Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-30
History of mr. Lincoln with Emenda-
tiOnS.

the Government does not do him Justice, and his
officers threaten to do the same.-N. Y. Herald.
History of mr. Lincoln with Emenda-
tiOns.
The Chicago Tribune of Tuesday has a resume
of some of the acts of the President, from which
we extract the following prominent items, over
which its editor glOatS with great satisfactiOn:
"He did not veto the District emancipation
bill. he did recommend freedom to the border
slave States. He did override the barbarous
order of Gov. Stanley. He has not stood up
against the ideas of the age. He signed the bill
prohibiting slavery forever in all the Territories.
Rebels will be compelled to pay for the luxury OF
rebelling. Union soldiers cannot now be used to
run down fugitives not lowing service to
wretches who hate their country. White traitors
will not much longer be permitted to hold black
loyalists as slaves. And because President Lin
coin does not oppose this restoration of the re
public 10 health and reason, he is threatened with
the desertion of a snail paced crew, [the conser-
vative Republicans who never stood up man
fully for any cause, and never will.
And because the President has not
kept pace with the associates of this good for
nothing laggard, he is threatened with the defec-
ton of the conservative element as if the
hindmost camp followers of a great and victo
rious army, too lazy to keep up with the conquer
ing columns, should threaten to turn back unless
the commander ordered a halt The attachment
of such men is a misfortune while it lasts"
Disposed to aid the Tribune in its historical
efforts, we suggest that there are some acts of Ihe
subject of his sketch which he has omitted, for
instance, about a fugitive slave law, Mr.. Lincoln
in a public s~peechin August, 1858, said:
81 have never hesitated to say, and | do not
now hesitate to say, that l think, under the Con
~stitution of the United States, the people of the
Southern States are entitled to a Congressional
fugitive slave law. Having said that, | have had
nothing to say in regard to the existing fugitive
slave law, further than that think it should have
been framed so as to be free from some of the
objections that pertain to it, without lessening its
efficiency. And inasmuch as we are not now in
an agitation in regard to an alteration OF modifi-
cation of that law, l would not be the man to
Introduce it as a new subject of agitation upon
the general question of slav, ry."
In relation to the ''barbarous order of Governor
Stanly," which the Tribune praises the President
for r%evOking, Mr.. Lincoln, in October, 1854, said,
in a public speech in Peoria, in commenting on
slavery:
81 trust | understand and truly estimate the
right of self government. NV faith in the prop
osition that each man should do precisely as he
pleases with all which is exclusively his own, lies
at tile foundation of the sense of justice there is
in me. / extend the principle to communities of
men, as well as to individuals. so extend it be-
cause it is politically wise in saving us from broils
about matters which do not concern US. Here, or
at Washington, | would not trouble myself with
the oyster laws OF Virginia, or the cranberry laws
of Indiana"
The regulation of schools are purely local and
municipal, and in regard to these, Mr.. Lincoln, IN
1854, would not interfere in either slave or free
States. Gov. Stanly SO understood him, hence
his "barbarous order"
Here is another quotation from the same
speech:
was in contemplation for tfUealonies to break off
from Great Britain and set up a new Government
for themselves, several of the States instructed
their delegates to 90 for the measure, provided
each State should be allowed to regulate its do
mestic concerns in It's own way. | do not quote;
but this in substance. This was right. l see
nothing Objectionable in it. | also think it prob
able that it had some reference to the existence
of slavery among them. | will not deny that it
had"
what should be done with fugitive slaves, there
certainly could be no doubt about schools in the
South being domestic concerns"
In regard 10 the "snail pace" Of the cOnserva-
tive Republicans in opposition to the Presidents
views on slavery, we quote the following from a
speech delivered by him in 1853, at Columbus:
The chief and real purpose of the Republican
| party Is 6mlleIllN CONSERVATIVE 1t proposes
nothing save and except to restore this Govern
ment to its original tone in regard to this element
of slavery, and there to maintain it, looking for
no other change i'll reference to it. than that which
the original trainers of the Government expected
aud looked forward to-"
Il have no purpose directly or indirectly, to in
t~erfere with the institution of slavery in the States
where it exists. / believe / have no lawful right
to do So"
A., =. 90 =. .-.,o -. sla ell nf
1883, he said:
81 believe We have no power under the Con
stitution of the United States, or rather under
the form of Government under which we live, to
interfere with the institution of slavery, or any
other of the institutions of our sister States, be
they free or slave States. | declared then re
ferring to a previous speech and | re declare,
that ! have as little inclination to interfere with
the Institution OF slavery, where it now exists,
through the nstrumentality of the General Gov.
eminent, or any other instrumentality, as be-
lieve we have no power to do So"
In addressing Kentuckians. who about the
same time waited on him as a deputation, if we
do not mistake, he said, among other things, in
regard to slavery:
1--WE mean to leave you alone, and in no way
to interfere with your Institutions; to abide by
all and every compromise of the Constitution,
and, in a word, coming back to the original prOpo-
sition, to treat you, so far as degenerated men
Of we have degenerated) may according to the
examples of those noble fathers-W ashiHgton,
Jefferson and Madison"
Il say that we must not interfere with the in
~stitution of slavery in the States where il exists,
because the Constitution fOrbids it. and the gen
eral welfare does not require us to do so. We
must not withhold an efficient fugitive slave law;
because the Constitution requires us, as ! under
stand il, not to withhold such a law"
On a previous occasion he pledged himself ID
not "war upon this principle" He said:
applied to Government, this principle would
be that the General Government shall do all those
things which pertain to it, aud all the local Gov
ernments shall do precisely AS they please in re-
spect to those matters which exclusively concern
them. | understand that this Government of the
United States, under which we live, is based upon
this principle; and | am misunderstood If it is
supposed that | have any war to make upon that
principle"
On the 9th of February, 1860 Mr.. Lincoln
delivered an address on national politics at the
Cooper Institute, New York. when he said:
Republican doctrines and declarations are ac-
companied with a continual protest against any
interference whatever with your slaves, or with
you shout your slaves"
And further on:
"Mr. Jefferson did not mean to say, nor do !,
that the power of emancipation is in the Federal
Government. He spoke OF Virginia; and as to the
power of emancipation, | speak of the slavehold-
ing States only"
And still again:
but YOU will break up the Union rather than
submit to a denial of your constitutional rights.
That has somewhat a reckless sound but it would
be palliated. if not fully justified, were we pro-