Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-21

THE OFFICIAL ANNOuNoEMn EMIT
OF THE ADOPTION OF THE CON-
sTITUTlONAL AMENDMENT
OPINIONS OF THE LEADING
PRESS. A B
Below We give extracts from some of the
leading Journals Of the country on the sub.
ject Of the official announcement of the adop.
tion Of the amendment of the Constitution
by the requisite number of States.
The New York Tribune says:
Whatever differences exist between ear
nest patriots as to the formality Of this act
this much is certain-slavery is constitu-
tionally dead. Whether or not the South
had the right to help us to this end, it still
remains that slavery is dead If we might
have accepted less than deluge 10 sweep it
away 1t is well for all that Il is swept away.
Twenty seven States have ratified the Con.
stitutional amendment. The unanimity
which will follow the first moral confirma.
tion Of the law will pile ossa upon Pelion
We are certain, then, that slavery in the
land Is dead in the law and letter beyond
hope of resurrection, and that IL has boen
buried by tho Official sections Of twenty.
seven States.
The New York Times says:
"This certificate of the ratification of the
constitutional amendment by tho necessary
number Of States is the first official recogni-
tion by the Government Of the constitutional
equality of the late insurrectionary States
with the other States. 1t therefore is doubly
momentous. 1t makes an end forever Of
slavery and at the same time vitalizes the
essential principle Of restoration. 1t is i'm
possible for the government which has rec
ognized the voice Of South Carolina to be
equally potent with that Of Massac chusetts,
and that Of Georgia to have the same effect
as that of New York, in the amendment of
the organic law of the Union, to deny them
equal functions in the Union,
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or the twenty.seven ratifying States no
less than ten were slaveholding at the begin
ming of the rebellion, namely: Maryland,
Missouri, Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Ar
kansas, and Tennessee. All of these, save
the two first, were part Of the "Confederacy"
which made traitorous war upon the nation
The old Roman triumphal procession began
with the lictors and closed with the captives,
chained to the chariots. In our triumphal
procession, the conquered march with the
lictors, and share with them the fasces and
upon the side Of the American Republic.
The New York Herald says:
" The proclamation issued on Monday by
the State Department placed the final seal on
tie tomb Of African SIqUery IN this country.
The rebellion, inaugurated to protect that
institution, administered the very blow which
caused its death. Thus Providence, moving
in mysterious ways, has brought about by
! NL.k Z l. Al. A.l.
generations, and perhaps centuries, to ac-
complish."
The New York World says:
The proclamation of Secretary Seward
published yesterday, making the official dec
laration required by law that the Constitu-
tional amendment has been ratified by the
requisite three fourths of the States, takes
out of politics, and consigns to history, an
institution incongruous to our political sys.
TEN, inconsistent with justice, and repug.
nant to the humane sentiments fostered by
Christian civilization. The suddenness of
the transition makes it of doubtful advantage
to the present generation of adult negroes;
but the thing itself is SO consonant to the
dictates of sound morality, that we are com
pelled to accept it as one of the most i'm
portant reforms ever accomplished by volun-
tary human agency. 1t opens the door for
the full development of the capacities of the
negro race, If that race possesses tho Gle
ments Of enduring strength.
The New York independent says:
A strange, grateful, and animated emotion
beats in our veins at the thought Of the Uni
ted States Government declaring with its
official lips that American slavery is no more
forever.
No moro shacklcs in the republic. No
more buying and selling of human beings at
auction. No more enforced separations of
families. No more ordaining Of ignorance
by law! No more aourishing of the slave
drivers lash! No more hunting of men and
women by hounds. All this ancient tale of
horrors blotted out at last by the stroke of
Eecretary's PEN
The Springfield (Mass) Union says:
LAUs DEO-The United States is now, and
will ever be, to endless generations, n free
and Independent nation. Freedom is ma
tiOnal for slavery is dead No more to be
revived; no more to breed dissensions; no
more to incte war; no more to clutch at the
heart Of the people, and steal the life blood
of the fairest and noblest of the land.
American slavery has been constitution
ally abolished-not for day, but for all
time.
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth
eace, good will to men.