, 1862-07-22
IMPORTANT ISSUE.
Emancipation In the Border
Il States.
ADDREas OFpREsTDENT LINCOLN
AND REPLIES OF THE H0R-

DER STATE 00NGREssmEN.
From TIE National Intelligencer, 17tA-1
TIE PRESIDENTS APPEAL TO THE BORDER
STATES.
The representatives and senators Of the
border s1aveholding States having, By special
Invitation Of the President been convened at
the executive mansion on Saturday morning
last, Mr.. Lincoln addressed them as follows
from written paper held in his hands
GENTLEMEN: After the adjournment Of
Congress, noW near, 1 shall have no opportu-
nifty Of seeing you for several months. Be-
Heving that you Of the Border States hold
more power for good than any other equal
number {of members, feel it a duty which
cannot juatidabls waive to make this appeal
intend no reproach or complaint when1
sssure you that, in my opinion, If 4 you al
had voted for the resolution In the gradual I
endaneication message Of hast March ting vaF
would now be substantially ende1.: AA9Bthe
plan therein proposed is yet>oas-oe tie MOST
potent and swift means Of endihgit Let the |
States which are N ressaHoh see defnite]y and I
certainly that in no eyeuf*@tlashe States you |
represent ever join proposed confedera-.
cy, and fhsEhea4Aot much longer maintain 1he |
contest. Bit BQu cannot divest them Of their |
hope to ultimately have you with them SO |
long as you show determination to perpetu- !
ate the institution within your own States. |
Beat them at elections, as you have over
whelmingly done, and, nothing daunted, they
still claim you as their OWL Yon and know
what the lever Of their power Is. Break that
lever before their faces, and they can snake
| you no more forever.
Most Of you have treated me with kindness
| and consideration, and I. trust you will not
| now think I Improperly touch what Is exclu-
| siyely your own, when, for the sake Of the
| whole country, I ask, "can you, for your
| States, do better than to take the course
urge? Discarding punctizio aud maxims adap-
ted to more manageable times, and looking
only to the unpreccdentedly stern facts Of our
case, can you do better in any possible event?
You prefer that the constitutional relations Of
the States to the nation should be practically
restored without disturbance Of the institu-
ton; and, If this were done, my whole duty,
in this respect, under the Constitution and my
oath Of Office, would be performed. But it Is
rot done, and We are trying to accomplish it
by war. The Incidents Of the war cannot be
avoided. II the war continues Tonga it must,
If the object be not sooner attained, the insti-
tuition in your States Will be e1tingaished by
mere friction and ahrasion--by the mere incl
cenis OF the war. 1t will be gone, and you
will have nothing valuable in lieu of it. Much
Of its yalne is gone already. How much better
e.. fou1 ~ %n1-o c{G
. which at once shortens tie war, and secures
: substantial compensation for that which is
: sure to be lost in any otherevent! How much
butter to thus save the money which else ne
sink forever In the var! How much bettertc
do it while We can, lest the war ere long ren
, der Us pecuniasly unable to lit! How much
; better for you, as sv1ler, and the natl N, .:
, buyer, to sell out and buy out that without
: which the var could never have been, than Il
sink both the thing to be sold and the price 0
> ! it in cutting one another's throats.
= lido not speak Of emancipation at oace, bu
ol q decisiou at once to emancipate gradually
L Room In South America for colonization ca1
> be obtained cheap1y aud in abundance, ant
T when numbers shall be large snough to b
4 company and encouragement for one another
e the freed people will not be reluctant to 60.
oI I am pressed with q difficulty not yet men
!. tioned-one which threatens division anon
= those who, united, are none too strong. a
;, Instance Of it is known to yon. Gen. Hunte
le - ~, sr;ana Tr,,roa III, ,,ono +he 80 e.
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he conntrp cannot a1ford II 1osa And th5s
he mt the end of # The nretsure IN th,e dirp
ITS tim &c st;l, nnon me and ia increasing
,re concpa3no What Tnowas, von ran re,;ega n,
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- TTnon these considerations have apa
IL na,,aed ,onra++on+;on +o +ba n,aes.ra of aJa,
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ro,, oo,s7da, ~. ,,ro,or;,;or, ana - :
He 1aae+ co,pnard = n tha oo,,s;deration of co
- cto+as ~ -,go,Io A. ron ,gon1d naroatr
m | popular government Tor the best people
fhn sznr,d heseerh vou that Won dn in
1o' ,.;za anti this nnr connon corntrv IL
ads 80 .,a.:, aa,.a.a,.,<. a.. ,.e,:or+ -.;..ea
Use bo1dest action to bring speedy relief Or
on re}ieved ifs form of government ii saved
tch the world; its beloved history and cheris
rest memories are yiudicated, and Its happy fut1
n1v ,ssnred and rendered 3nconceiva
grand, To YOU. more than to auy others. !
privilege is owen tn assure that bapnin
ON and swell, that srandeur. and to link vour q
Tho, namea Herewith forever
hen At tho conclusion nj +hesa renarls an
aug conversation was had between the presid
y and several members Of the delegations Fl
the Border Statess in which it was reI
ad- serted that these States could not be