The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-11-01
rHE ENANcIPArIoN PROCLAMATION.

OF the army or navy, part OF It's creed.
The emancipation proclamation Of
the President had its whole eOnstitu-
tional force as war measure to save
the Union, and, as such, it was adopted
by Mr.. Lincoln as er oticio comman-
der-in-chief of the army and navy of
the United States That it was, as a
war measure, perfectly constitutional, /
have never doubted, and so declared in
an article published at the time in the
Continental Magazine. 1t is the duty
of all persons not aliens to unite with
the President in suppressing n rebel
lion. Slaves, in the relation which they
occupy to the national government un-
der the federal constitution, are "per-
sons. As persons they are thrice
named in the constitution, and by no
other name whatever. Especially, IN
der the clause providing for direct tax
alton they are enumerated as persons,
not valued as property. The term per
son" is used more frequently in the
constitution than any other, and it Is
applied expressly to slaves, and to the
whole people of the United States. in
Guiding the President and Nice-Presi-
dent, who are designated therein as
persons. This very question, whether
slaves are persons or property under
the constitution, arose in the great case
of Groves u.s. Slaughter, when, in l64l
with a single dissenting opinion, that
of Judge Baldwin,, after the fullest ar
gument on both sides, il was Unani-
mouslv decided by the Supreme Court
OF the United States that slaves, in the
relation which they hold to the national
government under the federal cOnstltu-
ton, are persons only, and not pro-
perry.
Were it otherwise, Massachusetts,
could not forbid the introduction of
slaves from the South for sale there as
merchandise; for Massachusetts, could
not prohibit the introduction Of the
cotton or any property of the South for
sale as merchandise within her limits,
for that would have been a prohibition
Of the exports from state to state,
which is forbidden by the federal con-
stitution. My own elaborate argument
before the Court. as one of the counsel
in that case. will be found in the ap~
pendix to the first edition of the IF
tcenth volume of Peters's Report
As persons, the President has q right
to cali for the aid of all residing in the
United States, except aliens, 10 sup
press the rebellion. He has right TO
call for the services of the loyal or
rebel masters for such purpose, as
well as for the service OF their slaves.
The Emancipation Proclamation,
then, of the President, with compensa-
ton to the loyal masters, is most clearly
constitutional during the continuance
of the war, and as war measure to
suppress the rebellion and save the
Union, and such must be the decision
of the Supreme Court of the United
States, to which tribunal the President
has properly submitted the final arbi-
trament of the constitutional question.
1t is true when the rebellion IS crush
ed. the President can issue no new
emancipation proclamation. But Meth
er can he then recall or modify the one
already issued; and if he had the power
to recall the proclamation, it would be
an act of perfdy unparalleled in the
history Of the world The nation would
be so utterly disgraced by such bad
faith as would be involved in the TeFo-
luton of the Emancipation Proclama-
ton. as to earn the contempt of all
honest and honorable men, and the
loss of sympathy of the industrial
classes aud workiDgmen of Europe,
whose rulers would then no longer fear
to recognize or aid the South. IL was
the magnificent uprising Of the working
classes of England in favor of the
Union. that alone saved both countries
from a bloody and disastrous war.
WORD TO SOLDIERS.
Remember, soldiers, that the BE
Clellan platform declares that your
battles are failures; that your blood |
has been shed in vain that your arms |
can never crush the rebellion that
YOU are inferior in courage to the slave !
holding rebels that you must admit |
your defeat throw down your muskets, |
return IA disgrace 10 your homes, dis !
band the army, lay up the navy, recall /
Generals Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, /
Meade, and Gilmore, and Admirals I
Farragut, Porter, Dupont, Davis, and /
Winsl0w, and leave il TO the civilians
Vallandigham, Harris, Long, /
AM Others, TO negotiats
a peace.
WHAT Is ARNsuCE2
Now what is an armistice; lis de !
fined 10 be a suspension OF the war for 4
q limited period There may be con I
ditions added. but none are named IN Z
the hcClelian>Chieago platform. OF
course, then, it means a cessation Of
hOstilities by land and sea Indeed, the
platform is weaker than this, for il pro-
poses directly = cessation Of hostiii
lies, not by land only, or By sea only,
bat Of course, by both, as the words are
general Now, then, the blockadeo Of
The rebel ports, aud the capture or de
struction OF bl0ekado-runners and their
cargoes, Is war upon the ocean. TINS
then, is 20 be abandoned
during the armistice, for there Is to be
! cessation OF hostilities upon the ocean
and the land.
During this interval Of peace, when
there IS 20 be no blockade Of the south
srn ports, what IL TO follow By their
Dwn accounts aud estimates, the Con
rederates have within their limits in cot.
ION lat present prices), tobacco and na-