. Object of the administration in prosecuting the war . e d ath struggle of the nation. His sug-Te-tion was adopted, and it was accordinglywithheld until after the victory at Antictam,tflien it was issued. Now, the Administrationparty claim that military necessity demandedhe issuing of thatproclamaton; but if so, whydid they wait for a Federal victory ? If it waspolitic as a war measure, and military necessityjomanded it, why was it not issued at once, and>et it have helped achieve a victory? No, myiriends, I think in this the Administration wasaadly mistaken, and that instead of one victor
. Object of the administration in prosecuting the war . e d ath struggle of the nation. His sug-Te-tion was adopted, and it was accordinglywithheld until after the victory at Antictam,tflien it was issued. Now, the Administrationparty claim that military necessity demandedhe issuing of thatproclamaton; but if so, whydid they wait for a Federal victory ? If it waspolitic as a war measure, and military necessityjomanded it, why was it not issued at once, and>et it have helped achieve a victory? No, myiriends, I think in this the Administration wasaadly mistaken, and that instead of one victorybeing sufficient o prop up this very impoliticneasure, it would have required at least two)T three. Soon after the victory at Antietam (beforethe news reached us that the emancipation pro-clamation had beenissued) the Confederacy wasbeing shaken fr6m centre to foundation. Hadthe war b.^cn pushed forward upon a strictlyconstitutional basis, with the olive branch otpeace inone hand, the sword in the oihcr, 1less than three monthswould have struck f^r a. «T\consequent division in the Northern ranks gavet em, through a prospect for future revolutionamong themselves, as I have, not another wordcould they speak in behalf thereof. Again : The removal of General McClcllan,,a Democrat, a* ?, time when he was victorious,ftoes to prove that the Administration was mak-in c preparf tions for the adoption of lira radicalemancipation policy, which as since been sucha ch racteristic feature in the administrationof the Government- The removal of General Buell, another Dem-ocrat, at a lime that he was victorious, goes toprov.! the same. **Ve refusal of theobjectofadministtyso
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