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Editorial
October 7, 1862
The Chattanooga Daily Rebel
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee
What is this article about?
Editorial harshly criticizes Abraham Lincoln's proclamation as establishing military dictatorship, stripping Northern freedoms to free Southern slaves, and calls for a more capable leader like McClellan.
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ABRAHAM THE EMPEROR.
The proclamation by Abraham Lincoln which we give below if submitted to by the Northern people makes him to all intents and purposes a military dictator. Every vestige of freedom is blotted out by this proclamation and the people are placed under the iron rule of a despot. If the Northern people are prepared to abandon all their own freedom and to become the slaves of a tyrant in order to make the experiment of freeing the negroes of the South, we would suggest that they ought at least to elect a man of higher order of talent, of more cultivation and refinement, than the baboon who is now attempting to assume that power, and who is constantly disgracing himself by his foolish letters and speeches. Why do they not at least select a man of capacity sufficient for the position, such as McClellan, Halleck, Buell, or some other of their distinguished military men. A military despotism such as Lincoln is attempting to establish, should be under a man of great military and civil talent, neither of which he possesses.
The proclamation by Abraham Lincoln which we give below if submitted to by the Northern people makes him to all intents and purposes a military dictator. Every vestige of freedom is blotted out by this proclamation and the people are placed under the iron rule of a despot. If the Northern people are prepared to abandon all their own freedom and to become the slaves of a tyrant in order to make the experiment of freeing the negroes of the South, we would suggest that they ought at least to elect a man of higher order of talent, of more cultivation and refinement, than the baboon who is now attempting to assume that power, and who is constantly disgracing himself by his foolish letters and speeches. Why do they not at least select a man of capacity sufficient for the position, such as McClellan, Halleck, Buell, or some other of their distinguished military men. A military despotism such as Lincoln is attempting to establish, should be under a man of great military and civil talent, neither of which he possesses.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Constitutional
War Or Peace
What keywords are associated?
Lincoln Criticism
Military Dictatorship
Northern Freedom
Southern Emancipation
Civil War Leadership
What entities or persons were involved?
Abraham Lincoln
Mcclellan
Halleck
Buell
Northern People
Negroes Of The South
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Criticism Of Lincoln's Proclamation As Military Dictatorship
Stance / Tone
Strongly Anti Lincoln And Despotic
Key Figures
Abraham Lincoln
Mcclellan
Halleck
Buell
Northern People
Negroes Of The South
Key Arguments
Lincoln's Proclamation Establishes Military Dictatorship
Blots Out All Freedom In The North
Northern People Enslaved To Tyrant To Free Southern Negroes
Lincoln Lacks Talent, Cultivation, And Refinement
Suggest Electing Capable Military Leader Like Mcclellan
Despotism Requires Great Military And Civil Talent Which Lincoln Lacks