, 1862-07-22
GUe Gtihuue.



TUESDAY, JULY ~, 1869. |
9aA DEH sT1TE MEN. 80 DUH
We print to-day the Presidents appeal
to the Representatives and Senators in
Congress from the Border States, and tvo
replies which they have made.
The almost painful earnestness and the
deep solemni1y Of the Presidents words
will take strong hold Of .:the peo~
pie OF the States most vitality |
interested in what he said, |
and we shall be disappointed i majority |
Of them do not, if their patriotism is not 8
myth, and their desire for the perpetuation
Of the Union sham. make more favora-
BILE response to the proposition than their
Representatives have dared to put on
record. They viii SEE:
LIST. That the Immense cost OF compen-
sated emancipation is but a fraction Of
what would be entalled upon the country
by couple Of years duration Of the strife;
and that the Presidents warning that, in
the jcstlings which their institution will
inevitably receive in time Of gar, it will be
destroyed without any compensation what
ever, there is weight to which Messrs.
Davis, C1ittenden & Co. did not attach due
importance
I'd. That the main point urged by these
gentlemen in opposition to the Presidents
rolicy is fallacioua Admit for argument,
as we do not, that the "1ever Of the
power" Of the South is in the belief that
the government intends to war upon sls-
very in the States, even then we do not
see how the case against Mr. Lincoln is
made out. Would it be possible for him,
his government, Or the people Of the North
to do anything toward enlightening the
Ignorance Of the South rs to his and their
true intentions? What is the history of
the past-what the tone Of Mr. Lin
coins Inaugural-what the solemn re-
solves Of Congress year ago, last
March, that no war upon State
institutions was to be permitted-#hat
were The Instructions to our Generals in
the field how were these instructions car
tied out, and what was the result? Did
the Inaugural turn a man back
who had set out OF the road
to treason Did the resolution Of Con
gress cause a single upGfted arm to fall
with any less force and vindictiyeness thar
IT'S owner intended? Did the modification
Of Gen. Hunters proclamation conciliat'
anybody outside his lines? Has Order No
2-absu1d as it is-caused rebel in Ken
lucky or Tennessee to lay down his arms
Have all the foolish things that have bee1
done-eyen the return Of numherlc5s es
capcd slaves to their masters Of an,
avail? On the contrary, while the concll
ato5y policy preVailed-and it has all ii
while preEailed-has not the rebt
army been constantly and rapidl
swelling in size and increasing i
maligDity and ferociy? The auswe
is inevitably, Yes. Instead Of vindicatin
Che power Of the North by~striking at th
rebellion in its ritals, We have been all th
while giving assurances that treason ha
few or no penalties that QUE GoVernme1
cared to infiict- that there was no dispt
sition to make war in earnest, and that th
place Of safety was after all in the reb'
camp. The people Of Kentucky will, II
say, see these things, and if we are not mi
taken in them, they will sec, too, that .
this is to be changed aud that they mu
acquiesce in the new policy demanded
the crisis. They know well enough th
the way to kill rebellion is to strike SLAYER
and that The way to conquer slavery is
offer liberty as the reward Of him who de-
q blow.
Sd. The people Of Kentucky and t
other Border States wil ask themsely
this: If all our assurances that our inte
tons to "preservc the Union IS it was, a
the Constit ution as it is" are sincere, 3
that We fight for nothing else, havehad 0,
the effect to intensity hate, give malevole1
to prejudice, and strength to treason, vi
ncw guarantees COL wo uder-What
promises can we make, what other conc
atory policy can We adopt. to convi
them that we are night and that they
wrcng2 They will ask this, and the in
nuity Of Garrett Davis will be puzz
to find reply.
4tb. The other, and last question, !
press upon them with weight that they N
feel. Respecting slavery as an institut
Withholding blows for the sake Of
Border States, which, powerfully deli
cd, would hare broken the Confeder
into fragments six months ago, guard
rebel property, dealing 1enicntly =
treason everywhere-in word, forb
ing as no other power on earth would 1
forborne-what has the Government
eompHsbed thus far, and when, at
rate, will the war, SO peri1ous to us,
interests and our future, be ended? ]
is another place in which Davis 6 Go.
stumble, and, Il they are honest, Col
their error.
But why 60 further? The question
such vital importance. that it will agi
and most profoundly too, the entire ST
TIE dip cur oar in only to show the
hereaway, who are the advocates Of
policy like that which the Border ST
insist shall be further tried, that that pt
is nothing but . continuation Of folly
be followed only bY irrevocable des
lion. It is Of prime importance for
North to stand firm at the Presid
back, to the end that the Border S
may be periodically induced to a.
compensation for their slaves, and Ii
decree Of EMAscnAT1oN hurled o
Stbtes which have declared themse1ye
OF the Union. may, when followed By
orous measures, end the Wat and max
nation free. This is the Preside
policy, which men, not only in Kent
but here in Chicago, oppose!
THE LATE SESSION OF CONGH
The prolonged session Of the Z
Seventh Congress, sinceDecember
at length closed. While superficial
hoctx, rr;n1o hore affacta1 IN raat RI