The Placer herald., 1862-01-04
Lincoln and his Policy.

Mr.. Lincoln addresses himself to the task of
enlightenment, the avocation of reporters for
The press ceases, while the people partake of
an intellectual banquet at the very feet of
faithful, patriotic, clear headed Abram. How
luminous the following extract appears by
the side of ''newspaper-hash," our readers
can Judge:
In considering the policy to be adopted for
suppressng the insurrection, have been anxious
and careful that the inevitable conflict tor this
purpose. shall not deSenerafe into a violent, re-
morseless, revolutionary struggle
Such is the comprehensive language Of
the President. If Il OF quite apparent whether
his fears related to the degeneration" of the
"insurrecton'' or 20 the degeneration" of
the ''ineviable conflict, into a revolutionary
struggle,' still its sufficient to know of the
anxious state of the mind, and the care ex'
ercised to Guard against the degeneration"
of either. Such sympathy in regard to the
inevitable conflict alone should awaken due
appreciation and sincere respect for our anx
ious minded, careful, Chief Magistrate. The
country don't care fig whether the Demo.
cratic or Abolition element predominates IN
the field OF honor, so long as the Presiden,
handles the helm--is guided by his earlier
love of Iiberty-and goes not abroad for
counsel. He knows (0 which he was most
anxious to protect against degradation so
deplorable beside he has added "tor this
purp0Se.' As if to say, were the inevitable
conflict engaged in suppressing rebellion Of
a darker hue, then, it might degenerate into
ever 50 violent a revolution and be hanged;
but, as it is, the ''insurrection," or the ''inev.
table contiict' one, or both, lone at least,)
must and shall be preserved, in perfect state,
free from contamination, and unintected with
'remorSeess revolution" Here is SEN
tence unmarried by those punctuation notices
sometimes used in the subdivision of periods:
1T continues to develope that the insurrection
is largely il not exclusively, war upon the first
principles of popular government and the rights
of the people,
Carping critics may insinuate from the
above verbatim quotation from Mr.. Lincon's
first Annual, that Jefferson Davis had made
a conquest in high quarters, because he (J.
d. uses precisely the same logic, and nearly
the same language. But place the qnotal
li"ns in their legitimate connection and from
the interior sense of such an arrangement,
it becomes evident how antagonistica, are
the sentiments Of the two chieftains. MOI
tice. that our President with "anxiety and
care" has kept the war from "degeneratng"
and falling back "largely" if not "exclusively'
Hlon FIRST principles and tie rights of the peo.
ple." Notice, that the insurgent President
has been alike anxious that the world should
consider the war as absolutely based upon
that low bottom ground first principles
and the lights Of the people"-to avoid
which has caused our President so many
fears.
We had much reason to apprehe9d that
an lnsurrettlon radiatng from centre to cir
cum'erence Of thirteen great States would
resaIt in a war "largely, if not excIusi' ely
upon first principles aud the rights of the
people. The careful policy" OF Mr.. Linco n
assures us against all such a prebensions and
sufficiently establishes his superiority over
Jefferson y Mr.. Lincoln would restra n,
circuns,rihe, limit. Mr.. Davis would en-
large without restriction or bounds Bat
while thus far, they agree in but one thing,
that Of first principles" and the low ground
of the "reYou,iunary struggle" and proba
bIy even tliat agreement was mostly ow no
to ignoranc. Of each others Jews, vet, AS
we proceed, a close alliance Of opinion will
be per'eptibie, and of course greater hopes
OF final reunion Of statesmen and States
The extract we now introduce may assist
our readers to tairer unders anding of the
argument Of Mr.. Lincoln, and to a truer no
ton OF the consistency of his present with
his antecedent political career. For the
hope also Of the country, it will demon
Strae the apparent similarity of opinion and
design, in regard to the war, existing between
the two 9rea' compatrlotS:
BY virtue of the act Of Congress entitled An
Act to conliscate property used for nsurrecion
airy purposes approved August 9th, 1861" the
claims of certain persons to labor and service
have become forfeited. and numbers of the latter
(what latter?] thus liberated are already depen-
dent on the United States, and must (?) be prov-
ded for in some way Besides this it is nop pos.
sible that some of the slave States will pass simi-
lar enactments for their own benefit, by the ope-
| ration of which persons of the same class [what
class!] will be Mro,cn upon them for Their dispo-
sal In that case | (Lincoln) recommend that
Congress provide for accepting such persons from
such States. according to some mode of Uaialation
[why not have said thousand dollars each?] in
lieu oI pro rata OF direct tares [alas. poor Yor
lck!l or upon some other plan to be agreed on
with such States respectively"
Now to the parallel. Abram is now will
ling 10 re open The stare trade, so is Jefferson
| ID. Abram is now willing for the sake OF
the slave to acquire more territory, that too
is agreeable to jefferson. Abram, as an
anxious, careful speculator, and first ven
turc, would invest in the American article:
Jefferson, wi broader views, and being bred
to the business, would embrace the African
commodity, AS a legitimate extension of the
trade. To be sure, States, dealing with
Abram, may be hard mouthed, and desire
cash in hand for any balance beyond the