The New York herald., 1862-11-02
TIE REBELS I'm ENGLAND.
EX-GOVERNOR MOREHEhD'S SPEECH.
History Of Tia S0ulhern Negotiations with Mr..
LiceJn aad llr. eward,
Itroin !. I.iyerp. d Mcrcury oct. i. i


ttrum ~ LNorpoo Mercury Oct. i2.l
4 leefN.s ,aC iacCt5ers Of the southern Club was
he'd i.c Eoc3~ I1iger Buildings on Thursday after.
iof lhc pfsso hearing Az address by the Hon
oIas 5. MoroeaG Governor Of Kentucky There was
2 numerous attendance Mr.. James Spence presided
The llol. Mr. MoaEagAD, who was received with ap-
paasc, said Mr. Chairman and gente1 hope that
u Will not bo expected hat shall make set speech upon
this ccoaslon, for shall rather engage in coioquia
phrase IN detail OF such events as have trnrsped
my own observation casually alludng to other matters
10 which at least feel deep aud abiding interest
not an orisiaa, sccessonst. l was Union man de-
sredIld speak after n total and entire change Of
iecl,ag on th4' subec what krow to have been the
sentiments of my heartI sincerely and honestly in
sgor o the srpctration Of the Union and OF the cstitu
tioii which cur fathers gave us desired to see tha,
constitution strictly 0bserved desired its princi
pcs carried out according 10 the original intention Of its
isnets Dad been brought up from infancy with love
and veneration Tor aud devotion to the Union and as
grew into manhood and looked al the magnificent country
before ne embracing every variety Of climate and
It marching trward under constitutsnn form OF
government which was taught to believe the best
IN the world Iie honest glow Of pride and exultaon
This is my own my native land,
Aud desired and prayed that that constitution might be
perpctGated and ihs might live united--one people
Hear, hear Wbe1 sectional party organized,
based upon gccs phcal lire, deeply end distinctly
marked ana grat section by OF minority Of
tho people claimed to exclude another section from
all participation w.sieyer In their government,
and whoa h3y sei7eG the rcins that govern
mcn srd threw into attitude OF hostility against the
social nsiitGttcis o an entire section, confess that it
was the most painful and trying event Of my life.
struggled against hage, and eudcayored 10 avert that
which ny socna ndgmont told almoet inevi-
table was in Mississippi when II seceaed-my property
Is there M@s IN Lo isiana when it scceSed shortly af
teruards III Arkansas afterwards, in Tennessee,
in portion Of North Carolina and in Georgia NY
efforts duri K that period arrest il possible
sson to o SUCH guarantee woed esctusy
tbs rights aud Interests az the Southern section
With that view when the Legislature OF Kentucky in
10y apscncc, elected unanimously Of the
delegates TO lie Pe.ce Conference, accepted the Office
and went e the city Of Washington hoping, ole
ha1 made tie rail- md Tho
sssseholdgag states that then remained in the Union
woeo seud delegates, and perhaps those in the North
tain eacl Guarantees would avert q, least, fratr
cdal war We cd IN that Ever offer that was made
On tue r-rt OF the Suth was Indignantly srurncd by
the representatives from the Northern states. Men said
Va hat convention that they would the Union shat
tered inic IN thousand fragments before they would
and Knowing the course that Mr.. scwsdwho, it had
been anao1Dced was TO be che Premier of the
incoming admin stration-had pursued. l met hin,
and DO bot deem il improper TO say here. as have
sad on other occasions, that be pledged his sacred
honor that there should be collision between the
North AID the so.ih. (Hear hear.l Nay, said he,
'cse, ns Mo- ehea1 lay y,ng ms hand oI ny shoulder
power hfnly in my nanas and II his mat.
ter T. tie entire satisfaction OF tho South In sixtydays
VIII eivc y0u my head for focthalIu Hear hear
Although confess that had bu, little confidence in Mr.
Seward thought IL utterly impossible that an honorable
man coad uiske pledges OF that kind and so shortly
Afterwards whale them in tie shameless nlaurcr
shortly sltlr that Mr. Lincoln came to Washington city,
n the that you have all read Of and his partci
before brokJs morning before had got out Of my
bed, ard announced u me secret the fact and man
ncr of his arrival IN the city OF Washington, ea n in
terms o inGigaiin against tLase VINO had advised a
coe OF that sort and stated at the time that Nj
Lincoln-wi,b whom had served IN Congress aud with
WHOM WEE upon very intimate torins--mcno1cd my
name first of a after be had met hun, aud desired in
terview with me- said to Judgo Iogn that would pre-
fer that other gentsnen should b. with me aud not hay
the interview alone, anu he stated that Ar Lincoln had
also named other gentlemen The venicmeuse oeed a. hc
persons him sfr W. G. Eeiyes Of Virginia,
from the State; General Donovan, from Missouri,
who distinguished himself In theAoxcan war aud nv se
aid MI G,thrie who had been Secretary Of tho Treasury
N Mr forcc's administration At twelve O'Clock his
tca rcnds had ascerianed tha, he in the city and
the room was hci and Judgs logan cane 10 ant in
formed us t.at We must defer the meeting until we could
have u with Lin aiope. Several dsys elared We lid
meet him at about nine O'Clock at night and
sati9n several hours duration with him. toll occasion
shortly afterwards, well as could 20 down
conversation. Ths substance o. II was about th!s:--
Mr. Lincoln commenced the conversation, after rceeiv
Ing very kindly by stating that he was accidentally
elected President of the United States that he had
asPred 70 position Of that kind that had never enter
Ell his head but that from the fact oi his hay ing
made FOR the Senate oi the United states with
Judge Douglas the State Of Illinois his name became
prominent he accidentally selected and'elected
afterwards President Of the United states tina, rin
ming that local election his speeches had been
published and that any might cxsmne his speeches
and they would ind h1t he had said nothing against the
interests OF the SOUTH He dehed them point any
one all the various address that hc had made
IN that that could be tortured into cunty against
the south except no rem ared one cxpres ton
that "a house divided against Itself fell: they
must eithe- be all slave or all free Siates. and
no said that he explained afterwards that that
abstract opinion, and Intended 20 be
made the basis o his political action. lie remark.
ed at the time that tho clause in The con.
stitution q the United States requiring fugitive
slaves 10 be delivered up constitutional proys
part uf the organic law oi the land, and that he
would execute that with ldclty than any Southern
man that they could possibly find, and he could no,
imagine what the Of the deep and apparently
settled enmity that existed towards him ihroug the
entire south looking nj the time 10 invite nm
answer from mo replied that he very much mis-
taken n he supposed that tho deep pervadpg feeling
throughout the South originated In any personal enm
towards himself; that did suppose that there wau
any feeling that kind the part of an individual IN
the south that he the representative Of a groai
partyof q merely sectional party-elscted on platform
which they considered would H. carried out, be deetruc
tive Of their dearest and best rights and that was on
that account and that alonetbe attempt 70 throw
common government, The government for all the
states, Ia antagonsm 20 the interests OF portion o
the very states whose government II was-whicb wa,
tho cause OF the deep ana settled feeling which existed
throughout the entire south. We appealed 10 hin
thcn sve the guarantees which demanded by Oh,
Southern In that peace conference representing Il
him hss IN his power that he at that time
power IN the state that he held In the hollow Of bis hand
the destiny oi thirty millions OF people, that he said
that The guarantee should be made and would make "a
there would be no difhculty in carrying out any pro
ersmme that mlghi be adopted.
Ne ssd tliai c was willing TO give O constitutional
SparAlt1 TIA avery should be noested m any way
Skss>v ~ iadg.cy "a the States lha. w was Wiling u