The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-04-01
A YANKEE BID FOR TREASON.

On tue Itn OF Mafen, hDraaah l4HcOlu Senb
the following message TO the House of Represen-
tatives OF the Yankee Congress 5t
F+Roao citizens of the Senate and House of
Representatives. recommend the adoption Of
joint resolution by your honorable bodies which
shall be substantially as follows
Resolved, That the United States ought to CO.
operate with any State which may adopt gradual
adjustment of slavery, giving to such State
pecuniary aid to be used by such State in its dis
cretion, to compensate for the Inconvenience,
public aud private, produced by such change Of
system.
If the proposition contained in the resolution
does not meet the approval of Congress and the
country, there is the end; but If it does command
such approval, | deem it of Importance that the
States and people Immediately interested should
be at distinctly notified of the fact, so that
they may begin to consider whether to accept or
reject it. The Federal Governments would fnd
its highest interest in such a measure, as enc
of the most efficient of selfpreserva-
ton. The leaders of the existing insurrection
entertain the hope that this government will be
| forced to acknowledge the Independence of some
part of the disaffected region, aud that all the
slave States North of such part will then say-the
Union for which we have struggled being already
gone, We now choose to go With the Southern
section. .-.-s af- +stF
To deprive them of this hope substantially ends
the rebellion. aud the initiation of emaneipatlon
completely deprives them Of 1T all the States
toleratng slavery wOuid very soon, 1t ut ell, iu-
tiate emancipation; but that while the offer il
equally made to all, the more Northern shall, by
such initiation make it certain to more SOutherR
that, in no event, will the former join tho
latter in their proposed Contederacy. / say mi.
tiation, because, in my Judgment gradual aud not
sudden emancipation is betersfor all In the
mere financial pecuniary view, any member Of
Congress, with the tables aud treasury
ports before him, can readily see for himself how
very soon the current expenditure of this war
would purchase, At t4r valuation, all the slaves
IN any named State. aa-E .Ea =
Such proposition the part of the General
Government sets up claim of q right by Fed
eral authority, to interfere with slavery Within
State limits, referring, as it does, the absolute con-
troll Of the subject in each to the STATE and
its people immediately interested, 1t is proposed
as matter Of perfectly free choice with them.
In the annual messeage, last December, II thought
fit to say: he Union must be preserved, aud hence
all Indispensable means must be employed. /.
said this not hastily, but deliberately War has
been made and continues to be an Indispensable
means to this end. A practical Acknowledgements
of the national authority would render the
unnecessary, and it would st once cease If,
however, resistance continues, the must also
continue, and it is impossible to foresee all the
incidents which may attend, and all the ruin
which may follow it. Each as may seem ndis-
peDsable, or may obviously promise great efficiency
towards ending the struggle must and will come.
The proposition noN made is an offer only /
hope it may be esteemed offence to ask whether
the pecuniary consideration rendered would not be
Of more value 90 the States and private persons
concerned, th4a are the institution and property in
it, in the present aspect OF affairs. While it is
true that the adoption of the proposed resolution
would be .erely initiatory, aud not within itself
1a6 In Nlaak
that it would soon lead to important practical re-
suits, In full view of great responsibility to my
God and to my country, earnestly beg the atten-
tiou of Congress aud the people to the subject.
(Signed,) ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
As sequel to the message of Lincoln, Mr
Conkling, of New York, moved for the adoption
by the House of Representatives, the resolution
skctched in the message After considerable
debate in which Mr. Crittenden, az usual, im-
plored and talked about the effect ut this time,
&C., the resolution adopted--yeas 49, nays 3l.@
Old Crittendcn still sticks to the yankees notwith.
standing they have spit upon and spurped his ad-
vice.
more shameless Yankee bid for treason has
never yet the light Of day. 1t is bo
insdious attempt to separate permanently from the
Southern Confederacy the States Of Maryland,
Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri; or
in other words, to break the backbone OF the
osition to pay for emancpated slaves is an eyre.
gious insult to the understanding Of the veriest
simpleton in the States upon which he desires to
operate, inasmuch it is manifest that the people
Of those States would be taxed to raise funds to
pay for their emancipatcd slaves Such
proposition shows the desperate straits to which
the Lincoln Government is reduced Despairng
of conqucrng the Southern Confederacy by force
Of arms fincon has betaken himself TO genuine
Yankee trick The truth is, the Federal Govern
mcnt is now wasing this war for the purpose or
recovering Southern trade aud making the people
of the South pay the enormous debt which its
OWE folly and wickedness incurred. In other
words, the people Of the South are to % made 20
pay the cost Of their own subjugation.
sFt
+ SAD AceIDEST.--A land slide on the Western
Extension Railroad, six miles from here, caused
sad accident last Thursday morning, By which
Janlse Briggs . member Of Capt. j. A. Woods
company, of the 18th Regt. n. G. T J lost bis life.
He WIS standing on the platform when the train
struck the slide, and was caught between the cars
Both his legs were broken, and he was otherwise
badly injured. He died in about one hour after
the accident This, We believe, is the first ao-
cident, resulting in loss Of lifc on this Road
Salisbury Ipatchman. -
PAFeIGr Mr. VI illiam Parks, of Wilkes
county, is 81 " corn TO soldiers families at so
eeats. per btssael. He will not sell cora to dis