Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-01-08
The New Base Of freedom.

not absolutely govern, the judgment OF
mankind as to the wisdom ofits course.
| One thing, at least, is certain: II cannot
| be plausibly pretended that the President
has waited until success was assured by a
succession Of victories, and then sprung his
Emancipation policy upon surprised,
astonished people. On the contrary, he
gave full and fair notice, fully one hundred
DAYS ago, that, il the Rebellion should be
| persisted in OF, and after this day. he would
then take this decided step for its suppress
lion. The Rebels, had moro than three
months grace given them wherein to desist
\ from their attempt to destroy the Republic
If evil comes to them, it will be in conse \
quence of their own observation-disclosures in
wrong doing. i.fW 0t4t tNt
| The President stood out against Emanci-
patton, in Spite Of Che entreaties and argu
liDents of the great body Of his earnest
supporters, until he bacame satisfied that
ne Union must be mued at the expense of
Sidpe,y or Il could not be sqred at all
When he had'been convinced by tair expert
mont that''no other course afforded a
lingering hope of success, be gave public
and formal notice that he should proclaim.
! DEMONSTRATION If the Rebellion were not
given up or put down before this day.
Then he cares nothing for Slavery, but
lonly for the Union" No-that. does not
follow. He cares very much for Slavery:
but he has no moral nor legal fright to sssai
lit officially on any other ground than that
!, Lof its proved incompaibility with the
salvation Of the republic. Ii he were to
decree its overthrow on the ground of its
essential cruelty and wickedness the decree
would be invalid. He has no right to crush
il on any ather ground than that Of its
implacable and dangerous hostility to the
National life,,
Lt,is said that this act unites he South
-lagainst us. Is it meant that it steels and
!, tsmbitters against the Union cause the
Three anda Half Millions Of Slaves and
Half Million Of Free Blacks inrths Robel
States? Here are -Four Of the Nine Millions
now, rule by, JEFF. Davis--is it; can it be,
kpretended that, theseywill he set against us
! by the Proclamation of Freedom? Surely
not. sasat EN 1tf hW
But the Yates Of the South, it is said,
will hate and fight US worse than they have
doue. How can they? 1T was not this
Lpolicy which impelled to the slaughter OF
the Massachusetts, Volunteers in thestreets
tot Baltimore, 1t was not. this policy which
He'd the Rebel soldiers encamped at Bun
Run last Winter to make rings and other
: trinkeis Of the bones of our slaughtered
: brethren, dug up for the purpose. 1t was
!, not this which induced tho Rebels In Arkan.
, sas to shoot our. scalded and shrieking
:. soldiers in White River, disabled and NOR
tally hurt by, the xplosion of the steamchest
Eoi their vessehby cannon SHOT; nor was
u lhis pohcy that sent y1hn B9'i, Alex II.
3 stephens, Ih3mas a; n Nelson, ana SO
O many olner yenement p1mlonlstso q TWO years
/ since, over 70 the Nebelli2n, and slienced
all open Tepughance 10 Disnnion ~ the
revolted o'aIes; It was ynile ncViellan'
! patterson, haleck Fort Royal sherman
20; were issuing ther .trro1olayery order'
ana procamations, and President Llneolr
: Was suppresslng ING counter compensation
n oi Fremont, hueter, go, that ' the superb
\ etsi u unanlmny OF southern WHITES In iavol
!. OF she hepelhon, was erected, ,,.s 8 ~,
but II = sara snaI INC nepeIlon1a ihyin YIN
ciDle py .ne poiicy p hmsncipation. fgr
maps! put n.y. ,hoSe wh9 assert Inls we're equsp.
seT,aln p ~ Inas !. coTIa not T So pSs down under
rro,niasi,y y, pohcy' ne Ii'nes tiIonuon
n anu sii ilsIEuropean ecnoes urged the MAD
C ness, the manifest iut'nty' OF what theI
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