New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-23

that under the law you have already forfeited your
homes and property and het they will be taken away
If you submit. But the Government ie able TO- ana rtH
discriminate between the willmly guilty and those who
have been deuded or forced into Iebelhoni ana when
you offered protection and security you Should by
your conduct reT If you would receive Its favor The
Government will receive with joy to is embraces ali
whose sins pardOnable, ii, Ike the Prodlgn Don,
they repent md ask TO be forgiven The President OF
the UDtcd States in Proclamation issued on ihn I'm
Of December 1868 has offered free psraon to all ex'
cop the eadcrshe real rosponfble agents OF the he
bcoL. lie but requires yCu 10 give ovdl nco OF your
desire to cease your warfare against tue Goyernment
e. H. and that You VIII support Gnd defend the laws Oh
Congress upon the subject oi slavery, ana his rIoc
Gmaton % Emancipation. Is this asking o. you 100
much, He who viii not joyflly accept these terms Is
stll in heart d Rebel, aud deserves no favor. But
what Il stil most relied upon by your ruleTs to
infame Your minds and excite your passions Is, ,hat
son to be brought down to level I'M the bebrocs'
This appeal 10 the meanes emotions OF tho human
heart-envy and eelhshness-predicated upon yonf
supposed stupidity and Ignorance II Is Iuo mar h'
gToes In Texas are today legally heei but how d"eS
this injure you If yen yourselves free, inc ieci OF
all Others being fIao also win not impair your rights
obridge your privileges The loyeiins process 80
intended BY your matters thoy intended TO keep ne
negro in bondage. and reduce you to tic same c"hi-
ton Tie Government OF the United STATES has deter
mined thai you shall continue free and to hat end mas
doomed II necessary 10 give freedom to me slaves
Your position IN horJrnmcnt ana society VIII Iemtlh
urchall ed-that of tho negro vi be improved Let
those Who feel conscious thnl hoy cannot siy
compete with tie negro Tor tho Prize oi ackAoWeoBed
ment and moral W0th chafe cnd complain. The man
who is conscious of oldOVmcnts. physical and mental
superior to the negro aud who intends to employ them
f the good Of biz country and lis )ace. Yin eei no
Jealousy Of Ito ncgros freedom II Is not ont oi con
s,rnon for your interests That these arguments arc
addressed 70 You by yunr leaders but in the hope that
Won nay stil be- induced IN obedience 10 On gnorant
IRE udicc 20 b,c,d and die e. uphold an Institution which
aimed az once 10 destroy yo.r oo'einnen. ana yor
Freedom Tie in titUiOn 81 Slavery ly is crime, has
forfeited 70 the Government GnS The people it, hight TO
exist. lis doom has been pronoulee.-the sentence
/ ha. eouo forth lever 10 10 recalled, we he'd IN
! lie balanoe rnd found waning Tho President OF
the United States. n he exercise oil Ms JuSi power
as Commander Chief Of rs armies ard no'ies and
1 Ia PURSUANCE Of tie authority @, the Wari2sLng
lpovcr-CongtesI--a wociaimed the freedom
81 The slaves AID upon the oct when performed ne IN
ychcd tb1 considerable Judgment Of mankind, ana lls
gracious ilyor II Almighty God The act IS approved
81 hc ua meni Of tie oycrf 81 liberty Throughout the
We. III, not one Of WHOM dors ttAt II receives iAc ap
proving smile. ola iuft God. DE has since said ~
lohe letter lepefe with argument. and the expression
OF determined purpose tnli Tie promise 90 me .a.el
having boon nedc. Iust be kep; To Ills decaration
ne art aud voice OF TIE Latol have erSrsastlcaly
f,snondcl ACan in bis Icocut Mclfaec 10 Congress,
tie President Reiterated tnt saiLe ueieimnhtioh
81 u have you the poor aud ah'TnG men OF ltihs T."
lev 10 th.sf u, you deny iis justice or ~ wis
a.uf What has siaSery done Tor you thtt lon
should become it, chm1Iions aud defend II
fo the dea;hf II ny benefited lon, mate
Iranr niosalr or politically. IL has IN fact been
clog up1n alr IIpsp. rt the 90 my "ituh Hd 'f."'
nnd q -ore upon TIE boy polite ''F lons s.'t' fvi.
inc elr1isr grif .iiD n goa IA arfn. auce - II IN
,r.lsed la power u in a. south. Tree p0y rInleAt
va. practirny oYclihruvn i2ns before open thelon
commenced 1lc trnt'liliiun OF tAr ihliee ssA'S
ci.arinots % aii fs clrns nbscri' "h.eity oi con
4crc, end r. 20 81 -irerL lri wa" ualhs !ol, .''.e.
m Ant 0r r1y Sisyc STATE. na'c dared ny tiile ~ lA'
lat en vtafs ~ express even folb a. 10 ihe bFIhe
or rn 81 lt institution, ls crlhs :" thn toh'Iu'4"
in I'D nrt,ct Al 90. Cove. uutut 1ud srci,iy above
s,c ofhss int.rclti How msry nee CITIZEN OF ne
l. mad ffutcs hasr been iuJlOnel upon the ui1"F g"
Ills roli.cal lnd social demon In our own
st,te dining the sumner and bHl 81 ISL,
rce.d.nc 20 tie pub.isac, account OK .be muinsft'
q c.setet 80 u on nee erers were nuns o. iel"ns,
ert fior,nrs driven rom tlrlr homes ana cObIfh'a
nj I.v al, Stffs ifrause tisy we've suspected Of int
d,liv T. siay~rv. Md finally gathering ieneIiy rom
H. Guccrs.ic. GIn te IisAis ehd i've .s 81
seus % Lied !u uLho'y hand 10 destroy tAs ",tciN'
uenf a. whVeo protection u owed ~ P'N'' an ~,
errls Ia act on this. Won have onll 49, con 'r
rs % much material 90 oo nsed ionr yes y"vf bonr
and f.r.es your prssfbt good aud future hopes i,r
thought. Sul % y expected that you VIII yien 70
mofnl cnEuTdrfss. and shrirk hun the name OF
Zionist" ~ 100 odlOu. De borne, although you
NAV believe IN Jour hearts mat savoy hI1hn pe''sn
Citizruf IT IexHs-for the as' seventeen leafs my
fellow c!iizcns-in rent struggle IKE thi3 throufh
which now rss.ing none should siriaN rom ihe
.rsi,rs.btv Of nctiar hen .n condition 20 do So
acsorn 20 a, eo1's :d Of , G1y gl 40 i sa ~
manly IL then yuu believe, ~ do that the insitu
tom al SLAYER Las nercd mud invited it, own drstruc
tor and fhati's doom pronounced by tho sovereign
power II tho nation 10 hn act ~ gusic-inltr tlrn bu
aa lultcc-attcsting IT, presence u an onnii"'ent
.lant-tlen sD,1k anu at men who deserve nee
dom for themselves and their i"'iefi'!. ne uei
Is near al. hand when the n'lne Aphi"iis, WIZ
bays ased o. b. a fepYoach. even In the South.
ana hen children now daily The subjects 81 a..
tempted Insult eccouni 81 10 application 10 then
ff'heg. viii thank Cod fhat tney we're 80 rctleA
Who's Won shaii have heen-ss ~ vii soon belly
cr.a frir Your present bO1lsse, h'y 70 th0fe Who
would gussuon You upon fho subject ih'i you IRE
Abo..onlsts, not only ~ i,-pcl 10 IA .ti, pu9
fr -sYH Ian az .ffIf li. fHIl
ir .srrrf o. every power iufrfcs Institution, o. fhnF
iica Ops ss funsn Ir1gf,ss lbcliy IA talpiacs.
T0 tiDa. Iiat SLAYER. n-ft die i'f IN, mfa"' q. Hii
crimes known 10 human iass-nn atielpt - Drfiio!
tie rrn.a life. TIT Ln i''N eminent rn tnl ATE lhut
uflt slrks ia aelh tinf tfn itsrc D. iar'y Meto-
fr.iie o. ihs ns.eioU--lAi b nDw ~ l.ifiy net
llfe. slavery must perish ~ %" Government SURVIVE
f mlsf le tiAt L,Derl! n.uy htr. thiLr. itai 3)a
elnsie, l1map sympathy suhes human thoosit a1d
.lf. over fle gnUl., nut Afafi., All t'ltfirnsf,
%. mrui ard which, in Is Efforts LOB destroy Nrr' -
ll. .lcfiaced truth justice. religion ard humanity.
And when those Who were ifteiy - defiant anu
acnlncntory oi fhs norrrnlrnt or uc United
ffnffs AID Is Nierus--nho srrrntt the i'Il
Thought a. being again s oiscr- n- iA@ d"ei'' 'csfn
dniilnnrd who hHsc 20 often prom eel c''h 10 di' IN
tn last ditch" rather than 'tuuf go Lincoln. Begin
q ffcmhe and turn pei" ~ ilrir iif hrI1nche' aga
err aloud "a vou a. aid thH Do frHu'ing Texas g. thr
io with ~insrry-t'i tleii h'-t ler Do irJur
they have inflicted Ipna lHr Coos lnr,At aud Us peo-
tir AHk chem rsto the lives uft hfo nrtn snc
lN 10 ~ 'IiNNt ii on ''ff WIZ Nif' TO
on upou tho battlefield, ~ Nns HHr against freedom.
bug or hose nnn Law" iFeu tlc'ir- ot NOR Itd
assla insfo bind Up and cal th" wounds Which ,roy
hass Unlisted many tealt,--lo hush the Erodir
ADa dIy ls fcars ~ tAv widows ald orphans. Whoe
erica have gone mp 10 God against e nurdorcrs ~ nus
hands ard ifhers-tn Danish haze hnd dsirult, ana re-
store confidence AID lrutcrnul feeling among Our people
and rebuild inclr wasted 4nIturfs-tO b.ut Ron tue
pagcs Vi history, and rom tie ~ in"iy oi man the
crimes crnetcs and drep Disgrace OF the lasi three
yenr,, and then. perhaps. but not TN then WIN
you consider their appeal. Tbs d'clhriion has been
cousautlv Gnd perssiently mode that this is crue
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