Year: 1862

Late teleraphie dispatches give the following
as the substance of q proclamation issued By
the President on the 22d inst:


I, Abraham Lincoln. President Of the Uni
ted States, Commander-in-Ch Chief Of the Army
and Navy, proclaim. declare hereafter as here
tofore, that the war Is 10 be prosecuted for The
object Of practically restoring the constitution
al relations between the United States and the
people Of the States thereof, 10 which The rela-
tious OF States may be disturbed ; and il IS
my purpose, 1t the next meeting of Congress
to again recommend the adoption of practical
measures rendering pecunary aid 10 States
and the people thereof who may not be in re-
bellion against the United States and which
States may then have voluntarily adopted, or
may voluntarily adopt, immediate or gradual
abollshment Of slavery that on the lst day of
January, 1863, all persons held as slaves with
in any State or part Of State, the people
whereof shall then be in rebellion against the
United States, shall be thencei0rth and forever
after free. On that day the Executive will
designate, by proclamation. the States and
parts Of States In which the people shall be in
rebellion, and the fact that any State or part
Of State shall on that day be in good faith
represented in Congress By members chosen by
a majority OF their electors. shall in absence Of
strong countervailing testimony. be deemed
sufficient evidence Of such States not being in
rebellion.


The President quotes the new article Of var,
approved March 30th: also 9Th and 10th see
tons Of the act to suppress lnsurrection and
punish treason and rebellion, approved July
l7lh, which eui0ins upon all persons in the
military and naval service, the enforcement Of
said act and sections The Executive will ID
due time recommend that all loyal citizens
shall. upon the restoration OF constitutional
relations. be compensated for all losses by the
acts Of the United Sta, Is, including the loss Of
slaves.


It is probable that this proclamation may
strengthen the Government army, as the abol-
ton ard Republican traitors will no longer
have an excuse for Withholding their aid from
the Government. The Democracy have been
actuated only by desire to maintain the in
tegrity of the Union, regardless Of political
questions They have not considered the pol
icy now adopted by the Administration as one
calculated to aid in putting down the rebel
lion aud have therefore, opposed it, preferring
the policy as declared IN the Crittenden reso
luton, adopted in 1861. We have never
doubted the power Of the Government 10
adopt and enforce emancipation doctrines. but
have doubted the beneficial effects Of such a
policy in putting down the rebellion. Such
proclamation would have been more easily car
ried into effect after the rebellion had been put
down than at the present time as the rebellion
must be put down by the Government before
the slaves can be set free, in accordance with
the terms Of the proclamation. The Republi-
can party have thought differently, and have
elected to pursue an emancipation policy. The
Democracy have done all that minority party
could do to induce the Administration to ad-
here to the Crttcnlen resolution. The Re
publican party first adopted and then repudi-
ated 1t. This simply proves what was always
charged upon that party by the Democracy
That they were a conditional Union party
for the Union without slavery. The Democ-
racy, now as heretofore, are for the Union
with or without slavery


We can only hope that this change of policy
may not weaken the Government, although it
will undoubtedly strengthen the rebellion
Doubtless, Government has not overrated its
own strength, or moderated that of the rebels
under this policy. There is no longer a doubt
but that all the rebels can DO to maintain their
sham Government viii be done The Govern
ment should no longer coant its troops by hun
dreds Of thousands, but by millions. 1t is
question of misht-of power and endurance
We believe Government has the poucr to put
down the rebellion and enforce the terms Of
the proclamation and abolilionists and Re
puboans should now keep their promises to
tie President, aud instead of discoaraging en-
listments, make the roads to Washington
swarm with troops"


The editor of the RecoRD was before the
people Of Butte lately Tor Endorsement as a
. quasi secessiouist.- Sacramento Union.
1t is false. The Democracy denounced the