The New York herald., 1862-04-06
PRESIDENT LINC0LN'S EMANCIPATION PLAN

The British Press on the Message to Con.
gress.Finaneial, Military, Political
Worth the Cost nd just Barely ga Ma n
and a BIother''-Nobody willing to Pay
Tor His Freedom.
THE NEGROES TOO NUMEROUS AND VALUABLE FOR
NORTHERN PURcHAsE-THE CAUSE OF THE con-
FLIcr LIES DEEPER THAN TIE SLAVE QUESTION.
[From the London Times, March 81
For time has been expected among the people
OF the Northern States their
about make nporan, decision in respect to
Slavery. manifesto which should electrify the Old
World general revulsion Of feeling the side of
she North and seal the doom Of the rebellion in tho
more rem te slave States has been looked for by per-
Sons supposed 10 share in the confidence
OF the government. We do not know how far the Ame-
ricsns will consider that their expectations have been
fulfilled President lincoln has made towards
emancipat on. He has ventured to look ''the ever
lasting negro in the face. The highest person
III the state does not continue to ignore what
has been in the minds and the tongues
Of ofmions snce the outbreak of the war. So far then
the aboonsts and the black republicans may be salts
hed The President has invited the discussion OF a pTy
de6 ae and dangerous question, and may give courage
al who wanted TO speak their minds il but who were
withheld by the fear OF hampering the policy Of the 90
verument. Like the sovereign old tournament Sr
Lincoln gives the signal TO the knights me forward
and show their proves But the message which las st
be sent to Congress hardly be looked upon any
thing more than such an invitation The champions ana
the OF slavery summoned the fight In tho lis
Of Congress and in the Legislatures of the border States
But yeti the President does not show that he any
plan for assuring victory 70 the latter. Indeed il Is
already clear that, IL slavery is cease in Tie
oo,der stat, hs ehaage ag { a7OmesAdo by other
1t is not strange that We on this side Of he 5ca-,
should read and rc.read the p.Turrap5s IS ,nz Srcsi
ent @ass-se IL the ensEavOr . undeFstand their pur
Sc, for the Americans 't~nselvce are evidently pnz
zled Tho aboliti.,la;st newspapers are of conrss
pleased 70 hnd that the government length gives
co.~nanee to hsir cause, aud there is, moreover,
all probability, such ceiling Of satisfaction the p ID
lie min as Is "a nrfAy producej am0i people who
edtrtiRg hea, eirs IN c5alea VI 'gitch G,oy
mot the ea @ ne .sm5i 5i'ce # riQctus original
icj an ther chiefs. Bat The Presidents out ne Of
legislation does not een 70 have commented itself even
fIvo able to his administrator II is
the slave States for the abolition OF Slavery aud
should devote the sdcrai enges 70 tho compensation
OF the masters Now the first thing that occurs 90 us s
thai this Is scheme toallv nappcible to the whole
Union which lr Lincoln uli his friends declare 70 be
still N existence. The slaves thro gh0ut the tates were
returned by the last a 1000 900 TIER rdlue IS
hat is Of t8e u calculate IT, Since the
great increase Ia The cultivation OF cotton the pric of
good field hand" has than doubled aad in ono -
two Of the -tates the slaves by the nss. ,,io
pfeperty possessed By the ". .aruitahts When io con
ss'sr s nat 6se ngroe' Tereseat and the'
coz 'at, clTfdfotre forsrty Of hesderati1, the din
cvty q t-na'ion, the pre>n fagnciot emb1,rrs nae1o
tls 'ebt 50 rapidly Increasing the food Of paper
money, and the real le,cdypness Of The Aecon Je0ple
in me NJ he ng,0 t j. difficult that the
plan Of Mr. Lincoln not Intended to apply the whole
S.uth. The negroes Of Alabama Texas may be as
much objects OF interest to phlanihropsts the
groes Of Maryland they have the claims 10 b.
men aud brothers they are beyond doubt more haro-
" worked; they often sold away from Their
families, and the pictures which orators aud
novclisis have given OF negro suffering have been
copied from incidents sought for In he sDnals q the
cotton states Bt the aboliipnst zeal OF the
President stops short Of the region where slaves
81 numerous aud most cOerced With a frsuknsss
which seems 70 he natural he that his desi g
10 emancpate the slaves certain Of the border states
as matter OF policy. The negroes OF Maryland aud
Delaware are few, and comparatively Of little value. IN
Missouri Kentucky, and Tennessee they form but
small art Of the population. II has entered the minds
o. MT Lincoln aud his lends that It VIII be not impos
BILE to induce these border states sell their slaves
the federal gDvernnelt or, Ia other words a. aboih
slavery the receipt Of c1mpcn. ION from tn. Trea
sury w ths lntel State. w doubtful tone and with
awkward phrascoogy the President tells Congress that
be recommends the hens Ia their notice, but that f
does not meet Wiih ther approval and the approval OF
the country II is at end Ho then goes on 10 give his
reasons Tor inviting their coast leration
The leaders Of the insufrectlon wo are told bolievo
tha The federal government VIII be ultimately forced 10
acknowledge tho independence some part Of tho dis.
en- cted regn an that then, oven though the border
states might rem "A or the time with the Norh they
would take th1 earliest opportunity of lnd oinny
the southern republic which would by that time De fully
organized ant capable a giving them hep. We know
not q this policy has really und advocates at Rcb
tnond it certainly In contradiction with the verv
last resolutions OF the Confederate Congress which we
10 the effect that the onfeferacy would mike
peace the basis giving Jp Iny state which bUOus
90 ~ However the theory o. the Wishnfon .pyern
sour, and even Maryitnd. contain savc0wncrs and
slaves, the Cufcdelato wil count On their sympathy
shu Ie li-l.sra pro. ng resslancc' put mat u savefy
De aboshed ~ t important Statns, the Conederates
reduced TO The cotton and tobacco states and ht
most popuous members Of their League rroyersbly in
corporated ~ the old Union, will be glad to submit
Ihns, the great objects Of the moderate AZ the
North would be attained There would be- the newly
reconstructed uni,D o sufficient prepond, rancc OF free
states to make smother secessi nposs bic: while the
material interest Of Now gland and New York would
ot De endangered by any Hadyised Application Of abo
htionEt ncFles az tie oxirsno Syath, where negro
zion tlsiaple.
be difficult ~ access Althui 49, Lincoln talk H The
most cautious lucr ~ Initiation! ana SAYS that a
oil, aud though he suggests in rasber significant man