Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-11-05

The President. "Tbat (meaniop Mobilization
OF what he said) will not do; Il would force ns
Into quarrel before tho proper tIpe.n and
again lntimatiDg, ss he had before done. thai a
quarrel with the "GTeeley faclionn wss i'm
pending, he said che did not wi.h to encounters
it before the proper time. nor at oil IL ls could
be avoided"
Governor Wickllffe, of Ky. then asked hin.
reapec,lDg the constitutioDality Of bis scheme .
The President replied: GAS you may supoopc, =,
l have considered that; and the pr roposition
nov submitted does not encounter aoy cOnsti.
tationai difficulty. IL proposes simply to co.
operate with any State by giving such State
pecunisry aidi and be thought tina. the resoIu-
'ion, as proposed by him, would bs considered
rather as the expression Of q sentiment than "a
involving any constitutional question"
Mr. Hall, OF Mo-, thought that II this pro.
position was adopted at al /. should be by the
votes OF the Free States, and come 90 q pFopos-
tion from them to the Slave States, aifordIpe
them an inducement TO put aside this subject
OF discord; that it ought not TO be expected
that membera representing slaveholdiDg cor
stituences should declare at once, and In ad-
vance OF any proposition to them, for the eman.
cipation Of elavery.
The President said he saw and felt the force
OF the objection; Il was fearful responsibility.
and every gentleman must do a. he iheur6t
best; that he did not know bow this tchemq
was received by the menbera from the free
Ststesj some of them had spoken to him and
received II kindly; but for the most part lhes
were az reserved and chary az We had been, and
he could not tell how they would vote. Aud IN
replyt to some expression to MIR. Hall as 10 bic
own opinion regarding slavery, be said be did
not pretend to disguise his anti.slavery feeling;
that he thought it was wrong and should con
tinue to think so; but thai was not the question
we had to deal with now. Slavery existed, and
shat, too, as well by the act OF the North aB OF
the South; and in any scheme 10 get rid OF H..
the North, as well as the South, was morally
bound to do its full and equal share. He thought
the institution wrong, aud ought never TO have
existed! but yet herecognizsd the rights Of prop
erty which had grown out OF IL, and would re-
spect ttoao rights az fully AS similar rights iE
any Other property; that property can exist, a0d
does legally exiss. He thought such lsw
wrong, but the rights OF property resulting
must be respected; he would gee rid oil the
odious law, not by violating the right, bu. ~
encouraging the proposition and Offering Induce
ments to give it up.
Here the interview, 80 far ss this sutject IL
concerned, terminated by Mr.. Criuenden's as
suring the President that, whatever might b,
our final action, we Gil thought him sOIely
moved by high patriotism sDd sincere deyc-
ton to the happiness and glory Of his country;
and With that conviction We should consider re-
apectfully the important suggestions be bsG
made,
After some conVersation OF the caFreut -al
news, We retired, and Immediately psucceded
TO my room and wrote ont this paper.
]. W. CRISFIELD.
We were present at the interview described
In the foregoing paper Of Mr. Chs6eld, ana ne
certify that the substance OF what passec cn
the occasion 10 10 the paper faithfully ana iuuy
given
J. W, MENZIES.
J. J. CRtTTENDEN.
R, MALLORY.
M..oh m 1870