Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-12-19
Prentice on Lincoln's Message.

w., uey,r had any lancv for tn LoaiscWe Lulnn}, n,r ir, i.n.us editor. huI rht >l' ,ined articl, from that paper of tie 5th Hs- i1 sr un expected that we must cnmmeU1 1t to thr ir rusal ot orr readers The Jo rnal ha her"to'or been zealo,:s in its support ot Lincoln in h'> war upon Ii, and oar institutions; indeed the in huence of is editor with Inc federal pr sidcnr. was gettiFg to be very great, bel Prentice be gins 10 sec lh- error Of lis way. as ,hr prn- eramne develops itsrf and we ike to pab.i,h the evidences ol hi, repentance. Give the devil his dur. particularly t he should ever try U bs culne christian.
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 We are sorry to he constrained to acknow- lcd4 4c hat the pr s,drrIo message is an lht po.,t o e!iet ,oIici.udr tu Ihr conservative men ,i the country hy '.o mean, sati,fnccry. Nav. the message IS ihis point deprrahl, unSat,s- factory. Ne make the confession tr;,nkiy. be ,au,r 1t Is hi e. and brcau.e it heho"ves 'h, l4lal men If lie country uut only to face 1h,. truth confessed bHt to .f."Ly grapplc 'ch t in- sfamfy.
 The point to which we rptcr is of course thr future policy of inc administration with respect 5n slavery. Concerning this Pnnt in is lrinci- pal aspect tAe message contains the following pI>>ng,:
 Also, ohevil lg the di;tafos of prllence. as well IS the ohii .;,iionS ,t law, instead If trans C ndug, 1 have adhered to lhe act ~ Congress tu conf cate proprrty used for i,>tirrr',ion''rt rurpos, S. l d m,w law upon the same subject ,ha he propo>' q, 'ts pr"priety will hr duly c";- >drred The j uipn must be preserved, nuh hence all d.srable mrarS mus, be tmpl"ytd.- We should not be in haste to determine what radical and extreme meaSure<, whl, ,h ;niY reach the oval, as welt as tue diolJya', gre ihdispen> sAhe"
 IL is impossible to look upon thiS as anything more or less than lhe expression of an indlrect and unmanly concurrence iu he policy asserted ,recrntlv hy Cul. Cuchrane and approved hy Spc rerarv Cameron to Me ,noyittcqtinn nm Sinne nfecr,y Ioyal man in KenFr4Y. The passage k lac king in pr0Iri.ly as wouliy as !u ,;n,esnan- ship The m.unrv is aS bad aS the natter .juh are deeply unworthy. Ire Prcsi irnt, wi,h out h lilly assuming Lhr responsibility If rrcor. mpndiug such a conts atiru law aS the anti. slavery z-alors drmand, enrnarftyee A.eus fo qo fD,aclI and ejluci fhrtr iq5av; and wihuu, ope,i- rappro, ing the \ ,li.y nf emnncratinr. he qic-S $ Asv yu}tv,aS of the pojt'y m understand thot n tAe cnI Neg cW hof be diSIppojnfei. In h'rt, the clear import of this passage ol' the message Is. that not only Is rhr Pre- >itl.nt nnt irr-cWul abl> hn, t|, tn radical c"nn>els but liz u.trs,ai., the n kindly and even m-diraf~a their a.iunnnn. The ra aS>aoc k virtntiiy q hint to Congress that ;fthAt Uo3y V Ill take h. responsibility t,f au~ thoriZng or roirecommeudih9 ex, rerle niraSur..~ the r e>ident VII iir'hab'y take the reSponsihi.. i1y of approving them and of carrying them out And ,hp several bills and resolutions pr n ,Si ur exlreme measures which have been alrp;.dv in. iro u.rd iuln umy ar 'he other house with over towering mnnie 'aiua a9 ttv,r. show tta, Congress will nnr h4 St, tn act upon lh;s hiot Cunyr>S i> apparently bent on such a. tinn. W.. thus have b-tor Us the S'arilnv G,ct, ,hrt within a few days weeks, the Pr.,i,!unt will t,r called upol to decide fur ur aEtin,t the a'optiun of measures whicn inc conservative mrn nf ,h. countrv drem utterly l;ttal;n,hp r+, e>tth ishmenr ni our g.verlnlant and which h. will con, d-r with d has favorable oIheir aluntion. lr, i< inc pain irn h. deny il who may. aud the revt.l> ation of this trnrh marks the real rurniog noin. in the present momrninuS struggle Nov, ota others, is the critical hour ot American n,.Iiun' aitv.
 What is to he done? There is hut one thing tn be done. The aloptinn "i the extrrme m as- ure contern,htrd mnHf , p'ereAfrd or H~ ~ lion is s2rifartd np. or 'ht| w. do nOt 0t a shadow af doubt. Bat how can the ad"p'lon fl these measure, he prevented: lheFe aprear to ns to he thre4 modes im either of which the nl'> important prevention may he atfahed. l. The prosperity oI our arms ahH of our cause gfner- illv in a degree that will put all prerexrs what- yer f,r resort 10 ex'rtme m assures ont of the question: 2. The awakening of the conserva.