The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-01-06

That President Lincoln. or any other man.
should be able to frame a proclamation TO th'
rebels that should meet with the approval o.
every body, cannot be expected. AS human
nature is constituted, il is an impossiuiliiy. Th'
most that Mr.. Lincoln could rea o1aLly aspire
10. would be to frame document which should
receive the support and approval Of all ths
wisest and best Of the Republican party. and
Of those who act with them. aud sustain thell
line Of policy. This we believe he has done
We DO not now recollect seeing Repulicau
paper which does not approve Of 1 as a whole
Bet the Copperheads denounce It because the
President has not at once transformed al! IS oui
southern brethren" into unconditional loyal
voters, aud allowed them 10 represent them
selves in the present Congress Hence ali
their organs revile il a. much as possible. Thu.
the Albany argus says:
"Sx months from now, this scheme Of am
nesty, Wh IA is the Presidents last card IN Iht
Presidential game, will be regarded as an ali
surdity, with As much unanimity a. the gradu
al emancipation s:hrme, the bull against th,
comet, aud Other dead-and gone quaekeries
This scheme is considered sure method t,
protraci the war aud proong the reign OF til,
present dynasty OF ShUddy'
Then, on the other band, the peculiar friend
Of the negrO-ihat small but restless and per
severing clas-, who have tried for twenty year
y free the slave by destroying the Union Of
the States-are alarmed lest some obstacl,
should al ise which will snatch the coming boon
OF emancipation from the grasp Of the negro
and keep some Of the race while longer in
servitude. This, they think, might have been
prevented, if Lincoln had taken their advice :;
and they propose TO correct him on bis mis-
takes eyel now Thus the Li6erator, Garrison
organ, says:
I'VE have hardly space to say, that We re
gard this amnesty as uucalled for, and anti Re
publican aud T. siious in some of lite features.
1t puts the freedom, safety and happiness OF
the ib. rated bOndmeu at the mercy of one
tenth the numOeT vi voters who were at the
polls in any Rebel State in 1860, and recogni
zes that fraction Zone tenIh) a. competent 10
constitute bona tide State; and while il al
lows those who have been in bloody rebellion
10 vote, It DISTINGUISHES the whole BODY of Low
al freedmen Ii opens the way for dupliciiy
and p rhdy to.any extent, and virtually n,
h-s Tue ConhscatiOn act OF Congress, a meas>
ure next IN Importance to the abolition OF Slave
~. Mr.. Lincoln magnanimty is weakness
and bis method Of disPosing OF those who have
ben emancipated by his proclamation that OF
giving over the sheep to the guardiansbip OF
t1e wolves This must not be tolerated"
" This must not b liberated" says Garrison.
aad accordingly Wendell Phillips, whose abili
ties always command a hearing. is forthwith
put into the field TO rectify public opinion. aud
teach the President the way be should 20. Al
The Cooper Institute, in New York, on the 2lsl
OF December, Wendell Philips addressed
large aud.vuvS va the Amnesty Proclamation
stating his objections in full. He objects TO the
negro being left in the hands Of TIE SUPREME
Court. fsliO"s.
THE sCPREXE COURT.
There will be other compromises. One Is the
hrst element OF Mr.. LncolD's pr jsct of recon.
strucIion, which is this He puts bis own act anc
all The acts OF COngIess at the feet OF the Su
preme Court, and says The South is to swear 70
support he various acts Of the Government So
jor as the Supreme Court holds them 10 be valid.
do not say that be could saw ANYTHING else.
am ouly telling you what he does saw. VIVA,
DOES his procan. q N of January let. 1863
mean! Some memorrs Of The Cabinet saw il
mans That any negro that can get hold Of is j.
Ire Chase says that every negro dow 10 III, |
Gulf that ever sees the flag Is free Iasked The |
shrewdest member Of the House of Representa- |
lives what he would give for the Proclamatio, |
before the Supreme C.urt9 Little or uothing -
he said A prominent New England senate, |
said 10 me The greaIeat danger to the Poe /
lamation Was from the Supreme Court Leading |
Republicans IN my State say there is no Law H. /
u, ihatH Is not worth the paper On which il j,
writ Ne
nothing. lie ga" n0s soy anyIhing. The m, a..
tng Of mat proclamation nobody knows until IN,
Supreme Court has decided IT, In othe word.
the p ocamat' fJanusry lst, 1868. to te
filtered Imough the Secession heart OF a ma.
whose BODY Is IN Baltimore, but whose soul /,
be has got one, is in Redmond. u,uobrsr
lE l. 10 pass the ordeal Of a Bench of Jud0s.
who made The bred Scott decision. and an
nouneed that negro has 10 rights that a whit.
man i bound 10 respect IL is to pass the or.
deal OF set Of Judges. the msj Irity Of whom,
came out Of the wickednefs Of Polk, Pierce and
buchanan ana OF the only two who refused 10
sAneIon 1he Drod Sc1tt decision, one n is grave
and the other has resigned God hin ~
gro II he hangs on Roger B. Tsney for hi. lin
erty. am not here 20 seek Of the : or en,or.
power OF me supreme Court. You know wis,
- the Iiorslter OF our system the point whe,s
Ous Dehotrauc machine touches nearest 70 d.. z
I0Nsm. Iakng our system OF bowing to prece. ,
vents IS system in whch the opinion Of The
present. Day u eheckmsted BY the preiud;css ., ;
men who were appointed fity wears AGO ,rd b
wno are pledged to respect the preiudices Of y
meo who have been in thei- graves a bunS.ss a
years That Is the meaning Of the SUPREME :
Court OF The United States That is The onIS =
nope that Mr. Lincoln's project holds out TO Won Y
ol me Validity Of the acts OF Congress and Of hi,
presentations OF September and January l,.. Il
As Commander in-ehiet and author of these i.
TO instruments, am not finding fault with NJ T
Lneoin Suppose you are tenan, in a honse !,
our chimney smokes; but your lease is out in u
tnuiy days. You throE up the vi,dow 70 nj q
urAi'; But The landlOrd remodels the chin. b
ney. AT, Lincoln is a tenant at will. and goes II
Cut shortly. His proclamation is throwine nm h
,ne sinoo~ 10 create draft As the landiord :
. "a zoe nation say We want him to remodel the
snimney; We want platform which the Su. a
preme Court cannot touch. (Applause1 A. 81
me amd pro quo for this war, rsnt ,omstbins n
VI which knO" the value Of to-day, without d