The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-11-19

ecu Vi HIS mlStake DelOre JaQuary.-
I[Cin. Eng.
Gov. MOrehead of NY, in Eng
IaMd---IIc Details n Rcmarkn-
bic Conversation with Prcsi-
dent Lincoln.
Ex-Governor Morehead, of Ken.
lucky was entertained at a grand BAN.
quet by the "Soathern Club" of Liv>
erpool, on the 18th ultimo, at the
Adelphi Hotel, in that town. Mr..
George W. Holt, brother of Hon. 10.
seph Holt, the Solicitor of Mr.. Lin
coins administration, presided, and
the company numbered about fifty gen.
tlemen, members Of the Club. Strong
speeches we're of course indulged in,
and the Confederate flag played an
important part in the decoration of the
room. A few days before the banquet
Mr.. Morehead delivered q lengthy ad-
dress on American afais before the
members of the Southern Club.
REMARKABLE CONVERSATION.
In the course Of this address, the ex> Gov.
ernor detailed the substance OF private
conversation between President Lincoln and
the Representatives of The Border States.
just after troops had been thrown into Fort
Sumter. On that occasion, said Mr.. More
head, |, said to him:
Mr. President, you say you were accident
ly selected, and elected by party. You
were the candidate Of the party; but when
you were elected, sir, thought have
taught to believe--that you were the Pres,
ident Of the Union. oppose you, sir,
said to him, with all the zeal and energy of
which I was master. endeavored to pre-.
vent your election, not because | had any
personal feelings Of enmity toward you, but
because | believed that it would lead TO the
very result We now witness. opposed you,
sir, but you are my President; you have
been elected accoiding to the forms of the
people OF the United States, and / think
some little Difference is due TO the opinions Of
those who constitute the majority, according
to the vote that had been poled, Of /, 100000
men in The United States. He at once rath-
er briSkly said, il he was minority Pres-
dent, he was not the first, and that, at all
events, he had obtained more votes than we
could muster fol- any other man. ! respond.
ed at once to him, that did not intend to
recall to him that he was minority presi.
dent but simply TO announce the broad
fac ha bo II Il
men who voted for him, but of the whole
people Of the United States. General Dom
ovan here inerposed and presented three al
tentative propositions to him. First, that
be might remain perfectly idle and passive,
and let the disntegrations OF the States 60
on as it had gone on; second, give guarantees
such as were asked, and bling the whole
power Of his administration to bear in OBJ,
tanning those guarantees; or, third, resort to
coercion, and attempt to force the seeding
States into obedience.
When the conversation had sackened
little, ventured to appeal to him, in man.
ner in which never appealed to any other
man, and never expect to do again. / said
that as to the last proposition desired to say
one word; that trusted and prayed to God
that he would not resort to coercion; that il
he did, the history OF his administratitn n
would be written in blood, and all the waters
Of the Atlantic Otean could never wash it
from his hands (lItar, hear, and applause
He asked me what / would do, and if /
meant by coercion the collecting of the reve-
nue. and The taking back OF the forts which
he said belonged TO the United States? |
replied that that was the only mode in which
It was possible that he could under the Con-
resort to coercion-by an attempt
10 collect the revenue and to take back the
orts. He had placed himselfin chair with
rounds to it, with his feet upon the highest
round-a long, lanky man, with very large
side whiskers, with his elbows upon his
inees and his hands upon the Sides of his
lace, in listening attitude, and when he
would speak drops his hands and raises his
lead. Dropping his hands and raising his
mead, he said be would tell me little anec>
tote which had happened when he first came
10 the bar.
An old man, he said, had applied to him
o bring suit, and made out capital case
IS he thought, but when the evidence was
detailed before the jury it was the worst
;ase that he had ever listened TO, and whilst
he evidence was going on the old man came
istening to the evidence himself, and whis
,ered in his ear, "Guv il up" daughter |
Now" said he, Governor, wouldn't this
,e guvn' it upW said to him "Mr. Presi |
lent 1t may be said that it would be 'guvin'
t up but hadn't you better guy it up with
,ut bloodshed than drench this land with |
blood, and then have to guy it up" Zap |
,lause.) He said that be had sworn to see |
he laws faithfully executed, and addressing
himself to me, he said, II would like to
lnow from you what am to do with my
,ath OF office" | said to him that be had
aken solemn oath to see the laws faithfully |
Executed, but that congress was then in ses-
ion, and application had been made to Con.
,ress to give to the President of the United !
States the power to collect the revenue by
rmed vessels outside the ports, how are
'ou to collect it?"
"Do you think you can send a collector
o the port OF Charleston, to the port oil Sa- |
annah, or OF New Orleans, to collect the |
evenue there? Is il not i,npossblity and
Ioes your oath bind you to do thing that
s impossible? AS to the forts, that is
natter within your discretion, sir. You
an withdraw the troops, il you please. You
ire the Colnmanderein chief and it belongs
o you either to keep them there or to with
raw them totally and prevent collision,
nd consequently deadly and ruinous war"
Well" SAID he, rising himself again, 81 will
nly answer you by telling you little anec.
10Th which struck me-excuse me-" said he,
a little anecdote which struck me as you
we're going on. 1t is from Esop's Fables,
nd doubtless in your schoolboy days you
lave read it. Esop, you know" said he,
illustrates great principles often by making
mute animals speak and act, and according
o him there was lion once that was des
erately in love with beautiful ladv. and