The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-03-19
The Presidents Message.


OF calm ndjudicious men, North and South,
looked toward plans for the Egradual remo-
va. of slavery A small party of radical
men, chiefly located in Boston, began a
fierce and uncompromising war on all such
plans. They pronounced slavery the sum
all oi vlIainiss, aud The very act of slave
holding a continual heinous sin, while. they
demanded lis instant abolition as the sole
method of removing the system. From
time 10 time, the subject of paying for the
slaves OF the South out of the national purse,
was suggesled, but The idea was loudly de-
nounced by those who held that the blood
and bones of mat could not be made the
subjecrof pecnniary purchase, or rompen-
saiion.s Thus the question arose between
the radical Abolilionists, and those who
believed ia plans for gradual emancipation
10 owners of slaves who should free Them.
The latter adhered mostly TO the Colonial
lion Society, an institution which was sup
ported by such men as Henry Clay and
Theodore FrelIughuysen, aud hundreds OF
the great and good Northerners and South
/
the Colonization Society the special object
OF their most bitter abuse. The latter con-
tinued lis work, quietly and successfully, 10
the benefit of a vast number of freed slaves;
and the conflict of opinions, as to the prop
er dealing with the institution, continued,
until j: has recently assumed grand propor-
lions, and excited the attention ofthe nation
and the world.
The message OF President Lincoln pre-
! senis 10 Congress the question which has
for many years been discussed at the North
and at the South and recommends the
adoption of those conservative views which
have been so earnestly coRtended for by
the sincere friends of the slave and OF the
Union, in opposition 10 the madness which
would plunge the North and South, master
and servant, into helpless ruin
II should be distinctly observed in con-
sidering the message, that MIR. Lincoln does
not propose any plaa for removing slavery.
He adopts the views OF Washington and his
co;emporiaries, for which we have SO often
! and SO Iaboriously commended, against much
obloquy and reproach, and The principles
on which the Constitution was founded,
and expresses his conviction, that what
ever plan be adopted, gradual emancipa-
lion would be better than immediate alb
clifton. Good men, from the earlist days,
| have desired TO see some plan for The re-
! moval OF the slave system. and The SUBJ
stituton of another labor system in its place
aid their desires would long ago have been
accomplished in several States now known
as slave States but for The interference ol
the radical abolition schemes, which effec'
tually blocked all The advance of free labor
plans in Maryland, Virginia, and Other
States. But while MIR. Lincoln proposes nc
! plan OF action, he desires that the Congress
of The United States should adopt a join
resolution, declaring certain principles, as
indications of The future policy of the Gov
eminent. The resolution we here reprint
| as follows:
ResoFued, Tha, the United States ought to
CO operate with any State which may adop
| gradual adjustment of Slavery. giving 20
such States pecuniary aid, 10 be used by
such State In lis decretlon, 10 compensate
for The Inconvenience, public and private
produced BY such change of syslem.
This resolution proposes to recognize
.hree distinct principles, and which under
line The foundations of the slavery system
which are necessary 10 be regarded in ih
Ultimate removal of The institution.
/ /. That the relation of master and slave
i is relation OF ownership. and property e
which compensation ought 10 be made.
2. Thai the people OF the whole nation
North and South, either from having orig
mated the system, which orce eeisted b
British law, and under British protection
throughout the land, or for reasons, may {
right be called on TO aid those who are pc
cnniarily interested in the system, TO remov
or modify it, so as to remove the quality
I properly from the relation OF master an
servant, or employer and laborer.
+ 3. That the several States are the prop'