The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-12-19
The Presidents Message.
In last weeks Tribun. we printed the

The Presidcnt's Message.
In last weeks Tribune we printed the
Presidents Message In full, and ere this,
we presume that all our subscribers have
il, and formed their opinion Of the mer.
It's Of this important Government docu-
ment. Never has such paper been de-
liycred TO the National Legislature since
the foundation of the Government, under
trials so grave and rarely, if ever, hos
one been awaited with equal anxiety by
all the people Of the United States, and
espcciolly those who arc in the habit Of
/ looking TO these documents Of the Chief
Executive for the purposes and policy
that is TO guide him through his Presdcn-
tiul career. But the Locofoco press has
already found fault, and are busily en-
gagged in their wicked work of deiuma-
ton, and inisconstruing lis rccommenda.
tons. One learned savan says IL Is
destitute entirely Of that high patriotism
which should characterize q State paper
emenoting from the Chief Executive of
tho nation Ut such time as this" Ano-
tier who Is crazy on the "nigger," comes
down as follows ellis (thc Prcsidcnt's)
crazy recommendations ofaboltion sound
well after the tremendous verdict Of the
people at tho polls in October and No
ycmber. Poor mad idiot that Lincoln isl!
Was ever u braiuless villain 30 much to
tc pitied Ms ho is !" The above is a
sample Of the opinions Of the Locoloco
press throughout the country, and one
would suppose that these monkeys had
perfect right to BIT in Judgement over Il
gentleman.
Tho National InteRigencer, high
toned and conservative paper, comment
ing on the Message, states The chief
interest of the Message will naturally be
found by overy reader In that portion
which trcHts on the relations Of slavery.
To this the President has evidently ev-
en- consideration at once elaborate and
earnest. Tho merely incidental manner
in which he refers to the Proclamation of
last September 22l, especially when Ia
ken in connexion with the expansion he
has given to his favorite project for
" compensated emancipation" sufficient
ly indicates the direction In which he
looks (oi bcneGcent mcloration in the
condition of the African race now held
in bondage, 1t is impossible to read
what he has written under this head
without feeling respect for his cuudor and
his patriotic Inspirations, however much
the reader may dissent from the practical
bility OF the plan which he urges upon the
adoption Of Congress and the acceptance
of the country, But IL no immediate good
is destined to result from the recommcn-
datIon Of tn Presidents plan for ending
the war by providing for tho pcascrul
and gradual extinction of slavery, the
tolerant and conciliatory spirit in which
he discusses ts details cannot be regard.
cd as othor than an omen Of good by the
friends Of tho Union, among whom, as
the Prosidout says, " there is great di.
vorsity of sentiment and policy in regard
to slavery" In seeking to arbtrate
among these divcrsities OF honest couvc-
tions he gives proof of practical states
manship, which, in the spirit il manifcsts,
is hopeful beyond the letter Of the plan
ho cXpounds. And IL it be true, as the
President says, that, because OF these di-
versitics, we waste much strength in
struggles among ourselves, he has Ger.
tanly, by his example, invited the patri-
otto OF all opinions to practise that mu-
tual concession" by which "wc should
hamonize and act together" This, he
adds, "would be compromise, but it would
be compromise among the friends and not
with the enemies OF the Union" We
hope that the consorious aud exacting of
every class will learn to emulate tho Pre-
sident's moderation in this respect.