East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1862-03-18
THE COURIER.
MARCH Is, 1862.
The Presidents special Message.
EAST SAGINAW


TUESDAY,, MARCH Is, 1862.
The Presidents Special Message.
The only effect which the extraordi-
nary message of the President can have
at this time, as we view it, will DO to
create new distrust in the minds Of the
people OF the Border States, while the
object il seeks can by no possibility be
accomplished, as the States whose acqui.
escence is necessary to make it effective,
if we may judge from the votes of the
Members in Congress, will by no means
take the initiative which tho resolution
recommended pre-supposes.
The resolution, which reads as follows,
Resolred Tint tho United States ought to eo-ope-
rate With amy stats which may adopt gradual
adjustment OF slavery, giving to such Staso pecu-
mary aid TO no used by such state in its discretion,
TO compensate for tho Inconvenience, public and
private, produced by such change Of system,
Passed the House on the llth by vote
of SO to 81 1t was crowded through in
most "indecent haste, as the proceedings
show; a motion TO postpone its consider.
alton for few days being voted down,
AID proviso offered by Mr.. Blair, (Union)
of Va, :" that nothing herein shall be
construed TO iml ly that Congress will
consent to any partition of the territory
"now held by the United States; but
"that on the contrary, it is again affirmed
" as the unalterable resolution Of this
House to prosecute the war until the
+" Constitution is restored to its ancient
supremacy over every State righuully
Ga part Of the Union" sharing the same
fate. During the debate
Mr.. WICKLlFFE (Ky.) opposed the
resolution aud commented on the manner
in which it was being crowded through
the House. He denied the constitutional
power to tax the people to buy slaves,
aud said it seemed to him the resolution
proposed in effect to give up the Cotton
States, provided the Border Slave States
would cohtinne with the North.
Mr.. CRIrrENDEN, of Kentucky,
(Union,) said there was consultation OF
tho Border Slave States men this morn
ing, and he came into the House instruct
cd 10 move the postponcment of the res
olution till Monday. He was not able,
however, to make the motion, having
been cut of by the previous question:
1t seemed to him the use Of the previous
question, when arbitrarily made, does the
work of many Seces,ionists, aud is iniuri-
GUS to free deiberalion and Legislative
dignity. He did not doubt the patriotism
aud integrity which induced the President
TO recommend the policy now considered
bnt he did not believe the measure ex
actly suited TO the times.
Whatever the result of the action rec
commended by the Prosilent---we do not
believe that it will result in any move
ment of Importance, any more than did
the colonization sclIeme--we can see nc
good reason for the clamor which tho
radicals and abolitionists are making
over it. The positions of the president
are wholly antagouistic to their views OF
every essential point. He recognizes
, slaves as property, that the Federal Gov
erument has no power to interfere, and
that emancipation is solely matter witt
the States themselves. He recognizes
the continued existence of the States
and holds the Constitution to be tn,
! paramount law dc jws--to be made ST
de facto- in the South. They hold tn
> reverse, anil yet they arc in ecstacie
: over movement which promises nothin,
e practical, and the main design of which
: if we credit the republican papers, is t
|, please the European powers"