Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-08-21

Mr. President, such sacrifice is necessary to Sc
cure cur support Confne yourself to your coDstitu-
lonal authority COL fine your subordlnates within the
same limits conduct this solely for the purpose
of restoring the Constitution TO its legitimate auhori
ty cG1cede to each State and its loyal citizens their
just rights, aud welded to you by ndissolube
! ties.
This report is signed by G. A Wicklffe, chairman
Garrett Davis, r. Wilson, J. J. Crittenden, John S.
CarIile, J. W. Crsfeld J. S. Jackson Il Grider ohn
;. Phelps, Francis Thomas, Charles B. Calvert G. L.
L. LeaFy, Edwin H. Webster, R. Mallory, Aaron Hard
iog james S. Rollins, J. w. Merzes, Thomas L.
! Price, G. w. Dunlap, VIM. A. Hall.
| From the Minority Report.l
! lnasmuch we cannot consistently with our own
sense of duty to the country under the existing pers
which surround US, in that response, feel
to be duty to you and to ourselves to make to you
a brief and candid answer over our own signatures.
! We believe that the whole power of the Govern
ment upheld and sustained by all the influences and
meas of all loyal in all sections, and of all par
ties is essentially necessary to put down the rebellion
and preserve the Union and the Constitution. We
understand ycur appeal to US to have been made for
the purpose OF securing this result. very large por
tion of the people in the Northern States believe
that slavery is the lever power of the rebellion" It
not Wheher this belief be well founded or not.
The belief does exist and have to- deal with things
as they are, and not would have them to be-
Ia consequence of the existence of this belief
dersaud that immense pressure is brought to bear
| for the purpose of striking down this institution
through the exercise Of military authority The Gov
ernment cannot maintain this great struggle if the sup
port and influence of the men who entertain these
opinions be withdrawn. Neither can the Government
hope for early if the support of that element
called " conservative :" be withdrawn.
Such being the condition of things, the President
appeals 20 the Border States to step forward and
prove ther patriotism by making the first sacrifice
Nc doubt like appeals have been made by extreme men
in the North to meet half way, in order that the
whole moral, political pecuniary and physical force OF
the nation may be firmly and earnestly united in one
grand effort to save the Union and the Constitution.
Believing that such were the motives that prompted
your address, and such the results to which it looked
cannot reconcile it to of duty, in this try
Ing hour, to respond in spirit of fauhndng queru
l0usnesG the things that past We are not
disposed to sick for the cause of the present mQrune
10 the errors and wrongs OF Others who propose
10 unite with US in common purpose. But, the
other hand meet your address ia the spirit in which
it was made and as loyal Americans, declare to yor
and to the world that there is sacrifice that w
are not ready to make to save the Government anC
institutions of fathers That we few of US though
there may be, will permit men, from the North o
from the South, to go further than we n the accom-
pishment OF the great work before That, il
order to carry out these views, we will so far as ma
be in our power ask the people Of tie Border States
calmly, deliberately and fairly to consider your re
c0mmendatiOns We are the more emboldened to as
sumo this position from the fact, now become hsto
that the leaders of the Southern rebellion have oeTe
to abolish slavery amongst them condition t.
foreign intervention in favor of their independence
nation.
If they can give up slavery to destroy the Union
surely ask people to consider the questio
of emancipation to the Union.
This report is signed John NOEL, Sam. s. Casey
Geo z. Fisher A, j. Clements, VIM. &. Brown, Jaco
3. Blair, W. F. Wiley,