The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1861-12-21
Lincoln'S Message in Kentucky.

.
rs, on the point Of chief solicitndo to the
conservative men OF the country, hy no
means satisfactory. Nay. the mcssag,
is on this point deplorably unsatisiacto.
ny. We make the confession fra.kly
because II Is true, and because it hr.
houvcs the loyal men Of the country
not Only to face the truth confessed. hit
Ia gropple oah a instantly
The point to which we refer j.. Of
course, the future policy of the admins.
tratiou with respect to slavery Con.
corning tins point in its principal aspect.
the message contains the following pas.
sage:
Also, obeyiug the 1ictatcs Of prn
deuce, rs well as the obligations Of law
Instead ot transceuding, ! have adhered
10 the act OF Congress to con6scatr
property used for msurcctIunsry rpr
posses II new law upon the same
subject shall be propose It's prnpriaty
Will bc duly considered. The Union
mast bee preserved, aud hence ali desira.
blc means must be employed. We
should not he ia haste to determine
'"' -, "I MEASURES,
WIZ" may '''0. ,t' ''y az as wen oS
Il is impossible TO look upon this az
anything more OF less than the cxprr4.
sion If an indirect and uumanly concur.
renee 10 the policy asserted recently bv
Col Cochranc, and approved by Score.
'"iy Cameron 70 ''G m'F''hcatlon and
~, " c'', } toyal man III hehlucky
~" ''"''s ~ property as
N''u''l a. ~, '''".''''''Su'P' Inc man
~, b''h are
"'.F,S ,In,'''"' ". i''N'''"I WIN
"u' '''"s "'9"'''''5 we Responsibility
"l Is''li''n' n'4"S su'h a conilScatiHu
law aS Tue A'l''s''Ne'S 1eaiois demand
encourages urm To go forward aud
enact their law and, without openly
approving ine p"iley OF emancipation.
hr gives the patilSnus Of the policy tu
understand that no th" cud, they wifi
mot bt disappointed In short, tne cIasr
import .i 'u5@ '''As' ui the message
's, fuAi % 'H'l 'N 'N' resident mot 90.
r'H nanny ".''i'' u i"u'taI cHuussls.
hu h' enter .t'"' 'ntn' h'udly, and even
wraiin'.' i'''' "'' i'"'u. Use passage
Is N'lIut,N D NI.l i' ''iftr-s that. 70
ilA' BODY VIII take 'N' responsibility 90
An'Hth.'- .' IiiHrHau- 'NutWo
w.'-', .", '.,.i no "H. probably
iA"' hr I,'l'.'7'.''.'l 90 approving
'H"" asa ~ tN l'.S '"." "ut And
'hr @r'..'. ''''7 'n' resolutions ptHno.
sing ,N.'. '"' VI. "'"', which have
Nrta 1H'''E '",''IU'e' 'H'" one ur the
other h'He' WIN empowering maniios.
h'i"N' 81 'HN'', snow mat Congress
VIII u"' '' Stow l' atl upon thls hint
Congress Us 'rp"'hiIN bent upon such
ntt1nu We tnu7 nave before as TIM
starting lt.l 'b''' "'nln q Tow days ur
weeks lh' Iite'd'ui VIII o' called upon
in d''"' l'' "' against 'hc adoption of
measures "u'.A 'N' conservative mrE 10
ihr ''auty df'n utterly fatal a. the
rr'-i1uiI~HI'nt.hl 'i "ur government and
which H' wa ,''''i'i WITH q bias fla.
vnranlr To- 'hN" adoption. This is the
PLAN itu'h H'ny 10 "i2 may, and the
revelation 'i INNS iuli marks The real
turning p'Iui go the present momeutous
struggle Vow OF a' others, Is the
crlt.c" "''Ni "' american nationality
WHAT ls no 'r done There Is bot
one i"pE TO u' gone. The adoption OF
the extreme ."'"o ults contemplated must
Ice prevented 'r Ine nation It's swallowed
up VI lh'S we 90 not itcI shadow Of