Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-05-31
Their RecOrd.

the President assured the country that il
was q war to repoesess the Government Of
The public property. 20 preserve The Union
and 70 enforce the laws. Congress, almost
with entire ubanimity. proclaimed that
THE was not war Ct conquest or Fubjuga-
sion or war to IN elfers with the rights
or domestic institutions Of the States, but
. war to preserve the Union and maintain
the uEremaey Ct the co ssitution. Our
Generals commanding likewise proclaimed,
at the bead of our armies, that the war
was for the UDion. And the Secretary Of
State announced to the civilized world, in
40 extended and elaborate manner, the
same great fast.
Ga the enunciation Of this policy, patri-
OTIS, by hundreds Of thousands, III he'd to
arms, and our armies were fl d to OVER
flowing. Party. for the time being, was
lost sight of, and so intense was the feeling
that more men offered than were needed.
Under tais policy, by the FIRST Of August,
1862, an army of over million of men,
a greater lumber -,han ever marshalled be-
meath the victorious banners Of Gear or
Napoleon-ralied to aid the Government
it, indicating the honor aud integrity Of
the Union.
The whole country rel icoj at the uu-
paraheled exhibition Of devotion to the
Union, and hope was inspired that our vic.
tOrious armies would soon conquer an hon.
oratle peace and the Union be restored in
it's whilOm prosperity, glory and pow
or.
But how soon were these fond hopes
dashed to the earth The President no
sooner got a large army in the field than
be threw of his deceptive guise and by
proclamation euunciated most radical and
revolutionary measures. among which we
viii name his emancipation proclamation,
bis State suicide policy, and his project for
arming the negroes.
And Congress, determined not to be OUT
done by the Executive in unconstitutional
and usnrpative acts, to cap the climlx Of
infamy, passed the following uncoustitu-
tional and disuaion acts:
l. The abolition of slavery in the Dis-
trict of Columbia.
2. The passage of a law permitting the
testimony of negroes in certain cases 'gainst
the whites.
3. Tho repeal Of the law against the
transportation Of the mails by the ne
groes. r
4. The amendment of the articles of W ar
SO as to make it high offence for an officer
of the army to return runaway slave to
his owner. @ rr-..ra
5. The refusal to make it an offence Of
like character for 40 cficer to eutice away
a slave. -s. =
6. The passage Of a Law recognising as
our equals the negro Governments of Liz
IBERIA and of Hayti.
]. The passage Of eonfscation bill
aimed at slavery.
8. The act authorizing the president
to call negroes into the military sery-
ice, ass
8. The admission of the State of West
ern Virginia on condition Of abulishing
slavery.
10. Prohibiting the existence of slav-
cry in all the Territories Of the Unite
States.
IL. The passage of law forever pro-
hibitng any person connected with the re.
bellion from holding any Office of honor OF
profit.
II. The compensatory emancipation
scheme Of the President.
Is. The passage Of au act indemuifying
the President and bis subordiDates against
prosecutions for the commission Of illegal
and unconstitutional, as much of this leg
islation was. it did.
Now, We would ask patriotic reflective
men to consider these facts, and then de-
eide who are responsible for the appalling
condition of our country, and which party
has excited the people of the South to
deeds Of desperation. e.. a.
Let the Republican Abolition party be
judged by its record, and held responsible
for the devastation and ruin Of the country
aud the flow of fraternal blood.