crush out, by all available
means, a rebellion aiming to undermine it:
national existence. go
That the President has forbornc long bcfori
taking this final step, was to have been ex
pectcd of one who had SO often denied tht
right Of intervention III the domestic institu
tions Of the States; but when the seeding
States themselves made the issuc--slayer.
against the government -resorted' to arm
to overthrow the constitution, and tt
['carye ont .nf our ffsmcrnbercd territory nj
ohgarchy: the chief corner stone ct wiicl
WAS 70 be slavery as q perpetual institution
and when also it cannot be denied that SLAYER.
Is the principal clement i'll support Of the re
bellion; maintain, under all circumstances
the proclamation was not only justlhablc bu
inevitable. And II III time Of war the gov
eminent can take the life Of an enemy with
out the ordinary process Of law provided 10
By the constitution, a .fortiori, can it not de
privc the enemy Of his property and enamel
pate his s}aycs! :, -.:-..
) Indeed, 1t seems that Providence had pro
tracted this war md subjected our people +
frequent humiliations and rcrerscs, for th
purpose Of making the destruction Of slayer
!" inevitable. In the f1rstimpressions entertain
ed by the President and the natiou-that.th
levy Of seyenty-fye thousand men Was sulf
cicnt to inumidatc the rebels int &submissiol
II our arms In the first. instance had been eyt
tywhere triumphant; II the Grand Army {
the Potomac Ind driven back the rebels Q
Manassas, had taken Richmond, and plante
we had everywhere been victorious by Ian
!! were within the. Contracting folds {
a fearful anaconda, and the cnem
had returned to the righttul authority Of II
Snnid ha1n 6een 1n rastnrea With tba some h1'
) tcring curse Of slavery to rest upon US forey.