The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-14

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h,,,, ,, on mora, H'ou",,s as eiime against tne
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and must master ps W xhoe & s'1aM nni o' Ut ,or h".v so
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dency, the further extension OF slavery into the
territories was rendered forever jnpossible-yoy
populi voS del Revolutions never go backward
and when founded OH a great tuorni sentiment
stirring the heart Of an Indignant peopIs. their
edicts are irresistible and Anal. Had ,he slave
power acquicsced In that election. had the south.
ern states remained under the constitution and
within the favoric institution, immoral as II
was, blightng and fatal As IL was, might have
endured for another century. The great party
that had elected him. unaltcrably determined
against its extension. was nevertheless pledged
not 10 interfere with i,s continuance In the states
regions we're foyevcr clos. VI sos' "Hcm % "iw II,
very nature u must have begun TO shrink and TO
dwindie, anu probably gradual and compensated
emancipation, which appealed very strongly to
the new presidents sense Of justice and cxpca-
iencf. would III the progress of time. by re-.
version verso, 10 INC iaCas OF tie founders Of The re-.
pubic, nave iounu Il safe outlet for both mas.
ters ana slaves But whom the gods wish TO dc.
siro! they irst make mad, and when seven
states, Afterwards increased to eleven. openly
seceutd IRON the uhion. wheh they declared and
began war upon the nation and challenged its
mighty power to the desperate and protractco
struggle for its lite. and for the maintenance OF
its authority as nation over its territory. they
gave TO Lincoln and to freedom the sublime op
IN his first inaugural address when a. yet not
drop oi precious 'lood had been shed, while
he held ont to them the olive branch in one
hahd IN .ne other he presented the guarantees
OF the constitution, ana after reciting the EN-
phatic resolution OF tile convention that nomi-
mated HIM. that the maintenance ihviolatc OF tile
rights OF the states, and especially the right Of
eaen state TO order ana control its own domestic
c.usiveiy; Us essential TO tiat balance OF power
on which the perfection and endurance OF our
political tihric depend. he reiterated this sen.
timent ,i ana declared with no mental reservation.
That all the protection which. consistently with
the constitution and the laws can be given TO
all the states when lawfully demanded for what.
ever cause VIII be a. ceerf'lly given to one Sec
,ion as to anothcr.'
roh1os rur,,.d
When however, these magnanimoms "vertures
for peace and reunion were reiected when the
seeding states defed the constitution and every
clause and principle Of it; wien they persisted
in staying out Of the Union from which they
had seeded, and proceeded to carve out Of its
slavery; when they Few % at Tie throat throat Of the na
tion and plunged it into the blootliest war Of the
mineieentn ~ century,-'the taoies were turneo. ana
IIe henet gradually came TO the itihu OF the
president that II the rebellion was not soon SUP.
dued by force OF arms. II the war must bc
iought out 10 the D!ttcr END, then 10 rearn that
ehd the salvation OF the nation itself might re-
anitc the destruction CT slavery wherever 1t eN-
lded that II the war was TO continue on one
side Tor dis,lnlon, Tor no other purpose than TO
preserve slavery, it must continre OH the other
side for the Union to destroy slavery.
a.. As ne sau Events control me; l cannot COZ, con
tro, events, and as the dreadful war pr"eressec'
ana became more deadly ana dangerous, the nh-
aiterapc con'iction was forced upon MN that
in order that the frighttul sacrifice OF life ant
treasure on both sides might not be all in rain
Of the army, as q necessary war measure, to
stnke Dizzy at the rebellion winch, az others
ia1i'ng, would inevitably lead to Its annihiiatioh'
ny ailnihiiating the very thing for which 1t was
And so. at last, when in his Judgment. t,'e
ihuSpensaDlc necessity hnd come. lie Struck thc
iatAl blow; ana signed the proclamation which
mas maze ms name immortal by 1t, the presi.
ar,ned rebellion. and as q TT and necessary war
measure tor suppressing the rebellion. proclaimed
az persons held MS slaves in the states and parts
OF states then in rebellion to be thenceforward
army and navy, would recognize and maintain
their freedom.
Great RESPONSIBILITIES
IN ,n. ~' o,hor oraat ns p,ons -, ,h. eov.,nneD
Which led to the triumphant prosecution of the
war, he necessarily shared the responsibility and
the credit with the great statesmen who stayed
hi. hands I'M in his css
and admrals, his soldiers and sailoIS-but this
great act was absolutely lbs own: The .eonceep'
tion and execution were exclusively his lie
laid it before his cabinet as measure on which
his mind was made up and could not be changed,
asking them only for suggestions as to details.
lie chose the time and the circumstances under
which the emancipation should be proclaimed
and when it should take effect.
1t came not an hour to soon: but public opinn..
ION III tile north would not have sustained II
earlier. In the first eighteen months Of the war
hnvonJ fhc Mssissinni MANY Victories in thc
wcst had Ecrn hoInnred and naraIyzed v inc.
t;on and d;s,sters in V;ro;";o nnIy nort;.l,v rc.
,lonmeI hv The hlon,v and inderisivc battle Of
Ant;ntn,,: , re,ctinn had set in from The uen.
crat emihnsi,,sn which had swent the northern
states attcr thn ass1nlt mon S,mter' II could
not truly W he @ said that they had lost heart, hut
iartior w,s ra;s;ny its head Jfc,rd thrmgh tbe
i,nd i;," ,hn Has. of a hn",e ths nrnrla,nat ion
raIIod tbs natr;o,;sn, of the connirv +" i,rsh
.acr;6nas and rnne,vod ,rdor n w.,s sion tb.t
Sou,I M, Go r"yoLod r. rc,;eved thn COW
sc;ance y, tho nati"n from an ;ncnhs Ihat ha,r
nnnressod If from its birth The ITm;tcd States
,,.', rosood from ~. t.I.a rnmt IN ,n,
tho,. SaJ hoon wv" VOW the thea;nnmn n. an5 H..
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;nr .I iHs,,, my, ,r,on homnsfartl ,nI forayor
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