Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-03-12

The Presidens's special AessnFf, II
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II SayG yfY
The specific measures secCm9endsd d THE
paper [the special messegsl y defined an the
II recommend The. adoption Of . joint se.olu. |
lion BY your honorable bpdisssvhich shall DO
as follows; lE
"ResoIved. That United sssses engntho 90
operate with any State which 'asy adoptA grad
mai abolisb ncnt or slavety, giving 20 such State
peouniary aid, % be- used BY such State A. its /
discreIion, % compensate for the inconyen I
isnces. public and private, produced by auch
change Of system 'hsl srf. 5000 4
This measure the President in a subsequent
part Of the message explains asfollowssn
.Snsh a proposition on the pact Of the general
government sets up nosclaim or right BY Federal
authority TO Interfere with slavery within State
limits, referring esit does the absolute control
OF the subject in each case tothe Stateand 1ts
people immediately Interested. IL 10 proposed
as matter Of perfectly tree choice with them !
The explanation thus given 0is unquestiona-
bly, correct. The measure 10 obnoxious 70 no
constitutional objection, 90 farst least as tnel
rights Of the States are concerned, whateverl
objections of this sort the abolitionists may
bring forward in relation TO the powers OF the
Federal Government. The measure is 10 Itself
| q lawful and Innocent oness Herein 20 agree
with the President. gnHoa4ia gni
The,public good which the President thinks,
would result from the adoption Of the measure
he thus sets forth in another part Of the mes
sage: el,ssa $50 qdi ~ 20 e.
Sfhe Fede al Government would fndnits
highest interest in such measure as one 0f1the
most Efficient measures of sell. .pseservationt- =
The leaders OF the existing insurrection enter
tain the hope that the Government viii be
forced TO acknowledge some part Of the diaaf-
fected region, and that all the slave States
north Of such parts will then cay, The uIlon
for which We have struggled being elree6y
gone, we now choose to 60 with them 10
deprive them Of this hope, substantially ends
the rebellion, and the initiation Of emancipa-
tion completely deptives them Of it as 70 all
the States initiating it The point is not that
all the States tolersting slavery would very
lsoon, IL at all, initiate emancipation, but that
while the offer is equally made to all, the more
nor thern States shall, by such initiation, make
1 il certain to the more sonthsrn States that 10
no event shall the former join the latter in their
proposed confederacy.sr ss4ssslI e y iiaN
In noiher words, the President areconmenda
the adoption Of the measure 40 q means Oh OK
ltinguishing in the reyolted States the hope that
they in any event will everbe joined out OF the
Union BY the nov loyel States Of the south
The end is certainly legitimate Is the meas
ure adapted to accomplish the end7o The Pres
ident is persuaded that IL is. Herein we differ
With the Preedent .ss1akfs hI11sl5 4
The whole efficacy. of the ameasHro, as the
President admits, depends on the Hfrse choice I
of the States concerned. Bot Whatone oven ct
the,border slaveholding States has In any niau-
ner shown the elightest indication Of q wish or
willingness to adopt q system of emancipation
gradual or otherWise1 Asanredly not one. On
the contrary, the settled opinion Of these States,
without exception, appears to be that the pres
ent is of all times the most inopportune for the
voluntary agitation Of the question of emanci'
patton in any Of its aspects We believe this il
| in fact the settled opinion Of them all. "a
Consequently the measure, If adopted By
Congress, would be imperative. IL would lie
inert on the statute book. As not one Of the
States would call for the operation the meas.
ure offers, the measure would be not merely In
efIectual but in the line of iis purpose absolute
tly without results. Nay, il might, by serving
| to inaugurate domestic controversy which 10
the nature Of things could not be determined
one way or the other for many years, n0urieh
instead OF extinguishingi the hope ut which the
President would strike. The casting Of an ap
lple Of diacord into the loyal ranks of the bor'
| der slaHeholding States at this time could but
prove unfavorabIe 10 the tFne interests of the
country; and there Is danger that the adoption
Of this measure would be such a movement. y
In short, the measure, If adopted, could not, a
We conceive, produce the effect the President
designs, and might produce the very opposite
EFFECT. - "a aa feinhY. b 8s. eom
We, therefore, whilat agreeing with The
President thai the measure is initself lawful
and innocent, differ with, in respect 10 ltt
policy. We do not think It is adapted to ac-
c0mpIiSh the end proposed, but rather the con-
trary. Indeed, there is, according to our judg-
ment, but one feasible mode Of accomplishing
the end proposed, so far as y yet remains IN,
accomplish6di and that mode is NE wise and
vigorous prosecution Of the war for Che rs-es-
tablishment Of the Government. We believe
the hope in the seeding States that they will
ever be joined out Of the Union By the border
slaveholding States 10 now exceedingly slender,
lift exists at ALL and, In our opinion, the meas
ures that have reduced this hope TO its present
dimensions are the best measures to extingulsh
Il altogether. - rSf3 n ~ VA
We, however, would include in these meas
ures, az We have heretofore suggested In our
columns, an early proclamation Of amnesty to
the deluded masses who shall lay down the
weapons Of rebellion and return 10 their aiiegi-
ance. Such q, a,procIamAtion would prove the
most effective Of war measures. And we own
We should have reioiced to see II in the place Of
the measure actually proposed. We hope soon
10 see itin addition to this measure. 9g8fj
We cannot dismiss The message without con-
graduating the loyal public on the clearness
and emphasis with which the President therein
recognizes the right Of each slaFeholding State
to deal as 1t shall see ft with the subject Of
slavery without interferepcs on the part Of the
Federal authorities. Amongst the other good
effects that we may promise ourselves from this
important feattee of the message Is prompt
and general and savage howl from the whole alb
clifton pack. s!sss4