Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-09-27
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
The Greatest Political Event Of Tie World.
How the Ninth Anniversary WIS Observed ir
PHILADELPHIA.

The grandest event of the Nineteenth
Century, and the grandest political event
of the world, was the Emancipation
Proclamation Of Abraiam Lincoln. issued
on the 22nd day of September, 1862
1t doubtless will be said that it is broad
assertion to declare it the grandest polit.
ical event of the world. If we consider
it only so far as numbers are concerned
it would not be entitled to the first place
in the catalogue of grand events in the
history of the world. If we were to
measure it by numbers alone, it would
fall under the emancipation edict issued
in the same decade by the Gar of Rus
sia. who by stroke of the pen emanci-
pated thirty millions of slaves or serfs
within his domain, while Abraham Lin.
coin s emancipation proclamation liberia
ted only four millions of slaves. 1t is
not, however, to be measured by mum
bers. 1; is the motive that induced the
liberation and emancipation that makes
it grand 1t is the cause for which it
was done that makes it the superlatve
political event of the world. The Gar
of Russia issued his edict for the liberia
tion Of the Sc is, not for the purpose of
furthering human liberty and free gov
ernment-that was not his motive, that
was not the cause in which all his ener-
gies were enlisted-but he issued it to
save the throne and perpetuate bis dy-
nasty. The mobiles of bis Empire were
powerful many of them owned hun
dreds of thousands of acres of land, and
all of the people thereon. Thousands of
slaves in some cases belonged to a single
noble. A number of this privileged
class were engaged in schemes that were
not favorably looked upon by the throne.
BY close union they could have mus
tered large armies from among their
slaves or serfs to fight against the Gear.
The Car to Illustrate the insurrec,ion
and break the power of the mobiles. de,
termined to free the serfs. An edict of
emancipation was issued. aud they were
freed. The object of their freedom was
not the establishment of free government,
it was not the general good that was
the perpetuation of the
ruling family.
Abraham Lincoln issued his emancipa-
tion proclamation for the furtherance of
human liberty and free government His
object was 10 preserve and perpetuate
free government, as it is practically illus
irated in The Northern Sta;es-to break
the doctrine of caste that has ever ruled
the world. and yet rules more than nine
tenths of it His motive was pure. and
,ru'y noble. He worked not for a class,
not for noble, not for king, not for eelf
and family, but for a government by the
people for the people When thus con.
.idered and compared, Abraham Lincoln's
Emancipation proclamation. as an event.
greatly overshadows the liberation of the
erfs of Russia and the liberation of any
people in bygone days. And how indel-
IDLY this event is engraved in the public |
leart is happily and forcibly illustrated
" the vast concoursc of one hundred !
md fifty thousand people who participa-
ed in the dedcatory ceremonies attend
og the unveiling of monument to the
Martyr President, in Paramount Park, in |
Philadelphia, on last Friday, the ninth
of the emancipation procla-
nation. ......