Year: 1861

" y Eva tH1 0E9eE* ua ING WAT 70 cQnQ1c&*of
property. Neither is It the object Of The
war to blockade porta, and zuIn commerce.
70 increase ta1ation, and imprison auspect
ed persona These things are incidental
90 Is emancipation. They ara legitimate
means that may be resorted to for the pura
pose Of securing our main :ob}ect-so u


emancipation. They tend to yax and bar
ass the enemy, and to weaken and destroy
his power to contend with us--so would |
emancipation. The only difference in any +
Of these remedies is simply in degree. The
one We propose would be tenfold more |
eff1cacious than all he.others. Ii strikes
home to the cause Of al the trouble. It !
removes the grand element. OF contention.
It terminates the war at blow, ;,


We firmly believe that a resort to this
measure is not only legitimate, constitu-
tionAl right Of the Government, but that
it is imperatively demanded by the military
exigencies Of the crisis, and ne are as
firmly persuaded that all opposition to it,
on the part Of loyal men springs either
from . cowardly fear Of Improbable conse-
quences, or from the remains Of partisan
prejudices that still exist among us. There
seems to be q kind Of nervousness On the
part Of some politicians, lest party lines
shall be too entirely obliterated; they ap-
pear to lack confidence in their ability to
preserve their, own partisan identity so as
4< '1,sntr +Aoy,4eoJ1yor sn
over: And henee, and partly, too, from
force Of habit, they make an issue On this


question. They insist that the war shall


be carried on without reference to the very


cause that originated it, and that so far as


property in man is concerned, the rebel


shareholders have rights that, even to main
tain the Government, must not be infringed.


They thus practically admit that with them
the preservation Of the Government IS not
paramount to every other consideration.
They are for the Union if it can be pre-
served without endangering slavery; but


il not, they 60 for slavery and are ready
to "1et the Union slide" But all this talk
about the object Of the war and about the
danger Of turning it to improper channels
is foreign to the question. The object ls to
succeed IN our efforts to oVerpoWer the enc
my; and nothing is improper or degrading,
within the limits Of civilized warfare, which
tends to insure that result. So long as We


hesitate and procrastinate in this step, SO
long and so far are we degraded in tie
view Of all civilized nations, snd so long,
too, Will ne be working at such an immense
| disadvantage Us almost to preclude the
| possibility Of SUCCESS We thank God


that party lines are being obliterated and


party prejudices given up, and that the


people arc recognizing more and mort


clearly the truth that the only road to sue


cess lies through EMANCIPATION. Let i


come, then; and if in the overthrow o


this anomalous institution, which ha


reached the eliminating point o


all villainy by raising its parrici


dal hand against the best government


on earth, it should happen that q few


loyal men suffer with the rebels, that, too
| is but q necessary incident Of such q war


fare. The innocent must suffer with tn


guilty. Ample compensation from crate


full country for all sacrifices and losses en-


dured in her defence Will satisfy every sue


apparent violation of. right. Indiyidua


rights must always yield to public necessi


ties, and the loyal Shareholder will neve


hesitate at any sacrifice that patriotism


demands. 1t is only the rebels and thei


sympathisers who will venture to oppose i